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Essbase Overview

Nouvasys

Multidimensional Analysis
Analysis of data from multiple perspectives:
FY14

Depreciation by entity

YearTotal

By asset or by month

Depreciation

KDD - Kuwait Operations_E_01 (01)

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
235679 24582 53297 73874 83926

Computer_C_315 (315)

L_123

Budget

No Asset

FY14
Total New

YearTotal

Local

Total New
CX_00001
CX_00002

CapexVersion1
Budget
FY14
YearTotal
Depreciation

Nouvasys

KDD - Kuwait Operations_E_01 (01)

235679

235679
3438
5111

Spreadsheet-Based Analysis
Data integrity suffers because of user errors or stale data.
Validating spreadsheet reports wastes time and resources.

Two reports prepared by two users show two different totals. Which one is
correct?

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Multidimensional View of Information


Structures data around natural business concepts
Provides foundation for efficient, sophisticated business analysis

Accountant

Region Manager

Product Manager

Financial Analyst

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Data Cubes
Analysts prefer to view multidimensional data in cubes, rather than in
relational tables.
Data cube

Relational table

Product

Time

Sales

Lightbolt

Jan

166

Lightbolt

Feb

182

Thunderball

Jan

131

Thunderball

Feb

149

Jan

Feb

Lightbolt

166

182

Thunderball

131

149

1 measure: Sales
2 dimensions: Time, Product

Cube is a metaphor for multidimensional data storage.


Data is analyzed along only two to three dimensions at a time.

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Dimension Hierarchies
You can organize a dimensions members in a hierarchy.
Year Tot
Quarter 1

Product
Performance

January

Lightbolt

February

Thunderball

Customer
OEM

IBM

Retail
March

Value
Apple

Quarter 2
April

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Mavrider

Gateway

Operations in Multidimensional Data Models


Selection (slice and dice)
Sales to retail customers during January and
February by product

Aggregation (roll up)


Total sales by product

Navigation to more detailed data (drill down)


Supporting data for sales for retail customers during
Qtr 1

Visualization operations (pivot)


Reorientation of the data cube
Display of a three-dimensional data cube in a series
of two-dimensional planes

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Sparse and Dense Dimensions


Multidimensional data sets tend to be sparse.
Data is not uniformly distributed.
Data does not exist for the majority of member combinations.
Certain aspects of multidimensional data sets tend to be predictably
sparser than others.

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Administration Services Console


Database and system administrators interface

Navigation
panel

Object
window

Message
panel

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Production Environment Components


Database objects
Outline (.OTL)
Rules files (.RUL)
Calculation scripts (.CSC)
Data analysis interfaces
Smart View
Spreadsheet Add-in

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Outlines
Tree structure for dimension hierarchies
Consolidations and mathematical relationships between members
Outline Editor

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Rules Files
Map data sources to a target Oracle Essbase database
Can apply to many data sources
Can load data and build outlines

Header mapped
to units

Fields Mapped to
Dimensions

CustIDRemoved
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Ignored
Field

Calculation Scripts
Calculate all or a portion of the database
Control the order in which dimensions are calculated
Perform complex calculations

Calculated
database
Level 0 data

Calculation script
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Smart View
Is a Web-deployed thin client that is embedded in a client spreadsheet
application
Enables you to retrieve data and create ad hoc reports
Provides integration with Microsoft Office products
Provides a single Excel interface to analyze data

TCP/IP

HTTP(S)
Provider
Services

Java API
Infrastructure

Excel with Smart


View
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Single database or
database cluster

Spreadsheet Add-in
Is a software program that is embedded in a client spreadsheet
application
Enables you to retrieve data, create ad hoc reports, and analyze data
Provides an interface with Essbase

TCP/IP

TCP/IP

Excel with
Spreadsheet Add-in

Nouvasys

Essbase server

Essbase database

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