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05/23/2011

Perspective Class

The Perspective class represents a perspective, which contains elements of a cube. Perspectives control the scope of a cube exposed to users to allow different types of users to see a different view of a cube. This class cannot be inherited.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.MarshalByRefObject
    System.ComponentModel.Component
      Microsoft.AnalysisServices.ModelComponent
        Microsoft.AnalysisServices.NamedComponent
          Microsoft.AnalysisServices.MajorObject
            Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Perspective

Namespace: Microsoft.AnalysisServices
Assembly: Microsoft.AnalysisServices (in Microsoft.AnalysisServices.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("22139520-9191-4a87-81AB-6A1035DB969B")> _
Public NotInheritable Class Perspective _
    Inherits MajorObject _
    Implements IMajorObject, INamedComponent, IModelComponent, IComponent,  _
    IDisposable, ICloneable
'Usage
Dim instance As Perspective

[GuidAttribute("22139520-9191-4a87-81AB-6A1035DB969B")]
public sealed class Perspective : MajorObject, 
    IMajorObject, INamedComponent, IModelComponent, IComponent, IDisposable, 
    ICloneable

[GuidAttribute(L"22139520-9191-4a87-81AB-6A1035DB969B")]
public ref class Perspective sealed : public MajorObject, 
    IMajorObject, INamedComponent, IModelComponent, IComponent, IDisposable, 
    ICloneable

[<SealedAttribute>]
[<GuidAttribute("22139520-9191-4a87-81AB-6A1035DB969B")>]
type Perspective =  
    class
        inherit MajorObject
        interface IMajorObject
        interface INamedComponent
        interface IModelComponent
        interface IComponent
        interface IDisposable
        interface ICloneable
    end

public final class Perspective extends MajorObject implements IMajorObject, INamedComponent, IModelComponent, IComponent, IDisposable, ICloneable

