DataSource Class

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Tabular

Assembly:

Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Tabular.dll

Package:

Microsoft.AnalysisServices.retail.amd64 v19.79.0

Defines an open connection to an external data source for import, refresh, or DirectQuery operations on a Tabular Model.

public abstract class DataSource : Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Tabular.NamedMetadataObject

type DataSource = class
    inherit NamedMetadataObject

Public MustInherit Class DataSource
Inherits NamedMetadataObject

Inheritance

Object

MetadataObject

NamedMetadataObject

DataSource

Derived

Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Tabular.ProviderDataSource

Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Tabular.StructuredDataSource

Properties

Annotations	Gets the collection object of all annotations in the current DataSource.
Description	The description of the data source, visible to developers at design time and to administrators in management tools, such as SQL Server Management Studio.
ExtendedProperties	Gets the collection object of all extendedproperties in the current DataSource.
IsRemoved	A Boolean specifying whether this object was removed from an object tree. (Inherited from MetadataObject)
MaxConnections	The maximum number of connections to be opened concurrently to the data source.
Model	Gets the Tabular model that contains this object. (Inherited from MetadataObject)
ModifiedTime	The time that the object was last modified.
Name	Gets or Sets the Name of this object.
ObjectType	Gets the type of the object.
Parent	Parent object, null for Model objects.
Type	The type of DataSource. At present, the only possible value is Provider, which refers to a data source that accepts a connection string.

Methods

Clone()	Creates a new, full copy of a DataSource object.
CopyFrom(DataSource)	Obsolete. Deprecated. Use CopyTo method instead.
CopyTo(DataSource)	Copies a DataSource object to the specified object.
Rename(String)	Obsolete. Deprecated. Use RequestRename method instead.
RequestRename(String)	Request rename of this object.
Validate()	This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Microsoft Internal Use Only. (Inherited from MetadataObject)