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ParentObject Element (XMLA) | Microsoft Docs
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ParentObject Element (XMLA)
Contains the identifier of the parent object under which to create the objects defined by the parent Create element.
<Create >
...
<ParentObject >
<!-- Object reference -->
</ParentObject >
...
</Create >
Characteristic
Description
Data type and length
None
Default value
None
Cardinality
0-1: Optional element that can occur once and only once.
Relationship
Element
Parent elements
Create
Child elements
Required Analysis Services Scripting Language (ASSL) elements. Specified by listing the ID elements of the object and its ancestors (excluding the Server object.) For example, the following ParentObject element identifies a partition: <ParentObject> <DatabaseID>Adventure Works DW Multidimensional 2012</DatabaseID> <CubeID>Adventure Works</CubeID> <MeasureGroupID>Internet Sales</MeasureGroupID> <PartitionID>Inernet_Sales_2001</PartitionID> </ParentObject>
Remarks
The order in which identifiers appear is not important.
The following example creates the Market Basket mining structure, included in the [!INCLUDEssAWDWsp ] sample [!INCLUDEmsCoName ] [!INCLUDEssNoVersion ] [!INCLUDEssASnoversion ] database.
<Create xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine">
<ParentObject>
<DatabaseID>database</DatabaseID>
</ParentObject>
<ObjectDefinition>
<MiningStructure xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<ID>Market Basket</ID>
<Name>Market Basket</Name>
<Source xsi:type="DataSourceViewBinding">
<DataSourceViewID>Adventure Works DW</DataSourceViewID>
</Source>
<Language>1033</Language>
<Collation>Latin1_General_CI_AS</Collation>
<Columns>
<Column xsi:type="ScalarMiningStructureColumn">
<ID>Order Number</ID>
<Name>Order Number</Name>
<IsKey>true</IsKey>
<Type>Text</Type>
<Content>Key</Content>
<KeyColumns>
<KeyColumn>
<NullProcessing>Error</NullProcessing>
<DataType>WChar</DataType>
<DataSize>20</DataSize>
<Source xsi:type="ColumnBinding">
<TableID>dbo_vAssocSeqOrders</TableID>
<ColumnID>OrderNumber</ColumnID>
</Source>
</KeyColumn>
</KeyColumns>
</Column>
<Column xsi:type="TableMiningStructureColumn">
<Annotations>
<Annotation>
<Name>MDXFilterComponent</Name>
<Value />
</Annotation>
</Annotations>
<ID>v Assoc Seq Line Items</ID>
<Name>v Assoc Seq Line Items</Name>
<ForeignKeyColumns>
<ForeignKeyColumn>
<NullProcessing>Error</NullProcessing>
<DataType>WChar</DataType>
<DataSize>20</DataSize>
<Source xsi:type="ColumnBinding">
<TableID>dbo_vAssocSeqLineItems</TableID>
<ColumnID>OrderNumber</ColumnID>
</Source>
</ForeignKeyColumn>
</ForeignKeyColumns>
<Columns>
<Column xsi:type="ScalarMiningStructureColumn">
<ID>Model</ID>
<Name>Model</Name>
<IsKey>true</IsKey>
<Type>Text</Type>
<Content>Key</Content>
<KeyColumns>
<KeyColumn>
<DataType>WChar</DataType>
<DataSize>50</DataSize>
<Source xsi:type="ColumnBinding">
<TableID>dbo_vAssocSeqLineItems</TableID>
<ColumnID>Model</ColumnID>
</Source>
</KeyColumn>
</KeyColumns>
</Column>
</Columns>
</Column>
</Columns>
<MiningModels>
<MiningModel>
<ID>Market Basket</ID>
<Name>Association</Name>
<Algorithm>Microsoft_Association_Rules</Algorithm>
<AlgorithmParameters>
<AlgorithmParameter>
<Name>MINIMUM_PROBABILITY</Name>
<Value xsi:type="xsd:double">0.1</Value>
</AlgorithmParameter>
<AlgorithmParameter>
<Name>MINIMUM_SUPPORT</Name>
<Value xsi:type="xsd:double">0.01</Value>
</AlgorithmParameter>
</AlgorithmParameters>
<Columns>
<Column>
<ID>Order Number</ID>
<Name>Order Number</Name>
<SourceColumnID>Order Number</SourceColumnID>
<Usage>Key</Usage>
</Column>
<Column>
<ID>v Assoc Seq Line Items</ID>
<Name>v Assoc Seq Line Items</Name>
<SourceColumnID>v Assoc Seq Line Items</SourceColumnID>
<Usage>Predict</Usage>
<Columns>
<Column>
<ID>Model</ID>
<Name>Model</Name>
<SourceColumnID>Model</SourceColumnID>
<Usage>Key</Usage>
</Column>
</Columns>
</Column>
</Columns>
<Language>1033</Language>
<Collation>Latin1_General_CI_AS</Collation>
</MiningModel>
</MiningModels>
</MiningStructure>
</ObjectDefinition>
</Create>
Properties (XMLA)