attach-element.md

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Attach Element | Microsoft Docs	Learn how the Attach element attaches a Analysis Services database that was previously detached from the current server instance or from another instance, to the current server instance.	01/05/2020	analysis-services	xmla	reference	kfollis	kfollis	kfollis

Attach Element

Attaches a Analysis Services database that was previously detached from the current server instance or from another instance, to the current server instance.

Syntax

  
<Command>  
   <Attach>  
      <Folder>...</Folder>  
            <ReadWriteMode>...</ReadWriteMode>  
            <Password>...</Password>  
   </Attach>  
</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	Folder ReadWriteMode Password