type-element-partition-assl.md

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

Type Element (Partition) (ASSL)

Contains the type of the Partition element.

Syntax

  
<Partition>  
      ...  
   <Type>...</Type>  
   ...  
</Partition>  

Element Characteristics

Characteristic	Description
Data type and length	String (enumeration)
Default value	Data
Cardinality	0-1: Optional element that can occur once and only once.

Element Relationships

Relationship	Element
Parent element	Partition
Child elements	None

Remarks

The value of this element is limited to one of the strings listed in the following table.

Value	Description
Data	The partition contains fact table data.
Writeback	The partition contains writeback table data.

The enumeration that corresponds to the allowed values for Type in the Analysis Management Objects (AMO) object model is xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.PartitionType.

The element that corresponds to the parent of Type in the Analysis Management Objects (AMO) object model is xref:Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Partition.

See Also

Properties (ASSL)