aggregationinstancesource-element-assl.md

title	AggregationInstanceSource Element (ASSL) | Microsoft Docs
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apiname	AggregationInstanceSource Element
apilocation	http://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine
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AggregationInstanceSource Element (ASSL)

Identifies the source of data for user-defined aggregation instances bound to a Partition element.

Syntax

  
<Partition>  
   ...  
   <AggregationInstanceSource xsi:type="DataSourceViewBinding">...</AggregationInstanceSource>  
   ...  
</Partition>  

Element Characteristics

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

Element Relationships

Relationship	Element
Parent elements	Partition
Child elements	None

Remarks

If this element is missing or set to a blank string, the data source view of the cube that owns the partition is used by default.

For additional information about the Binding type, including tables of Analysis Services Scripting Language (ASSL) objects of the Binding type and the inheritance hierarchy of Binding types, see Binding Data Type (ASSL).

For an overview of data bindings in ASSL, see Data Sources and Bindings (SSAS Multidimensional).

See Also

Properties (ASSL)