Description Element (ASSL)

Contains the description of the parent element.

Syntax

<Action> <!-- or one of the elements listed below in the Element Relationships table -->
   ...
   <Description>...</Description>
   ...
</Action>

Element Characteristics

Characteristic

Description

Data type and length

String

Default value

None

Cardinality

0-1: Optional element that occurs once and only once.

Remarks

The value of a Description element has the following restrictions:

  • The value cannot contain leading or trailing spaces. If leading or trailing spaces are included in the value of a Description element, those spaces will be implicitly removed by Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services.

  • The value cannot contain control characters. If control characters are included in the value of a Description element, those characters will be implicitly removed by Analysis Services.