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SAP Business Information Warehouse(SAP BW)
PART 1(SAP BW Overview)
SAP Business Information Warehouse(SAP BW)
PART 1(SAP BW Overview)
April 2004
Author: Arthur X. Wang
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SAP BW Training –PART 1
Course Overview Course Objects
Course Outline Hand-on Eercise and !ractice test
ERP & SAP & SAP Business Intelligence What is E"! #A! A$ % #A! "&' % ()#A! *usiness #uite introduction
#A! *usiness +ntelligence +ntroduction Data Warehousing & SAP BW
,ata Warehouse concept and unda(entals #A! *W introduction
BW Certification Exam
Ea( or(at )pes o /uestions Ea( content and eighting inor(ation #coring "ules and !rocedures Ea( registration
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Course Overview
Course O!ects o !repare )ou to i(ple(ent and ad(inister a *W s)ste(
o prepare )ou to sit or the certiication test in #A! *W
Course Outline
"his course will cover following areas# *W Architecture
,ata 1odeling
*E "eporting and Web "eporting
,ata #taging and Etraction
Warehouse 1anage(ent
*W Authoriation
Ho to rite A*A! progra( or E3
Ho to prepare or #A! *W Certiication ea(
$an%son exercise an% 'ractice test
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What is ERP
De'en%s hen (ou as)#
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bus) inenting
it;
E"! < #tandard
*usiness
#otare =
E"! < Old
E-*usiness < 8e;
E-*usiness nolonger replace(ent
but etension o
E"!
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!ow is ERP "efine" to"a#
*o universall( acce'te% %efinition to%a(+ Someexam'les#
Press
?*ac@oice ad(in % operations applications co((on to (ost
co(panies
Anal(sts
?E"! < H" B inance B Corporate unctions B *lue Collar
Operations
Others ?H" B inance B !urchasing B ,istribution B echnolog)
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Who are the ma$or %&a#ers in ERP
#A!
,oun%e% in -./0 "he 1r% largest software com'an( in the worl% with susi%iaries in over 23 countries
"he mar)et lea%er in ERP arena
435 ,ortune233 com'an( im'lemente% SAP
-3 6illion users in -03 countries
738-339 installation of its software in -.81339 com'anies in the worl%
IDC an% :arter grou' ran)e% SAP ;- in growth in software in%ustr( in 0331+
!eople#ot
Oracle
D.,.Edards
*aan
3ason
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What is SAP R'
#A! < #(stem A''lication an% !ro%uct in Data Processing
"' < "eal i(e ' tiers
A transactional s)ste( based on a client-serer architectureand uses a relational database to trac@ all inor(ation related
to corporate. "he current ma!or mo%ules of SAP R1 inclu%e#
,I# ,inance CO# Controlling
$R# $uman Resources 66# 6aterials 6anagement
P6# Plant 6anagement PP# Pro%uction 6anagement
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SAP R'
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SAP R' (I'CO)
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SAP R' (*+)
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SAP R' (CO)
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SAP R' (+ogisti,s)
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SAP R' (--)
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SAP R' (--)
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SAP R' (!R)
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Sa% R' Re%orts
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SAP R' (CO) Re%orts
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SAP R' Sam%&e Re%ort
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SAP R' .ser -enu
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What is m#SAP ERP
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!ow /oes m#SAP ERP fit
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What is the evo&ution from R' to m#SAP ERP
unctionalit)
echnolog)
#A! *asis WE* Application
#erer
#A! "&' "elease
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Application Core
WE* Application
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Enterprise !ortal*usiness
+ntelligence
Echange
+ntegration
Application Core
Etensions
#A! Enterprise
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SAP A%%&i,ation server evo&ution
' tier Client & #erer
Architecture
A*A! Objects
DAA
"C Co((unication
A*A! & 4
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Web Access through +#
Web !rogra((ing 1odel
H! #1! H13 X13
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#A! "&' ()#A!.co( #A! Web Application #erer
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!ow m#SAP ERP "iffers from SAP R' Enter%rise
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Strategi, Enter%rise -anagement (SE-)
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Business Anati,s (BW0ase")
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m#SAP !uman Resour,es 0Overview
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O%erations2 Overview 3ew /eve&o%ments
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SAP Pro"u,t Ar,hite,ture
#A! or I+ndustr)J >#A! or Aerospace % ,eence>#A! or Auto(otie
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ERP 4 SAP Business Inte&&igen,e
Business Intelligence K*usiness +ntelligence is the process o transor(ing data into inor(ation and
transor(ing that inor(ation into @noledge through discoer)L
*usiness *eneits o #A! *usiness +ntelligence
The capabilities of SAP BI help individuals optimize businessprocesses and better align them with the goals of the business.With SAP BI, customers improve business ecienc!, enhance"ualit! of relationships, and achieve ma#imum business value.
$ost complete BI solution stac% &ata warehousing
Business intelligence platform
Business intelligence suite of tools
$easurement and management with pre'pac%aged business content
Integrated BI solution (omplete solution from a single, enterprise'class vendor
)ower T(* and faster +*I than best'of'breed -ran%enstein monsters
(omplete access to underl!ing transactional s!stem
earl! /,000 global installations
(omprehensive partner ecos!stem
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ERP 4 SAP Business Inte&&igen,e
Business Intelligence Me) unctional area
&ata warehousing Data warehouse management Extraction, transformation, and loading Business modeling
Business intelligence platform Online analytical processing (OLAP) Data mining Alerting
Business intelligence suite of tools
uery design !eporting and analysis "e# application design
$easurement and management Business $ontent %etadata management $olla#orati&e #usiness intelligence (wor'ing together within the enterprise portal en&ironment)
Me) ele(ent o #A! 8etWeaer
SAP1s comprehensive BI solution forms part of the integration and application platform SAP
etWeaver, and as such is able to leverage seamless integration with other SAP etWeaverelements. The advantages of integration in SAP etWeaver2
Allows #usiness intelligence to migrate from a tactical application to an enterprisewide strategic solution
s a#le to accommodate growing customer re*uirements
Deli&ers lowest o&erall +$O
s the foundation technology for customer, partners, and AP to deli&er platformindependent solutions-
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/ata Warehousing 4 SAP BW
,ata Warehousing Concept and unda(entals
A %ata warehouse is se'arate a''lication environment with a %e%icate%%ataase %rawing on %iverse %ata sources an% %esigne% to su''ort uer( an%
anal(sis+
A collection of integrate%8 su!ectoriente% %ataases %esigne% to su''ort the
DSS function8 where each unit of %ata is relevant to some moment in time+
A %ata warehouse is a co'( of transaction %ata8 s'eciall( restructure% forueries an% anal(ses R+ imall # "he Data Warehouse "ool)it -..7+
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/ata Warehousing 4 SAP BW
,ata Warehousing Concept and unda(entals
A %ata warehouse has the following 'ro'erties# Rea% onl( access+
Crossorganiational focus
Data warehouse %ata is store% 'ersistentl( over a 'articular time 'erio%+
$istoriation# Data is store% ( time on a longterm asis
Designe% for efficient uer( 'rocessing
Evaluation tool
Data Warehouse O!ects#
Stan%ar%ie% structuring an% %is'la( of all usiness information
Sim'le access to usiness information via a single 'oint of entr(
$ighl(%evelo'e% re'orting for anal(sis with self service for all areas
=uic) an% costefficient im'lementation
$igh 'erformance environment+ Data mo%eling from heterogeneous sources
Relieving O
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/ata Warehousing 4 SAP BW
O3! s O3A!
