Are drill down, roll up, slice and dice, pivot supported by MDX query language?

Question

I read some resources regarding multidimensional operation (roll up, drill down, slice, dice and pivot) and MDX query language for my project. I know there are several standards in OLAP query.

Are drill down, roll up, slice and dice, pivot supported by MDX query languange? Or is it totally two different methods?

Answer 1

Yes; by nature MDX is handling all these operations: for example drill-down, roll up are performed when asking members (i.e., parents vs children) along a hierarchy. Or you can explicitly use several Drilldown functions. The WHERE statement is slicing the cube. Etc...