Olap cubes in 10g for reporting

Hi -
I am trying figure out how to use the olap cube I built in 10g.
1) Can you use materialized views on top of the olap cube in 10g? Sounds like this is a 11g feature?
2) Is query re-write for olap cubes available in 10g?
3) How are you accessing olap cubes in 10g other than using the Oracle reporting tools.
Thanks,
Frank

Hi Frank,
To answer your questions:
1) This is an 11g only feature
2) This is an 11g only feature
3) The options for accessing OLAP cubes are described here:- http://wiki.oracle.com/page/I+am+Completely+New+to+Oracle+OLAP
I hope this helps
Thanks,
Stuart Bunby
OLAP Blog: http://oracleOLAP.blogspot.com
OLAP Wiki: http://wiki.oracle.com/page/Oracle+OLAP+Option
OLAP on OTN: http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/bi/olap/index.html
DW on OTN : http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/bi/db/11g/index.html

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