Maximum Capacity Specifications (Analysis Services)
The following tables specify the maximum sizes and numbers of various objects defined in Analysis Services components under different server deployment modes.
This topic contains the following sections:
Multidimensional and Data Mining (DeploymentMode=0)
Multidimensional and Data Mining (DeploymentMode=0)
MOLAP storage mode, which stores both data and metadata, has additional physical limits on file sizes. String store files are a maximum size of 4 GB by default. If you require larger files for string stores, you can specify a different string storage architecture. For more information, see Configure String Storage for Dimensions and Partitions.
| Object | Maximum sizes/numbers |
|---|---|
| Databases in an instance | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Dimensions in a database | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Attributes in a dimension | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Members in a dimension attribute | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| User-defined hierarchies in a dimension | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Levels in a user-defined hierarchy | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Cubes in a database | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Measure groups in a cube | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Measures in a measure group | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Calculations in a cube | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| KPIs in a cube | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Actions in a cube | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Partitions in a cube | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Translations in a cube | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Aggregations in a partition | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Cells returned by a query | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Record size of the source query | 64K |
| Length of object names | 100 characters |
| Maximum number of distinct states in a data mining model attribute column | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Maximum number of attributes considered (feature selection) | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
For more information about object naming guidelines, see ASSL Objects and Object Characteristics.
For more information about data source limitations for online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining, see Data Sources Supported (SSAS Multidimensional), Data Sources Supported (SSAS Multidimensional), and ASSL Objects and Object Characteristics.
SharePoint (DeploymentMode=1)
| Object | Maximum sizes/numbers |
|---|---|
| Databases in an instance | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Tables in a database | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Columns in a table | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 Warning: Total number of columns in a table depends on the total number of Measures and Calculated Columns associated to the same table. The maximum number of 'Columns + Measures + Calculated Columns' for a table is 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Rows in a table | Unlimited Warning: With the restriction that no single column may contain more than 1,999,999,997 distinct values. |
| Hierarchies in a table | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Levels in a hierarchy | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Relationships | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Key Columns in a table | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Measures in a table | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 Warning: Total number of Measures in a table depends on the total number of Columns and Calculated Columns associated to the same table. The maximum number of 'Columns + Measures + Calculated Columns' for a table is 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Calculated Columns in a table | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 Warning: Total number of Calculated Columns in a table depends on the total number of Columns and Measures associated to the same table. The maximum number of 'Columns + Measures + Calculated Columns' for a table is 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Cells returned by a query | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Record size of the source query | 64K |
| Length of object names | 100 characters |
Tabular (DeploymentMode=2)
| Object | Maximum sizes/numbers |
|---|---|
| Databases in an instance | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Tables in a database | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Columns in a table | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 Warning: Total number of columns in a table depends on the total number of Measures and Calculated Columns associated to the same table. The maximum number of 'Columns + Measures + Calculated Columns' for a table is 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Rows in a table | Unlimited Warning: With the restriction that no single column in the table can have more than 1,999,999,997 distinct values. |
| Hierarchies in a table | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Levels in a hierarchy | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Relationships | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Key Columns in a table | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Measures in a table | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 Warning: Total number of Measures in a table depends on the total number of Columns and Calculated Columns associated to the same table. The maximum number of 'Columns + Measures + Calculated Columns' for a table is 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Calculated Columns in a table | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 Warning: Total number of Calculated Columns in a table depends on the total number of Columns and Measures associated to the same table. The maximum number of 'Columns + Measures + Calculated Columns' for a table is 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Cells returned by a query | 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 |
| Record size of the source query | 64K |
| Length of object names | 100 characters |
See Also
Determine the Server Mode of an Analysis Services Instance
General Properties