To Cube or Not To Cube: Is OLAP the Better Choice?
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U NIVERSITY OF C ENTRAL F LORIDA I NSTITUTIONAL R ESEARCH To Cube or Not To Cube: Is OLAP the Better Choice? Dr. M. Paige Borden, Director and University Data Administrator Evangeline Collado, Coordinator of Computer Applications Agenda Who We Are Introduction Enrollment Profile
To Cube or Not To Cube: Is OLAP the Better Choice?
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UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH To Cube or Not To Cube: Is OLAP the Better Choice? Dr. M. Paige Borden, Director and University Data Administrator Evangeline Collado, Coordinator of Computer Applications
Agenda Paper # 013-2007 Who We Are Introduction Enrollment Profile Enrollment OLAP Cube Application Comparison Conclusion and Future Plans Questions and Answers
Introduction Paper # 013-2007 • Enrollment Profile • Dynamic web-based application • Utilized Base SAS® and SAS/IntrNet® software technology • Various “views” of headcount numbers and percentages • Enrollment OLAP Cube • OLAP - On Line Analytical Processing • Provides pre-summarized dimensional data in a user-friendly, drill-down environment • On-the-fly customized reports and charts
Enrollment Profile Paper # 013-2007 Headcount by college, undergraduate vs. graduate, full-time vs. part-time status, gender, ethnicity, residency, classification, and major Replaced and enhanced numerous hard copy reports User-friendly, dynamic and interactive environment More than 30 different tabular displays Menu or drill-down accessibility to “views”
Enrollment Profile - Maintenance Paper # 013-2007 • Two full days of programmer time • Update data • Oracle to Microsoft Access to SAS® data set • Cleanse, validate, and transform • Programmatically calculate trend statistics • Program maintenance • Change default values each term • Modify formats when new colleges and/or majors added • Alter JavaScript for navigation menu changes • Special maintenance for software upgrades
Enrollment OLAP Cube Paper # 013-2007 • Data Extract • Enrollment fact table created from warehouse dimension tables • SAS® Enterprise Guide® used to build table • SAS OLAP Cube Studio • Client tool of the SAS® Enterprise Business Intelligence (BI) Server Suite • User-friendly, graphical interface to create and maintain OLAP cubes • Multiple Tools to View Cube • SAS client tools • Microsoft Office products
Enrollment OLAP Cube - Maintenance Paper # 013-2007 Run job in Enterprise Guide to update fact table Rebuild the cube in SAS® OLAP Cube Studio Update generated information map if necessary
Application Comparison At this time, both products require Internet Explorer (IE) 6.0 for full functionality Paper # 013-2007
Conclusion and Future Plans Paper # 013-2007 • Benefits of OLAP • Improved functionality • End-user flexibility of reporting • Less maintenance • Future Plans • Augment Enrollment cube with current data • Create additional cube for degrees granted • Convert other current applications to OLAP
How to Contact Us Paper # 013-2007 • Office of Institutional Research • Email: iroffice@mail.ucf.edu • Web: http://www.iroffice.ucf.edu • Address: P.O. Box 160021, Orlando, FL 32816-0021 • Phone: (407) 823-5061 Fax: (407) 823-4769 • Paige Borden: mborden@mail.ucf.edu • Angel Collado:ecollado@mail.ucf.edu
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH To Cube or Not To Cube: Is OLAP the Better Choice? Dr. M. Paige Borden, Director and University Data Administrator Evangeline Collado, Coordinator of Computer Applications