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An Introductionto

SAP Business

Information Warehouse(SAP BW)

B.Ramesh Kumar

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Do you get the information

you need when you want?

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Generally all the ERP Systems provide the information retrieval

using Dialogs & Reports.

How useful are they for your Organization?

Are you able to get the facts & figures from your applications fordecision making ?

Can they address some questions like :

Does your Sales person know who is the best Customer?

Which product of yours is most profitable?

Do You get what you want?

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Data Warehousing

The Key to get the data what you want is - Data Warehousing

The decision makers may need accurate information on Production, Salesand Finance. The information may be spread over different applicationsand probably across different platforms. For example some data may beon SAP and some data may be on Legacy systems

The data warehouse is a separate application environment and designedto support query(dialog) or analysis with a dedicated database drawingdata from different types of data sources.

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It is not new!

• Data warehousing is not a new concept

• Data warehousing has been around since 90s

• But did not live upto the expectations

• Traditionally Data warehousing was a combination of tools &techniques to get the meaningful information

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What is new?

• The linking of ERP with business-intelligence tools such as datamarts, OLAP engines, and desktop analysis software

• SAP introduced Business Information Warehouse, a data warehousingplatform that pulls data out of SAP's R/3 applications and comes withfront-end tools for analyzing the resulting information

• Lawson Software's Lawson Insight PI combines data warehousingand OLAP with the company's Web-based financials, humanresources, and distribution software suite.

• Tibco Software Inc. introduced two products that deliver ERP datadirectly to desktop PCs

• Cognos introduced OLAP and reporting tools for System SoftwareAssociates' ERP applications

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SAP Business Information Warehouse is a separate R/3 systemwith its own release cycle. It resides on its own dedicatedserver

The SAP BW guarantees the enterprise-wide availability ofmeaningful information.

This is a ready-to-go solution built on the firm foundations of R/3,an not limited to R/3.

It means the rapid and user-friendly delivery of businessknowledge to planners and decision-makers at all levels of acompany.

Closes the gap between the business process management and thedecision-support environments

What is SAP BW?

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• The SAP Business Information Warehouse is not limited toR/3. Data can be extracted from custom-built applications,from standard third-party packages, from the Internet, andfrom practically any other source.

•

BW comes with a comprehensive array of Business ApplicationInterfaces (BAPIs) to hook up with non-R/3 applications ateither end of the data warehousing chain, for additionalsources of data, or for additional reporting and analysis

functionality.

Business Information Warehousesupports..

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Includes all the components required for installation, use, ongoingchanges and maintenance:

SAP Business Information Warehouse Server

Business Explorer

A front-end reporting and integrated OLAP engine

Pre-configured InfoCubes for typical information and reportingrequirements

Support for ad hoc queries and multidimensional views

Administrator Workbench - a powerful, easy-to-use tool for

implementation, maintenance and customization

Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs) for third-party

data sources and analysis tools

An active/synchronized meta-data repository

Components OfBusiness Information Warehouse

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Automatic data extraction and loading capability

Pre-configured information models and reporting templates help usersgenerate reports quickly and easily.

Reports in MS Excel (with Business Information Warehouseextensions), allowing users to create custom documents on thebasis of Business Information Warehouse report views.

Users can define their own collections of favorite reports, enablingthem to access relevant information at the "touch of a button".

Key Features OfBusiness Information Warehouse

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Business Information Warehouse supports a variety of configurations.

The standard approach is to create a central, enterprise-level BusinessInformation Warehouse (a data warehouse).

It also possible to create multiple, independent Business Information

Warehouses for the specialized needs of individual business units ordepartments (data marts).

Data extraction and consolidation from multiple Business InformationWarehouses to a central Business Information Warehouse is possible.

The Business Information Warehouse architecture allows consolidation on

several levels.

Business Explorer provides a single point of end-user entry for one or moreBusiness Information Warehouse servers.

Business Information Warehouseconfigurations

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Business Information Warehouse Server

Top Layer.client componentsfor the end-user

Middle Layer

Bottom layer

The differentsource systemsfrom which data

are extracted.

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Top Layer.client

componentsfor the end-user

Bottom layer

The differentsourcesystems fromwhich data

are extracted.

