IMetricSetServiceGenerateMetricSet Method (Guid, Guid, IEnumerableString, PersistencePolicy)

Creates and saves a MetricSet using one of the supported structures. It allows specifying hints for the contained elements. These can be NativeStructure, DataCube or CubePerspective.

Namespace: Dundas.BI.Entities.MetricSets
Assembly: Dundas.BI.Core (in Dundas.BI.Core.dll) Version: 2.0.0.0 (10.0.0.1002)

Syntax

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MetricSet GenerateMetricSet(
	Guid parentId,
	Guid structureId,
	IEnumerable<string> elements,
	PersistencePolicy persistencePolicy
)

Function GenerateMetricSet ( 
	parentId As Guid,
	structureId As Guid,
	elements As IEnumerable(Of String),
	persistencePolicy As PersistencePolicy
) As MetricSet

MetricSet^ GenerateMetricSet(
	Guid parentId, 
	Guid structureId, 
	IEnumerable<String^>^ elements, 
	PersistencePolicy persistencePolicy
)

abstract GenerateMetricSet : 
        parentId : Guid * 
        structureId : Guid * 
        elements : IEnumerable<string> * 
        persistencePolicy : PersistencePolicy -> MetricSet

Parameters

parentId: Type: SystemGuid
The ID of the parent file or folder.
structureId: Type: SystemGuid
The structure ID.
elements: Type: System.Collections.GenericIEnumerableString
The elements.
persistencePolicy: Type: Dundas.BI.EntitiesPersistencePolicy
A value indicating whether the entity should be created as persistent or transient.

Return Value

Type: MetricSet
The newly created metric set.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	elements is or empty or parentId or structureId is Empty or structureId references a structure that cannot be used for the automatic generation of a MetricSet.
ExternalHierarchyException	A metric set cannot be generated directly from a TimeHierarchy or UserHierarchy.
NotFoundException	parentId or structureId does not exist.
NoPrivilegeException	Caller does not have access to one or more of the specified objects.
InvalidSessionException	The caller context is not associated with a valid session.
DataProviderLoadException	The data provider may throw this exception if it requires third party driver to be installed.
DataConnectionException	The connection cannot be established.

Reference

IMetricSetService Interface

GenerateMetricSet Overload

Dundas.BI.Entities.MetricSets Namespace