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title: "Cube Element (ASSL) | Microsoft Docs"
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  - "Cube Element"
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  - "http://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine"
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  - "SQL Server 2016 Preview"
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  - "Cube element"
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# Cube Element (ASSL)
  Defines a regular, virtual, or linked cube in a [!INCLUDE[msCoName](../../../includes/msconame-md.md)] [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] [!INCLUDE[ssASnoversion](../../../includes/ssasnoversion-md.md)] [Database](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/database-element-assl.md) element.  
  
## Syntax  
  
```xml  
  
<Cubes>  
   <Cube>  
            <Name>...</Name>  
      <ID>...</ID>  
      <CreatedTimestamp>...</CreatedTimestamp>  
      <LastSchemaUpdate>...</LastSchemaUpdate>  
            <Description>...</Description>  
            <Language>...</Language>  
            <Collation>...</Collation>  
            <Translations>...</Translations>  
      <Dimensions>...</Dimensions>  
            <CubePermissions>...</CubePermissions>  
      <MdxScripts>...</MdxScripts>  
      <Perspectives>...</Perspectives>  
      <State>...</State>  
      <DefaultMeasure>...</DefaultMeasure>  
      <Visible>...</Visible>  
      <MeasureGroups>...</MeasureGroups>  
      <DataSourceView >...</Source>  
      <AggregationPrefix>...</AggregationPrefix>  
      <ProcessingPriority>...</ProcessingPriority>  
            <StorageMode>...</StorageMode>  
      <ProcessingMode>...</ProcessingMode>  
      <ScriptCacheProcessingMode>...</ScriptCacheProcessingMode>  
      <ProactiveCaching>...</ProactiveCaching>  
            <Kpis>...</Kpis>  
            <ErrorConfiguration>...</ErrorConfiguration>  
            <Actions>...</Actions>  
      <StorageLocation>...</StorageLocation>  
      <EstimatedRows>...</EstimatedRows>  
      <LastProcessed>...</LastProcessed>  
      <Annotations>...</Annotations>  
   </Cube>  
</Cubes>  
```  
  
## Element Characteristics  
  
|Characteristic|Description|  
|--------------------|-----------------|  
|Data type and length|None|  
|Default value|None|  
|Cardinality|0-n: Optional element that can occur more than once.|  
  
## Element Relationships  
  
|Relationship|Element|  
|------------------|-------------|  
|Parent elements|[Cubes](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/cubes-element-assl.md)|  
|Child elements|[Actions](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/actions-element-assl.md), [AggregationPrefix](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/aggregationprefix-element-assl.md), [Annotations](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/annotations-element-assl.md), [Collation](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/collation-element-assl.md), [CreatedTimestamp](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/createdtimestamp-element-assl.md), [CubePermissions](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/cubepermissions-element-assl.md), [DefaultMeasure](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/defaultmeasure-element-assl.md), [Description](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/description-element-assl.md), [Dimensions](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/dimensions-element-assl.md), [ErrorConfiguration](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/errorconfiguration-element-assl.md), [EstimatedRows](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/estimatedrows-element-assl.md), [ID](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/id-element-assl.md), [Kpis](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/kpis-element-assl.md), [Language](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/language-element-assl.md), [LastProcessed](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/lastprocessed-element-assl.md), [LastSchemaUpdate](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/lastschemaupdate-element-assl.md), [MdxScripts](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/mdxscripts-element-assl.md), [MeasureGroups](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/measuregroups-element-assl.md), [Name](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/name-element-assl.md), [Perspectives](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/perspectives-element-assl.md), [ProactiveCaching](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/proactivecaching-element-assl.md), [ProcessingMode](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/processingmode-element-assl.md), [ProcessingPriority](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/processingpriority-element-assl.md), [ScriptCacheProcessingMode](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/scriptcacheprocessingmode-element-assl.md), [State](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/state-element-assl.md), [StorageLocation](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/storagelocation-element-assl.md), [StorageMode](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/storagemode-element-assl.md), [Translations](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/translations-element-assl.md), [Visible](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/visible-element-assl.md)|  
  
## Remarks  
 The corresponding element in the Analysis Management Objects (AMO) object model is <xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Cube>.  
  
## See Also  
 [Objects &#40;ASSL&#41;](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/objects-assl.md)