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- OLAP - On Line Analytical Processing - a new and exciting data analysis tool for partners and finance managers. Traditional reporting techniques have concentrated on two-dimensional reporting. This is not entirely surprising since paper is a two dimensional medium. Spreadsheet technology has advanced to three dimensions thanks to multi-tabbed worksheets and 3-D graphics, but business isn't a two- or even three- dimensional game! information is required which can show (without multi-tabs and multi-pages) how the business is performing by branch and department one moment, by type of business by partner the next. Or even by type of business by branch department and so on - business is a multi-dimensional exercise.
- OLAP produces views of your data that allow non-technical staff and partners to drill down into the history of your information. OLAP permits the mouse-literate finance manager or partner to "slice and dice" into business facts and history in order to identify previously un-noticed facets of the business or to quantify trends which are known intuitively.
- And, for users of SQLserver relational databases (Which LawSoft is!), there's more good news... OLAP Analysis Services exist as part of Microsoft SQLserver and can therefore be made available on your existing database... with a little help from your friends. eMail legalIS to arrange a demonstration of what OLAP can do for your practice.
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