Download Building Java based OLAP clients using AppDev Studio

Building Java based OLAP
clients using AppDev Studio
Anton Fuchs
Product Manager AppDev Studio
SAS Institute International
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Overall presentation goal
How to build sophisticated OLAP reports in
almost no time, with minimal costs - all within
one development environment.
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Learning objectives
As a result of this presentation you should learn:
How easy it is to define OLAP applications using
webAF and webEIS
! How employees in an organization can work
together using those tools
! How you can save IT resources in empowering
users to do their own analysis
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Presentation Agenda
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Introduction
webEIS – An OLAP application builder
webAF – Create OLAP applications using Java
Summary
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Introduction – What is OLAP?
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High performance access to
large amounts of summarized
data
Allows users the ability to
analyze their data
Fast access to data along any
business dimensions
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Introduction - The Business Problem
Scenario:
! Company A sells furniture
! Sales of tables are down by 10%.
! Sales executive asks business analyst to analyze
and find the reason.
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Introduce The People
Why are the table sales low?
We couldn’t deliver the chairs with it!
The boss (Executive of sales)
Dilbert (Business analyst)
Needs answers to his business
questions.
Has to find an answer asap.
Needs the right tools to answer the
questions.
•Static reports
•OLAP analysis
•etc.
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Introduce The People
Can you offer me a tool?
Use either webAF or webEIS!
Dilbert (Business analyst)
Tina (IT specialist)
Needs better tools to solve those
individual requests in time without
always having to ask IT.
Is responsible for creating reports,
etc.
The tools must be able to exploit
multi-dimensional business data to
get the right answers.
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webEIS – An OLAP application builder
webEIS enables users to create interactive
OLAP documents quickly and easily and then to
publish those documents on the Web.
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webEIS – An OLAP application builder
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Benefits:
!Rapid,
code-free document design and generation
!Easy to use drag-and-drop interfaces combined with
powerful wizards
!Empowers users to do their own analysis and
reporting
!IT can concentrate on strategic projects rather than
on individual one-time requests.
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webAF – Create OLAP applications
using Java
webAF is an integrated visual development
environment for Java tailored specifically to
create information delivery applications either
on the client side or the server side.
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Why using webAF to create OLAP
applications?
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Integrate OLAP into your reporting environment
Add additional features
Modify existing features to address user needs
More granular layout and control
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How to use webAF to create OLAP
applications?
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Integrate a webEIS document into a webAF
project
Use the OLAP components available with webAF
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To create a Java applet solution
To create a JSP/servlet solution
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More people…
Alice (Web designer)
Wally (Developer)
•Responsible to design and
create web pages
• Develops Java applications that
can be used across the Web
•Makes use of the components
that Wally writes
•Writes JSP custom tags that can
be reused by Web designers
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Summary
The Boss
What are the benefits?
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Gets answers to his business questions in time
Can make intelligent decisions and actions
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Summary
Dilbert (Business analyst)
What are the benefits?
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Solve individual requests in time
No need to ask IT for help all the time
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Summary
Tina (IT specialist)
What are the benefits?
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Empower users to do their own analysis
Concentrate on strategic projects rather than on
individual one-time requests
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Summary
Alice (Web designer)
What are the benefits?
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Easily can design OLAP Web applications herself
using JSP custom tags or webEIS
No need to know Java to do her work
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Summary
Wally (Developer)
What are the benefits?
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Can concentrate on the Java part of the
application
No need to know anything on Web page design
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For more information
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Whitepaper “AppDev Studio – A Roadmap”
Product information on the WWW
http://www.sas.com/products/appdev/index.html
AppDev Studio Developer’s site
http://www.sas.com/rnd/appdev/index.htm
Brochure on AppDev Studio
[email protected]
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