Microsoft® SQL Server™ OLAP Services version 7.0 offers substantial opportunity for you to create and integrate custom applications. The server object model, Decision Support Objects (DSO), provides interfaces and objects that are easy to use in your programs written in Microsoft Visual Basic® version 5.0 and later.
This section provides detailed reference information about DSO to which you can refer while creating custom applications. For an overview, system architecture, and task-oriented information about developing custom applications for OLAP Services and for programming prerequisites, see Building OLAP Services Applications.
Topics in this section cover the following subjects.
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Interfaces | Specifics of each interface that your program uses to manipulate DSO objects, including collections, methods, and properties managed by the interface. |
| Objects | Information about DSO objects. Topics for objects that provide their own internal interfaces also include collections, methods, and properties specific to those objects. |
| Enumerations | Details of the enumerations provided by DSO, and information about how to use them. |
| Collections | Information about the collections used in DSO, including the generic methods and properties that apply to these collections. |
| Collections Cross-Reference | A cross-reference table showing applicability of collections to objects and interfaces. |
| Methods Cross-Reference | A cross-reference table showing applicability of methods to objects and interfaces. |
| Properties Cross-Reference | A cross-reference table showing applicability of properties to objects and interfaces. |