Homework: Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) Paper
Introduction
Assume your organization sells cars and there are 5 models of cars. The company sells all over the United States and so the organization is broken down into regions of the country which include East, West and Central. Further, each region has multiple dealerships that sells cars and each dealership has many salespeople. If you wanted to find total sales for the company or a region you could simply query the database. Because this data is made up of multiple facets (different models of cars, different regions, different dealerships, different sale people), if you want to delve further into analyzing the data, such as comparing dealership sales and within region by model, you would need to look at these different aspects of the data for comparison. Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) is a concept used just for this purpose. PivotTables are a good example of an OLAP technology.
Instructions
Write a 2 page paper on the concept of OLAP. Summarize an example of a dataset that could be used for OLAP. Compare and contrast OLAP to database querying. Explain the benefits of using OLAP to analyze data for the example you've presented. Last, expand on how PivotTables and PivotCharts fit the mode of being an OLAP tool.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.