<p>To analyze lots of text logs I did some hackery that looks like this:</p>

<ol>
<li>Locally import logs into Access </li>
<li>Reprocess Cube link to previous mdb in Analisis Service 2000 (yes it is 2k)</li>
<li>Use Excel to visualize Cube (it is not big - up to milions raw entries)</li>
</ol>

<p>My hackery is a succes and more people are demanding an access to my Tool. As you see I see more automating and easier deployment.</p>

<p>Do you now some tools/libraries that would give me the same but with easier deployment?
Kind of <strong>embedded OLAP</strong> service?</p>

<p><strong>Edit:</strong> I heard of Mondrian but we don't do much with Java. Have you seen something similiar done for .Net/Win32 ? Comercial is also OK.</p>

[{'answer_id': 4586, 'author': 'mdy', 'author_id': 480, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/480', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>I\'m not completely familiar with the implications of Step 2 in your approach above, but if you\'re looking for a more robust OLAP solution, it might be worth your while to check out <a href="http://mondrian.pentaho.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Mondrian, the open-source OLAP / Analysis services</a> module of Pentaho.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 4593, 'author': 'Vagmi Mudumbai', 'author_id': 617, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/617', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>I dont think that Mondrian is better than SSAS but I do know that its free and you independently distribute it. It uses XMLA and its cube definition XML file is almost the same as SSAS.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 106093, 'author': 'Community', 'author_id': -1, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1', 'pm_score': 3, 'selected': True, 'text': '<p>You could also try the other free open source OLAP server, PALO from Jedox (www.palo.net)</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 201001, 'author': 'Magnus Smith', 'author_id': 11461, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11461', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>SQl 2K is fine. Stick the cube on a server everyone can see on the network, and tell em to use Excel to connect to it.</p>\n'}]
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