Attribute Element (XMLA)

Defines or filters a member in an attribute on which a parent Insert, Update, or Drop command performs.

Syntax

  
<Attributes>  
   ...  
   <Attribute>  
      <AttributeName>...</AttributeName>  
      <Keys>...</Keys>  
      <!-- The following elements are included only for attributes contained in the Attributes element of a parent Insert or Update command -->  
      <Name>...</Name>  
      <Translations>...</Translations>  
      <CustomRollup>...</CustomRollup>  
      <CustomRollupProperties>...</CustomRollupProperties>  
      <UnaryOperator>...</UnaryOperator>  
      <SkippedLevels>...</SkippedLevels>  
   </Attribute>  
   ...  
</Attributes>  

Element characteristics

Characteristic	Description
Data type and length	None
Default value	None
Cardinality	1-1: Required element that occurs once and only once.

Element relationships

Relationship	Element
Parent elements	Attributes
Child elements	See the table below.

Ancestor or Parent	Child Element
Drop, Where	AttributeName, Keys
Insert, Update	AttributeName, CustomRollup, CustomRollupProperties, Keys, Name, SkippedLevels, Translations, UnaryOperator

Remarks

The Attribute element defines the attribute member that is inserted, updated, or deleted, respectively, by the Insert, Update, or Drop command. As these commands can operate only on one attribute member at a time, the Attributes collection of the Insert, Update, and Drop commands can contain only one Attribute element. However, the Attributes collection of the Where element for the Drop and Update commands can contain more than one Attribute element, so that you can filter the attributes to be dropped or updated in a write-enabled dimension.