command-element-xmla.md

title	Command Element (XMLA) | Microsoft Docs
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Command Element (XMLA)

Contains the command to be executed by the Execute method.

Syntax

  
<Execute>  
   ...  
   <Command>  
      <Alter>...</Alter>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <Backup>...</Backup>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <Batch>...</Batch>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <BeginTransaction>...</BeginTransaction>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <Cancel>...</Cancel>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <ClearCache>...</ClearCache>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <CommitTransaction>...</CommitTransaction>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <Create>...</Create>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <Delete>...</Delete>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <DesignAggregations>...</DesignAggregations>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <Drop>...</Drop>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <Insert>...</Insert>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <Lock>...</Lock>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <MergePartitions>...</MergePartitions>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <NotifyTableChange>...</NotifyTableChange>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <Process>...</Process>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <Restore>...</Restore>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <RollbackTransaction>...</RollbackTransaction>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <SetPasswordEncryptionKey>...</SetPasswordEncryptionKey>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <Statement>...</Statement>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <Subscribe>...</Subscribe>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <Synchronize>...</Synchronize>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <Unlock>...</Unlock>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <Update>...</Update>  
      <!-- or -->  
      <UpdateCells>...</UpdateCells>  
   </Command>  
   ...  
</Execute>  

Element Characteristics

Characteristic	Description
Data type and length	None
Default value	None
Cardinality	1-1: Required element that occurs once and only once.

Element Relationships

Relationship	Element
Parent elements	Execute
Child elements	Alter, Backup, Batch, BeginTransaction, Cancel, ClearCache, CommitTransaction, Create, Delete, DesignAggregations, Drop, Insert, Lock, MergePartitions, NotifyTableChange, Process, Restore, RollbackTransaction, SetPasswordEncryptionKey, Statement, Subscribe, Synchronize, Unlock, Update, UpdateCells

Remarks

The Command element is used by the Execute method to relay commands to a data source. While the XML for Analysis (XMLA) 1.1 Specification supports only the Statement command, [!INCLUDEmsCoName] [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] [!INCLUDEssASnoversion] supports many new XMLA commands. For more information about the XMLA command supported by [!INCLUDEssASnoversion], see Commands (XMLA).

See Also

XML Data Types (XMLA)
Properties (XMLA)