sap bw overview
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Sap Bw OverviewTRANSCRIPT
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SAP BW OverviewPennsylvania State Systemof Higher Education
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AgendaReporting ComparisonBW OverviewBW Landscape & ArchitectureBW Reporting ToolsBusiness ContentBW WebsiteOnline ResourcesDiscussions/ Q&A
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Reporting Comparison 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
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BW OverviewThe Business Information Warehouse (BW) is SAPs architectural solution for data warehousing. Seamless integration with R/3Built-in functionality that substantially reduces DW design, development and maintenanceBW is a separate system from the R/3 transaction processing systemBW 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).
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State System BW Landscape BW DevDB1BW QAQB1BW PRDPB1SAP R/3DV1DR1DC1SAP R/3QA2QR1QC1SAP R/3PRDPR1PC1DataDataDataBW TRNTB1BW SBSB1SAP R/3TRNTR1TC1SAP R/3 SF1SR1
DataData
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Basic BW ArchitectureODSInfoCubeNon-SAP Data Sources(Flat file, XMLor DBConnect)BExWebBasedBExData DetailBusiness ContentSAP R/3SAP-BWData SourcesBusiness Explorer Tools
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BW Reporting ToolsBusiness Explorer (BEx) Query Designer
MS-Excel-Based Analyzer (Web or GUI)
Formatted Reporting
Web Application Designer
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Business Explorer (BEx) AnalyzerQueries 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
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GUI Based or
SAP Menu Bar Add-in
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Web-Based
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What is Business Content?
Advantages of using Business ContentPre-Configured SAP-delivered objects allow rapid development (DataSources, Transfer Structures, ODSs, InfoCubes, Queries, etc.)Based on Best Practices
A solution to build uponProvides a good baseline for enhancements of functionality and data models.
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http://www.sytecpa.org/BW/index.asp
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Online ResourcesSAP Online Documentation - help.sap.comService Marketplace - service.sap.comOSS NotesInstallation and upgrade infoSAP Developers Network - sdn.sap.comOnline ForumsHow TosSAP Fans www.sapfans.com
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QUESTIONS
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