About this book
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Finding and viewing deviations
Getting started with OLAP Miner
Before you create deviation detection definitions
Starting and stopping the OLAP Miner client application
Starting and logging on to the OLAP Miner client application
Stopping the OLAP Miner client application
Viewing deviations
Viewing deviations in the main window
Viewing deviations in the Deviation Viewer or a spreadsheet
Analyzing deviations
Linked reporting objects
Creating linked reporting objects
Deleting linked reporting objects
Tutorial: finding deviant values in a subcube
Tutorial business problem
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
Configuring the OLAP Miner server
Sample OLAP Miner server configuration file
OLAP Miner server configuration file elements
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
Configuring the OLAP Miner client
Sample OLAP Miner client configuration file
OLAP Miner client configuration file elements
Server commands
Mining run program
OMRUNDEF command syntax
OMRUNDEF command parameters
Samples of scheduled mining runs
Mining run program return codes
Access privileges
Improving performance and scalability
Improving performance
Improving scalability
Backup and recovery
Appendixes
Appendix A. How OLAP Miner works
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
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
Notices
Trademarks
Glossary
Index