<s>
BIDS	B-Application
Helper	I-Application
is	O
a	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
open	O
source	O
extension	O
with	O
multiple	O
features	O
that	O
extend	O
and	O
enhance	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
development	O
functionality	O
in	O
all	O
editions	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
SQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2005	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
2008	O
R2	O
and	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BIDS	B-Application
Helper	I-Application
improves	O
the	O
development	O
environment	O
for	O
integration	O
,	O
analysis	O
and	O
reporting	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BIDS	B-Application
Helper	I-Application
is	O
hosted	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BIDS	B-Application
Helper	I-Application
was	O
initially	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
27	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
version	O
for	O
SQL	O
2005	O
(	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
2005	O
)	O
,	O
SQL	O
2008	O
(	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
2008	O
)	O
,	O
SQL	O
2008	O
R2	O
(	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
2008	O
)	O
,	O
BIDS	B-Application
Helper	I-Application
1.7.0	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
17	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Version	O
1.5	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
7	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Varigence	O
contributed	O
key	O
portions	O
of	O
the	O
Biml	B-Language
engine	O
,	O
including	O
dynamic	O
package	O
generation	O
to	O
BIDS	B-Application
Helper	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business	B-Language
Intelligence	I-Language
Markup	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
Biml	B-Language
)	O
is	O
an	O
XML-based	O
language	O
that	O
allows	O
a	O
developer	O
to	O
describe	O
a	O
BI	O
solution	O
in	O
a	O
declarative	O
fashion	O
,	O
similarly	O
to	O
using	O
HTML	O
to	O
describe	O
how	O
a	O
web	O
page	O
should	O
appear	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BIDS	B-Application
Helper	I-Application
has	O
dozens	O
of	O
features	O
that	O
improve	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
BIDS	B-Application
,	O
SSIS	B-Application
and	O
SSAS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
classified	O
into	O
one	O
of	O
five	O
categories	O
listed	O
below	O
based	O
on	O
where	O
they	O
increase	O
functionality	O
in	O
SQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
Smart	O
Diff	O
-	O
compares	O
versions	O
of	O
a	O
SSAS	B-Application
,	O
SSIS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
SSRS	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BIDS	B-Application
Helper	I-Application
pre-processes	O
XML	O
files	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
diff	O
versus	O
source	O
control	O
is	O
more	O
meaningful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smart	O
Diff	O
-	O
compares	O
versions	O
of	O
a	O
SSAS	B-Application
,	O
SSIS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
SSRS	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BIDS	B-Application
Helper	I-Application
pre-processes	O
XML	O
files	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
diff	O
versus	O
source	O
control	O
is	O
more	O
meaningful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tabular	O
Pre-Build	O
-	O
catches	O
the	O
build	O
event	O
and	O
checks	O
features	O
for	O
BIDS	B-Application
Helper	I-Application
settings	O
that	O
have	O
been	O
lost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deploy	O
SSIS	B-Application
Packages	I-Application
-	O
quickly	O
deploy	O
SSIS	B-Application
packages	I-Application
directly	O
from	O
BIDS	B-Application
without	O
having	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
deployment	O
manifest	O
and	O
use	O
the	O
Package	O
Installation	O
Wizard	O
.	O
</s>
