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MeasureGroup Class

Defines a set of measures known at the same level of granularity. All the measures of a MeasureGroup must be sourced from a single table.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.MarshalByRefObject
    System.ComponentModel.Component
      Microsoft.AnalysisServices.ModelComponent
        Microsoft.AnalysisServices.NamedComponent
          Microsoft.AnalysisServices.MajorObject
            Microsoft.AnalysisServices.ProcessableMajorObject
              Microsoft.AnalysisServices.MeasureGroup

Namespace:  Microsoft.AnalysisServices
Assembly:  Microsoft.AnalysisServices (in Microsoft.AnalysisServices.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("0A29598F-69D9-4380-BA02-A784A5798FE0")> _
Public NotInheritable Class MeasureGroup _
    Inherits ProcessableMajorObject _
    Implements IMajorObject, INamedComponent, IModelComponent, IComponent,  _
    IDisposable, ICloneable
'Usage
Dim instance As MeasureGroup

[GuidAttribute("0A29598F-69D9-4380-BA02-A784A5798FE0")]
public sealed class MeasureGroup : ProcessableMajorObject, 
    IMajorObject, INamedComponent, IModelComponent, IComponent, IDisposable, 
    ICloneable

[GuidAttribute(L"0A29598F-69D9-4380-BA02-A784A5798FE0")]
public ref class MeasureGroup sealed : public ProcessableMajorObject, 
    IMajorObject, INamedComponent, IModelComponent, IComponent, IDisposable, 
    ICloneable

[<SealedAttribute>]
[<GuidAttribute("0A29598F-69D9-4380-BA02-A784A5798FE0")>]
type MeasureGroup =  
    class
        inherit ProcessableMajorObject
        interface IMajorObject
        interface INamedComponent
        interface IModelComponent
        interface IComponent
        interface IDisposable
        interface ICloneable
    end

public final class MeasureGroup extends ProcessableMajorObject implements IMajorObject, INamedComponent, IModelComponent, IComponent, IDisposable, ICloneable

The MeasureGroup type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public method MeasureGroup() Initializes a new instance of MeasureGroup using the default values.
Public method MeasureGroup(String) Initializes a new instance of MeasureGroup using a name.
Public method MeasureGroup(String, String) Initializes a new instance of MeasureGroup using a name and an identifier.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public property AggregationDesigns Gets the AggregationDesigns collection for a MeasureGroup.
Public property AggregationPrefix Gets or sets a prefix used on tables used for aggregation (which are actually indexed views). This serves as default for Partitions in the MeasureGroup.
Public property Annotations Gets the collection object of all annotations to current object. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Protected property CanRaiseEvents (Inherited from Component.)
Public property Container (Inherited from Component.)
Public property CreatedTimestamp Gets or sets the date and time of the creation of the object. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Public property DataAggregation Gets or sets the enumerated value of DataAggregation which indicates whether the server can aggregate data (in MOLAP files/ROLAP tables) or cache (in memory).
Public property Description Gets or sets a description string of current object. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Protected property DesignMode (Inherited from Component.)
Public property Dimensions Gets
Public property ErrorConfiguration Gets or sets the ErrorConfiguation associated with a MeasureGroup.
Public property EstimatedRows Gets or sets the estimated number of rows in the MeasureGroup.
Public property EstimatedSize Gets or sets the estimated size of a MeasureGroup.
Protected property Events (Inherited from Component.)
Protected property FriendlyName (Inherited from NamedComponent.)
Public property ID (Inherited from NamedComponent.)
Public property IgnoreUnrelatedDimensions Gets or sets IgnoreUnrelatedDimensions associated with a MeasureGroup.
Public property IsLinked Gets the IsLinked status for a MeasureGroup.
Public property IsLoaded Infrastructure. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Protected property KeyForCollection (Inherited from NamedComponent.)
Public property LastProcessed (Inherited from ProcessableMajorObject.)
Public property LastSchemaUpdate Gets or sets the date and time when current object schema was last updated. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Public property Measures Gets the collection of measures associated with a MeasureGroup.
Public property Name (Inherited from NamedComponent.)
Public property OwningCollection Gets or sets the collection that contains the ModelComponent. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
Public property Parent Gets the Cube object that is the parent of the MeasureGroup object.
Public property ParentDatabase Gets the Database object which is the parent of the MeasureGroup 's Cube object.
Public property ParentServer Gets the Server object which is the parent of the MeasureGroup.
Public property Partitions Gets a collection of Partitions associated with a MeasureGroup.
Public property ProactiveCaching Gets or sets the ProactiveCaching information associated with a MeasureGroup.
Public property ProcessingMode An enumeration containing the processingmode associated with the cube to which the MeasureGroup is a child.
Public property ProcessingPriority
Public property Site (Inherited from NamedComponent.)
Public property SiteID (Inherited from NamedComponent.)
Public property Source Defines the binding to the source object from which to get data and populate the target object.
Public property State (Inherited from ProcessableMajorObject.)
Public property StorageLocation Gets or sets the storagelocation asscociated with a MeasureGroup.
Public property StorageMode Determines the default storage mode for the MeasureGroup. Can be overridden on a per partition basis.
Public property Translations Contains the translation of the name of the MeasureGroup.
Public property Type Provides both the Analysis Services Instance and client applications with information about the contents of the measure group.

