MEASURES Rowset

OLE DB Programmer's Reference

The MEASURES rowset contains information about the available measures.

The default sort order is CATALOG_NAME, SCHEMA_NAME, CUBE_NAME, and MEASURE_NAME.

The rowset has the structure described in the following table.

Column name	Type indicator	Description
CATALOG_NAME	DBTYPE_WSTR	Optional. The name of the catalog to which this measure belongs. NULL if the provider does not support catalogs.
SCHEMA_NAME	DBTYPE_WSTR	Optional. The name of the schema to which this measure belongs. NULL if the provider does not support schemas.
CUBE_NAME	DBTYPE_WSTR	Required. Name of the cube to which this measure belongs.
MEASURE_NAME	DBTYPE_WSTR	Required. Name of the measure.
MEASURE_UNIQUE_NAME	DBTYPE_WSTR	Required. Unique name of the measure. For providers that generate unique names by qualification, each component of this name is delimited.
MEASURE_CAPTION	DBTYPE_WSTR	Required. A label or caption associated with the measure. Used primarily for display purposes. If a caption does not exist, MEASURE_NAME is returned.
MEASURE_GUID	DBTYPE_GUID	Optional. Measure GUID. NULL if the measure does not have a GUID.
MEASURE_AGGREGATOR	DBTYPE_I4	Required. How a measure was derived. Can be one of the following values: MDMEASURE_AGGR_SUM MDMEASURE_AGGR_COUNT MDMEASURE_AGGR_MIN MDMEASURE_AGGR_MAX MDMEASURE_AGGR_AVG MDMEASURE_AGGR_VAR MDMEASURE_AGGR_STD: The aggregation function was SUM, COUNT, MIN, MAX, AVG, VAR, or STDEV, respectively. MDMEASURE_AGGR_CALCULATED: The measure was derived from a formula that was not any single function above. MDMEASURE_AGGR_UNKNOWN: The aggregation function or formula used to derive this measure was unknown.
DATA_TYPE	DBTYPE_UI2	Required. Data type of the measure. Can be any of the types listed in Appendix A: Data Types.
NUMERIC_PRECISION	DBTYPE_UI2	Required. If the measure object's data type is exact numeric, this is the maximum precision of the property. NULL for all other property types.
NUMERIC_SCALE	DBTYPE_I2	Required. If the measure object's type indicator is DBTYPE_NUMERIC or DBTYPE_DECIMAL, this is the number of digits to the right of the decimal point. Otherwise, this value is NULL.
MEASURE_UNITS	DBTYPE_WSTR	Required. The unit of measurement. Examples are "dollars", "boxes sold", "tons shipped", "pounds", and "millions". Typically, a consumer appends this to the display caption of the measure. If a unit is not available, the provider returns an empty string.
DESCRIPTION	DBTYPE_WSTR	Optional. A human-readable description of the measure. NULL if no description exists.

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