Name (Dimension Interface)

Analysis Services Programming

Analysis Services Programming

Name (Dimension Interface)

The Name property of the Dimension interface contains the name of a dimension object.

Applies To

clsAggregationDimension

clsCubeDimension

clsDatabaseDimension

clsPartitionDimension

Data Type

String

Access

Read/write (read-only after the object has been named)

Remarks

The primary mechanism for identifying the data in a dimension is the Name property. The purpose of the Description property is to provide additional descriptive information.

Example

Use the following code to print the names of the dimensions in a database:

'Assume an object (dsoDB) of ClassType clsDatabase exists.
Dim dsoDim As DSO.Dimension
Dim dimCounter As Integer
For dimCounter = 1 To dsoDB.Dimensions.Count
    Set dsoDim = dsoDB.Dimensions(dimCounter)
    Debug.Print dsoDim.Name 
Next dimCounter

See Also

Dimension Interface

Description

IsShared

IsTemporary