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particular source over the Internet, without the client having to set up a special component. XML for Analysis is
optimized for the Internet in the following ways:
● Query performance
Time spent on queries to the server is kept to a minimum
● Query type
Client queries are stateless by default; after the client has received the requested data, the client is
disconnected from the Web server.
In this way, tolerance to errors and the scalability of a source (the maximum permitted number of users) is
maximized.
XMLA Methods
The specification defined in XML for Analysis Version 1.1 from Microsoft forms the basis for the implementation of
XML for Analysis in SAP HANA.
The following list describes the methods that determine the specification for a stateless data request and
provides a brief explanation of the method's scope:
● Discover
Use this method to query metadata and master data; the result of the discover method is a rowset. You can
specify options, for example, to define the query type, any data-filtering restrictions, and any required XMLA
properties for data formatting.
● Execute
Use this method to execute MDX commands and receive the corresponding result set; the result of the
Execute command could be a mult-idimensional dataset or a tabular rowset. You can set options to specify
any required XMLA properties, for example, to define the format of the returned result set or any local
properties to use to determine how to format the returned data.
8.2.2 XMLA Service Definition
The XMLA service definition is a file you use to specify which data is exposed as XMLA collections. Exposed data is
available for analysis and display by client applications, for example, a browser that uses functions provided either
by the XMLA service running in SAP HANA XS or by an XMLA client library running on the client system.
To expose information via XMLA to applications using SAP HANA Extended Application Services (SAP HANA XS),
you define database views that provide the data with the required granularity and you use the XMLA service
definition to control access to the exposed data.
Note: SAP HANA XS supports XMLA version 1.1, which you can use to send MDX queries.
An XMLA service for SAP HANA XS is defined in a text file with the file suffix .xsxmla, for example,
XMLASrvDef.xsxmla. The file must contain only the entry {*}, which would generate a completely
operational XMLA service.
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