Re: On what OLAP can and what OLAP can't

David Cressey wrote:

> Thanks for clearing that up. I guess I missed the point you were trying to
> make by sharing the discussion.
> What was your point?
The point is no matter how rules or quality processes may regulate OLAP design, an OLAP system is bound to failure if it does have to assume some level of correctness of its data sources. I am not stating that OLAP design has no interest. What I say is that the same argument that explain the first great blunder explain the failure of any attempt to build reliable decision support systems even if you put effort into OLAP design process. This is why the name of the thread iis *What OLAP can and what OLAP can't*. OLAP design can compensate for los of integrity in an unefficient and costly manner. OLAP probably fails because it build on shaky foundation: SQL DBMS's Received on Fri Sep 08 2006 - 15:44:25 CEST