HOLAP

Architects Research Society

Mar 27, 2022 · Databases

What Is OLAP? An Overview of Online Analytical Processing and Its Types

This article explains OLAP as a core data‑warehouse component that enables fast, multidimensional analysis for business intelligence, describes the structure of OLAP cubes, outlines basic operations such as drill‑down, roll‑up, slice‑and‑dice and pivot, compares MOLAP, ROLAP and HOLAP, and discusses OLAP’s relationship with OLTP and cloud architectures.