Perspective Object (Model Designer)

Identifies a subset of the model which is provided to the user as a submodel.

Properties

Name

Cardinality

Type

Description

ID

1

ID

A globally unique ID of the perspective that is unchangeable.

Name

1

String

The name of the perspective. This string cannot be an empty string. The name must be unique within the model.

Description

0-1

String

The description of the perspective.

ModelItems

1

Object

The model items that are included in the perspective.

CustomProperties

0-1

Object

Custom properties for the perspective.

Remarks

A perspective is a subset of a model. For Report Builder users, a perspective appears like any other data source.

For more information about model subsetting and the rules for which items are omitted from the perspective, see the topic Model Subsetting.