Part I
The Basics

Part I contains basic information about multidimensional analysis. It is of interest to anyone who may use Oracle OLAP as a database administrator, an applications developer, or an end user.

This part contains the following chapters:

• Chapter 1, "Overview"
• Chapter 2, "Manipulating Multidimensional Data"
• Chapter 3, "Developing OLAP Applications"
• Chapter 4, "Designing Your Database for OLAP"
• Chapter 5, "Creating OLAP Catalog Metadata"