Online analytical processing databases speed up the multi-dimensional queries common in business intelligence applications.

Traditional multidimensional OLAP comes with several issues in the modern day. Because cubes need to be pre-calculated and refreshed, traditional OLAP technologies limit the size, complexity and ...

The ‘traditional’ OLAP engine follows a simple paradigm: connect to the data source (s), extract the appropriate data, run through a builder process to create a cube, provide access to the cube.

Microsoft offers an array of OLAP APIs for developing top-notch dedicated OLAP applications, adding OLAP functionality to your existing apps, and more. Examine ADO MD.NET for OLAP data access, ...