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# Process Element (ASSL)
  Determines whether a user can process the owner of the parent element.  
  
## Syntax  
  
```xml  
  
<Permission> <-- or one of the other elements contained in the Element Relationships table -->  
   ...  
   <Process>...</Process>  
   ...  
</Permission>  
```  
  
## Element Characteristics  
  
|Characteristic|Description|  
|--------------------|-----------------|  
|Data type and length|Boolean|  
|Default value|False|  
|Cardinality|0-1: Optional element that can occur once and only once.|  
  
## Element Relationships  
  
|Relationship|Element|  
|------------------|-------------|  
|Parent elements|[CubePermission](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/cubepermission-element-assl.md), [DatabasePermission](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/databasepermission-element-assl.md), [DimensionPermission](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/dimensionpermission-element-assl.md), [MiningModelPermission](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/miningmodelpermission-element-assl.md), [MiningStructurePermission](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/miningstructurepermission-element-assl.md), [Permission](../../../analysis-services/scripting/data-type/permission-data-type-assl.md)|  
|Child elements|None|  
  
## Remarks  
 The elements that correspond to the parents of **Process** in the Analysis Management Objects (AMO) object model are <xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.CubePermission>, <xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.DatabasePermission>, <xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.DimensionPermission>, <xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.MiningModelPermission>, <xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.MiningStructurePermission>, and <xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Permission>.  
  
## See Also  
 [Role Element &#40;ASSL&#41;](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/role-element-assl.md)   
 [Properties &#40;ASSL&#41;](../../../analysis-services/scripting/properties/properties-assl.md)