statement-element-xmla.md

title	Statement Element (XMLA) | Microsoft Docs
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apiname	Statement Element
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Statement Element (XMLA)

Contains a query or statement to be sent using the Execute method to an instance of [!INCLUDEmsCoName] [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] [!INCLUDEssASnoversion].

Syntax

  
<Command>  
   <Statement>...</Statement>  
</Command>  

Element Characteristics

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

Element Relationships

Relationship	Element
Parent elements	Command
Child elements	None

Remarks

The Statement command executes a query or statement on the [!INCLUDEssASnoversion] instance. [!INCLUDEssASnoversion] supports the following languages:

• Multidimensional Expressions (MDX)

• Data Mining Extensions (MDX)

• A subset of Structured Query Language (SQL)

See Also

Commands (XMLA)