Oracle OLAP MDX Driver

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An In-depth Look at Microsoft Excel 2007 Pivot Tables andHow to Natively Connect Excel to Oracle OLAP 11g

Simba Technologies Inc.

Vancouver, Canada

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Adapted from slides presented at BIWA Summit 2008, presented by:

George Spofford, DSS Lab, Inc. and Amyn Rajan, Simba Technologies

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Simba Background

• Founded in 1991 and worked on the original ODBC specificationwith Microsoft

• Started working with Microsoft on OLE DB for OLAP and MDX

in 1997• Founding member of the XMLA Council in 2001 – chaired the

Interoperability SIG and hosted all interoperability events

• SAP’s MDX Interface is built on Simba’s technology

• Assisted Hyperion in building its MDX and XMLA interfaces• Recognized as the independent expert on server side MDX and

MDX connectivity to Microsoft Excel

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Oracle

Oracle is the #1 Databasein the World

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Excel

Excel is the #1 BI / Analytical Tool inthe World

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Oracle and Excel – So Good Together

Simba brings togetherOracle and Excel

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Ad-Hoc Query and Analysis

Use Microsoft Excel for

ad-hoc query and analysis

of Oracle OLAP Cubes

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Excel 2007 for Oracle OLAP 11g - Native

• Native Excel 2007 connectivity to Oracle OLAP11g

• Excel connects to the OLAP Option the same waythat Excel connects to Microsoft Analysis Servicesand SAP NetWeaver BI

• This is *not* an Excel add-in

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Excel 2007 for Oracle OLAP 11g – Easy Install

• Easy install

– Simple client-side installation

– Set up a few tables in the OLAP Option

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Excel 2007 for Oracle OLAP 11g – Easy Use

• Easy to Use

– Use Excel as Microsoft has designed the

product – No need to learn how to use an add-in

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Future Proofed Solution

• Excel for ad-hoc query and analysis

– Leverage all of Microsoft’s investment in adding

new BI/OLAP/Analytics functionality to Excel• Because you connect natively, this solution will

work for future versions of Excel

– Yes (it will also work for previous Excel

versions)

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Excel 2007 Pivot Tables

Demo

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Easy Setup

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Security Passed Through from Oracle

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Data Source Selection

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Easy PivotTable Creation

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PivotTable Built from Oracle Data

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Easy Drill-down and Data Manipulation

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Example of Metadata Representationwithin Excel In-table Charting

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Easy Chart Creation

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Easy Formatting and Chart Options

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Chart Example

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Architecture

• Client-side OLE DB forOLAP (ODBO) / MDXdriver

• Excel sends MDX queriesto the Client-side Driver

• The Driver Issues SQLagainst standard Oracle

OLAP 11g Cubes toRetrieve Information

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Inside the Driver

• Simba’s Proven MDX Engine – Used by companies like SAP,

Business Objects, Infor

• MDX 2005 – Simba keeps up with Microsoft’s

Standards

• The Driver has the Smarts toget the Right Information

from Oracle Cubes – Simba is an Expert in Both

Multidimensional (MDX) andRelational (SQL)

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What is MDX?

• TLA for Multi-dimensional Expressions

• Language for OLAP/multi-dimensional query, calculation,referencing

• Works with cubes, dimensions/hierarchies, levels,measures, attributes

• Around since 1998

• Vendor support:

– Oracle Hyperion

– Microsoft

– SAP

– Infor

– IBM

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Why MDX?

• Functions directly supporting business selections andcalculations

• Declarative (like SQL): specify what you want, not how you

get it• Requests can include new calculations that work with

server calcs

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MDX Developer Strengths

• Requests include

– Report shaping

– Fine-grain tuple specification

– Fine-grain item sequencing

• Query + ODBO/XMLA: extensible object orientation forOLAP information

– Simplifies development for Excel, web user, other clientapps

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MDX Compared with SQL

• Very different mental model

• Different meanings for SELECT-FROM-WHERE

• Assumes different behaviors

– Default members

– NULLs handled differently

• Functions operate across measures/accounts (no row-column difference)

• Shaped results

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Why Simba?

• We are The Experts

– Only independent company that does both SQLand MDX

• MDX 2005

– Deep MDX and Excel know how

– We know MDX better than anyone

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Why MDX?

• MDX originates from Microsoft

• MDX is how Excel connects today and willcontinue to connect tomorrow

• Oracle (Hyperion), Microsoft, SAP, IBM and Inforhave all committed to MDX

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Why Excel?

• Excel is ubiquitous

– You already have it

• Excel is your entry to Microsoft Office – Other Office Apps connect well with Excel

• Microsoft is investing in Excel

– Take advantage of the new features of Excel

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Why This Solution?

• Excel for Ad Hoc Query and Analysis

• Oracle for All Your Data

• Future Proofed• Low Cost of Ownership

• Easy Client Side Solution

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Roadmap

• Version 1 will allow Excel connectivity to OracleOLAP 11g R1

– MDX 2005 support for Excel

– OLE DB for OLAP (ODBO)

• Future Versions

– MDX 2005 interface for other applications

(MSFT, SAP-BOBJ, IBM-Cognos, etc.)

– XML for Analysis (XMLA)

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Availability

• Beta in April 2009

• Version 1 is expected Summer 2009

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Advisory Panel

• Simba Needs You!

– Customer Advisory Board

• We are looking for 5-10 Oracle OLAP 11gcustomers to work with us in an advisorycapacity

– Sign Up Now

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Q & A

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Tel: +1 (604) 633-0008

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