The methods that navigate the dataset do not depend on the concept of a “current position.” In other words, there are no navigation/fetch interfaces in OLE DB for OLAP that assume that there is a current cell. To fetch a cell, the application specifies the ordinal position of the cell that it wants, and asks to fetch the data for that cell. Simplicity is the primary reason for the stateless method of navigation. Providers do not need to maintain state information regarding which cell the consumer is “on” at this time.