Download the OLAP 101 eBook
This book offers context for newbies to OLAP technology. Learn where OLAP came from and how it developed into the Business Intelligence technology we know today.
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A quick reference guide to commonly used Business Intelligence and OLAP words. Keep up with the techie talk with this handy reference.
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The History of Data Visualization
Data visualization has come a long way. From simple cave drawings depicting the success of a hunt to the intricate dashboards we have today connecting to millions of rows of data. It’s always good to know where you came from in order to better understand where you are...
Big Data Changed the Way We Think About Data Warehousing
Expectations from organizations have changed the demand for data. The change requires organizations to gather and manage very large data sets – terabytes and petabytes of data – for processes and near real-time analysis and predictive analytics, and is due, in part,...
Is Embracing Analytics a Rush to Judgment?
Allow me to take a contrarian view to the rapid interest in applying analytics. Have we seen this kind of story before? Is there a rush to judgment that analytics is the elusive cure-all magic potion or panacea that management has been seeking in order to achieve...
What is a Dashboard?
Defining dashboards, visual analysis tools and other data presentation media. There are many different ideas of what a dashboard is. This article will clearly define it along with other presentation tools. In my article, What is BI - A Business Intelligence Primer, I...
BI for Sales: Pipeline Analysis
Although it is sometimes said that sales is an art, the reality is that sales is a process. This process requires specific skills and activities that can be measured and managed to improve a salesperson’s performance. Unfortunately, front line sales management has a...
6 Golden Rules to Successful Dashboard Design
Dashboards are often created on-the-fly with data being added simply because there is some white space not being used. Different people in the company ask for different data to be displayed and soon the dashboard becomes hard to read and full of meaningless...
Follow OLAP Tutorials
Exercises with a real OLAP product will teach you about Business Intelligence and OLAP basics.
These tutorials give you a chance to get hands on with data modeling and analysis with access to actual software and step-by-step instructions. To follow these tutorials as they are intended, please first download the Free OLAP and Business Intelligence software provided by our sponsors at PARIS Tech.
Learn about Types of OLAP Systems
Read about different types of OLAP and what is new in the market now.
First there was ROLAP, and then MOLAP, and Hybrid systems as well as in-memory systems. Read about what defines different systems, their limitations and what is trending in the OLAP and Business Intelligence market now.
Download the World Cup Analysis eBook
This eBook takes it beyond just business, showing what can be done with OLAP technology with any kind of data. In this case, it’s sports data, applying OLAP technology to World Cup data.