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InstanceSelection Element (ASSL)

Provides 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.

Syntax

<DimensionAttribute>
   ...
   <InstanceSelection>...</InstanceSelection>
   ...
</DimensionAttribute>

Element Characteristics

Characteristic

Description

Data type and length

String (enumeration)

Default value

None

Cardinality

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

Element Relationships

Relationship

Element

Parent element

DimensionAttribute

Child elements

None

Remarks

The value of this element is limited to one of the following strings:

Value

Description

None

Do not display a selection list. Allow users to enter values directly.

DropDown

The number of items is small enough to display in a dropdown list.

List

The number of items is too large for a dropdown list but does not require filtering.

FilteredList

The number of items is large enough to require users to filter the items to be displayed.

MandatoryFilter

The number of items is so large that the display must always be filtered.

The enumeration that corresponds to the allowed values for InstanceSelection in the Analysis Management Objects (AMO) object model is InstanceSelection.

See Also

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