ObjectDefinition Element (XMLA)

Contains one or more Analysis Services Scripting Language (ASSL) elements, used to create or alter objects on an instance of Analysis Services.

Syntax

  
<Create> <!-- or Alter -->  
   ...  
   <ObjectDefinition>  
      <!-- One or more ASSL elements -->  
   </ObjectDefinition>  
   ...  
</Create>  

Element characteristics

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

Element relationships

Relationship	Element
Parent elements	Alter, Create
Child elements	Required ASSL elements. One or more ASSL elements, used to define Analysis Services objects. For more information about ASSL, see Properties (XMLA).

Remarks

Example

The following example creates an empty database named Test Database on an Analysis Services instance.

  
      <Create xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine">  
   <ObjectDefinition>  
      <Database xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">  
         <Name>Test Database</Name>  
         <Description>A test database.</Description>  
      </Database>  
   </ObjectDefinition>  
</Create>