What are the components of SSAS?

§  An OLAP Engine is used for enabling fast ad hoc queries by end users. A user can interactively explore data by drilling, slicing or pivoting.

§  Drilling refers to the process of exploring details of the data.

§  Slicing refers to the process of placing data in rows and columns.

§  Pivoting refers to switching categories of data between rows and columns.

§  In OLAP, we will be using what are called as Dimensional Databases.