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OLAP Tutorial
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OLAP is On Line Analytical Processing. The data structures to support OLAP are usually Multidimensional databases or data structures. The key concepts are facts (also known as measures), dimensions, slicing, drill down, and aggregation.
If you know your OLAP environment, I'd get a book about that specific environment. Cognos Power Play, Microsoft Analysis Services (formerly Microsoft OLAP SErvices), Oracle OLAP, IBM OLAP (Same as Hyperion), Hyperion, etc.
Here's a good link:
More good, mostly unbiased, stuff at
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The trouble with doing something right the first time is that noboby appreciates how difficult it was.
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If you know your OLAP environment, I'd get a book about that specific environment. Cognos Power Play, Microsoft Analysis Services (formerly Microsoft OLAP SErvices), Oracle OLAP, IBM OLAP (Same as Hyperion), Hyperion, etc.
Here's a good link:
More good, mostly unbiased, stuff at
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The trouble with doing something right the first time is that noboby appreciates how difficult it was.
- Steven Wright
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