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Tell me about XML for Analysis (XMLA)?

• Its a standard way to
• Connect to OLAP Data sources / Multi-dimensional
  Database Servers (MDBMS). This is analogous to
  ODBC for the Relational Database (RDBMS) world.
• Query metadata and data
• Run queries using a standard language syntax
  (mdXML). This is analogous to SQL for the RDBMS
  world.
• Jointly Sponsored by
• Hyperion
• Microsoft
• SAS
• Supported by
• Over 25 leading software companies, including
  SAP, SPSS, Business Objects, Crystal, ProClarity,
  etc
• What is the goal for the XMLA initiative?
• The goal for the XML for Analysis Specification
  is to provide an open standard access API for the
  leading OLAP providers in the market. Hyperion
  and Microsoft will fully promote and support this
  as the industry standard access method to
  Hyperion's Essbase and Microsoft Analysis
  Services, while at the same time, encouraging
  other OLAP providers to join in supporting the
  XML for Analysis Specification. The effect of
  this initiative will be to drive adoption of
  Internet business intelligence software.
• What are the benefits of XML for Analysis?
• Customers will gain the ability to protect server
  and tools investments and ensure that new
  analytical deployments will interoperate and work
  cooperatively.
• Developers will gain the ability to leverage
  existing developer skills and to use open access
  XML-based Web services, eliminating the need to
  program to multiple APIs and query languages.
• Independent software vendors will be able to
  reduce complexity and costs for development and
  maintenance by writing to a single access
  interface.

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XMLA Architecture A Web Services View
BI / Analytical / BPM Application
Any Client (Windows, Linux, Macintosh, etc.)
SOAP
HTTP
SOAP
Any Server (Solaris, Linux, Windows, etc.)
mdXML Engine
Multidimensional Data Source (MDBMS)
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XML for Analysis (XMLA) Roadmap

• XMLA 1.0 Specification Released
• Joint rollout by Hyperion and Microsoft
• Announced at Solutions 2001
• Microsoft release SDK

• XMLA Web Site
• Development and launch of http//www.xmla.org

• XMLA 1.1 Specification Released
• XMLA 1.1 specification released, which includes
  bug fixes and general updates
• SAP, MIS AG, and Crystal Decisions all join the
  XMLA council

• Essbase 7.0
• XMLA and MDX Support

• XMLA Advisory Council
• Sunnyvale, CA First complete Advisory Council
  meeting

• XMLA Advisory Council
• Vancouver, BC 11/6-11/8
• First Private Interoperability Event

Dec 02
Mar 02
Sep 01
Oct 2003
Apr 2003
May 2003
Apr 01

• XMLA Advisory Council
• Vancouver, BC 4/2-4/4
• Second Private Interoperability Event
• New vendors to test at Private Interop includes
  Siebel and Crystal Decisions

• SAS Joins the XMLA Council
• SAS joins as a co-founder of the XMLA Council,
  focusing on data mining
• Announcement of November Council Meeting and
  Interoperability Session

• XMLA Advisory Council
• Redmond, WA First general meeting of the XMLA
  Advisory Council with approximately 20 of the
  industrys leading BI software vendors
• Creation of SIG teams

• TDWI
• BI Web Services w/ emphasis on XMLA
• First Public Interoperability Event

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What is the XMLA Advisory Council

• An consortium, led by Hyperion, Microsoft, and
  SAS, of leading companies in the BI, BPM and Data
  Mining industries that are working together to
  create a common standard for query reporting
  application development against multidimensional
  and data mining providers.
• It is made up of five different Special Interest
  Group (SIG) teams that are chartered with
  defining future versions of the XMLA
  specification.
• As of April 2003, there are currently over 30
  companies that are represented in the XMLA
  Advisory Council.

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What Provider Vendors Are On The Council?
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What Consumer Consulting Vendors Are On The
Council?
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http//www.xmla.org

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XML for Analysis Key Contacts

• XMLA Founder Representatives
• Matt Abrams, Hyperion mabrams_at_hyperion.com 541
  948 0047
• Tom Conlon, Microsoft tomcon_at_microsoft.com 425
  706 5316
• Robert Hamm, SAS robert.hamm_at_sas.com 919 531
  4970
• XMLA Advisory Council Secretary
• Frances Ressler, Hyperion frances_ressler_at_hyperion
  .com 408 220 8500
• XMLA Web Site Administrator
• Matt Milella, Hyperion mmilella_at_hyperion.com
• XMLA Advisory Council SIG Team Leaders
• George Spofford, DSS Lab mdXML gspofford_at_dsslab.
  com
• George Chow, Simba Interoperability georgec_at_simb
  a.com
• Neil Thomson, Business Objects Leveling neil.thom
  son_at_businessobjects.com
• Robert Hamm, SAS Data Mining rob.hamm_at_sas.com
• Mike Luckevich, Aspirity Promotion mluckevich_at_as
  pirity.com
• General Information