OLAP Presentation 2001

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OLAP TOOLSOLAP TOOLS

Alex Barfield

Jechand Chennupati

John OToole

Shantea Stanford

Marc Tardif


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AgendaAgenda

OLAP Overview

OLAP Concerns & ProClarity Background

How ProClarity Works How to Use ProClarity

Hands-on Exercise

Decomposition Tree Demo

Example Query

Quiz!!!


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The FASMI TestThe FASMI Test

FastSystem delivers responses to users withinroughly 5 seconds

Analysis System copes with relevant business

logic and statistical analysis, yet is simple enoughfor target user

SharedSystem handles multiple updates in asecure and timely manner

Multidimensional

A conceptual view of the dataalong several dimensions

Information All data and derived informationneeded, capacity measured by how much inputdata can be handled


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More OLAP FeaturesMore OLAP Features Cubes - Typically, cubes of data are examined

along X, Y, and Z axes

Dicing- Data diced in a range specified for eachdimension

Drill-down/Roll-up - Data can be disaggregated(drill-down) or aggregated (roll-up) along a

dimension Slicing- Data can be rotated to produce different

views or slices of a cube for analysis


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OLAP ApplicationsOLAP Applications Marketing/SalesAnalysis Consumer goods,

retailers, financial services

ClickstreamAnalysis e-commerce sites inconstant redesign based on analysis

FinancialReporting/Consolidation Accounts,org. structure, time, actual/budget/forecast,business line/product line = 5 or 6 dimensions


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OLAP MarketOLAP Market


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OLAP Market NichesOLAP Market Niches

Application OLAPComplete applications or

toolkits from which complex applications can be

built, integration and high functionality,

complexity and high cost per user

MOLAPUnbundled, high performance

multidimensional or hybrid databases, multi-userupdating, applications handled are smaller than

ROLAP


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OLAP Market NichesOLAP Market Niches

DOLAPClient-based OLAP products, easy to

deploy and low cost per seat, limited functionality

and capacity

ROLAPData and metadata in a RDBMS, none

stored in external files, large data volumes,

complex and expensive, slow query performance,smallest OLAP niche by far


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PricingPricing

Hyperions Essbase - $25,000, includes 10licenses

Microsofts SQL Server - $5,000 (StandardEdition) and $20,000 (Enterprise Edition)

Cognos - ~$1,200 per seat

ProClarity - $495 per seat + 20% maintenance fee


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OLAP CompetitorsOLAP Competitors

2000 1999 1998

Vendor Rank Share Rank Share Rank Share

Hyperion 1 22.3% 1 23.0% 1 28.7%

Cognos 2 12.6% 3 11.1% 3 9.6%

Microsoft 3 11.7% 5 7.6% - -

Oracle 4 10.1% 2 11.4% 2 17.0%

MicroStrategy 5 9.2% 4 7.9% 4 6.5%


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2000 1999 1998


Bus. Objects 6 6.2% 6 5.3% 6 4.4%

Applix 7 3.0% 8 3.1% 10 2.5%

IBM 8 2.6% 9 3.0% 13 1.9%

Comshare 9 2.5% 7 3.2% 5 4.8%

PwC/Cartesis 10 2.3% 11 2.5% 12 2.1%


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2000 1999 1998


SAS Institute 11 1.6% 12 2.2% 8 3.6%

Brio Tech. 12 1.5% 14 1.5% 15 1.1%

Seagate Soft. 13 1.4% 13 1.7% 7 2.9%

Adaytum 14 1.1% 17 1.0% 17 0.8%

CA 15 0.9% 10 2.8% 9 2.9%


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OLAP ConcernsOLAP Concerns

CompanyPolitics - Much more troubling than

product issues

Environmental Failure to agree on (and stick

to the agreed) requirements

Quality Poor data quality and unavailable data


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OLAP ConcernsOLAP Concerns Slow QueryPerformance Most commonly

reported product-related problem

Reliability Relatively few sites report problems,but the more expensive products had the mostreported problems

Results Higher priced products did notnecessarily achieve better results than lower-priced options


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The Microsoft EffectThe Microsoft Effect BundlingMS-OLAP bundled with its low-priced

SQL Server

CostMS product is low cost yet scalable, builds

cubes quickly with good query response time

MarketingOLAP software should proliferate

due to Microsofts marketing network


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Increased OLAP UsageIncreased OLAP Usage CommodityPosition MS-OLAP will likely

transition OLAP software into a commodity

Choice Many will choose MS-OLAP on price,

ease of use, and availability

New users These will represent the OLAP

move from specialist boutique to a mass market


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ProClarityProClarity Accessible Founded in 1995 to make OLAP

accessible to broader business market

ExperiencedConsulting, traning, and market-development staff (US & Europe)

Legitimate Over250 corporate customers, 30independent software vendor partners, and closelylinked with Microsoft


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ProClarity/MS PartnershipProClarity/MS Partnership Familiarity ProClarity provides analysis tools in

the context of MS Office 2000, Outlook Digital

Dashboard, IE LiveReportingWith familiar MS &

ProClarity products, decision-makers can query

their data to do live reporting

Corporate Goal Give decision-makers a clear

understanding of the drivers of their organizations

performance

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