Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services Sources > Before you begin > Verify permissions
  

Verify permissions

To extract metadata and to configure other capabilities that a catalog source might include, you need account access and permissions on the source system. The permissions required might vary depending on the capability.

Configure metadata extraction

To extract metadata from SSAS, verify that the administrator provides permissions to access the file system and the files.
To extract metadata from SSAS, verify that you have the following permissions: