namecolumn-element-assl.md

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NameColumn Element (ASSL) | Microsoft Docs	Learn about the NameColumn object element in the Analysis Services Scripting Language (ASSL) schema.	10/31/2023	analysis-services	assl	reference	kfollis	kfollis	kfollis

NameColumn Element (ASSL)

Identifies the column that provides the name of the parent element.

Syntax

  
<DimensionAttribute> <!-- or ScalarMiningStructureColumn -->  
   ...  
   <NameColumn xsi:type="DataItem">...</NameColumn>  
   ...  
</DimensionAttribute>  

Element Characteristics

Characteristic	Description
Data type and length	DataItem
Default value	See the table below.
Cardinality	0-1: Optional element that can occur once and only once.

Ancestor or Parent	Default Value
DimensionAttribute	Varies (see Remarks)
ScalarMiningStructureColumn	None

Element Relationships

Relationship	Element
Parent elements	DimensionAttribute, ScalarMiningStructureColumn
Child elements	None

Remarks

If the KeyColumns collection of DimensionAttribute contains a single KeyColumn element representing a key column with a string data type, the same DataItem values are used as default values for the NameColumn element.

For more information about the DataItem type, including a table of Analysis Services Scripting Language (ASSL) objects and properties of the DataItem type, see DataItem Data Type (ASSL).

The elements that correspond to the parents of NameColumn in the Analysis Management Objects (AMO) object model are xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.DimensionAttribute and xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.ScalarMiningStructureColumn.

See Also

Objects (ASSL)