You cannot open a Business Intelligence project after you upgrade the project to the format that is used by Visual Studio 2010

Consider the following scenario:

• You have a Business Intelligence (BI) project. For example, you have a Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services project, a Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services project, or a Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services project.
• The BI project is created by using SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) in one of the following SQL Server versions:
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
  .
• You upgrade the project to the format that is used by Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.

In this scenario, you cannot open the project in Visual Studio 2010. Additionally, you cannot open the project in SQL Server BIDS after you upgrade the project.

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