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title: "StorageEngineUsed Element (XMLA) | Microsoft Docs"
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  - "StorageEngineUsed Element"
apilocation: 
  - "http://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine"
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  - "SQL Server 2016 Preview"
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# StorageEngineUsed Element (XMLA)
  Contains a read-only value that describes the current database type.  
  
## Syntax  
  
```xml  
  
<Databases>  
      <Database>  
      <Name>...</Name>  
      <ID>...</ID>  
      <CreatedTimestamp>...</CreatedTimestamp>  
      <LastSchemaUpdate>...</LastSchemaUpdate>  
      <LastUpdate>...</LastUpdate>  
      <Description>...</Description>  
      <State>   </State>  
      <AggregationPrefix>...</AggregationPrefix>  
      <EstimatedSize>...</EstimatedSize>  
      <LastProcessed>...</LastProcessed>  
      <Language>...</Language>  
            <Collation>...</Collation>  
            <Visible>...</Visible>  
      <MasterDatasourceID>...</MasterDataSourceID>  
      <Accounts>...</Accounts>  
      <DataSources>...</DataSources>  
      <DataSourceViews>...</DataSourceViews>  
            <Dimensions>...</Dimensions>  
      <Cubes>...</Cubes>  
            <MiningStructures>...</MiningStructures>  
      <Roles>...</Roles>  
      <Assemblies>...</Assemblies>  
      <DatabasePermissions>...</DatabasePermissions>  
      <Translations>...</Translations>  
      <Annotations>...</Annotations>  
            <StorageEngineUsed >...</StorageEngineUsed>  
   </Database>  
</Databases>  
```  
  
## Element Characteristics  
  
|Characteristic|Description|  
|--------------------|-----------------|  
|Data type and length|String (enumeration)|  
|Default value|None|  
|Cardinality|1-1: Required element that occurs once and only once.|  
  
## Element Relationships  
  
|Relationship|Element|  
|------------------|-------------|  
|Parent elements|[database](../../../analysis-services/scripting/objects/database-element-assl.md)|  
|Child elements|None|  
  
## Remarks  
 The value of this element is limited to one of the strings listed in the following table.  
  
|Value|Description|  
|-----------|-----------------|  
|*Traditional*|The database model corresponds to a MOLAP, ROLAP, or HOLAP storage mode.|  
|*InMemory*|The database model corresponds to an IMBI storage mode.|  
|*Mixed*|The database model mixes IMBI and MOLAP, ROLAP, or HOLAP storage modes.|  
  
 The enumeration that corresponds to the allowed values for **StorageEngineUsed** in the Analysis Management Objects (AMO) object model is <xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.StorageEngineUsed>.  
  
 The elements that correspond to the parents of **StorageEngineUsed** in the Analysis Management Objects (AMO) object model are <xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Database>.