2. What is OLAP OnLine Analytical Processing ia a technology that uses multidimensional view of aggregate data for quicker access to strategic information.
3. How OLAP Helps It helps in decision making, business modeling, and operations research activities by transforming raw Data warehouse data into strategic information
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6. Multidimensional Data Analysis Relational databases contains lists of records whose information is organised into fields and is based on a row and column data format( one dimensional ). However some relational tables where there is more than a one-to-one relationship between the fields lends itself to multidiensional represtation .
7. Single Dimensional View Product Region Sales Nuts East 50 Nuts West 60 Nuts Central 100 Bolts East 90 Bolts West 120 Bolts Central 140 Screws East 40 Screws West 70 Screws Central 80 Washers East 20 Washers West 10 Washers Central 30