Provider is required) SQL - small subset of SQL (in form of management views also called as DMV's) for querying OLAP cubes and dimensions as if they were tables DMX - for querying Data Mining models DAX - for querying Tabular models See also Comparison of OLAP servers References Bibliography Sivakumar Harinath, Stephen Quinn: Professional SQL Server Analysis Services 2005 with MDX. Teo Lachev: Applied Microsoft Analysis Services 2005 : And Microsoft Business Intelligence Platform. Reed Jacobson: Microsoft(r) SQL Server(tm) 2000 Analysis Services Step by Step. Claude Seidman: Data Mining with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Technical Reference.'''' George Spofford: MDX-Solutions. Wiley, 2001, Mosha Pasumansky, Mark Whitehorn, Rob Zare: Fast Track to MDX. ZhaoHui Tang, Jamie MacLennan: Data Mining with SQL Server 2005. Edward Melomed, Irina Gorbach, Alexander Berger, Py Bateman: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services. Chris Webb, Marco Russo, Alberto Ferrary: Expert Cube Development with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services''. External links Microsoft Analysis Services Microsoft OLAP Information Microsoft Data Mining Information Analysis Services public forum archive Microsoft Analysis Services information hub - FAQs, tools, blogs, forums Business intelligence software Data warehousing products Analysis Services Microsoft database software Data analysis software Online analytical processing