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

Contains one or more Analysis Services Scripting Language (ASSL) elements, used to create or alter objects on an instance of [!INCLUDEmsCoName] [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] [!INCLUDEssASnoversion].

Syntax

  
<Create> <!-- or Alter -->  
   ...  
   <ObjectDefinition>  
      <!-- One or more ASSL elements -->  
   </ObjectDefinition>  
   ...  
</Create>

Element Characteristics

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

Element Relationships

Relationship Element
Parent elements Alter, Create
Child elements Required ASSL elements. One or more ASSL elements, used to define [!INCLUDEssASnoversion] objects. For more information about ASSL, see Properties (XMLA).

Remarks

Example

The following example creates an empty database named Test Database on an [!INCLUDEssASnoversion] instance.

  
      <Create xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine">  
   <ObjectDefinition>  
      <Database xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">  
         <Name>Test Database</Name>  
         <Description>A test database.</Description>  
      </Database>  
   </ObjectDefinition>  
</Create>

See Also

Properties (XMLA)