CATALOGS Rowset

The CATALOGS rowset identifies the physical attributes associated with catalogs accessible from Analytic Services.

GUID: DBSCHEMA_CATALOGS

the section called “Flattened Rowset Examples” describes the rowset structure.

Table 2. CATALOGS Rowset Structure

Column Name	Essbase Mapping
CATALOG_NAME	Application name
DESCRIPTION	Always null

Request Example

<SOAP-ENV:Envelope  xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
 xmlns:xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
 <SOAP-ENV:Body> 
  <Discover xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-analysis" 
   SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
   <RequestType>DBSCHEMA_CATALOGS</RequestType>
   <Restrictions>
    <RestrictionList></RestrictionList>
   </Restrictions>
   <Properties>
    <PropertyList>
     <DataSourceInfo>Provider=Essbase;Data Source=localhost
     </DataSourceInfo>
     <Format>Tabular</Format>
    </PropertyList>
   </Properties>
  </Discover>
 </SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

Response Example (truncated)

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
 SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
 <SOAP-ENV:Body>
  <m:DiscoverResponse xmlns:m="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-analysis">
   <m:return xsi:type="xsd:string" 
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
    <root xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-analysis:rowset"
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
     <xsd:schema xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-analysis:rowset" 
      targetNamespace="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-analysis:rowset"
      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
      xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
      xmlns:sql="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-sql"
      elementFormDefault="qualified">
      <xsd:element name="root">
       <xsd:complexType>
        <xsd:sequence minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
         <xsd:element name="row" type="row"/>
        </xsd:sequence>
       </xsd:complexType>
      </xsd:element>
      <xsd:complexType name="row">
       <xsd:sequence maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0">
        <xsd:element name="CATALOG_NAME" type="xsd:string" 
         sql:field="CATALOG_NAME"/>
        <xsd:element name="DESCRIPTION" type="xsd:string"
         sql:field="DESCRIPTION" minOccurs="0"/> 
       </xsd:sequence>
      </xsd:complexType>
     </xsd:schema>
     <row>
      <CATALOG_NAME>Demo</CATALOG_NAME>
     </row>
     < ................More Rows............. >
    </root>
   </m:return>
  </m:DiscoverResponse>
 </SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>