Get That BI System More Quickly, At Lower Cost: How to Use Configuration Instead of Programming

The heart of any BI system is the Data Warehouse and OLAP cube. Building a solution where more than one business system must be consolidated has historically been a long complex programming challenge, requiring extensive programming. Many small and mid-size businesses are unable to afford such solutions. This paper provides insights into new and different approaches for developing BI systems.

Using case examples, this white paper helps readers understand the following:

The most significant data consolidation challengesHow On-Line Analytical Processing helps process data more quickly than traditional programmingNew approaches to defining metadata standardsHow to better understand the importance of dimensional dataHow to rank data sourcesWhy new hierarchical data structures are so essential

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