The next version of SQL Server Analysis Services introduces the BI Semantic Model, a single model for Business Intelligence applications, from reporting and analysis to dashboards and scorecards, ...

Excerpt from Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Unleashed by Irina Gorbach, Alexander Berger, Edward Melomed Chapter 1: Introduction to OLAP and Its Role in Business Intelligence Excerpt from ...

Online analytical processing (OLAP) databases are purpose-built for handling analytical queries. Analytical queries run on online transaction-processing (OLTP) databases often take a long time to ...

Oracle OLAP is an analytic engine embedded in the Oracle database. It delivers fast answers to complex analytic queries to any SQL-based application. In this Webcast, you will learn how Oracle BI EE ...

And, says Rodwick, Oracle BI has always been strong in terms of performance and scalability, with much in the architecture "to squeeze the most performance out of various databases," such as Oracle, ...

Recent advances in OLAP query recommendations and user interaction are transforming the way data is explored and analysed. Traditional OLAP systems, long reliant on standard roll-up and drill-down ...