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Basic Concepts

Chapter summary

This chapter provides an overview of the basic concepts that you should understand before you use the OLAP DML. The checklist at the end of this chapter explains how to use this guide to learn the specific tasks that this chapter discusses.

List of topics

This chapter includes the following topics:

• What Is the OLAP DML?

• Using the OLAP DML

• How Do I Use the OLAP DML to Analyze Data?

• Where Do I Go From Here?