Capability Element (XMLA)

Indicates support for a protocol capability in the parent ProtocolCapabilities header element.

Syntax

<ProtocolCapabilities>
   ...
   <Capability>...</Capability>
   ...
</ProtocolCapabilities>

Element Characteristics

Characteristic	Description
Data type and length	String
Default value	None
Cardinality	0-n: Optional element that can occur more than once.

Element Relationships

Relationship	Element
Parent elements	ProtocolCapabilities
Child elements	None

Remarks

The Capability element indicates that a particular capability, such as binary or compression, is supported by either the application that included the ProtocolCapabilities header element in the SOAP header of the SOAP request, or by the instance of Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services that included the ProtocolCapabilities header element in the SOAP header of the SOAP response. The value of the Capability element is the name of the capability to be supported.

Analysis Services supports the capabilities listed in the following table.

Capability name	Description
sx	Binary XML support
xpress	Compression support

See Also

Concepts

Managing Connections and Sessions (XMLA)

Properties (XMLA)