MDAC 2.5 SDK - OLE DB Programmer's Reference
Chapter 23: Rowsets in OLE DB for OLAP


 

Support Level for Named Levels

The OLE DB for OLAP algorithm for generating column names for the flattened dataset relies on the fact that levels can be named. However, some data stores do not support named levels. For such data stores, providers can use the following methods:

Of these three options, it is strongly recommended that the provider support the dummy name method. This makes the provider accessible to a larger class of applications.

Which of these options a provider chooses can be determined by the value of the MDPROP_FLATTENING_SUPPORT property in the DBPROPSET_DATASOURCEINFO property set.