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'''XML for Analysis''' (abbreviated as '''XMLA''') is an industry standard for data access in analytical systems, such as [[Onlineonline analytical processing|OLAP]] (OLAP) and [[data mining]]. XMLA is based on other industry standards such as [[XML]], [[SOAP]] and [[HTTP]]. XMLA is maintained by '''XMLA Council''' with [[Microsoft]], [[Oracle Hyperion|Hyperion]] and [[SAS Institute|SAS]] being the official XMLA Council founder members.
 
==History==
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==API==
XMLA consists of only two [[SOAP]] methods.: execute and discover.<ref>{{cite web|title=XML for Analysis Specification|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms977626.aspx}}</ref> It was designed in such a way to preserve simplicity.
 
* Execute
* Discover
 
===Execute===