NotifyTableChange Element (XMLA)

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Notifies an instance of Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services that a change has occurred to tables in a specified data source.

Syntax

<Command>
   <NotifyTableChange>
      <Object>...</Object>
      <TableNotifications>...</TableNotifications>
   </NotifyTableChange>
</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

Object, TableNotifications

Remarks

The NotifyTableChange command allows a client application to explicitly notify an Analysis Services instance that one or more tables contained in a data source have been changed. For proactive caching, this notification indicates that relational OLAP (ROLAP) objects based on those tables should be reviewed and updated.

This method of notification is best used for ROLAP objects based on views or named queries defined in a data source view for which changes can be hard to detect and track.

The Object element must refer to a data source in the Analysis Services database. If the Object element refers to an object other than a data source, an error occurs.

For more information about proactive caching, see Proactive Caching (Partitions).

See Also

Concepts

Commands (XMLA)