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title: "Trace Element (ASSL) | Microsoft Docs"
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# Trace Element (ASSL)
  Defines a trace that can be queried.  
  
## Syntax  
  
```  
  
      Profiler syntax  
<Traces>  
   <Trace>  
      <Name>...</Name>  
      <ID>...</ID>  
      <Description>...</Description>  
      <CreatedTimestamp>...</CreatedTimestamp>  
      <LastSchemaUpdate>...</LastSchemaUpdate>  
      <LogFileName>...</LogFileName>  
      <LogFileAppend>...</LogFileAppend>  
      <LogFileSize>...</LogFileSize>  
      <Audit>...</Audit>  
      <LogFileRollover>...</LogFileRollover>  
      <AutoRestart>...</AutoRestart>  
      <StopTime>...</StopTime>  
      <Filter>...</Filter>  
      <Events>...</Events>  
      <Annotations>...</Annotations>  
   </Trace>  
</Traces>  
```  
  
```  
  
      Extended Events syntax  
<Traces>  
   <Trace>  
      <Name>...</Name>  
      <ID>...</ID>  
      <Description>...</Description>  
      <CreatedTimestamp>...</CreatedTimestamp>  
      <LastSchemaUpdate>...</LastSchemaUpdate> 
      <AutoRestart>...</AutoRestart>
      <XEvent>...</XEvent>  
      <Annotations>...</Annotations>  
   </Trace>  
</Traces>  
```  
  
## 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|[Traces](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/traces-element-assl.md)|  
|Child elements|[Annotations](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/annotations-element-assl.md), [Audit](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/audit-element-assl.md), [AutoRestart](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/autorestart-element-assl.md), [CreatedTimestamp](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/createdtimestamp-element-assl.md), [Description](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/description-element-assl.md), [Events](../../../analysis-services/scripting/collections/events-element-assl.md), [Filter](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/filter-element-trace-assl.md), [ID](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/id-element-assl.md), [LastSchemaUpdate](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/lastschemaupdate-element-assl.md), [LogFileAppend](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/logfileappend-element-assl.md), [LogFileName](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/logfilename-element-assl.md), [LogFileRollover](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/logfilerollover-element-assl.md), [LogFileSize](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/logfilesize-element-assl.md), [Name](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/name-element-assl.md), [StopTime](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/stoptime-element-assl.md)|  
  
## Remarks  
 The corresponding element in the Analysis Management Objects (AMO) object model is <xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Trace>.  
  
## See Also  
 [Server Element &#40;ASSL&#41;](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/server-element-assl.md)   
 [Objects &#40;ASSL&#41;](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/objects-assl.md)