by sazmoodley | Oct 30, 2014 | Budgeting, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Analysis, General BI and Data Management, Ms Excel, OLAP, PowerOLAP, Reporting
Folks, there is a LOT you can do with PowerOLAP. Even people who have been using it for years aren’t fully aware of all the capabilities available within PowerOLAP. Perhaps you are a user of PowerOLAP but you generally access the same reports all the time. In...
by | Oct 17, 2014 | Big Data, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Analysis, Ms Excel, OLAP, PowerOLAP, Reporting
Yes, it’s Maradona, Maracana, and Multidimensionality Using PowerOLAP to Analyze World Cup Data It started with a limerick. Exactly why I decided to express in a 5-line poem the ridiculously named “hand of God” incident, when Diego Maradona punched the ball into...
by | Feb 27, 2013 | Data Analysis, infographic, Learning Center, OLAP, Software
In-memory database systems (IMDB) also referred to as main-memory database system (MMDB) are a growing subset of a database management system (DBMS) software, which primarily relies on main memory for computer data storage rather than a disk storage mechanism. ACID...
by | Feb 25, 2013 | Business Intelligence (BI), Learning Center, OLAP
The two most promising Business Intelligence (BI) technologies are: OLTP (Online Transaction Processing) and OLAP (Online Analytical Processing). Despite falling in the same category of Business Intelligence tools, they are considerably different from the other....
by | Oct 28, 2011 | Learning Center, OLAP
OLAP is an acronym for Online Analytical Processing. OLAP performs multidimensional analysis of business data and provides the capability for complex calculations, trend analysis, and sophisticated data modeling. It is quickly becoming the fundamental foundation for...
by dfernandes | Oct 28, 2011 | Learning Center, OLAP
OLAP implementation depends not only from technological basis software that is going to be used – but more from the business models and data sources. Each industry sector or business area is specific and required detailed modeling to create multidimensional cubes for...
