About OLAP Service

Hi,
What is OLAP Service ?
What is the Advantage of OLAP ?
How can i use it in my VB/SQL Server Application ?
Where can i get details Idea about OLAP Service ?
Thanks ,\A good start is
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...>
hs_7cbq.asp.
Dejan Sarka, SQL Server MVP
Associate Mentor
www.SolidQualityLearning.com
"DMP" <debdulal.mahapatra@.fi-tek.co.in> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> What is OLAP Service ?
> What is the Advantage of OLAP ?
> How can i use it in my VB/SQL Server Application ?
> Where can i get details Idea about OLAP Service ?
> Thanks ,\
>
>