Batching Dimension Write requests

The Dimension Write XML request can be sent in multiple parts:

The first batch contains FirstBatch="true" LastBatch="false"
Following batches contain FirstBatch="false" LastBatch="false"
The last batch contains FirstBatch="false" LastBatch="true"
You can put properties (dimension properties) in the last batch only.
You can define hierarchy properties in any batch, but repeated definition overwrites the previously defined properties.

First batch

In this example, replace \t with a horizontal tabulator.

<Alea:Document xmlns:Alea="http://www.misag.com">
  <Alea:Request RequestID="6" Class="Dimension" Method="Write">
    <Alea:Dimension Name="Org" FirstBatch="true" LastBatch="false">
      <Alea:Description>Organization structure</Alea:Description>
      <Alea:Hierarchy Name="Org as of 2014">
        <Alea:Elements>N\tFire Department
N\tPolice Department
N\tWaste Removal</Alea:Elements>
      </Alea:Hierarchy>
      <Alea:Hierarchy Name="Org as of 2015 – create from scratch">
        <Alea:Elements>N\tFire Department
N\tPolice Department
N\tWaste Removal</Alea:Elements>
      </Alea:Hierarchy>
    </Alea:Dimension>
  </Alea:Request>
</Alea:Document>

Last batch

In this example, replace \t with a horizontal tabulator.

<Alea:Document xmlns:Alea="http://www.misag.com">
  <Alea:Request RequestID="7" Class="Dimension" Method="Write">
    <Alea:Dimension Name="Org" FirstBatch="false" LastBatch="true">
      <Alea:Description>Organization structure</Alea:Description>
      <Alea:Hierarchy Name="Org as of 2014">
        <Alea:Elements>C\tEmergency
!\tEmergency\tFire Department\t1
!\tEmergency\tPolice Department\t1
C\tStandard
!\tStandard\tWaste Removal\t1
C\tAll
!\tAll\tEmergency\t1
!\tAll\tStandard\t1</Alea:Elements>
      </Alea:Hierarchy>
      <Alea:Hierarchy Name="Org as of 2015 – create from scratch">
        <Alea:Elements>C\tAll
!\tDepartments\tFire Department\t11
!\tDepartments\tPolice Department\t11
!\tAll\tWaste Removal\t11</Alea:Elements>
        <Alea:Properties>
          <Alea:DefaultMember Name="All" />
          <Alea:LevelNames>
            <Alea:Level Number="0" Name="All" />
              <Alea:Level Number="1" Name="Departments" />
            </Alea:LevelNames>
        </Alea:Properties>
      </Alea:Hierarchy>
      <Alea:Properties>
        <Alea:DefaultHierarchy Name="Org as of 2015 – create from scratch" />
      </Alea:Properties>
    </Alea:Dimension>
   </Alea:Request>
</Alea:Document>