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Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:

Convention Meaning
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
[ ] 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.