ParentObject Element (XMLA)
Contains the identifier of the parent object under which to create the objects defined by the parent Create element.
Syntax
<Create>
...
<ParentObject>
<!-- Object reference -->
</ParentObject>
...
</Create>
Element Characteristics
Characteristic |
Description |
|---|---|
Data type and length |
None |
Default value |
None |
Cardinality |
0-1: Optional element that can occur once and only once. |
Element Relationships
Relationship |
Element |
|---|---|
Parent elements |
|
Child elements |
Required Analysis Services Scripting Language (ASSL) elements. Specified by listing the ID elements of the object and its ancestors (excluding the Server object.) For example, the following ParentObject element identifies a partition: <ParentObject> <DatabaseID>Adventure Works DW</DatabaseID> <CubeID>Adventure Works</CubeID> <MeasureGroupID>Internet Sales</MeasureGroupID> <PartitionID>Inernet_Sales_2001</PartitionID> </ParentObject> |
Remarks
The order in which identifiers appear is not important.
Example
The following example creates the Market Basket mining structure, included in the Adventure Works DW sample Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services database.
<Create xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine">
<ParentObject>
<DatabaseID>database</DatabaseID>
</ParentObject>
<ObjectDefinition>
<MiningStructure xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<ID>Market Basket</ID>
<Name>Market Basket</Name>
<Source xsi:type="DataSourceViewBinding">
<DataSourceViewID>Adventure Works DW</DataSourceViewID>
</Source>
<Language>1033</Language>
<Collation>Latin1_General_CI_AS</Collation>
<Columns>
<Column xsi:type="ScalarMiningStructureColumn">
<ID>Order Number</ID>
<Name>Order Number</Name>
<IsKey>true</IsKey>
<Type>Text</Type>
<Content>Key</Content>
<KeyColumns>
<KeyColumn>
<NullProcessing>Error</NullProcessing>
<DataType>WChar</DataType>
<DataSize>20</DataSize>
<Source xsi:type="ColumnBinding">
<TableID>dbo_vAssocSeqOrders</TableID>
<ColumnID>OrderNumber</ColumnID>
</Source>
</KeyColumn>
</KeyColumns>
</Column>
<Column xsi:type="TableMiningStructureColumn">
<Annotations>
<Annotation>
<Name>MDXFilterComponent</Name>
<Value />
</Annotation>
</Annotations>
<ID>v Assoc Seq Line Items</ID>
<Name>v Assoc Seq Line Items</Name>
<ForeignKeyColumns>
<ForeignKeyColumn>
<NullProcessing>Error</NullProcessing>
<DataType>WChar</DataType>
<DataSize>20</DataSize>
<Source xsi:type="ColumnBinding">
<TableID>dbo_vAssocSeqLineItems</TableID>
<ColumnID>OrderNumber</ColumnID>
</Source>
</ForeignKeyColumn>
</ForeignKeyColumns>
<Columns>
<Column xsi:type="ScalarMiningStructureColumn">
<ID>Model</ID>
<Name>Model</Name>
<IsKey>true</IsKey>
<Type>Text</Type>
<Content>Key</Content>
<KeyColumns>
<KeyColumn>
<DataType>WChar</DataType>
<DataSize>50</DataSize>
<Source xsi:type="ColumnBinding">
<TableID>dbo_vAssocSeqLineItems</TableID>
<ColumnID>Model</ColumnID>
</Source>
</KeyColumn>
</KeyColumns>
</Column>
</Columns>
</Column>
</Columns>
<MiningModels>
<MiningModel>
<ID>Market Basket</ID>
<Name>Association</Name>
<Algorithm>Microsoft_Association_Rules</Algorithm>
<AlgorithmParameters>
<AlgorithmParameter>
<Name>MINIMUM_PROBABILITY</Name>
<Value xsi:type="xsd:double">0.1</Value>
</AlgorithmParameter>
<AlgorithmParameter>
<Name>MINIMUM_SUPPORT</Name>
<Value xsi:type="xsd:double">0.01</Value>
</AlgorithmParameter>
</AlgorithmParameters>
<Columns>
<Column>
<ID>Order Number</ID>
<Name>Order Number</Name>
<SourceColumnID>Order Number</SourceColumnID>
<Usage>Key</Usage>
</Column>
<Column>
<ID>v Assoc Seq Line Items</ID>
<Name>v Assoc Seq Line Items</Name>
<SourceColumnID>v Assoc Seq Line Items</SourceColumnID>
<Usage>Predict</Usage>
<Columns>
<Column>
<ID>Model</ID>
<Name>Model</Name>
<SourceColumnID>Model</SourceColumnID>
<Usage>Key</Usage>
</Column>
</Columns>
</Column>
</Columns>
<Language>1033</Language>
<Collation>Latin1_General_CI_AS</Collation>
</MiningModel>
</MiningModels>
</MiningStructure>
</ObjectDefinition>
</Create>