connectionstringsecurity-element-assl.md

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

Specifies whether the user's password is stripped from the data source connection string for security purposes.

Syntax

  
<DataSource>  
   ...  
   <ConnectionStringSecurity>...</ConnectionStringSecurity>  
   ...  
</DataSource>  

Element Characteristics

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

Element Relationships

Relationship	Element
Parent element	DataSource
Child elements	None

Remarks

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

Value	Description
PasswordRemoved	The password has been stripped from the connection string.
Unchanged	The connection string has not been modified.

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

See Also

Properties (ASSL)