SAP BW Training Part 1

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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)#

565 575 555 oda)

8o deinition 9

#A! as still

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

'. 9 4.FC

Application Core

WE* Application

#erer

Enterprise !ortal*usiness

+ntelligence

Echange

+ntegration

Application Core

Etensions

#A! Enterprise

Application Core

Etensions

()#A! E"!

#A!

8etWea:er

#A!

"&'

Enterpri s

e

A

dditional

C

unctions

#E1 EtendedinanceEtended H"

!ortal *WE##&1## G


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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

GG

GG

X13 Co((unication

=#A! *C>

Web Access through +#

Web !rogra((ing 1odel

H! #1! H13 X13

W13 #OA! G.

GG

#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

> G G

#A! 8etWeaer

>#A! Enterprise !ortal

>#A! 1aster ,ata 1g(t

>#A! *usiness +ntelligence >Web Application #erer

>echnolog) Co(ponents G>#A! Echange +nrastructure

#A! Apps ()#A! *usiness #uite>#A! "!1

?Resource & Portfolio6anagement@

>#A! A!! E!

?Em'lo(ee Pro%uctivit(@

> G G

>()#A! E"!>()#A! C"1>()#A! #C1>()#A! !31>()#A! #"1

>()#A! 1ar@et !lace

>()#A! *+>()#A! E!

>()#A! inancials

> G G

>()#A! HC1

#A! !ac@aged

#olutions

>#erice 1anage(ent or I+ndustr)J>inancial +nsights or I+ndustr)J

> G G

#A! #(all *usiness#olutions

> ()#A!All-in-One

> #A!*usiness

One


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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 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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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%

Rea%

)pical ,ata#tructure

Relational ?flat tales8 highnormaliation@

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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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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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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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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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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)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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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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#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%@

3 'oint

If there is more thanone answer

- 'oint 3 'oint ?no 'oint%e%ucte%@

3 'oint

Correct Anser Pour #election Pour score

"rue "rue -

,alse ,alse -

"rue ,asle 3

,alse "rue 3


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Ea( rules and procedure

Cana%i%ates must 'ro%uce an official vali% ID+ Documents with 'hoto

"he exam uestions must not e written %own+

*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+

Ea( "egistration

Register ( 'hone# -444///-SAP ?-/0/@

Register on we# www+sa'+comusae%ucation

Registration will onl( e ta)en u' to 2 usiness %a(s 'rior to the sche%ule% exam event+"he exam sche%ule can e foun% on we+

,ee# CD*J /33 ?"his fee a''lies whether (ou 'ass or fail@
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