changing the ID of an SSAS database

Question

I want to rename my SALES cube to SALES_2009 and put a new cube called SALES. When I rename it, the ID remains as SALES so my new cube now is called SALES, but it's internal ID is SALES_2010 (and my old cube is called SALES_2009, but the internal ID is SALES).

Can the ID of a SSAS database be changed?

I have tried the properties window and googled bing, but to no avail.

Answer 1

By some miracle, I found this. If you click a little button at the top of the Solutions Explorer in Visual Studio that says 'show all files' when you roll over it, you will see a file called Something.Database. View the code of that file and you can edit an element. This will change the ID of the database on deployment.