DataSource (Decision Support Objects)

The DataSource object in Decision Support Objects (DSO) provides access to the data sources associated with a database, cube, partition, or aggregation in Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 Analysis Services, under the DataSources collection for each DSO object. The DataSource object uses the DataSource interface, with a ClassType property of clsDataSource.

The DataSource object is used to:

• Retrieve data source-specific information such as connection strings and quote characters for use by client applications.
  
  
• Determine various states, such as connection state, of the data source in Analysis Services.

See Also

Aggregation (Decision Support Objects)

clsDataSource

Cube (Decision Support Objects)

Data Sources

Database (Decision Support Objects)

Partition (Decision Support Objects)

Working with Data Sources