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# Role Element (ASSL)
  Contains information about a security role.  
  
## Syntax  
  
```xml  
  
<Roles>  
      <Role>  
      <Name>...</Name>  
      <ID>...</ID>  
      <CreatedTimestamp>...</CreateTimestamp>  
      <LastSchemaUpdate>...</LastSchemaUpdate>  
      <Description>...</Description>  
      <Members>...</Members>  
      <Annotations>...</Annotations>  
   </Role>  
</Roles>  
```  
  
## 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|[Roles](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/roles-element-assl.md)|  
|Child elements|[Annotations](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/annotations-element-assl.md), [CreatedTimestamp](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/createdtimestamp-element-assl.md), [Description](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/description-element-assl.md), [ID](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/id-element-assl.md), [LastSchemaUpdate](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/lastschemaupdate-element-assl.md), [Members](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/members-element-assl.md), [Name](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/name-element-assl.md)|  
  
## Remarks  
 The definition of the role includes the users that are members of the role.  
  
 The corresponding element in the Analysis Management Objects (AMO) object model is <xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Role>.  
  
## See Also  
 [Database Element &#40;ASSL&#41;](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/database-element-assl.md)   
 [Server Element &#40;ASSL&#41;](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/server-element-assl.md)   
 [Objects &#40;ASSL&#41;](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/objects-assl.md)