GenerateCategories Property

The GenerateCategories property sets or returns whether categories are generated for the data source.

Syntax

object .GenerateCategories

Applies To

CrossTabDataSource Object

DataSource Object

DbDataSource Object

FlatFileDataSource Object

IqdDataSource Object

Query Object

Discussion

When this property is set to False, Transformer ignores the data source each time categories are generated. Set this property to False when you

  • have multiple data sources and you want to exclude category generation for a data source
  • are incrementally updating other data sources
  • have a currency rates data source for which you do not require date category generation

You can also use the GeneratePowerCube property to control how Transformer references data sources.

Default: True

Type

Boolean

Access

Read/Write

Examples

objDataSource 
= objModel.DataSources.
   Add(xtrObjectType.trFlatFileDataSource)objDataSource.GenerateCategories
= True