Extensions to CSDL Reference
This section lists the elements, attribute, and properties in CSDL that are used to represent Analysis Services tabular models. Some elements are new; others have been updated or extended to support the BI extensions.
For an overview of tabular models and how the entities, relationships, and formulas are represented in CSDL, see CSDL Annotations for Business Intelligence (CSDLBI).
Extended CSDL Elements
The following elements of CSDL have been added or extended to support tabular modeling.
Standard CSDL Elements
The following elements are used in the CSDL representation of tabular models but no extensions to the CSDL specification were required to support tabular models. For more information on each element, see the CSDL specification on MSDN.
EntitySet Element
AssociationSet Element
End Element
Key Element
Documentation Element
Property element