Expanded About this book
Who should read this book
How to send your comments

Finding and viewing deviations
Expanded Getting started with OLAP Miner
Before you create deviation detection definitions
Expanded Starting and stopping the OLAP Miner client application
Starting and logging on to the OLAP Miner client application
Stopping the OLAP Miner client application
Expanded Viewing deviations
Viewing deviations in the main window
Viewing deviations in the Deviation Viewer or a spreadsheet
Analyzing deviations
Expanded Linked reporting objects
Creating linked reporting objects
Deleting linked reporting objects
Expanded Tutorial: finding deviant values in a subcube
Tutorial business problem
Expanded Creating a deviation detection definition
Naming the deviation detection definition
Selecting members from each dimension
Running the deviation detection definition
Viewing the deviations
Viewing the deviations in spreadsheet

Configuring and managing OLAP Miner
System architecture
Directory structure
Expanded Configuring the OLAP Miner server
Sample OLAP Miner server configuration file
OLAP Miner server configuration file elements
Expanded Starting and stopping the OLAP Miner server on Windows and AIX
Starting the OLAP Miner server on Windows
Starting the OLAP Miner server on AIX
Stopping the OLAP Miner server on Windows and AIX
Expanded Configuring the OLAP Miner client
Sample OLAP Miner client configuration file
OLAP Miner client configuration file elements
Server commands
Expanded Mining run program
OMRUNDEF command syntax
OMRUNDEF command parameters
Samples of scheduled mining runs
Mining run program return codes
Access privileges
Expanded Improving performance and scalability
Improving performance
Improving scalability
Backup and recovery

Appendixes
Expanded Appendix A. How OLAP Miner works
Expanded The OLAP Miner algorithm
Member Only or Member and Descendants selections
The subcube
The expected value of a cell in the subcube
The magnitude of the deviation
Expanded Examples of deviant values in a subcube
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Appendix B. Working with XML files
Appendix C. OLAP Miner client and server messages
Expanded Notices
Trademarks
Glossary
Index