Capability Element (XMLA)

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Indicates support for a protocol capability in the parent ProtocolCapabilities header element.

Syntax

<ProtocolCapabilities>
   ...
   <Capability>...</Capability>
   ...
</ProtocolCapabilities>

Element Characteristics

Characteristic Description

Data type and length

String

Default value

None

Cardinality

0-n: Optional element that can occur more than once.

Element Relationships

Relationship Element

Parent elements

ProtocolCapabilities

Child elements

None

Remarks

The Capability element indicates that a particular capability, such as binary or compression, is supported by either the application that included the ProtocolCapabilities header element in the SOAP header of the SOAP request, or by the instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services (SSAS) that included the ProtocolCapabilities header element in the SOAP header of the SOAP response. The value of the Capability element is the name of the capability to be supported.

Analysis Services supports the capabilities listed in the following table.

Capability name Description

sx

Binary XML support

xpress

Compression support

See Also

Concepts

Managing Connections and Sessions (XMLA)
Properties (XMLA)

Help and Information

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