aggregationusage-element-assl.md

title	AggregationUsage Element (ASSL) | Microsoft Docs
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AggregationUsage Element (ASSL)

Controls how the Aggregation Designer in [!INCLUDEmsCoName] [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] [!INCLUDEssASnoversion] designs aggregations.

Syntax

  
<CubeAttribute>  
   ...  
   <AggregationUsage>...</AggregationUsage>  
   ...  
</CubeAttribute>  

Element Characteristics

Characteristic	Description
Data type and length	String (enumeration)
Default value	Default
Cardinality	0-1: Optional element that can occur once and only once.

Element Relationships

Relationship	Element
Parent element	CubeAttribute
Child elements	None

Remarks

The value of this element is limited to one of the strings in the following table.

Value	Description
Full	Every aggregation for the cube must include this attribute.
None	No aggregation for the cube should include this attribute.
Unrestricted	No restrictions are placed on the Aggregation Designer.
Default	The Aggregation Designer applies a default rule based on the type of attribute (Full for keys, Unrestricted for others).

The enumeration that corresponds to the allowed values for AggregationUsage in the Analysis Management Objects (AMO) object model is xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AggregationUsage.

See Also

Cube Element (ASSL)
Properties (ASSL)