http://blogs.technet.com/b/andrew/archive/2007/08/22/olap-cubes-and-multidimensional-analysis.aspxHugh McLeod is quite correct, On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) is actually about business, it just sounds like a science project. Basically OLAP is an awful name, Nigel Pendse , author of the OLAP report calls the same thing FASMI, which I think isen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/andrew/archive/2007/08/22/olap-cubes-and-multidimensional-analysis.aspx#3121438Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:17:23 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3121438Andrew Fryer's Blog<p>If you have been following this blog over the last few days, then we are at the stage we&amp;#160; know what</p> <img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3121438" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/andrew/archive/2007/08/22/olap-cubes-and-multidimensional-analysis.aspx#2947149Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:04:57 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:2947149Dale<p>It's hard to tell where the real definition of OLAP ends and where the marketing definition of OLAP begins :-)</p> <p>Dale</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.sisense.com">http://www.sisense.com</a></p> <p>&quot;BI anything, anywhere, anytime.&quot;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2947149" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/andrew/archive/2007/08/22/olap-cubes-and-multidimensional-analysis.aspx#1809666Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:18:43 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:1809666Andrew Fryer's Blog<p>Technorati Tags: BI , Business Intelligence , OLAP , SQL server 2008 Business Intelligence is just like</p> <img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1809666" width="1" height="1">