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OLAP Presentation 2001
OLAP Presentation 2001
Alex Barfield
Jechand Chennupati
John O’Toole
Shantea Stanford
Marc Tardif
Agenda
OLAP Overview
OLAP Concerns & ProClarity Background
How ProClarity Works
How to Use ProClarity
Hands-on Exercise
Decomposition Tree Demo
Example Query
Quiz!!!
The FASMI Test
Fast – System delivers responses to users within
roughly 5 seconds
Analysis – System copes with relevant business
logic and statistical analysis, yet is simple enough
for target user
Shared – System handles multiple updates in a
secure and timely manner
Multidimensional – A conceptual view of the data
along several dimensions
Information – All data and derived information
needed, capacity measured by how much input
data can be handled
More OLAP Features
Cubes - Typically, “cubes” of data are examined
along X, Y, and Z axes
Dicing - Data “diced” in a range specified for each
dimension
Drill-down/Roll-up - Data can be disaggregated
(drill-down) or aggregated (roll-up) along a
dimension
Slicing - Data can be rotated to produce different
views or “slices” of a cube for analysis
OLAP Applications
Marketing/Sales Analysis – Consumer goods,
retailers, financial services