O3! #)ste(s=OperatieEniron(ent>
O3A! #)ste(s=+nor(atieEniron(ent>
arget Efficienc( through automationof usiness 'rocess:eneration of )nowle%ge?com'etitive a%vantage@
!riorit) $igh availailit(8 higher %atavolumeSim'le use8 flexile %ataaccess
ie o ,ataDetaile% ,reuentl( aggregate%
Age o ,ata Current $istorical
,atabaseOperations
A%%8 change8 %elete?refresh@8an% rea%
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6ulti%imensional structures
+ntegration o dataro( ariousapplications=(odules>
6inimal Com'rehensive
,ata #et 7-4 months 0/ (ears
8or(aliation $ighl( *ormalie% for'erformance $ighl( %enormalie% foruer(ing
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/ata Warehousing 4 SAP BW
SAP BW intro%uction What is #A! *W
SAP BW F SAP Business Information Warehouse A stateoftheart an% en%toen% SAP %ata warehousing solution+
Provi%e )nowle%ge wor)ers an% %ecision ma)ers with ra'i% access to %ata from SAP R1 an% othernonSAP sources
#A! *W ,riers En% users nee% current an% historical %ata for etter %ecision ma)ing SAP Pre%efine% re'orts ma( not meet (our nee%s an% are har% to fin%+ Custom SAP re'orts using ABAP have following limits
Static# Do not su''ort a%hoc uer(ing ca'ailit( Ex'ensive to maintain *egativel( im'act the 'erformance of the transaction s(stem Difficult to integrate SAP with nonSAP %ata
SAP
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/ata Warehousing 4 SAP BW
SAP BW intro%uction #A! *W eatures and unctionalit)
O'timie% %ata structure for re'orting an% anal(sis A se'arate s(stem an% in%e'en%ent release
O
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/ata Warehousing 4 SAP BW
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/ata Warehousing 4 SAP BW
William $+ Inmon8 "he father of %ata warehousing8 aout
SAP BW#
GH *o other ven%or has the same reach acrossall the environments in a com'rehensivemanner+ Some ven%ors have software+ Other
ven%ors have har%ware+ But in terms of forminga com'lete 'icture across the entire cor'orateinformation factor( lan%sca'e no other ven%orcan com'eteH
White Pa'er availale at WWW+illinmon+com
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/ata Warehousing 4 SAP BW
IDC# ;- in 'ac)age% %ata warehousing
Career O''ortunities# ?Rates# J/3J-K3@ BW Architect
BW A%ministrator BW E"< %evelo'er BW re'orts %evelo'er
BW is a still relative new 'ro%uct
Re'orting in BW is SAP strategic %irection
"he %eman% for BW 'rofessional is high
"he 'a( for ex'erience% BW ex'ert is ver( attractive
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W Certifi,ation E5am
or(at o the Ea(
"he tests are a%ministere% ( com'uter+
Certification Duration# 1 hours
*umer of certification uestions# 43 multi'le choice uestions+
"i'# Lou can mar) uestions to return to later if (ou are not sure of the answers+
Passing the exam reuires a minimum of /35+
"he uestions are chosen ran%oml( from a 'ool of thousan%s of uestions+ Eachcan%i%ate in the same classroom will have the same uestions8 ut in %ifferentseuence+
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W Certifi,ation E5am
)pes o uestions
#ingle Anser =onl) one anser> Exam'le A conce'tual %escri'tion of %ata o!ects8 their attriutes8 an% the relationshi's etween them
is#
• A. A data warehouse
• B. A data model
• C. An inoCatalo!
• ". An ino#et
• $. An ino#our%eAnswer& B.
1ultiple Choice =one or (ore anser> Exam'le
Which of the following are t('es of SAP BW InfoCuesM#
• A. 'ultiCu(e
•B. )n*erted Cu(e
• C. +emote Cu(e
• ". +elational Cu(e
• $. Basi% Cu(e
Answer& A, C, $
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W Certifi,ation E5am
Ea( content
Re'orting ?0359@ Data 6o%eling ?-35 035@
Warehouse management ?0359@ Extraction ?-35 035@
Authoriation ?-5 -35@ Ex'erience from im'lementation ?Case stu%('ro!ect@ ?-5 -35@
"he 'assing score is /35+
Ea( Weighting +nor(ation
,or latest exam weighting information8 'lease chec) SAP we site#www+sa'+comusae%ucation
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W Certifi,ation E5am
#coring Regar%less of the t('e of uestions8 scoring of the answer is ase% on Boolean
logic#
"here is no 'enalt( for an incorrect answer Onl( one correct answer ?maximum of 0 'oints@
6ore than one Answer ?maximum of 2 'oints@
Correct Anser +ncorrect Anser 8o Anser
If there is onl( onecorrect answer
0 'oints 3 'oint ?no 'oint%e%ucte%@
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W Certifi,ation E5am
Ea( rules and procedure
Cana%i%ates must 'ro%uce an official vali% ID+ Documents with 'hoto
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*o assistance is allowe%8 ut can%i%ates whose mother tongue is not Englist ma( use a%ictor( 'rovi%e% it contains no notes an% is ins'ecte% an% acce'te% ( the 'roctor eforethe start of the exam+
Nnsuccessful can%i%ates ma( reta)e the same exam after a threemonths waiting 'erio%+
Before a%mission to the same exam for a thir% time8 the can%i%ate must 'ro%uce evi%ence
of training suitale to rectif( the ga's i%entifie% in the ca%i%ates com'tenance at 'reviousexam+
*o can%i%ate ma( ta)e the same release more than 1 times+
"he exma fee cover onl( one exam an% can%i%ates must 'a( the exam fee for reta)es+
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