Analysis Management Objects (AMO)

New: 5 December 2005

Analysis Management Objects (AMO) is the complete library of programmatically accessed objects that enables an application to manage a running instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services (SSAS). This section explains AMO concepts, focusing on major objects, how and when to use them, and the way they are interrelated. For more information about specific objects or classes, see the Microsoft.AnalysisServices.

In This Section

Topic	Description
Introducing AMO Concepts	Explains the concepts of AMO and its architecture by listing the most important classes of AMO, explaining how different user roles can benefit from using AMO, describing the tasks that AMO is best suited for, and providing a lists topics to review after you have finished with the AMO conceptual topics.
Introducing AMO Classes	Introduces the AMO classes and breaks the AMO class model into the following categories: AMO Fundamental Classes AMO OLAP Classes AMO Data Mining Classes AMO Security Classes AMO Other Classes and Methods
Programming Administrative Tasks with AMO	Describes the programming tasks of the most important AMO classes.

See Also

Other Resources

Decision Support Objects (DSO)
Analysis Services Scripting Language (ASSL)
XML for Analysis (XMLA)
Using XML for Analysis in Analysis Services (XMLA)

Help and Information

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