 OLAP Solutions: Building Multidimensional Information Systems, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 978-0-471-40030-1
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April 2002
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Preface.
Acknowledgments.
PART ONE: THE NEED FOR MULTIDIMENSIONAL TECHNOLOGY.
The Functional Requirements of OLAP Systems.
The Limitations of Spreadsheets and SQL.
Thinking Clearly in N Dimensions.
PART TWO: CORE TECHNOLOGY.
Introducton to the LC Model.
The Internal Structure of a Dimension.
Hypercubes or Semantic Spaces.
Multidimensional Formulas.
Links.
Analytic Visualization.
Physical Design of Applications.
PART THREE: APPLICATIONS.
Practical Steps for Designing and Implementing OLAP Models.
Introduction to the Foodcakes Application Example.
Purchasing and Currency Exchange.
Materials Inventory Analysis.
FCI's Sales and Marketing.
FCI's Activity-Based Manegement.
A Computational Example.
PART FOUR: FURTHER ISSUES.
Multidimensional Guidelines.
Product Language Comparisons.
DSS Fusion.
Appendix A: Formula Index.
Appendix B: Standards in the OLAP Marketplace.
Appendix C: LC Language Constructs.
Appendix D: Glossary.
Appendix E: The Relationship Between Dimensions and Variables.
Appendix F: Toward a Theoretically Grounded Model for OLAP and Its Conection to the Relational Model and Canonical Logic.
Appendix G: Codd's 18 Features.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
Acknowledgments.
PART ONE: THE NEED FOR MULTIDIMENSIONAL TECHNOLOGY.
The Functional Requirements of OLAP Systems.
The Limitations of Spreadsheets and SQL.
Thinking Clearly in N Dimensions.
PART TWO: CORE TECHNOLOGY.
Introducton to the LC Model.
The Internal Structure of a Dimension.
Hypercubes or Semantic Spaces.
Multidimensional Formulas.
Links.
Analytic Visualization.
Physical Design of Applications.
PART THREE: APPLICATIONS.
Practical Steps for Designing and Implementing OLAP Models.
Introduction to the Foodcakes Application Example.
Purchasing and Currency Exchange.
Materials Inventory Analysis.
FCI's Sales and Marketing.
FCI's Activity-Based Manegement.
A Computational Example.
PART FOUR: FURTHER ISSUES.
Multidimensional Guidelines.
Product Language Comparisons.
DSS Fusion.
Appendix A: Formula Index.
Appendix B: Standards in the OLAP Marketplace.
Appendix C: LC Language Constructs.
Appendix D: Glossary.
Appendix E: The Relationship Between Dimensions and Variables.
Appendix F: Toward a Theoretically Grounded Model for OLAP and Its Conection to the Relational Model and Canonical Logic.
Appendix G: Codd's 18 Features.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
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