Integrating OLAP and Relational Data

Web Analysis Studio users can construct seamless liaisons between OLAP data and relational data sources. Navigation from OLAP to relational data is called relational drill-through.

After relational drill-through is configured, users can navigate from the dimension bottom (level 0) of the OLAP database and drill down to relational data.

Relational drill-through is a client-based integration solution comparable to the server-based Analytic Integration Services drill-through.

The Relational Drill-Through dialog box is a graphical user interface for creating SQL relational database queries. Users can use complex SQL syntax to specify table joins and to select and order by clauses.

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Relational drill-through supports an array of JDBC relational data sources but does not support queries by levels, generations, or previously selected members.

Relational drill-through definitions are saved as properties of database connection files.