Name Element (XMLA)

Contains the name of an attribute member for the parent Attribute or Translation element.

Syntax

  
<Attribute> <!-- or Translation -->  
   ...  
   <Name>...</Name>  
   ...  
</Attribute>  

Element characteristics

Characteristic	Description
Data type and length	String
Default value	None
Cardinality	See the table below.

Ancestor or Parent	Cardinality
Attribute	1-1: Required element that occurs once and only once.
Translation	0-1: Optional element that can occur once and only once.

Element relationships

Relationship	Element
Parent elements	Attribute, Translation
Child elements	None

Remarks

For Attribute elements, the Name element contains the name of the attribute member to be inserted or updated during, respectively, the Insert or Update command.

For Translation elements, the Name element contains the caption of the attribute member, in the language specified by the Language element of the parent Translation object. If the Name element is not specified or contains an empty string, the value of the Name element for the Attribute element that contains the Translation element is used.