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DimensionAttribute Class
SQL Server 2012
Describes a dimension attribute. This class cannot be inherited.
System.Object
System.MarshalByRefObject
System.ComponentModel.Component
Microsoft.AnalysisServices.ModelComponent
Microsoft.AnalysisServices.NamedComponent
Microsoft.AnalysisServices.DimensionAttribute
System.MarshalByRefObject
System.ComponentModel.Component
Microsoft.AnalysisServices.ModelComponent
Microsoft.AnalysisServices.NamedComponent
Microsoft.AnalysisServices.DimensionAttribute
Namespace: Microsoft.AnalysisServices
Assembly: Microsoft.AnalysisServices (in Microsoft.AnalysisServices.dll)
The DimensionAttribute type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | DimensionAttribute() | Initializes a new instance of DimensionAttribute using the default values. |
| DimensionAttribute(String) | Initializes a new instance of DimensionAttribute using a name. |
| DimensionAttribute(String, String) | Initializes a new instance of DimensionAttribute using a name and an identifier. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Annotations | Gets a collection within which you can store custom data. (Inherited from ModelComponent.) |
| AttributeHierarchyDisplayFolder | Gets or sets the folder in which to display the associated attribute hierarchy. |
| AttributeHierarchyEnabled | Gets or sets whether an attribute hierarchy is enabled for the attribute. |
| AttributeHierarchyOptimizedState | Gets or sets the level of optimization applied to the attribute hierarchy. |
| AttributeHierarchyOrdered | Gets or sets whether the associated attribute hierarchy is ordered. |
| AttributeHierarchyProcessingState | Gets or sets the processing state for the attribute. |
| AttributeHierarchyVisible | Gets or sets whether the attribute hierarchy is visible to client applications. |
| AttributeRelationships | Gets the collection of AttributeRelationship objects for the attribute. |
| Container | (Inherited from Component.) |
| CustomRollupColumn | Gets or sets the details of the column that provide a custom rollup formula. |
| CustomRollupPropertiesColumn | Gets or sets the details of a column that provide the properties of a custom rollup formula. |
| DefaultMember | Gets or sets an MDX (Multidimensional Expressions) expression that identifies the default member of DimensionAttribute. |
| Description | Gets or sets the description of the component. (Inherited from NamedComponent.) |
| DiscretizationBucketCount | Gets or sets the number of buckets into which to discretize attribute values. |
| DiscretizationMethod | Gets or sets the method to be used for discretization. |
| EstimatedCount | Gets or sets the estimated number of members for an attribute. |
| ExtendedType | |
| FormatString | Gets or sets the format item in a specified string. |
| FriendlyName | Returns a user-friendly name. (Inherited from NamedComponent.) |
| GroupingBehavior | Gets or sets the grouping behavior for the DimensionAttribute. |
| ID | Gets or sets the identifier of the component. (Inherited from NamedComponent.) |
| InstanceSelection | Gets or sets a hint to client applications to suggest how a list of items should be displayed, based on the expected number of items in the list. |
| IsAggregatable | Gets or sets whether the values of the DimensionAttribute object can be aggregated. |
| KeyColumns | Gets the collection of key column definitions for DimensionAttribute. |
| KeyForCollection | Returns the key used in collections. (Inherited from NamedComponent.) |
| KeyUniquenessGuarantee | Gets or sets whether the relationship between the attribute key and its name, and the relationship to related attributes, is guaranteed to be valid. |
| MemberNamesUnique | Gets or sets whether member names under DimensionAttribute must be unique. |
| MembersWithData | Gets or sets whether to display data members for non-leaf members in the parent attribute. |
| MembersWithDataCaption | Gets or sets a template string that is used to create captions for system-generated data members. |
| Name | Gets or sets the name of the component. (Inherited from NamedComponent.) |
| NameColumn | Gets or sets the column that provides the name of the DimensionAttribute. |
| NamingTemplate | Gets or sets how levels are named in a parent-child hierarchy constructed from the DimensionAttribute object. |
| NamingTemplateTranslations | Gets a collection of localized translations for the NamingTemplate property. |
| OrderBy | Gets or sets how to order the members contained in the attribute. |
| OrderByAttribute | Gets or sets the attribute by which to order the members of the attribute hierarchy. |
