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title: "Server Element (ASSL) | Microsoft Docs"
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  - "Server Element"
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# Server Element (ASSL)
  Describes an instance of [!INCLUDE[msCoName](../../../includes/msconame-md.md)] [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] [!INCLUDE[ssASnoversion](../../../includes/ssasnoversion-md.md)].  
  
## Syntax  
  
```xml  
  
<Server>  
   <!—These elements are common to each major object -->  
   <Name>...</Name>  
   <ID>...</ID>  
   <CreatedTimestamp>...</CreatedTimestamp>  
   <LastSchemaUpdate>...</LastSchemaUpdate>  
   <Description>...</Description>  
   <Annotations>...</Annotations>  
   <!-- server elements or properties -->  
   <ProductName>...</ProductName>  
   <Edition>...</Edition>  
   <EditionId>...</Edition>  
   <Version>...</Version>  
   <ServerMode>...</ServerMode>  
   <ProductLevel>...</Databases>  
   <Databases>...</Databases>  
   <Assemblies>...</Assemblies>  
   <Traces>...</Traces>  
   <Roles>...</Roles>  
   <ServerProperties>...</ServerProperties>  
</Server>  
```  
  
## Element Characteristics  
  
|Characteristic|Description|  
|--------------------|-----------------|  
|Data type and length|None|  
|Default value|None|  
|Cardinality|1-1: Required element that occurs once and only once.|  
  
## Element Relationships  
  
|Relationship|Element|  
|------------------|-------------|  
|Parent elements|None|  
|Child elements|[Name](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/name-element-assl.md), [ID](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/id-element-assl.md), [CreatedTimestamp](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/createdtimestamp-element-assl.md), [LastSchemaUpdate](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/lastschemaupdate-element-assl.md), [Description](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/description-element-assl.md), [Annotations](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/annotations-element-assl.md), [ProductName](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/productname-element-assl.md), [Edition](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/edition-element-assl.md), [EditionId](../../../analysis-services/xmla/xml-elements-properties/editionid-element.md), [Version](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/version-element-assl.md), [ServerMode](../../../analysis-services/xmla/xml-elements-properties/editionid-element.md), [ProductLevel](../../../analysis-services/xmla/xml-elements-properties/productlabel-element.md), [Databases](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/databases-element-assl.md), [Assemblies](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/assemblies-element-assl.md), [Traces](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/traces-element-assl.md), [Roles](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/roles-element-assl.md), [ServerProperties](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/serverproperties-element-assl.md)>|  
  
## Remarks  
 The **Server** element represents an instance of [!INCLUDE[ssASnoversion](../../../includes/ssasnoversion-md.md)], and serves as the topmost node in the Analysis Services Scripting Language (ASSL) node hierarchy.  
  
 The corresponding element in the Analysis Management Objects (AMO) object model is <xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Server>.  
  
## See Also  
 [Objects &#40;ASSL&#41;](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/objects-assl.md)