title DataSources Element (ASSL) | Microsoft Docs ms.custom ms.date 03/03/2017 ms.prod sql-server-2016 ms.reviewer ms.suite ms.technology analysis-services docset-sql-devref ms.tgt_pltfrm ms.topic reference apiname DataSources Element apilocation http://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine apitype Schema applies_to SQL Server 2016 Preview f1_keywords DataSources helpviewer_keywords DataSources element ms.assetid c79760f2-9002-4a73-805d-d40bc042ea2b caps.latest.revision 33 author Minewiskan ms.author owend manager erikre DataSources Element (ASSL) Contains the collection of DataSource elements associated with a Database element. Syntax <Database> ... <DataSources> <DataSource>...</DataSource> </DataSources> ... </Database> 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 Database Child elements DataSource Remarks The corresponding element in the Analysis Management Objects (AMO) object model is xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.DataSourceCollection. See Also Collections (ASSL)