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Making the Transition from MDDB-based OLAP Applications to a SAS®9 OLAP Solution
Ivy ParkerSAS Technical Support AnalystBusiness Applications
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SAS®9 OLAP Solution
MDDB Apps
“How do I make the transition?”
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Questions to Answer
Is it time to transition your SAS OLAP Solution?
How does SAS 9 OLAP compare to Legacy OLAP?
What benefits will be gained?
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What is OLAP?
On-Line Analytical Processing
Fast access
Business answers
Multidimensional view
User-friendly
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Question # 1
Is it time to transition your
SAS OLAP Solution?
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Questions to Ask Yourself
Is Legacy OLAP providing for all of your OLAP reporting needs?
Are you beginning to move other SAS applications to SAS 9?
Are you receiving the performance and scalability that you expect for OLAP reporting?
Would you like to take full advantage of the BI Platform in SAS 9, utilizing the various SAS 9 OLAP clients?
What should you do with your existing SAS Legacy OLAP applications?
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Question # 2
How does SAS 9 OLAP compare to
SAS Legacy OLAP?
SAS 9 OLAPLegacy OLAP
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SAS 9 OLAP vs Legacy OLAP?
MDDB vs Cube Structure
Building MDDBs vs Cubes
Security
Query methods
Available Clients
OLAP Product Packaging
New Features
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MDDB vs Cube Structure
MDDB
Single physical file
2G size limit on NWAY subtable
Star Schema input supported via Distributed Multidimensional Metadata interface
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MDDB vs Cube Structure
MDDB Structure
Hierarchy
Category Variable
Analysis Variable
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MDDB vs Cube Structure
SAS 9 Cube
Distributed index and data files
No hard limit on physical cube size
Multi-threaded build and query process
Fully supports Star Schema input data
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MDDB vs Cube Structure
SAS 9 Cube Structure
Dimension
Hierarchy
Level
Member
Measure
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SAS 9 Cube
Dimensions consist of
• Dimension Name
• Level
• Hierarchy
• Member
Time
1999 2000 2001
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2Q3 Q4
YEAR
QUARTER
LevelOf
Detail
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Building MDDBs vs Cubes
Legacy OLAP
PROC MDDB
SAS/Warehouse Administrator
SAS Enterprise Guide 2.0
MDDB class in SCL
SAS 9 OLAP
PROC OLAP
Cube Designer interface to PROC OLAP
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SAS® OLAP Cube Studio
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Security
Legacy OLAP
Operating system permissions
Password on MDDB
Access Control (ACL) defined in Metadata
SAS 9 OLAP
Operating system permissions
Authentication defined in SAS Metadata Server
Member security defined with MDX
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Query methods
Legacy OLAP
MDDB Data Model
Ole DB for OLAP using limited MDX
SAS 9 OLAP
MDX
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OLAP Clients
Legacy OLAP
SAS/EIS®
SAS® AppDev Studio 2.0
SAS MDDB Report Viewer
SAS® Enterprise Guide 2.0
Third-Party Clients
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OLAP Clients
SAS 9 OLAP
SAS® Enterprise Guide 3.0
SAS® Web OLAP Viewer for .Net
SAS® Web Report Studio
SAS® Information Delivery Portal
SAS® AppDev Studio 3.0
SAS® Web OLAP Viewer for Java
Third-Party Clients
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OLAP Product Packaging
Version 8 OLAP
SAS/MDDB Server
SAS OLAP Server
SAS 9 OLAP
SAS OLAP Server
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New Features for SAS 9 Cubes
Ragged and Unbalanced Hierarchies
Calculated Members & Named Sets
Member Properties
Multi-threaded Processing
Multi-language Support
SAS OLAP Server Monitor
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Question # 3
What benefits will be gained?
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Benefits
SAS 9 Business Intelligence Platform
Availability of latest SAS OLAP Clients
Improved Performance & Scalability
Consistent Interfaces
Ole DB for OLAP Compliant
Continued support for Legacy OLAP applications
New features available with SAS 9 Cubes
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SAS® Enterprise Guide 3.0
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SAS® Web OLAP Viewer for .Net
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SAS® Web Report Studio
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SAS® Web OLAP Viewer for Java
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Key Questions Answered
Now is the time to consider a SAS 9 OLAP Solution
SAS 9 OLAP has much more to offer
Many benefits gained by transitioning to SAS 9 OLAP
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