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# Developer's Guide (Analysis Services)
    
## In This Section  
 [Tabular Model Programming](tabular-model-programming-compatibility-levels-1050-1103/tabular-model-programming-for-compatibility-levels-1050-through-1103.md)  
 Describes the CSDL extensions that define a tabular model in XML syntax. It also includes information about the tabular object model.  
  
 [Data Mining Programming](dev-guide/data-mining-programming.md)  
 Describes the approaches building solutions that include data mining objects.  
  
 [Multidimensional Model Programming](multidimensional-models/multidimensional-model-programming.md)  
 Describes the development tasks and approaches for integrating multidimensional model objects in a custom solution.  
  
 [Analysis Services Schema Rowsets](https://docs.microsoft.com/bi-reference/schema-rowsets/analysis-services-schema-rowsets)  
 Describes the schema rowsets that provide information about server state, server operations, and database objects.  
  
 [Analysis Services Scripting Language (ASSL) Reference](https://docs.microsoft.com/bi-reference/assl/analysis-services-scripting-language-assl-for-xmla)  
 Describes the ASSL extensions to XMLA. ASSL provides a data definition and manipulation language for Analysis Services multidimensional models that supplements the XMLA specification.  
  
 [XML for Analysis  (XMLA) Reference](https://docs.microsoft.com/bi-reference/xmla/xml-for-analysis-xmla-reference)  
 Describes XMLA concepts that can help you understand how XMLA contributes to your custom solution. It also describes the level of compliance with the XMLA 1.1 specification.