recommendation-element-dta.md

title	Recommendation Element (DTA)
description	In the dta utility, the Recommendation element contains information about the hypothetical indexes that are part of a user-specified configuration.
author	rwestMSFT
ms.author	randolphwest
ms.date	03/01/2017
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	tools-other
ms.topic	reference
ms.collection	data-tools
helpviewer_keywords	Recommendation element
dev_langs	XML

Recommendation Element (DTA)

[!INCLUDE SQL Server]

Contains information about the hypothetical indexes that are part of a user-specified configuration.

Syntax

  
<Configuration>  
    ...code removed here...  
    <Table>  
      <Name>...</Name>  
      <Recommendation>  
      ...code removed here...  
      </Recommendation>  

Element Characteristics

Characteristic	Description
Data type and length	None.
Default value	None.
Occurrence	Optional. Can use once for each Table element.

Element Relationships

Relationship	Elements
Parent element	Table Element for Schema (DTA)
Child elements	Create Element (DTA) Drop element. For more information, see the Database Engine Tuning Advisor XML schema.

Remarks

This element is of the RecommendationTypecomplexType name in the Database Engine Tuning Advisor XML schema. It is used to specify indexes for a hypothetical configuration. Do not confuse this Recommendation element with the other types that can be used to specify partitioning (RecommendationPType) or views (RecommendationViewType). For information about these other Recommendation element types, see the Database Engine Tuning Advisor XML schema.

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)