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title: "Kpi Element (ASSL) | Microsoft Docs"
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# Kpi Element (ASSL)
  Defines a key performance indicator (KPI) within a [Cube](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/cube-element-assl.md) element or a [Perspective](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/perspective-element-assl.md) element.  
  
## Syntax  
  
```xml  
  
<Kpis>  
   <Kpi> <!-- ancestor: Cube -->  
            <Name>...</Name>  
      <ID>...</ID>  
      <Description>...</Description>  
      <Translations>...</Translations>  
      <DisplayFolder>...</DisplayFolder>  
      <AssociatedMeasureGroupID>...</AssociatedMeasureGroupID>  
      <Value>...</Value>  
            <Goal>...</Goal>  
      <Status>...</Status>  
      <Trend>...</Trend>  
      <TrendGraphic>...</TrendGraphic>  
      <StatusGraphic>...</StatusGraphic>  
      <CurrentTimeMember>...</CurrentTimeMember>  
      <Annotations>...</Annotations>  
   </Kpi>  
   <!-- or -->  
   <Kpi xsi:type="PerspectiveKpi">...</Kpi> <!-- ancestor: Perspective -->  
   </Kpi>  
</Kpis>  
```  
  
## Element Characteristics  
  
|Characteristic|Description|  
|--------------------|-----------------|  
|Data type and length|See the table below.|  
|Default value|None|  
|Cardinality|0-n: Optional element that can occur more than once.|  
  
|Ancestor or Parent|Data Type|  
|------------------------|---------------|  
|[Cube](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/cube-element-assl.md)|None|  
|[Perspective](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/perspective-element-assl.md)|[PerspectiveKpi](../../../analysis-services/scripting/data-type/perspectivekpi-data-type-assl.md)|  
  
## Element Relationships  
  
|Relationship|Element|  
|------------------|-------------|  
|Parent elements|[Kpis](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/kpis-element-assl.md)|  
|Child elements|See the table below.|  
  
|Ancestor or Parent|Child elements|  
|------------------------|--------------------|  
|[Cube](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/cube-element-assl.md)|[Annotations](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/annotations-element-assl.md), [AssociatedMeasureGroupID](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/associatedmeasuregroupid-element-assl.md), [CurrentTimeMember](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/currenttimemember-element-assl.md), [Description](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/description-element-assl.md), [DisplayFolder](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/displayfolder-element-assl.md), [Goal](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/goal-element-assl.md), [ID](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/id-element-assl.md), [Name](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/name-element-assl.md), [Status](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/status-element-assl.md), [StatusGraphic](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/statusgraphic-element-assl.md), [Translations](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/translations-element-assl.md), [Trend](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/trend-element-assl.md), [TrendGraphic](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/trendgraphic-element-assl.md), [Value](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/value-element-assl.md)|  
|[Perspective](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/perspective-element-assl.md)|None|  
  
## Remarks  
 The corresponding elements in the Analysis Management Objects (AMO) object model are <xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Kpi> and <xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.PerspectiveKpi>.  
  
## See Also  
 [Objects &#40;ASSL&#41;](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/objects-assl.md)