DesignAggregations Element (XMLA)

Creates aggregations for an aggregation design on a Analysis Services instance.

Syntax

  
<Command>  
   <DesignAggregations>  
      <Object>...</Object>  
      <Time>...</Time>  
      <Steps>...</Steps>  
      <Optimization>...</Optimization>  
      <Storage>...</Storage>  
      <Materialize>...</Materialize>  
      <Queries>...</Queries>  
   </DesignAggregations>  
</Command>  

Element characteristics

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

Element relationships

Relationship Element
Parent elements Command
Child elements Materialize, Object, Optimization, Queries, Steps, Storage, Time

Remarks

The DesignAggregations command is used to generate aggregation definitions stored by an aggregation design. An aggregation design can then be used to materialize aggregations for a partition and can be reused between partitions.