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Session-5
By Kushal Anjaria
In the last session, we started discussion on ERP together to create accurate, reliable, fast information
architecture. The architecture is shown in the figure about the business. A company that can take advantage
below: and turn it into shared knowledge, accurately and
quickly, will surely be better positioned to make
successful business decisions and rise above the
competition.
OLAP technology has been defined as the ability to
achieve “fast access to shared multidimensional
information.” Given OLAP technology’s ability to
create very fast aggregations and calculations of
underlying data sets, one can understand its usefulness
in helping business leaders make better, quicker
“informed” decisions.
In the last class, we have already covered the concepts
Using OLAP, following operations can be performed
of Intelligent dashboards and database. Next, we will
start discission on OLTP and OLAP. Online transaction Pivot: It is the technique of changing from one
processing (OLTP) captures, stores, and processes data dimensional orientation to another. It is also known as
from transactions in real time. Online analytical rotation.
processing (OLAP) uses complex queries to analyze
aggregated historical data from OLTP systems. Before pivoting, the original data cube is shown in the
figure below:
OLTP applications typically possess the following
characteristics: