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SAP BW Overview

SAP BW Overview. Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Agenda. Reporting Comparison BW Overview BW Landscape & Architecture BW Reporting Tools Business Content BW Website Online Resources Discussions/ Q&A. Reporting Comparison. R/3. BW. Line Item Analysis

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SAP BW Overview

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  1. SAP BW Overview Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education

  2. Agenda • Reporting Comparison • BW Overview • BW Landscape & Architecture • BW Reporting Tools • Business Content • BW Website • Online Resources • Discussions/ Q&A

  3. Reporting Comparison R/3 BW • Line Item Analysis • Delivered Reports • Basic Reporting or Predefined (requires • ABAP programmers) • Consumes Resources from • Transaction Processing • Real-time Analysis • Function Specific • Relational & Multidimensional Analysis • Delivered Reports (aka Business Content) • Ad hoc or Predefined (can be designed • by users) • Significantly Faster Processing • Current (according to update schedule) • & Historical Analysis • Cross Functional

  4. BW Overview • The Business Information Warehouse (BW) is SAP’s architectural solution for data warehousing. • Seamless integration with R/3 • Built-in functionality that substantially reduces DW design, development and maintenance • BW is a separate system from the R/3 transaction processing system • BW data structures are optimized for reporting data efficiently and quickly (analytical processing). • R/3 data structures are optimized for recording data efficiently and quickly (transaction processing).

  5. State System BW Landscape BW Dev DB1 BW QA QB1 BW PRD PB1 BW TRN TB1 BW SB SB1 Data Data Data Data Data SAP R/3 DV1 DR1 DC1 SAP R/3 QA2 QR1 QC1 SAP R/3 PRD PR1 PC1 SAP R/3 TRN TR1 TC1 SAP R/3 SF1 SR1

  6. Basic BW Architecture BEx SAP R/3 InfoCube ODS Non-SAP Data Sources (Flat file, XML or DBConnect) Data Detail Business Content Web Based BEx SAP-BW Data Sources Business Explorer Tools

  7. BW Reporting ToolsBusiness Explorer (BEx) Query Designer • MS-Excel-Based Analyzer (Web or GUI) • Formatted Reporting • Web Application Designer

  8. Business Explorer (BEx) Analyzer • Queries and solution workbooks embedded in MS Excel • Excel functionality can be utilized (calculations, charts, VBA programming, etc.) • Queries are refreshed at each run; workbooks provide pre-calculated queries • Incorporates BW Security and, therefore, eliminates the need for an additional layer of security at the reporting level • Seamless integration with BEx Analyzer for the Web

  9. GUI Based or…… SAP Menu Bar Add-in

  10. Web-Based

  11. What is “Business Content?” • Advantages of using Business Content • Pre-Configured SAP-delivered objects allow rapid development(DataSources, Transfer Structures, ODSs, InfoCubes, Queries, etc.) • Based on Best Practices • A solution to build upon • Provides a good baseline for enhancements of functionality and data models.

  12. http://www.sytecpa.org/BW/index.asp

  13. Online Resources • SAP Online Documentation - help.sap.com • Service Marketplace - service.sap.com • OSS Notes • Installation and upgrade info • SAP Developers Network - sdn.sap.com • Online Forums • How Tos • SAP Fans – www.sapfans.com

  14. QUESTIONS

  15. Thank You

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