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# Measure Element (ASSL)
  Defines a measure.  
  
## Syntax  
  
```xml  
  
<Measures>  
   <Measure> <!-- ancestor: MeasureGroup -->  
      <Name>...</Name>  
      <ID>...</ID>  
      <Description>...</Description>  
      <AggregateFunction>...</AggregateFunction>  
            <DataType>...</DataType>  
            <Source>...</Source>  
      <Visible>...</Visible>  
      <MeasureExpression>...</MeasureExpression>  
      <DisplayFolder>...</DisplayFolder>  
      <FormatString>...</FormatString>  
      <BackColor>...</BackColor>  
      <ForeColor>...</ForeColor>  
            <FontName>...</FontName>  
            <FontSize>...</FontSize>  
            <FontFlags>...</FontFlags>  
            <Translations>...</Translations>  
      <Annotations>...</Annotations>  
   </Measure>  
   <!-- or  -->  
   <Measure xsi:type="AggregationInstanceMeasure">...</Measure> <!-- parent: AggregationInstance -->  
      <!-- or  -->  
   <Measure xsi:type="MeasureBinding">...</Measure> <!-- ancestor: MeasureGroupBinding (out-of-line) -->  
   <!-- or  -->  
   <Measure xsi:type="PerspectiveMeasure">...</Measure> <!-- ancestor: PerspectiveMeasureGroup -->  
</Measures>  
```  
  
## 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|  
|------------------------|---------------|  
|[AggregationInstance](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/aggregationinstance-element-assl.md)|[AggregationInstanceMeasure](../../../analysis-services/scripting/data-type/measurebinding-data-type-assl.md)|  
|[MeasureGroup](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/measuregroup-element-assl.md)|None|  
|[MeasureGroupBinding (out-of-line)](../../../analysis-services/scripting/data-type/measuregroupbinding-data-type-out-of-line-assl.md)|[MeasureBinding](../../../analysis-services/scripting/data-type/measurebinding-data-type-assl.md)|  
|[PerspectiveMeasureGroup](../../../analysis-services/scripting/data-type/perspectivemeasuregroup-data-type-assl.md)|[PerspectiveMeasure](../../../analysis-services/scripting/data-type/perspectivemeasure-data-type-assl.md)|  
  
## Element Relationships  
  
|Relationship|Element|  
|------------------|-------------|  
|Parent elements|[Measures](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/measures-element-assl.md)|  
|Child elements|See the table below.|  
  
|Ancestor or Parent|Child elements|  
|------------------------|--------------------|  
|[MeasureGroup](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/measuregroup-element-assl.md)|[AggregateFunction](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/aggregatefunction-element-assl.md), [Annotations](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/annotations-element-assl.md), [BackColor](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/backcolor-element-assl.md), [DataType](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/datatype-element-assl.md), [Description](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/description-element-assl.md), [DisplayFolder](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/displayfolder-element-assl.md), [FontFlags](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/fontflags-element-assl.md), [FontName](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/fontname-element-assl.md), [FontSize](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/fontsize-element-assl.md), [ForeColor](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/forecolor-element-assl.md), [FormatString](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/formatstring-element-assl.md), [ID](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/id-element-assl.md), [MeasureExpression](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/measureexpression-element-assl.md), [Name](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/name-element-assl.md), [Source](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/source-element-measure-assl.md), [Translations](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/translations-element-assl.md), [Visible](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/visible-element-assl.md)|  
|All others|None|  
  
## Remarks  
 Binding details can be provided for a measure. These details then act as the defaults per partition.  
  
 In larger cubes, there may be hundreds of measures and hierarchies. The **DisplayFolder** property defines user appearance on the client. The value of the **DisplayFolder** property can contain any one of the following options:  
  
-   Be empty, denoting that the measure does not belong to a folder.  
  
-   Contain a single folder name, denoting that the measure should be rendered as belonging to a folder with the same name.  
  
-   Contain multiple folder names separated by a backslash (\\), denoting an embedded folder hierarchy.  
  
 The **DisplayFolder** property also applies to calculated measures and hierarchies.  
  
 The corresponding elements in the Analysis Management Objects (AMO) object model are <xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Measure> and <xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.PerspectiveMeasure>.  
  
## See Also  
 [Objects &#40;ASSL&#41;](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/objects-assl.md)