Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)

Anjali Gupta Mithun Arora Aameek Singh Kranthi Kumar

Introduction
OLAP designates a category of applications and technologies that allow the collection, storage, manipulation and reproduction of multidimensional data, with the goal of analysis.

RDBMS
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Table Extension
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Why RDBMS fails

2-D Structure Multiple Joins and Poor Performance Denormalized Databases Drain Performance & Resources

Enter OLAP !

Consolidation

Pre-aggregation of all logical subtotals and totals Pre-compute totals by each possible subset in the set of dimensions

Basic Concepts

Dimensions Measures Positions Hierarchies Schemas - Star & Snowflake

More Features

Formulae Calculations on the fly Drill Down & Roll Up Navigation through levels of detail Slicing & Dicing Pivot / Rotate Change Dimensional Orientation

Different forms of OLAP

Three ways of storing data:

Multidimensional OLAP (MOLAP) Best Query Performance Relational OLAP (ROLAP) Ideal for large databases Hybrid OLAP (HOLAP) Best of both worlds!
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