Dynamic Partition Creation in SSAS multidimensional using the OlapPartitionManager generic C# AMO app

There are plenty of blog entries out there that outline how to dynamically create partitions in SSAS multidimensional databases. However, all of them suffer the same drawback: they always hard-code some part of the logic into the programming language in the form of hard-coded names or hard-coded partition queries. None of them provide a generic solution that you could just pick up and apply to any project. Perhaps this is a reflection of the usual implementation language of choice: SSIS. Let's face it, SSIS is famous for been brittle; packages break when moved to a new environment. They are rarely reusable without modification. Generating SSIS packages from BIML has solved some of these problem, but even BIML does not handle C# script tasks well; it is rather like painting a room through a keyhole! Like many business intelligence consultants, I take example scripts from project to project, each time extending their functionality a little more or adapting them to meet new requirements. For many years, I have used C# and AMO to create partitions and process cubes. Indeed, I have presented on this at SQLBits. I do find the AMO object model extremely intuitive and C# much easier to code than doing the equivalent partition creation logic in an SSIS package.