The Perspective type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	Perspective()	Initializes a new instance of Perspective using the default values.
	Perspective(String)	Initializes a new instance of Perspective using a name.
	Perspective(String, String)	Initializes a new instance of Perspective using a name and an identifier.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Actions	Gets the actions for the perspective.
	Annotations	Gets the collection object of all annotations to current object. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	Calculations	Gets the calculations for the perspective.
	CanRaiseEvents	(Inherited from Component.)
	Container	(Inherited from Component.)
	CreatedTimestamp	Gets or sets the date and time of the creation of the object. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	DefaultMeasure	Gets or sets the default measure for the perspective.
	Description	Gets or sets a description string of current object. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	DesignMode	(Inherited from Component.)
	Dimensions	Gets the dimensions for the perspective.
	Events	(Inherited from Component.)
	FriendlyName	(Inherited from NamedComponent.)
	ID	(Inherited from NamedComponent.)
	IsLoaded	Infrastructure. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	KeyForCollection	(Inherited from NamedComponent.)
	Kpis	Gets the KPIs for the perspective.
	LastSchemaUpdate	Gets or sets the date and time when current object schema was last updated. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	MeasureGroups	Gets the measure groups for the perspective.
	Name	(Inherited from NamedComponent.)
	OwningCollection	Gets or sets the collection that contains the ModelComponent. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
	Parent	Gets the parent cube for the perspective.
	ParentDatabase	Gets the database for the perspective.
	ParentServer	Gets the parent server for the perspective.
	Site	(Inherited from NamedComponent.)
	SiteID	(Inherited from NamedComponent.)
	Translations	Gets the translations for the perspective.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	AddToContainer	Infrastructure. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
	AfterInsert	Infrastructure. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
	AfterMove	Infrastructure. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
	AfterRemove	Infrastructure. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
	BeforeRemove	Infrastructure. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
	Clone()	Creates and returns an instance of a Perspective class based on the current perspective.
	Clone(Boolean)	Infrastructure. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	CopyTo(ModelComponent)	Infrastructure. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
	CopyTo(NamedComponent)	(Inherited from NamedComponent.)
	CopyTo(Perspective)	Infrastructure.
	CopyTo(MajorObject, Boolean)	Infrastructure. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	CreateObjRef	(Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
	Dispose()	(Inherited from Component.)
	Dispose(Boolean)	(Inherited from Component.)
	Drop()	Removes current object and updates server. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	Drop(DropOptions)	Removes current object and updates server using specified options. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	Drop(DropOptions, XmlaWarningCollection)	Removes current object and updates server using specified options. Warnings resulting from drop operation are returned on the specified warnings object. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	Drop(DropOptions, XmlaWarningCollection, ImpactDetailCollection)	Removes current object and updates server using specified options. Warnings resulting from drop operation are returned on the specified warnings variable and results for affected objects in operation are returned on specified impactResult variable. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	Drop(DropOptions, XmlaWarningCollection, ImpactDetailCollection, Boolean)	Removes current object and updates server using specified options. Warnings resulting from drop operation are returned on the specified warnings variable and results for affected objects in operation are returned on specified impactResult variable. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	(Inherited from Component.)
	GetCreateReferences	Infrastructure. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	GetDependents	Infrastructure. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	GetDropDependents	Infrastructure. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetLifetimeService	(Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
	GetReferences	Infrastructure. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	GetService	(Inherited from Component.)
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetUpdateOverwrites	Infrastructure. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	InitializeLifetimeService	(Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
	MemberwiseClone()	(Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone(Boolean)	(Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
	Refresh()	Updates current object from server definitions. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	Refresh(Boolean)	Updates current object from server definitions and loaded dependent objects if specified. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	Refresh(Boolean, RefreshType)	Updates current object from server definitions and loaded dependent objects if specified. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	RemoveFromContainer	Infrastructure. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
	Reset	(Inherited from NamedComponent.)
	Submit()	Infrastructure. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
	Submit(Boolean)	Infrastructure. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
	ToString	(Inherited from NamedComponent.)
	Update()	Updates server definition of current object to actual values using the default values to update dependent objects. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	Update(UpdateOptions)	Updates server definition of current object to actual values using the specified options to update dependent objects. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	Update(UpdateOptions, UpdateMode)	Updates server definition of current object to actual values using the specified options to update dependent objects. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	Update(UpdateOptions, UpdateMode, XmlaWarningCollection)	Updates server definition of current object to actual values using the specified options to update dependent objects and reports any warnings from operation. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	Update(UpdateOptions, UpdateMode, XmlaWarningCollection, ImpactDetailCollection)	Updates server definition of current object to actual values using specified options to update dependent objects, reports any warnings from operation, and returns affected objects from operation. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	Update(UpdateOptions, UpdateMode, XmlaWarningCollection, ImpactDetailCollection, Boolean)	Updates server definition of current object to actual values using specified options to update dependent objects, reports any warnings from operation, and returns affected objects from operation. If analyzeImpactOnly is true, an impact analysis operation is performed with no update operation. (Inherited from MajorObject.)
	Validate(ValidationErrorCollection)	Validates the element to which it is appended; returns any errors encountered in a collection. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
	Validate(ValidationResultCollection)	(Inherited from MajorObject.)
	Validate(ValidationErrorCollection, Boolean)	Validates the element to which it is appended; returns any errors encountered in a collection. Also contains a parameter to enable return of detailed errors. (Inherited from ModelComponent.)
	Validate(ValidationResultCollection, ValidationOptions)	(Inherited from MajorObject.)
	Validate(ValidationErrorCollection, Boolean, ServerEdition)	(Overrides NamedComponent.Validate(ValidationErrorCollection, Boolean, ServerEdition).)
	Validate(ValidationResultCollection, ValidationOptions, ServerEdition)	(Inherited from MajorObject.)

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Events

	Name	Description
	Disposed	(Inherited from Component.)

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Explicit Interface Implementations

	Name	Description
	ICloneable.Clone
	IDeserializationCallback.OnDeserialization	(Inherited from MajorObject.)
	IFormattable.ToString	(Inherited from NamedComponent.)
	IDeserializationStartCallback.OnDeserializationBegin	(Inherited from MajorObject.)
	IHostableComponent.Host	(Inherited from ModelComponent.)
	IMajorObject.BaseType
	IMajorObject.CreateBody
	IMajorObject.DependsOn
	IMajorObject.ObjectReference
	IMajorObject.Path
	IMajorObject.WriteRef
	IModelComponent.FriendlyPath	(Inherited from ModelComponent.)
	IModelComponent.OwningCollection	(Inherited from ModelComponent.)

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Remarks

For more information about perspectives, see Perspectives.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.