source-element-measure-assl.md

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Source Element (Measure) (ASSL) | Microsoft Docs	Learn about the Source measure property element in the Analysis Services Scripting Language (ASSL) schema.	7/25/2018	analysis-services	assl	kfollis	reference	kfollis	kfollis

Source Element (Measure) (ASSL)

Contains the details of the source containing the value of the Measure element.

Syntax

  
<Measure>  
      ...  
   <Source xsi:type="DataItem">...</Source>  
      ...  
</Measure>  

Element Characteristics

Characteristic	Description
Data type and length	DataItem
Default value	None
Cardinality	0-1: Optional element that can occur once and only once.

Element Relationships

Relationship	Element
Parent element	Measure
Child elements	None

Remarks

The Source of the DataItem, which serves as the Source of the Measure, can in turn be of type RowBinding, ColumnBinding, MeasureBinding, or CubeDimensionBinding.

For additional information about the DataItem type, including a table of ASSL objects and properties of the DataItem type, see DataItem Data Type (ASSL).

The element corresponding to the parent of Source in the Analysis Management Objects (AMO) object model is xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Measure.

See Also

Properties (ASSL)