Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)

Authors

  • Pitambar Sharma Btech Student, Department of Information Technology, Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon
  • Piyush Girdhar B tech Student, Department of Information Technology, Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53555/nncse.v1i3.520

Keywords:

ONLINE ANALYTICAL, PROCESSING (OLAP)

Abstract

This paper is basically accustomed define On-Line Analytical method (OLAP), WHO uses it and why, and to review the key choices required for OLAP code. On-Line Analytical method (OLAP) could also be a category of code technology that allows analysts, managers and executives to appreciate insight into info through fast, consistent, interactive access to an honest reasonably gettable views of {data of information} that has been transformed from data to mirror spatiality of the enterprise as understood by the user. whereas OLAP systems have the ability to answer "who?" and "what?" queries, it's their ability to answer "what if?" and "why?" that sets them except info Warehouses. OLAP applications span a variety of structure functions. Finance departments use OLAP for applications like budgeting, activity-based accountancy (allocations), cash performance analysis, and cash modelling. Sales analysis and prognostication square measure a pair of the OLAP applications found in sales departments. Among totally different applications, promoting departments use OLAP for analysis, sales prognostication, promotions analysis, consumer analysis, and market/customer segmentation. Typical manufacturing OLAP applications embody production coming up with and defect analysis. Although OLAP applications square measure found in wide divergent sensible areas, all of them want the following key choices like 3-D views of information, Calculation –intensive capabilities and Time Intelligence.

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Published

2014-03-31

How to Cite

Sharma, P., & Girdhar, P. (2014). Online Analytical Processing (OLAP). Journal of Advance Research in Computer Science & Engineering (ISSN 2456-3552), 1(3), 01-04. https://doi.org/10.53555/nncse.v1i3.520