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The following text conventions are used in this document:
Convention | Meaning |
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boldface | Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary. |
italic | Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values. |
monospace |
Monospace type indicates URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter. |
This reference presents OLAP DML syntax in a simple variant of Backus-Naur Form (BNF) that includes the following symbols and conventions.
Symbol or Convention | Meaning |
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[ ] | Brackets enclose optional items. |
{ } | Braces enclose items only one of which is required. |
| |
A vertical bar separates alternatives. |
... | Ellipsis points show that the preceeding syntactic element can be repeated |
delimiters | Delimiters other than brackets, braces, vertical bars, and ellipses must be entered as shown |
italics | Words appearing in italics are placeholders for which you must substitute a name or a value. Words that are not in italics are keywords. They must be typed as shown. |