Preface
Oracle OLAP DML Reference provides a complete description of the OLAP Data Manipulation Language (OLAP DML) used to create analytic workspace definitions that are stored within an analytic workspace and to manipulate these object.
This preface contains these topics:
Audience
Oracle OLAP DML Reference is intended for programmers and database administrators who write OLAP DML programs and who create analytic workspaces and analytic workspace objects using the OLAP DML.
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Related Documents
For more information about working with Oracle OLAP, see these Oracle resources:
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Oracle OLAP User's Guide
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Oracle OLAP Java API Reference
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Oracle OLAP Java API Developer's Guide
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This reference presents OLAP DML syntax in a simple variant of Backus-Naur Form (BNF) that includes the following symbols and conventions.
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