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title: "Create and Run an MDX Script in SQL Server Data Tools | Microsoft Docs"
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# Create and Run an MDX Script in SQL Server Data Tools
  To create and run an MDX Script in  [!INCLUDE[ssASnoversion](../../includes/ssasnoversion-md.md)], you need to be in [!INCLUDE[ssBIDevStudioFull](../../includes/ssbidevstudiofull-md.md)] with a cube already created and ready for editing.  
  
### To create a Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) script  
  
1.  Open the cube for which you want to create an MDX script, and under **View**, click **Calculations**.  
  
2.  If you are not in **Script View** mode, click the **Script View** icon.  
  
3.  In the script window, under the CALCULATE command, type an MDX expression. Click the **Check Syntax** icon and verify that the expression is syntactically correct.  
  
4.  To run the MDX script, deploy and process the cube with the new MDX script changes.  
  
## See Also  
 [The Basic MDX Script (MDX)](mdx/the-basic-mdx-script-mdx.md)   
 [MDX Scripting Fundamentals (Analysis Services)](mdx/mdx-scripting-fundamentals-analysis-services.md)   
 [MDX Scripting Statements (MDX)](/sql/mdx/mdx-scripting-statements-mdx)