<s>
Business	B-Application
Intelligence	I-Application
Development	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
(	O
BIDS	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
former	O
IDE	B-Application
from	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
develop	O
data	O
analysis	O
and	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
solutions	O
utilizing	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
Analysis	B-Application
Services	I-Application
,	O
Reporting	B-Application
Services	I-Application
and	O
Integration	B-Application
Services	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
development	O
environment	O
,	O
but	O
customized	O
with	O
the	O
SQL	O
Server	O
services-specific	O
extensions	O
and	O
project	O
types	O
,	O
including	O
tools	O
,	O
controls	O
and	O
projects	O
for	O
reports	O
,	O
ETL	O
dataflows	O
,	O
OLAP	O
cubes	O
and	O
data	B-Application
mining	I-Application
structure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BIDS	O
functionality	O
can	O
be	O
augmented	O
with	O
BI	O
Developer	O
Extensions	O
(	O
previously	O
known	O
as	O
BIDS	B-Application
Helper	I-Application
)	O
,	O
a	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
add-in	O
with	O
features	O
that	O
extended	O
and	O
enhance	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
development	O
functionality	O
in	O
SQL	O
Server	O
2005	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
and	O
2008	O
R2	O
BI	B-Application
Development	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
(	O
BIDS	O
)	O
and	O
SQL	O
Server	O
2012	O
SQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
Data	I-Application
Tools	I-Application
(	O
SSDT	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business	B-Application
Intelligence	I-Application
Development	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
is	O
hosted	O
on	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
project	O
hosting	O
website	O
GitHub	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business	B-Language
Intelligence	I-Language
Markup	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
Biml	B-Language
)	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
BIDS	O
to	O
create	O
end-to-end	O
BI	O
solutions	O
by	O
translating	O
Biml	B-Language
metadata	O
into	O
SQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
Integration	I-Application
Services	I-Application
(	O
SSIS	O
)	O
and	O
SQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
Analysis	I-Application
Services	I-Application
(	O
SSAS	O
)	O
assets	O
for	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BIDS	O
is	O
not	O
supported	O
with	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2010	O
and	O
later	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
replaced	O
by	O
SQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
Data	I-Application
Tools	I-Application
-	O
Business	B-General_Concept
Intelligence	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
