An Overview of On-Line Analytical Processing

March 12, 1998


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Table of Contents

An Overview of On-Line Analytical Processing

Database Evolution

OLAP

OLAP vs OLTP (1)

OLAP vs OLTP (2)

OLAP vs OLTP (3)

OLAP vs OLTP (4)

OLAP vs OLTP (5)

Multi-dim Data

OLAP System Architecture

SQL Group-By Operator

Problems with SQL Group-By

Data Cube Operator

Output Cube

Output Cube

Accessing the Data Cube

Computing the Data Cube

Aggregate Function Trichotomy

OLAP Server Implementation

Star Schema

MOLAP Approach

MOLAP Advantages

An Example

T2 Queries & Group-By (1)

T2 Queries & Group-By (2)

A Titan Query

A Virtual Microscope Query

UT-Austin Simulation

Relating T2 to OLAP

Author: Chialin

Email: chialin@cs.umd.edu

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