1. Business Analysis
DATA WAREHOUSING
REPORTING AND QUERY TOOLS AND APPLICATION
Dr. Himanshu Hora
SRMS College of Engg. & Tech., Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh (INDIA)

2. Reporting and Query Tools
Tools Categories :
 Reporting
 Managed Query
 Executive Information System
 OLAP
 Data Mining

3. Reporting Tools
 Production Reporting Tools
Companies generate regular operational reports or support high
volume batch jobs, such as calculating and printing pay checks.
 Report Writers (Desktop tools for end users)
Crystal Reports / Actuate Reporting System
Users design and run reports without having to rely on the IS
department.

4. Managed Query Tools
 Managed query tools shield end users from the
complexities of SQL and database structures by inserting
a “metalayer” between users and the database.
 Metalayer : Software that provides subject-oriented views
of a database and supports point-and-click creation of
SQL.

5. Executive Information System Tools
 First deployed on mainframes.
 Predate report writer and managed query tools.
 Build customized, graphical decision support Apps. or
“briefing books”.
 Provides high level view of the business and access to
external sources e.g. custom, on-line news feed.
 EIS Apps highlight exceptions to business activity or rules
by using color-coded graphics.

6. OLAP Tools
 Provide an intuitive way to view corporate data.
 Provide navigation through the hierarchies and
dimensions with the single click.
 Aggregate data along common business subjects or
dimensions.
 Users can drill down, across, or up levels.

7. Data Mining Tools
 Provide insights into corporate data that are not easily
discerned with managed query or OLAP tools.
 Use a variety of statistical and AI algorithms to analyze
the correlation of variables in data.
 Interesting patterns and relationship to investigate.
IBM’s Intelligent Miner,
DataMind Corp.’s DataMind

8. Applications
Need for applications
Some tools and Apps can format the retrieved data into easy-to-read
reports, while others concentrate on the on-screen presentation. As
the complexity of questions grows, these tools may rapidly become
inefficient.
Application often take the form of custom-developed screens and
reports that retrieve frequently used data and format it in a
predefined standardized way.

9. Cognos Impromptu
 Impromptu is database reporting tool from Cognos
Corporation.
 Solution for interactive database reporting.
 Object oriented architecture ensures control and
administrative consistency across all users and
reports.
 Easy-to-use graphical user interface.
 In terms of scalability, support single user reporting
on personal data, or thousand of users reporting on
data from large warehouse.

10. Cognos Impromptu
 Unified query and reporting interface
 Object-oriented architecture
 Complete integration with PowerPlay
 Scalability
 Security and Control
 Data presented in a business context
 Over 70 predefined report templates
 Frame-based reporting
 Business-relevant reporting
 Database-independent catalogs

11. Application Development Tools
 PowerBuilder
 Forte (Forte Software Inc.)
 Information Builders :
 Cactus
 FOCUS Fusion

12. Cactus
 Enterprise-class, client/server development environment.
 Create applications of any size and scope combination of
transaction processing, decision support, and batch
processing.
 Primary components of Apps
 Presentation layer
 Business logic
 Data access
 Easy to learn and use. No prior knowledge required of
HTML, JAVA or complex 3GLs.

13. FOCUS Fusion
 Multidimensional database technology for OLAP and
Data warehousing.
 FOCUS Fusion provides
• Fast query and reporting
• Comprehensive, graphics-based
administration
• Integrated copy management
facilities
• Open access via industry-standard
protocols