What are 3 characteristics of OLAP?

In the FASMI characteristics of OLAP methods, the term derived from the first letters of the characteristics are:

• Fast.
• Analysis.
• Share.
• Multidimensional.
• Information.
• Benefits of OLAP.
• Motivations for using OLAP.

What type of data is used in OLAP?

OLAP extracts data from multiple relational data sets and reorganizes it into a multidimensional format that enables very fast processing and very insightful analysis.

What are the components of OLAP?

Components of Oracle OLAP

• Calculation engine.
• Analytic workspaces.
• OLAP DML.
• PL/SQL table functions.
• OLAP API.
• OLAP Catalog metadata.

Are OLAP reports static?

A. OLAP report format is static.

Where does the data for OLAP come from?

The source data for OLAP is Online Transactional Processing (OLTP) databases that are commonly stored in data warehouses. OLAP data is derived from this historical data, and aggregated into structures that permit sophisticated analysis. OLAP data is also organized hierarchically and stored in cubes instead of tables.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of OLAP?

Advantages of OLAP. Easily search OLAP database for broad or specific terms. OLAP provides the building blocks for business modeling tools, Data mining tools, performance reporting tools. Allows users to do slice and dice cube data all by various dimensions, measures, and filters. It is good for analyzing time series.

When to use offline cube files in OLAP?

Use offline cube files to work with OLAP data when you are not connected to your network. A cube enables you to work with larger amounts of data in a PivotTable report or PivotChart report than you could otherwise, and speeds retrieval of the data.

How are OLAP cubes used in management packs?

Allowing you to define OLAP cubes in management packs that will be created automatically in SSAS when the management pack is deployed. Automatically maintaining the cube without user intervention, performing such tasks as processing, partitioning, translations and localization, and schema changes.