This is especially true in online analytical processing, which stores the data in an optimal form to support specific types of analysis.

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But the nature and visualization of this data is different as it comes from different sources and is used for different types of analysis.

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The larger the company, the more data of all types that is ready for analysis, the more this is likely to be true.

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