Jasper

Using Jaspersoft Analytics:
Comparing In-Memory and OLAP Analysis capabilities

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Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY........................................................................................................... 4 JASPERSOFT ANALYSIS PRODUCTS ......................................................................................... 5 JASPERANALYSIS: OLAP-BASED ANALYSIS. ............................................................................................. 5 JASPERSERVER INTEGRATED IN-MEMORYANALYSIS................................................................................. 7 MATCHING USER PROFILES TO JASPERSOFT ANALYSIS PRODUCTS ......................................... 9 BUSINESS ANALYSTS BENEFIT FROM THE POWER OF JASPERANALYSIS ........................................................... 9 SUPER USERS BENEFIT FROM THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE INTEGRATED IN-MEMORY ANALYSIS TOOL ...................... 10 MATCHINGORGANIZATIONAL PROFILES TO JASPERSOFT ANALYSIS PRODUCTS ................... 11 INTEGRATED IN-MEMORY ANALYSIS FOR SMB AND ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENTS .......................................... 11 JASPERSERVER PROVIDES INTEGRATED ANALYSIS FOR ISVS ................................................. 12 THE POWER AND FLEXIBILITY OF JASPERSERVER AND JASPERANALYSIS FOR ENTERPRISES................................ 13DIFFERENCES BETWEEN JASPERSERVER IN-MEMORY ANALYSIS AND JASPERANALYSIS ................................... 14 CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................................... 15 COMMENTS? ....................................................................................................................... 16

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3Using Jaspersoft Analytics Executive Summary
Analytics is one of the most critical components of any business intelligence (BI) portfolio. With the continued growth of the BI market, covering a broader set of users and company sizes, there has been an increase in the number of ways users can analyze data. Knowing which analysis model best fits a particular analytic need or user profile is key toestablishing a successful BI deployment. The Jaspersoft Business Intelligence Suite offers a number of ways for end users to perform interactive analysis. For the most casual user, this might involve simply changing a filter setting on a report to view a different slice of data. For a data analyst this could mean writing powerful, multi-dimensional expressions. The two primary tools dedicated toanalysis within the Jaspersoft suite are JasperAnalysis and the integrated In-Memory Analysis tool within JasperServer. JasperAnalysis is a traditional OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) tool, based on the popular open source Mondrian engine. Jaspersoft, its partners, and customer community have contributed a number of updates to the Mondrian project over the years to make it one of the worldsmost popular OLAP engines. OLAP tools perform analytic tasks on specialized, analysis-tuned data collections commonly called “cubes.” The integrated In-Memory Analysis tool enables more straightforward ad-hoc query, reporting and analysis operations. To help Jaspersoft customers determine which approach best fits their needs, this report provides an overview of both tools, then discusses the...