Browsing articles tagged with " OLAP"
Mar
10
2012
10
2012
What is an OLAP Database?
OLAP stands for online analytical processing and is the process of easily acquiring selected data from a database. It also functions by displaying the information in different perspective depending on the user. If, for example, a user wishes to see a certain product and where it can be bought, OLAP will then generate different reports showing exactly what the user is looking for. This is due to the multidimensional capability of the OLAP, which, unlike the relational database, uses only two-dimensional interface. The beauty of [...]
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