ClassType (Dimension Interface)

Note

  This feature will be removed in the next version of Microsoft SQL Server. Do not use this feature in new development work, and modify applications that currently use this feature as soon as possible.

The ClassType property of the Dimension interface contains an enumeration constant that identifies the specific class type.

Applies To:clsAggregationDimension, clsCubeDimension, clsDatabaseDimension, clsPartitionDimension

Data Type

ClassTypes

For dimension objects, ClassType returns one of the following:

• clsDatabaseDimension
• clsCubeDimension
• clsPartitionDimension
• clsAggregationDimension

Access

Read-only

Example

Use the following code to obtain the class type of a dimension object:

    Dim dsoDim As DSO.Dimension
    Dim objClassType As DSO.ClassTypes

    ' Insert code here for setting the dsoDim
    ' dimension object to a valid dimension.

    ' Get the ClassType property of the dimension.
    objClassType = dsoDimDimensionObject.ClassType

    ' Check the class type.
    Select Case objClassType
        Case clsDatabaseDimension
        ' Insert commands for a database dimension.
        Case clsCubeDimension
        ' Insert commands for a cube dimension or virtual cube dimension.
        Case clsPartitionDimension
        ' Insert commands for a partition dimension.
        Case clsAggregationDimension
        ' Insert commands for an aggregation dimension.
        Case Else
        ' Insert other commands.
    End Select

See Also

Reference

Dimension Interface

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