ValueColumn Element (ASSL)

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Identifies the column that provides the value of the parent element.

Syntax

<DimensionAttribute>
   ...
   <ValueColumn xsi:type="DataItem">...</ValueColumn>
   ...
</DimensionAttribute>

Element Characteristics

Characteristic Description

Data type and length

DataItem

Default value

Varies (see Remarks)

Cardinality

0-1: Optional element that can occur once and only once.

Element Relationships

Relationship Element

Parent elements

DimensionAttribute

Child elements

None

Remarks

If the NameColumn element of DimensionAttribute is specified, the same DataItem values are used as default values for the ValueColumn element. If the NameColumn element of DimensionAttribute is not specified and the KeyColumns collection of DimensionAttribute contains a single KeyColumn element representing a key column with a string data type, the same DataItem values are used as default values for the ValueColumn element.

For more information about the DataItem type, including a table of Analysis Services Scripting Language (ASSL) objects and properties of the DataItem type, see DataItem Data Type (ASSL).

The elements that correspond to the parents of NameColumn in the Analysis Management Objects (AMO) object model are DimensionAttribute and ScalarMiningStructureColumn.

See Also

Reference

Objects (ASSL)

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