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OLAP Operations Overview

The document provides an overview of key OLAP operations, including roll-up, drill-down, slicing, dicing, and pivoting, along with their SQL equivalents. Each operation is defined with examples and corresponding SQL syntax to illustrate how they function in analyzing large datasets. The summary also includes a table that outlines the SQL equivalents for each OLAP operation, highlighting their purpose in data analysis.

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OLAP Operations Overview

The document provides an overview of key OLAP operations, including roll-up, drill-down, slicing, dicing, and pivoting, along with their SQL equivalents. Each operation is defined with examples and corresponding SQL syntax to illustrate how they function in analyzing large datasets. The summary also includes a table that outlines the SQL equivalents for each OLAP operation, highlighting their purpose in data analysis.

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OLAP Operations Overview

An overview of key OLAP operations


and their SQL equivalents.
OLAP Operations Overview

• OLAP (Online Analytical Processing)


operations are essential for analyzing large
datasets in multidimensional spaces.
• Key OLAP operations include:
• 1. Roll-up
• 2. Drill-down
• 3. Slicing
• 4. Dicing
1. Roll-up Operation

• Definition: The roll-up operation aggregates


data at coarser levels of a hierarchy.
• Example: Viewing payments by card type
(Visa, Mastercard) by collapsing the payment
hierarchy.
• SQL Syntax:
• SELECT grouping_attributes
• FROM fact_table
2. Drill-down Operation

• Definition: Drill-down is used to navigate from


coarser to finer levels of data granularity.
• Example: A sales manager drilling down from
yearly sales to quarterly sales.
• SQL Syntax:
• SELECT *
• FROM fact_table
• WHERE dimensional_attribute = const
3. Slicing Operation

• Definition: Slicing involves fixing one


dimension's value and selecting all
corresponding values.
• Example: Fixing a year (e.g., 2006) and viewing
data across all other dimensions.
• SQL Syntax:
• SELECT grouping_attributes
• FROM fact_table
4. Dicing Operation

• Definition: Dicing involves projecting data


onto a subset of dimensions, creating a
restrictive slice.
• Example: Analyzing sales for a specific time
period, region, and product.
• SQL Syntax:
• SELECT grouping_attributes
• FROM fact_table
5. Pivoting Operation

• Definition: Pivoting rotates the data cube to


view the data from a different angle.
• Example: Viewing sales data by product after
slicing data by a particular year.
Summary of SQL Equivalents for
Operation
OLAP Operations
SQL Equivalent Description

Roll-up GROUP BY ROLLUP Decreases level of detail

Drill-down Nested SQL Increases level of detail

Slicing WHERE condition Fix a dimension, view data


along other dimensions
Dicing GROUP BY Restrict data to a specific
subset
Pivoting Rotations Re-orient data for better
analysis

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