InstanceSelection Element (ASSL)

Provides a hint to client applications to suggest how a list of items should be displayed, based on the expected number of items in the list.

Syntax

  
<DimensionAttribute>  
   ...  
   <InstanceSelection>...</InstanceSelection>  
   ...  
</DimensionAttribute>  

Element Characteristics

Characteristic Description
Data type and length String (enumeration)
Default value None
Cardinality 0-1: Optional element that can occur once and only once.

Element Relationships

Relationship Element
Parent element DimensionAttribute
Child elements None

Remarks

The value of this element is limited to one of the following strings:

Value Description
None Do not display a selection list. Allow users to enter values directly.
DropDown The number of items is small enough to display in a dropdown list.
List The number of items is too large for a dropdown list but does not require filtering.
FilteredList The number of items is large enough to require users to filter the items to be displayed.
MandatoryFilter The number of items is so large that the display must always be filtered.

The enumeration that corresponds to the allowed values for InstanceSelection in the Analysis Management Objects (AMO) object model is InstanceSelection.

See Also

Properties (ASSL)