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title: "ExecuteResponse Element (XMLA) | Microsoft Docs"
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# XML Elements - Objects - ExecuteResponse
  Contains the information returned by an instance of [!INCLUDE[msCoName](../../includes/msconame-md.md)] [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] [!INCLUDE[ssASnoversion](../../includes/ssasnoversion-md.md)] in response to an [Execute](../../analysis-services/xmla/xml-elements-methods-execute.md) method call.  
  
 **Namespace** urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-analysis  
  
## Syntax  
  
```xml  
  
<ExecuteResponse>  
   <return>  
</ExecuteResponse>  
```  
  
## Element Characteristics  
  
|Characteristic|Description|  
|--------------------|-----------------|  
|Data type and length|None|  
|Default value|None|  
|Cardinality|1-1: Required element that can occur once and only once.|  
  
## Element Relationships  
  
|Relationship|Element|  
|------------------|-------------|  
|Parent elements|None|  
|Child elements|[return](../../analysis-services/xmla/xml-elements-properties/return-element-xmla.md)|  
  
## Remarks  
 The **ExecuteResponse** element is the topmost element within the body of a SOAP response for the **Execute** method.  
  
## See Also  
 [DiscoverResponse Element &#40;XMLA&#41;](../../analysis-services/xmla/xml-elements-objects-discoverresponse.md)   
 [Objects &#40;XMLA&#41;](../../analysis-services/xmla/xml-elements-objects.md)