Applying Grid Technologies to XML Based OLAP Cube Construction
Tapio Niemi, Marko Niinimäki, Jyrki Nummenmaa, Peter Thanisch · CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2003
1 Introduction The contents of OLAP databases are typically collected from other data repos-itories, such as operational databases. For a well-defined and targeted system, where the information needs are well-known, it may be straightforward to collectthe right data at the right time. However, this collection process can be time consuming. Further, there is constantly more and more data generally available,