Dickeson--The Analytical Power of OLAP

People on the third shift decrease the density of cyan ink on a running press form because of a loss of natural light perception incurred while they sleep in the daytime.

Are these statements true? Perhaps. Perhaps not. To find the answer, do some "mining" on your "data warehouse." Use OLAP.

OLAP (online analytical processing) is a hot topic these days, and with good reason. OLAP enables you to "slice and dice" the sales or operating data in your computer databases in an almost infinite variety of ways to find relationships that can provide support for decisions that need to be made.