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

Reference

Properties (ASSL)