title Schema Element for Database (DTA) description In the dta utility, the Schema element for Database specifies the schema of the database that you want to tune. 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 Schema element dev_langs XML Schema Element for Database (DTA) [!INCLUDE SQL Server] Specifies the schema of the database that you want to tune. Syntax <Database> ...code removed here... <Schema>...</Schema> Element Characteristics Characteristic Description Data type and length None. Default value None. Occurrence Required once for the Database element that is specified under the Server element. Element Relationships Relationship Elements Parent element Database Element for Server (DTA) Child elements Name Element for Schema (DTA) Table Element for Schema (DTA) Example For a usage example of this element, see Server Element (DTA). See Also XML Input File Reference (Database Engine Tuning Advisor)