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What Are OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) Tools?

Smart Data Collective

Data science is both a rewarding and challenging profession. One study found that 44% of companies that hire data scientists say the departments are seriously understaffed. Fortunately, data scientists can make due with fewer staff if they use their resources more efficiently, which involves leveraging the right tools.

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Comparison between Online Processing Systems: OLTP Vs OLAP

Analytics Vidhya

This article was published as a part of the Data Science Blogathon. Introduction In the field of Data Science main types of online processing systems are Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) and Online Analytical Processing (OLAP), which are used in most companies for transaction-oriented applications and analytical work.

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DuckDB: An Introduction

Analytics Vidhya

This article was published as a part of the Data Science Blogathon. Introduction DuckDB is designed to support analytical query workloads, also known as Online analytical processing (OLAP).” In short, […].

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How OLAP and AI can enable better business

IBM Big Data Hub

Online analytical processing (OLAP) database systems and artificial intelligence (AI) complement each other and can help enhance data analysis and decision-making when used in tandem. As AI techniques continue to evolve, innovative applications in the OLAP domain are anticipated.

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Unleashing the power of Presto: The Uber case study

IBM Big Data Hub

Uber chose Presto for the flexibility it provides with compute separated from data storage. As a result, they continue to expand their use cases to include ETL, data science , data exploration, online analytical processing (OLAP), data lake analytics and federated queries.

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What is business intelligence? Transforming data into business insights

CIO Business Intelligence

While the predictions and advice derived from business analytics requires data science professionals to analyze and interpret, one of the goals of BI is that it should be easy for relatively non-technical end users to understand, and even to dive into the data and create new reports.

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How to Build a Performant Data Warehouse in Redshift

Sisense

Fundamentally they are different than transactional databases we’ve seen in the past, and before we jump into how to build your data warehouse, it’s important to understand that distinction. OLTP vs OLAP. First, we’ll dive into the two types of databases: OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) and OLTP (Online Transaction Processing).