Re: man, has hyperion release it's implementation for XML/A

Another consideration might be, with Oracle OLAP at least, is to 
consider the API that is called 'SQL'.   It is after all probably the 
most 'open' API you could think of.

You can work directly with multidimensional data, and the 
multidimensional calculation engine of the OLAP Option in Oracle using 
PL/SQL calls and simple SQL SELECTs etc.

Just a suggestion.    Kevin (@ Oracle).

Seth Grimes wrote:
> There's an interesting statement:  "I am not looking at JOLAP because 
> ORALCE and IBM aren't big market players."
>
> Anyway, if you're interested in the Microsoft APIs but don't consider 
> XML/A mature, why don't you look into insulating your application from 
> the underlying API by going with a product like Simba's that add a layer 
> of abstraction.
>
>                         Seth
>
>
> liber wrote:
>
> > I am trying to develope a simple web-base front end tool which
> > analysis clickstream of a site. I am looking for an open api which can
> > discover and execute the cube.
> >
> > Possible options include following:
> > 1) OLE DB (MS)
> > 2) JOLAP (Oracle, IBM, Hyperion)
> > 3) XML/A (MS, Hyperion, SAS)
> >
> > XML/A seems a good candidate although there might be performance
> > overhead. It doesn't tide to any language or platform. Since I only
> > knows Java, have anyone implement any client tool with java and apache
> > AXIES api? Anybody knows if Hyperion has release the implemetation for
> > XML/A?
> >
> > I am not looking at JOLAP because ORALCE and IBM aren't big market
> > players. Also, I know for sure that hyperion doesn't have the
> > implemtation for the JOLAP althogh Hyperion claim to join the force of
> > implementing JOLAP. Maybe, hyperion doesn't have implementation for
> > XML/A as well? If that's the case, I have a guts feeling that I might
> > have to my tool without OLAP server due to the chaotic of the OLAP
> > api. But I have very little clued of implemeting a such thing. A star
> > chema is a good start but it's not quite yet enough. The dataware
> > house will contain mammoth of data which loaded data from web server
> > and back end server logs. Therefore, it must scale and performce well.
> > So, I expect that I might have to implement some very sophisticated
> > storage, any recommandation. I don't know what else I can said but I
> > think I only knows very little about OLAP, hope this can lead to a
> > good discussion. Thanks in advance.