Comparative Analysis of On-Line Analytical Processing Tools

Abstract: Data Warehouse applications are designed basically to provide the business communities with accurate and consolidated information. The objective of data warehousing applications is not just collecting data and reporting against it, but for analyzing this it requires technical and business expertise tools. To achieve business intelligence it requires proper tools to be selected. The most commonly used Business Intelligence (BI) technologies are On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) and Reporting tools for analyzing the data and to make tactical decision for the better performance of the corporate, and more over to provide quick and fast access to end user request. This thesis focuses on data warehousing concepts and theories involved with it. The comparative analysis of commonly used OLAP tools is also presented in the thesis.