(In topic `Data Warehousing & BI`) Online Analytical Processing: the interactive multidimensional analysis of application data which enables users to gather data from various sources and then ‘slice & dice` the data for strategic analysis and decision making. The term was coined by Arbor Software and made more relevant by Dr Codd who wrot... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20477
Online Analytical Processing. A tool used to carry out data analysis. OLAP tools are a type of Business Intelligence (BI) tool. Also very much associated with Data Warehousing. Found on http://www.ft.com/dbglossary