create-element-dta.md

title	Create Element (DTA)
description	In the dta utility, the Create element contains information about the indexes, statistics, or heap structures in a user-specified configuration.
author	rwestMSFT
ms.author	randolphwest
ms.date	03/01/2017
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	tools-other
ms.topic	reference
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helpviewer_keywords	Create element (DTA)
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Create Element (DTA)

[!INCLUDE SQL Server]

Contains information about the indexes, statistics, or heap structures in a user-specified configuration.

Syntax

  
<Recommendation>  
    <Create>  
    ...code removed here...  
    </Create>  
</Recommendation>  

Element Characteristics

Characteristic	Description
Data type and length	None.
Default value	None.
Occurrence	Required once for each physical design structure type (indexes, statistics, or heap structures).

Element Relationships

Relationship	Elements
Parent element	Recommendation Element (DTA)
Child elements	Index Element (DTA) Statistics Element (see Database Engine Tuning Advisor XML schema for information) Heap Element (see Database Engine Tuning Advisor XML schema for information)

Remarks

This element is of the CreateTypecomplexType name in the Database Engine Tuning Advisor XML schema. It is used to create indexes, statistics, and heap structures for a user-specified configuration. Do not confuse this Create element with the other types that can be used to create views (CreateViewType) or partitioning (CreatePType). Refer to the Database Engine Tuning Advisor XML schema for information about these other Create element types.

Example

For a usage example of this element, see the XML Input File Sample with User-specified Configuration (DTA).

See Also

XML Input File Reference (Database Engine Tuning Advisor)