Middle layer

The BusinessInformationwarehouse

server.

Business Information Warehouse ServerMore detailed architecture

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Comprises of the Business Explorer Browser - for report managementthe Business Explorer Analyzer - working with the report

and building a report

The reporting and analysis interface

Graphical, practical and customizable

Includes clusters of pre-defined standard reports and of freely definablefavorites which can be selected by drag-and-drop

Full power of integrated OLAP engine is available

The presentation of the results will be done by Microsoft Excel

Business Explorer

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Business Application Programming Interface (BAPI)

BAPIs are well-defined programming interfaces for businessapplications.

They provide a stable, standard, multi-vendor interface for commonbusiness content, so that business systems can exchange transactionsdirectly across enterprise boundaries.

SAP develops BAPIs in cooperation with Microsoft and standardizationcommittees

BAPI

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Meta-data means ”Data Which Describes Data".

Meta-data repository is the key to maintaining all information on the

data warehouse environment.

The active Meta-data repository guarantees consistency

Business Information Warehouse stores data, maintains the meta-datarepository which contains definitions of and records the history of data.

For Example: where it has come from, what this data means and whatbusiness rules are applied to prepare the data for the users.

What is Meta data ?

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Within any data warehouse, data must first be extracted from diversesources ( R/3 or Non R/3) and then mapped to the specific datastructures for analysis and reporting.

Data warehouse management and administration (automated extraction,mapping, loading and maintenance) are performed by three components:

The Production Data Extractorfor R/3 OLTP applicationsfor non-R/3 OLTP applications

The Staging Engine

The Administrator’s Workbench

Data Warehouse Management and Administration

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The Production Data Extractor is a set of programs for the extraction of

data from R/3 OLTP applications.

Initially , Business Information Warehouse transfers all OLTP dataemployed within the data warehouse.

During ongoing operation only a subset of OLTP extract data(projection and selection) needs to be transferred to Business

Information Warehouse.

Incremental data changes (delta updates) significantly reduce thevolume of data to be transferred as against the traditional datawarehouse extractors, which operate on the plain OLTP tables andwhich transfer complete snapshots, not just changed data.

Business Information Warehouse includes extract programs for all themajor R/3 applications, including logistics, controlling, finance, andhuman resources.

Non-SAP data sources are connected using third-party or customextraction tools which supply extracted data directly to a Staging

Engine BAPI on the Business Information Warehouse platform.

Data Extractor

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Implements data mapping and transformation as a meta data drivenprocess which is automated throughout.

ALE, SAP’s persistent messaging middleware, is used for data transport fromOLTP platforms to the Business Information Warehouse server.

Initiated by its Scheduler, the Staging Engine requests an extract from anOLTP system.

Production data then undergo a series of condensing, mapping and

transformation steps before it arrives in the InfoCubes, the central datacontainers of Business Information Warehouse

Starting from the OLTP side, the extract programs deliver data in an extractsource structure.

A source structure can be transaction data or master data attributes, textsand hierarchies.

Within the context of Business Information Warehouse, transfer structuresand communication structures are known by the generic term “InfoSources”.

The InfoSource is mapped to one or more InfoCubes.

Staging Engine

S i i

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Staging Engine

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Full control of extracts, aggregation and reports - with an easy-to-

understand interface and point and click functions

The Administrator Workbench is the controlling mechanism with whichdata from the source systems is mapped to the Business InformationWarehouse.

Gives a hierarchical overview of source systems, InfoSources and

InfoCubes and the relevant InfoObjectsSource systems are all systems that access data from thedatabase. These can be both SAP Systems and externalsystems.

InfoCubes are multi-dimensional data stores which you canaccess directly later when creating reports. InfoSources and

InfoObjects are assigned to InfoCube.

Administrator Workbench

Administrative Work Bench Screen Shot

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Administrative Work Bench Screen Shot

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Data storage and representation are provided by:

The InfoCubes in conjunction with the data manager

The Meta Data Repository in conjunction with the metadata manager

The optional Operational Data Store

Data storage and representation

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InfoCubes are the central containers of data used in reports andanalysis.

