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1. What is MicroStrategy OLAP Services?
MicroStrategy OLAP Services is an extension of MicroStrategy
Intelligence Server that
provides MicroStrategy Desktop, MicroStrategy Office and
MicroStrategy Web users with
faster and more extensive analytics as part ofIn-Memory BI.
2. How is MicroStrategy OLAP Services beneficial?
MicroStrategy OLAP Services has the following benefits:
Higher performance at any scale Reduced workload on every part
of the system:
Less database query time: more users share the same query
results in anIntelligent Cube
Less MicroStrategy Intelligence Server query time: more users
share the samequery results in an Intelligent Cube
Developer Transparency: new reports hit the fast new Intelligent
Cubesautomatically, no special direction, no hard coded links
User Transparency: users can navigate their entire analytical
workflow fasterusing cubes automatically whenever possible
Easy Cube development: two clicks to make a cube from an
existing highlyused report
Familiar Cube Development Interface: leverages the Report Editor
interface inMicroStrategy Desktop
Optimized Memory Use: with a new Intelligent Cube Monitor and
CubeAdvisor
Create, Save, Reuse, and Share Derived Elements over a
zero-footprint Web interfaceRead more features in detail
3. What are some of the use cases or Business Scenarios that
would benefit
from MicroStrategy OLAP Services?
Large numbers of people use the same report Multiple Dashboards
use the same Intelligent Cube as a dataset Many different derived
analytics should be created on the same report Make slow data
sources appear to run much faster Save database cycles by needing
many fewer jobs Save database cycles by needing many fewer rows
Make the most important reports for the Executives faster Make the
most complex and long SQL requests run against a cube
4. What is an Intelligent Cube?
An Intelligent Cube is an In-Memory multidimensional cube of
data that can serve data to
many different reports.
5. What is Dynamic Sourcing?
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Dynamic Sourcing is the process of automatically selecting to
use an Intelligent Cube for
data, rather than querying the database.
6. What is a Derived Element?
A Derived Element is a filter, list, or calculation derived from
an attribute on an IntelligentCube Report, or MicroStrategy Report
Services dataset.
7. How big can an Intelligent Cube be?
There is no hard-coded limit.
8. Can these Intelligent Cubes work together?
Yes. If you drill from one cube to another, you never touch the
database, and with Dynamic
Sourcing, you don't have to use a special command to drill from
cube to cube: it happensautomatically.
9. What if the data I need isn't in ANY Intelligent Cube?
If the data you need is not in any Intelligent Cube, then the
report runs seamlessly against the
database using MicroStrategy Intelligence Servers optimized SQL
generation engine.
10. Which Intelligent Cube should I build?
While you may have some idea of some obvious candidates, you can
also use a new tool,
Cube Advisor.
11. What is Cube Advisor?
Cube Advisor is a new tool that scans the MicroStrategy
Intelligence Server metadata and
suggests the optimal set of Intelligent Cubes to service the
reports and users most valuablerequests. Cube Advisor can use the
MicroStrategy Enterprise Manager data generated from
an application, as well as suggest Intelligent Cubes that are
optimized for reducing total
Database Time, Job Load, User Satisfaction, and Rows
Required
12. How easy is it to create a cube?
Using MicroStrategy Desktop, it is just like building a
report.
13. What happens to existing MicroStrategy OLAP Services
Reports?
Existing MicroStrategy OLAP Services reports will continue to
run just as they had before.
14. Do OLAP reports stay the same or do they become Intelligent
Cube
Reports?
OLAP Reports stay the same, but using Dynamic Sourcing they can
retrieve data from the
Intelligent Cubes automatically.
