Microsoft® OLE DB for OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) is a set of objects and interfaces that extends OLE DB to provide access to multidimensional data sources.
OLE DB for OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) is a set of COM (Component Object Model) objects and interfaces designed to facilitate communication between providers and consumers of multidimensional data. OLE DB for OLAP is an extension of OLE DB version 2.0 to provide access to multidimensional data sources.
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OLE DB for OLAP Documentation
The OLE DB for OLAP Programmer's Reference contains the documentation for OLE DB for OLAP, including general concepts, objects and schema rowsets, interface reference, multidimensional expressions (MDX), and code samples.
For the most recent updates to OLE DB for OLAP documentation, see the Web page for OLE DB Release Notes at http://www.microsoft.com/data/oledb/olap/.
Microsoft PivotTable Service
The Microsoft® PivotTable® Service is an OLE DB for OLAP provider. It is an in-process desktop OLAP server designed to provide online and offline data analysis functionality, and online access to OLAP data as a client of the Microsoft Decision Support Services OLAP Server (which is not included with Microsoft OLE DB for OLAP).
Microsoft PivotTable Service contains data analysis, cube building, and smart cache management functionality. It provides interfaces to data as well as functionality to manipulate data.
OLE DB Samples
For the documentation of the OLE DB for OLAP sample applications, see "OLE DB for OLAP Sample Applications" in the Data Access SDK Technical Articles.