TECHNICAL SEMINAR PRESENTATION

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OnLine Analytical Processing

Seminar Presentation
By
Murali Mohan Rath CS200117198

Under the guidance of

Mr. Indraneel Mukhopadhyay

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What is OLAP
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OnLine Analytical Processing ia a

technology that uses multidimensional view
of aggregate data for quicker access to
strategic information.

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How OLAP Helps

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It helps in decision making, business

modeling, and operations research activities
by transforming raw Data warehouse data
into strategic information

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Four Main Characteristics of OLAP

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–Use multidimensional data analysis

techniques
–Provide advanced database support
–Provide easy-to-use end user
interfaces
–Support client/server architecture

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Multidimensional Data Analysis

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Techniques
–The processing of data in which data
are viewed as part of a
multidimensional structure.
–Multidimensional view allows end
users to consolidate or aggregate data
at different levels.

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Multidimensional Data Analysis

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Relational databases contains lists of

records whose information is organised into
fields and is based on a row and column
data format(one dimensional).

However some relational tables where there

is more than a one-to-one relationship
between the fields lends itself to
multidiensional represtation.
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Single Dimensional View

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Product Region Sales

Nuts East 50
Nuts West 60
Nuts Central 100
Bolts East 90
Bolts West 120
Bolts Central 140
Screws East 40
Screws West 70
Screws Central 80
Washers East 20
Washers West 10
Washers Central 30

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Multidimensional View
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East West Central

Nuts 50 60 100
Bolts 90 120 140
Screws 40 70 80
Washers 20 10 30

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OLAP Architecture
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–Three Main Modules

◆OLAP Graphical User Interface (GUI)
◆OLAP Analytical Processing Logic
◆OLAP Data Processing Logic
–OLAP systems are designed to
use both operational and Data
Warehouse data.
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OLAP Server Arrangement

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OLAP Server With Multidimensional Data Store Arrangement

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Relational OLAP
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Relational On-Line Analytical Processing

(ROLAP) provides OLAP functionality by using
relational database and familiar relational
query tools.
Extensions to RDBMS
Multidimensional data schema support within the
RDBMS
Data access language and query performance
optimized for multidimensional data
Support for very large databases
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Multidimensional Data Schema Support

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within the RDBMS

Normalizationof tables in relational technology is
seen as a stumbling block to its use in OLAP
systems.
DSS data tend to be non-normalized, duplicated,
and pre-aggregated.
ROLAP uses a special design technique to enable
RDBMS technology to support multidimensional data
representations, known as star schema.
Star schema creates the near equivalent of a
multidimensional database schema from the existing
relational database

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A Typical ROLAP Client/Server Architecture

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LIMITATIONS
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The real limitation of OLAP databases is

almost always the number of cells and not the
number of dimensions.
As the number of dimensions increases the
number of cells increases expotentially so a
16 dimension database with 5 members in
each has 152 billion cells.
Most OLAP servers reach their limit in cell
numbers before they hit their dimensions limit
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CONCLUSION
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In essence OLAP technology is fast, flexible

data summarisation and analysis.
OLAP servers are a superior technology for
Business Intellgence applications.
OLAP servers and relational databases can
work in harmony to create an environment
that delivers data quickly to perform the
analysis needed to make the best business
decisions.

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