SAP HANA comes with SQL and MDX query language interfaces which allows third party data access. MDX (multi-dimensional expressions) is a language developed by Microsoft for queries using multi-dimensional data. An MDX expression returns a multi-dimensional result set (dataset) that consists of axis data and cell data SAP BusinessObjects BI has been optimized to run on SAP HANA to provide a full suite of business intelligence capabilities for any BI use case scenario. Front end third party applications or BI clients will need to go through an official certification program to get certified & supported on top of SAP HANA Connectivity Options BI clients can leverage ODBC, JDBC and ODBO (for MDX requests) drivers in HANA for reporting. And HANA supports BICS interface Business Intelligence Consumer Services (BICS) is SAP's proprietary interface for bex queries. Bex analyzer uses BICS