--- title: "SourceMeasureGroup Element (ASSL) | Microsoft Docs" ms.custom: "" ms.date: "03/06/2017" ms.prod: "sql-server-2016" ms.reviewer: "" ms.suite: "" ms.technology: - "analysis-services" - "docset-sql-devref" ms.tgt_pltfrm: "" ms.topic: "reference" apiname: - "SourceMeasureGroup Element" apilocation: - "http://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine" apitype: "Schema" applies_to: - "SQL Server 2016 Preview" f1_keywords: - "SourceMeasureGroup" helpviewer_keywords: - "SourceMeasureGroup element" ms.assetid: aaa7cc0b-162a-4c31-ab03-a90f81eeca00 caps.latest.revision: 35 author: "Minewiskan" ms.author: "owend" manager: "erikre" --- # SourceMeasureGroup Element (ASSL) Identifies the measure group that serves as the data source for a mining structure column. ## Syntax ```xml ... ... ... ``` ## Element Characteristics |Characteristic|Description| |--------------------|-----------------| |Data type and length|[MeasureGroupBinding](../../../analysis-services/scripting/data-type/measuregroupbinding-data-type-assl.md)| |Default value|None| |Cardinality|0-1: Optional element that can occur once and only once.| ## Element Relationships |Relationship|Element| |------------------|-------------| |Parent elements|[MiningStructureColumn](../../../analysis-services/scripting/data-type/miningstructurecolumn-data-type-assl.md) of type [TableMiningStructureColumn](../../../analysis-services/scripting/data-type/tableminingstructurecolumn-data-type-assl.md)| |Child elements|None| ## Remarks For more information about the **Binding** type, including tables of Analysis Services Scripting Language (ASSL) objects of the **Binding** type and the inheritance hierarchy of **Binding** types, see [Binding Data Type (ASSL)](../../../analysis-services/scripting/data-type/binding-data-type-assl.md). For an overview of data bindings in ASSL, see [Data Sources and Bindings (SSAS Multidimensional)](../../../analysis-services/multidimensional-models/data-sources-and-bindings-ssas-multidimensional.md). The elements that correspond to the parents of **SourceMeasureGroup** in the Analysis Management Objects (AMO) object model are and . ## See Also [Objects (ASSL)](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/objects-assl.md)