Source Element (Binding) (ASSL)

Identifies the source of data to which the parent element is bound.

Syntax

<AggregationInstance> <!-- or one of the elements listed below in the Element Relationships table -->
   ...
   <Source>...</Source>
   ...
</Cube>

Element Characteristics

Characteristic	Description
Data type and length	Ancestor or Parent Data Type AggregationInstance TabularBinding AggregationInstanceMeasure ColumnBinding Cube DataSourceViewBinding DataItem Any data type derived from Binding, depending on the parent of DataItem. For more information, see Remarks. Dimension CubeDimensionBinding, DataSourceViewBinding, DimensionBinding, TimeBinding DimensionAttribute AttributeBinding, UserDefinedGroupBinding MeasureGroup MeasureGroupBinding MeasureGroupDimension MeasureGroupDimensionBinding MiningStructure CubeDimensionBinding, DataSourceViewBinding, DimensionBinding Partition TabularBinding ProactiveCaching Any data type derived from ProactiveCachingBinding, depending on the processing and notification options used by the parent of the ProactiveCaching element.
Default value	None
Cardinality	0-1: Optional element that can occur once and only once.

Element Relationships

Relationship	Element
Parent elements	AggregationInstance, AggregationInstanceMeasure, Cube, DataItem, Dimension, DimensionAttribute, MeasureGroup, MeasureGroupDimension, MiningStructure, Partition, ProactiveCaching.
Child elements	None

Remarks

In the Source element, the derived Binding data types that are allowed in the DataItem element depend on the parent of the DataItem element.

DataItem Parent	Allowed Data Types
DimensionAttribute	AttributeBinding, ColumnBinding, TimeAttributeBinding (only for KeyColumns).
MeasureGroupAttribute	AttributeBinding, ColumnBinding, InheritedBinding.
ScalarMiningStructureColumn	ColumnBinding

For more information about the Binding type, including tables of Analysis Services Scripting Language (ASSL) objects of the Binding type and the inheritance hierarchy of Binding types, see Binding Data Type (ASSL).

For more information about data bindings in ASSL, see Data Sources and Bindings (SSAS - Multidimensional Models).

See Also

Reference

Properties (ASSL)