1. 1 Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) Anjali Gupta Mithun Arora Aameek Singh Kranthi Kumar

2. 2 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.

3. 3 RDBMS MonthStyleQuantityTotal Value Jan 2000Ski Boot51,700 Jan 2000Gumboot30065,000

4. 4 Table Extension… MonthStyleOutletQty.Total Value Jan 2000 Ski Boot HN31300 Jan 2000 Gum- Boots SS10018000

5. 5 Why RDBMS fails … 2-D Structure Multiple Joins and Poor Performance Denormalized Databases Drain Performance & Resources

6. 6 Enter OLAP !

7. 7 Consolidation Pre-aggregation of all logical subtotals and totals Pre-compute totals by each possible subset in the set of dimensions

8. 8 Basic Concepts Dimensions Measures Positions Hierarchies Schemas - Star & Snowflake

9. 9 More Features… Formulae Calculations on the fly Drill Down & Roll Up Navigation through levels of detail Slicing & Dicing Pivot / Rotate Change Dimensional Orientation

10. 10 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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