Description Element (ASSL)

Contains the description of the parent element.

Syntax

<Action> <!-- or one of the elements listed below in the Element Relationships table -->
   ...
   <Description>...</Description>
   ...
</Action>

Characteristic	Description
Data type and length	String
Default value	None
Cardinality	0-1: Optional element that occurs once and only once.

Relationship	Element
Parent elements	Action, Aggregation, AggregationDesign, Assembly, AttributePermission, CalculationProperty, CellPermission, Cube, CubeDimensionPermission, Database, DataSource, DataSourceView, Dimension, DimensionAttribute, Hierarchy, Kpi, Level, MdxScript, Measure, MeasureGroup, MiningModel, MiningModelColumn, MiningStructure, MiningStructureColumn, Partition, Permission, Perspective, Role, Server, Trace, Translation
Child elements	None

Parent elements

Child elements

None

The value of a Description element has the following restrictions:

The value cannot contain leading or trailing spaces. If leading or trailing spaces are included in the value of a Description element, those spaces will be implicitly removed by Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services.
The value cannot contain control characters. If control characters are included in the value of a Description element, those characters will be implicitly removed by Analysis Services.