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title: "DatabaseID Element (XMLA) | Microsoft Docs"
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# DatabaseID Element (XMLA)
  Identifies a database within a parent element that contains an object reference.  
  
## Syntax  
  
```xml  
  
<Object> <!-- or one of the elements listed below in the Element Relationships table -->  
   ...  
   <DatabaseID>...</DatabaseID>  
   ...  
</Object>  
```  
  
## Element Characteristics  
  
|Characteristic|Description|  
|--------------------|-----------------|  
|Data type and length|String|  
|Default value|None|  
|Cardinality|See the table below.|  
  
|Ancestor or Parent|Cardinality|  
|------------------------|-----------------|  
|[Source](../../../analysis-services/xmla/xml-elements-properties/source-element-xmla.md), [Target](../../../analysis-services/xmla/xml-elements-properties/target-element-xmla.md)|1-1: Required element that occurs once and only once.|  
|All others|0-1: Optional element that can occur once and only once.|  
  
## Element Relationships  
  
|Relationship|Element|  
|------------------|-------------|  
|Parent elements|[Object](../../../analysis-services/xmla/xml-elements-properties/object-element-xmla.md), [ParentObject](../../../analysis-services/xmla/xml-elements-properties/parentobject-element-xmla.md), [Source](../../../analysis-services/xmla/xml-elements-properties/source-element-xmla.md), [Target](../../../analysis-services/xmla/xml-elements-properties/target-element-xmla.md)|  
|Child elements|None|  
  
## Remarks  
  
## See Also  
 [Properties &#40;XMLA&#41;](../../../analysis-services/xmla/xml-elements-properties/xml-elements-properties.md)