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Methods

  Name Description
Protected method AddToContainer Infrastructure. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
Protected method AfterInsert Infrastructure. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
Protected method AfterMove Infrastructure. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
Protected method AfterRemove Infrastructure. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
Protected method BeforeRemove Infrastructure. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
Public method CanProcess (Overrides ProcessableMajorObject.CanProcess(ProcessType).)
Public method Clone() Creates a new full copy of an object.
Protected method Clone(Boolean) Infrastructure. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Public method CopyTo(MeasureGroup) Copies an Action to the specified object.
Protected method CopyTo(ModelComponent) Infrastructure. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
Protected method CopyTo(NamedComponent) (Inherited from NamedComponent.)
Protected method CopyTo(MajorObject, Boolean) (Inherited from ProcessableMajorObject.)
Public method CreateObjRef (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
Public method Dispose() (Inherited from Component.)
Protected method Dispose(Boolean) (Inherited from Component.)
Public method Drop() Removes current object and updates server. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Public method Drop(DropOptions) Removes current object and updates server using specified options. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Public method Drop(DropOptions, XmlaWarningCollection) Removes current object and updates server using specified options. Warnings resulting from drop operation are returned on the specified warnings object. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Public method Drop(DropOptions, XmlaWarningCollection, ImpactDetailCollection) Removes current object and updates server using specified options. Warnings resulting from drop operation are returned on the specified warnings variable and results for affected objects in operation are returned on specified impactResult variable. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Public method Drop(DropOptions, XmlaWarningCollection, ImpactDetailCollection, Boolean) Removes current object and updates server using specified options. Warnings resulting from drop operation are returned on the specified warnings variable and results for affected objects in operation are returned on specified impactResult variable. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Public method Equals (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize (Inherited from Component.)
Protected method GetCreateReferences Infrastructure. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Public method GetDependents Infrastructure. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Protected method GetDropDependents Infrastructure. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Public method GetHashCode (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetLifetimeService (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
Public method GetReferences (Overrides MajorObject.GetReferences(Hashtable, Boolean).)
Protected method GetService (Inherited from Component.)
Public method GetType (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetUpdateOverwrites Infrastructure. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Public method InitializeLifetimeService (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone() (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone(Boolean) (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
Public method Process() (Inherited from ProcessableMajorObject.)
Public method Process(ProcessType) (Inherited from ProcessableMajorObject.)
Public method Process(ProcessType, Binding) (Inherited from ProcessableMajorObject.)
Public method Process(ProcessType, ErrorConfiguration) (Inherited from ProcessableMajorObject.)
Public method Process(ProcessType, WriteBackTableCreation) (Inherited from ProcessableMajorObject.)
Public method Process(ProcessType, ErrorConfiguration, XmlaWarningCollection) (Inherited from ProcessableMajorObject.)
Public method Process(ProcessType, ErrorConfiguration, XmlaWarningCollection, ImpactDetailCollection) (Inherited from ProcessableMajorObject.)
Public method Process(ProcessType, ErrorConfiguration, XmlaWarningCollection, ImpactDetailCollection, Boolean) (Inherited from ProcessableMajorObject.)
Public method Refresh() Updates current object from server definitions. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Public method Refresh(Boolean) Updates current object from server definitions and loaded dependent objects if specified. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Public method Refresh(Boolean, RefreshType) Updates current object from server definitions and loaded dependent objects if specified. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Protected method RemoveFromContainer Infrastructure. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
Protected method Reset (Inherited from NamedComponent.)
Public method Submit() Infrastructure. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
Public method Submit(Boolean) Infrastructure. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
Public method ToString (Inherited from NamedComponent.)
Public method Update() Updates server definition of current object to actual values using the default values to update dependent objects. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Public method Update(UpdateOptions) Updates server definition of current object to actual values using the specified options to update dependent objects. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Public method Update(UpdateOptions, UpdateMode) Updates server definition of current object to actual values using the specified options to update dependent objects. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Public method Update(UpdateOptions, UpdateMode, XmlaWarningCollection) Updates server definition of current object to actual values using the specified options to update dependent objects and reports any warnings from operation. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Public method Update(UpdateOptions, UpdateMode, XmlaWarningCollection, ImpactDetailCollection) Updates server definition of current object to actual values using specified options to update dependent objects, reports any warnings from operation, and returns affected objects from operation. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Public method Update(UpdateOptions, UpdateMode, XmlaWarningCollection, ImpactDetailCollection, Boolean) Updates server definition of current object to actual values using specified options to update dependent objects, reports any warnings from operation, and returns affected objects from operation. If analyzeImpactOnly is true, an impact analysis operation is performed with no update operation. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Public method Validate(ValidationErrorCollection) Validates the element to which it is appended; returns any errors encountered in a collection. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
Public method Validate(ValidationResultCollection) (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Public method Validate(ValidationErrorCollection, Boolean) Validates the element to which it is appended; returns any errors encountered in a collection. Also contains a parameter to enable return of detailed errors. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
Public method Validate(ValidationResultCollection, ValidationOptions) (Inherited from MajorObject.)
Public method Validate(ValidationErrorCollection, Boolean, ServerEdition) (Overrides NamedComponent.Validate(ValidationErrorCollection, Boolean, ServerEdition).)
Public method Validate(ValidationResultCollection, ValidationOptions, ServerEdition) (Inherited from MajorObject.)

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Events

  Name Description
Public event Disposed (Inherited from Component.)

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Remarks

A MeasureGroup is bound to a table in a data source view; and each measure is bound to a column in that table. Finally, each measure group dimension has a set of 'granularity attributes', which define the granularity of the MeasureGroup.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.