partition-element-assl.md

title	Partition Element (ASSL) | Microsoft Docs
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apiname	Partition Element
apilocation	http://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine
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applies_to	SQL Server 2016 Preview
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Partition Element (ASSL)

Defines a partition of a MeasureGroup element or a partition binding in an out-of-line MeasureGroupBinding element.

Syntax

  
<Partitions>  
      <Partition> <!-- ancestor: MeasureGroup -->  
      <Name>...</Name>  
      <ID>...</ID>  
      <CreatedTimestamp>...</CreatedTimestamp>  
      <LastSchemaUpdate>...</LastSchemaUpdate>  
      <Description>...</Description>  
      <Source>...</Source>  
      <ProcessingPriority>...</ProcessingPriority>  
      <AggregationPrefix>...</AggregationPrefix>  
      <StorageMode>...</StorageMode>  
      <ProcessingMode>...</ProcessingMode>  
      <ErrorConfiguration>...</ErrorConfiguration>  
      <StorageLocation>...</StorageLocation>  
      <RemoteDatasourceID>...</RemoteDatasourceID>  
      <Slice>...</Slice>  
      <ProactiveCaching>...</ProactiveCaching>  
      <Type>...</Type>  
      <EstimatedSize>...</EstimatedSize>  
      <EstimatedRows>...</EstimatedRows>  
      <CurrentStorageMode>...</CurrentStorageMode>  
      <AggregationDesignID>...</AggregationDesignID>  
      <AggregationInstances>...</AggregationInstances>  
      <AggregationInstanceSource>...</AggregationInstanceSource>  
      <LastProcessed>...</LastProcessed>  
      <State>...</State>  
      <Annotations>.../Annotations>  
   </Partition>  
   <!-- or -->  
   <Partition xsi:type="PartitionBinding"> <!-- ancestor: MeasureGroupBinding -->  
   </Partition>  
</Partitions>  

Element Characteristics

Characteristic	Description
Data type and length	See the table below.
Default value	None
Cardinality	0-n: Optional element that can occur more than once.

Ancestor or Parent	Data Type
MeasureGroup	None
MeasureGroupBinding	PartitionBinding

Element Relationships

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

Ancestor or Parent	Child elements
MeasureGroup	AggregationDesignID, AggregationInstances, AggregationInstanceSource, AggregationPrefix, Annotations, CreatedTimestamp, CurrentStorageMode, Description, ErrorConfiguration, EstimatedRows, EstimatedSize, ID, LastProcessed, LastSchemaUpdate, Name, ProactiveCaching, ProcessingMode, ProcessingPriority, RemoteDatasourceID, Slice, Source, State, StorageLocation, StorageMode, Type
MeasureGroupBinding	None

Remarks

This element has the following validations under DeploymentMode value 2 (tabular server mode):

• The following children elements are not supported and should not be used:

  • ProcessingPriority

  • AggregationPrefix

  • StorageLocation

  • ProcessingMode

  • ErrorConfiguration

  • StorageLocation

  • RemoteDatasourceID

  • Slice

  • ProactiveCaching

  • Type

  • CurrentStorageMode

  • AggregationDesignID

  • AggregationInstances

  • AggregationInstanceSource

  An error might be thrown if any of the above elements is used.

• The Source element only accepts Query binding.

The corresponding element in the Analysis Management Objects (AMO) object model is xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Partition.

See Also

Objects (ASSL)