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OLAP - Desktop OLAP(Cognos), ROLAP, MOLAP(Oracle Discoverer). ROLAP, MOLAP and HOLAP are specialized OLAP (Online Analytical Analysis) applications. - ROLAP stands for Relational OLAP. Users see their data organized in cubes with dimensions, but the data is really stored in a Relational Database (RDBMS) like Oracle. The RDBMS will store data at a fine grain level, response times are usually slow.
- MOLAP stands for Multidimensional OLAP. Users see their data organized in cubes with dimensions, but the data is store in a Multi-dimensional database (MDBMS) like Oracle Express Server. In a MOLAP system lot of queries have a finite answer and performance is usually critical and fast.
- HOLAP stands for Hybrid OLAP, it is a combination of both worlds. Seagate Software's "Holos" is an example HOLAP environment. In a HOLAP system one will find queries on aggregated data as well as on detailed data.
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