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Measure Element (ASSL) | Microsoft Docs
Learn about the Measure object element in the Analysis Services Scripting Language (ASSL) schema.
10/31/2023
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Measure Element (ASSL)

Defines a measure.

Syntax

  
<Measures>  
   <Measure> <!-- ancestor: MeasureGroup -->  
      <Name>...</Name>  
      <ID>...</ID>  
      <Description>...</Description>  
      <AggregateFunction>...</AggregateFunction>  
            <DataType>...</DataType>  
            <Source>...</Source>  
      <Visible>...</Visible>  
      <MeasureExpression>...</MeasureExpression>  
      <DisplayFolder>...</DisplayFolder>  
      <FormatString>...</FormatString>  
      <BackColor>...</BackColor>  
      <ForeColor>...</ForeColor>  
            <FontName>...</FontName>  
            <FontSize>...</FontSize>  
            <FontFlags>...</FontFlags>  
            <Translations>...</Translations>  
      <Annotations>...</Annotations>  
   </Measure>  
   <!-- or  -->  
   <Measure xsi:type="AggregationInstanceMeasure">...</Measure> <!-- parent: AggregationInstance -->  
      <!-- or  -->  
   <Measure xsi:type="MeasureBinding">...</Measure> <!-- ancestor: MeasureGroupBinding (out-of-line) -->  
   <!-- or  -->  
   <Measure xsi:type="PerspectiveMeasure">...</Measure> <!-- ancestor: PerspectiveMeasureGroup -->  
</Measures>

Element Characteristics

Characteristic Description
Data type and length See the table below.
Default value None
Cardinality 0-n: Optional element that can occur more than once.
Ancestor or Parent Data Type
AggregationInstance AggregationInstanceMeasure
MeasureGroup None
MeasureGroupBinding (out-of-line) MeasureBinding
PerspectiveMeasureGroup PerspectiveMeasure

Element Relationships

Relationship Element
Parent elements Measures
Child elements See the table below.
Ancestor or Parent Child elements
MeasureGroup AggregateFunction, Annotations, BackColor, DataType, Description, DisplayFolder, FontFlags, FontName, FontSize, ForeColor, FormatString, ID, MeasureExpression, Name, Source, Translations, Visible
All others None

Remarks

Binding details can be provided for a measure. These details then act as the defaults per partition.

In larger cubes, there may be hundreds of measures and hierarchies. The DisplayFolder property defines user appearance on the client. The value of the DisplayFolder property can contain any one of the following options:

  • Be empty, denoting that the measure does not belong to a folder.

  • Contain a single folder name, denoting that the measure should be rendered as belonging to a folder with the same name.

  • Contain multiple folder names separated by a backslash (\), denoting an embedded folder hierarchy.

The DisplayFolder property also applies to calculated measures and hierarchies.

The corresponding elements in the Analysis Management Objects (AMO) object model are xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Measure and xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.PerspectiveMeasure.

See Also

Objects (ASSL)