| OrderByAttributeID | Gets or sets another attribute by which to order the members of the DimensionAttribute. |
| OwningCollection | Gets or sets the collection that contains the ModelComponent. (Inherited from ModelComponent.) |
| Parent | Gets the parent Dimension of the DimensionAttribute. |
| ParentDatabase | Gets the parent database of the attribute. |
| ParentServer | Gets the parent Server of the attribute. |
| ProcessingState | Gets or sets the processing state of the attribute. |
| RootMemberIf | Gets or sets how the root member or members of a parent attribute are identified. |
| Site | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the site of the component. (Inherited from NamedComponent.) |
| SiteID | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the identifier for the site associated with the component. (Inherited from NamedComponent.) |
| SkippedLevelsColumn | Gets or sets the details of a column that stores the number of skipped (empty) levels between each member and its parent. |
| Source | Gets or sets the source of the attribute. |
| Translations | Gets the collection of Translation objects associated with DimensionAttribute. |
| Type | Gets or sets the type of the attribute. |
| UnaryOperatorColumn | Gets or sets the details of a column providing a unary operator. |
| Usage | Gets or sets how an attribute is used. |
| ValueColumn | Gets or sets the column that provides the value of DimensionAttribute. |
| VisualizationProperties | Gets or sets the visualization properties. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| AddToContainer | Infrastructure. Adds a ModelComponent object to the specified container. (Inherited from ModelComponent.) |
| AfterInsert | Infrastructure. Displays a ModelComponent object after added to the specified index. (Inherited from ModelComponent.) |
| AfterMove | Infrastructure. Displays a ModelComponent object after moving to the specified index. (Inherited from ModelComponent.) |
| AfterRemove | Infrastructure. Displays a ModelComponentCollection after a ModelComponent object is removed. (Inherited from ModelComponent.) |
| BeforeRemove | Infrastructure. Removes the ModelComponent object before the cleanup. (Inherited from ModelComponent.) |
| Clone | Creates a new full copy of the DimensionAttribute object. |
| CopyTo | Copies the content of this object to another object. |
| CreateObjRef | Security Critical. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) |
| Dispose | (Inherited from Component.) |
| Equals | (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetHashCode | (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetLifetimeService | Security Critical. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) |
| GetType | (Inherited from Object.) |
| InitializeLifetimeService | Security Critical. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) |
| RemoveFromContainer | Infrastructure. Removes a ModelComponent object from the specified container. (Inherited from ModelComponent.) |
| Submit() | Infrastructure. Submits a ModelComponent object. (Inherited from ModelComponent.) |
| Submit(Boolean) | Infrastructure. Submits a ModelComponent object. (Inherited from ModelComponent.) |
| ToString | Returns a string containing the name of the component. (Inherited from NamedComponent.) |
| Validate(ValidationErrorCollection) | Validates the element to which it is appended; returns any errors encountered in a collection. (Inherited from ModelComponent.) |
| Validate(ValidationErrorCollection, Boolean) | Validates the element to which it is appended; returns any errors encountered in a collection. Also contains a parameter to enable return of detailed errors. (Inherited from ModelComponent.) |
| Validate(ValidationErrorCollection, Boolean, ServerEdition) | Determines whether the DimensionAttribute is valid. (Overrides NamedComponent.Validate(ValidationErrorCollection, Boolean, ServerEdition).) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| ICloneable.Clone | Creates a new copy of this object instance. |
| IFormattable.ToString | Formats the value of the current instance using the specified format. (Inherited from NamedComponent.) |
 | IHostableComponent.Host | Gets or sets the IServiceProvider that is the host of the ModelComponent. (Inherited from ModelComponent.) |
| IModelComponent.FriendlyPath | Gets a friendly path for the ModelComponent. (Inherited from ModelComponent.) |
| IModelComponent.OwningCollection | Gets or sets the collection that owns the current object. (Inherited from ModelComponent.) |
