writebacktablecreation-element-xmla.md

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

Determines whether a writeback table is created during the Process operation.

Syntax

  
<Process>  
...  
   <WritebackTableCreation>...</WritebackTableCreation>  
...  
</Process>  

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 elements	Process
Child elements	None

Remarks

For more information about processing options available to objects on an Analysis Services instance, see Processing a multidimensional model (Analysis Services).

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

Value	Description
Create	Create a new writeback table, if one does not exist. If a writeback table already exists, an error occurs.
CreateAlways	Create a new writeback table, overwriting any existing writeback table.
UseExisting	Use the existing writeback table, if one already exists. If one does not exist, an error occurs.

See Also

Properties (XMLA)