This reference manual describes the relational views, SQL functions, and PL/SQL packages that support the OLAP option of the Oracle Database.
This preface contains the following topics:
This reference manual is intended for database administrators and application developers who perform the following tasks:
Administer a database
Administer analytic workspaces
Build and maintain data warehouses or data marts
Define metadata
Develop analytical applications
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Oracle OLAP Application Developer's Guide
Explains how SQL and Java applications can extend their analytic processing capabilities by using Oracle OLAP.
Contains a complete description of the OLAP Data Manipulation Language (OLAP DML) used to define and manipulate analytic workspace objects.
Oracle OLAP Developer's Guide to the OLAP API
Introduces the Oracle OLAP API, a Java application programming interface for Oracle OLAP, which is used to perform OLAP queries of the data stored in an Oracle database. Describes the API and how to discover metadata, create queries, and retrieve data.
Oracle OLAP Java API Reference
Describes the classes and methods in the Oracle OLAP Java API for querying analytic workspaces and relational data warehouses.
Oracle OLAP Analytic Workspace Java API Reference
Describes the classes and methods in the Oracle OLAP Analytic Workspace Java API for building and maintaining analytic workspaces.
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