An InfoCube is a set of relational tables arranged according to the starschema: one large fact table at the center and several surroundingdimension tables.

The fact tables store all key figures at the lowest level of granularity

Dimension tables store the characteristics used for reporting andanalyzing these key figures

Infocubes contain two types of data: key figures and characteristics.

Key figures are quantifiable values and need to follow certain business

rules. Revenue might be summed up by product and by time.Inventories are semi-additive.Summation by plant with storage

location makes sense, but summation by time does not.Ratios - non-additive

Characteristics are needed to compute and present key figures according

to differing perspectives.

InfoCubes

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Meta data are central to the data warehouse concept and may be called

“information on information”.They are used to describe the source,history, and many other aspects of data.

Business Information Warehouse’s meta data repository contains bothbusiness-related and technical meta data. Business meta data includedefinitions,descriptions and rules used for reporting. Technical meta datadescribe structures and mapping rules for the data extraction and staging

process.

The InfoObject Catalog describes all characteristics and key figures inde-pendently of their use in InfoCubes and InfoSources. This ensures the useof a uniform definition for all characteristics and key figures,guaranteeing a homogenous data model for data from highly diversesources.

The Report Catalog contains all report definitions and their descriptions.The Business Explorer front-end can view these definitions anddescriptions, allowing the user to make informed report choices.

The InfoSource Catalog stores all InfoSource definitions, including

information on mapping to InfoCubes.

Meta Data Repository

Operational Data Store

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The optional Operational Data Store contains non-aggregated data

The Operational Data Store is organized as a set of flat tables, eachassigned to a single InfoSource, which holds the extracted productiondata records.

The records can be regarded as pseudo-documents, those composed ofsome fields from the original document that have been selected fortransfer into Business Information Warehouse.

The Operational Data Store is used as an intermediate store for thestaging process.

Operational Data Store

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Presentation of the data to the end-user for analysis and reporting issupported by:

The OLAP Processor, the core business intelligence which allowsexploitation of data for analysis/reporting

The Business Explorer (the reporting environment front-end)Including the Report Catalog Browser for effectiveorganization of personal favorite reports, and the reportand analysis components for standard reports and ad hocanalysis.

The OLTP reporting component, for direct access to existingreporting functions within R/3 applications

Presentation

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Support

FromDevelopment Partners

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Mercator has received interface certification from SAP AG for SAP

Business Information Warehouse.

The Mercator application integration solution provides a flexible meansof loading initial master data and automatically updating transactionaldata in SAP BW from non-SAP applications and databases.

Mercator can be used to extract virtually any data format from anysource, transform it into the BAPI format, and communicate datadirectly to SAP BW.

Unlike traditional data warehousing solutions, Mercator does notoverlap SAP BW functionality.

Mercator From TSI Internatinal Software

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Amplifies application functionality of SAP BW

Uses SAP application and presentation logic, supports the SAP securityconcept, currency conversion, and ensures data integrity.

The Internet Edition allows secure thin client access to all authorized

users. Maintenance and distribution of applications and data becomescost and time effective.

For more Information:

http://www.arcplan.com , [email protected]

Phone (610) 902 0688 , Fax (610) 902 0689 .

InSight from Arcplan, Inc

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http://www.arcplan.com/




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Information Builders’ SNAPpack Enterprise

• SNAPpack Enterprise is a complementary offering to the SAP BusinessWarehouse. SAP customers can choose SNAPpack either before or during

their SAP BW implementation. Organizations can use SNAPpack to rapidlydeploy BW solutions

• Offers complex reporting capabilities for Web and client/serverarchitectures.

• Offers SAP R/3 users the ability to drill through to combinations of detaildata anywhere in the enterprise.

• Support for extraction to multi-dimensional data stores, a preemptive

query governor, a managed reporting environment, and automated reportdistribution.

• SNAPpack products are used by many leading SAP customers. Ex:Adaptec, Siemens, Hewlett-Packard, ABB, Nissan, and BHP.

• Contact : Information Builders(917) 339-6099 , [email protected]

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Date Location

October 27 Zuerich, Switzerland

November 3 Madrid,Spain

November 4 Paris, France

November 5 London, England

November 6 Milan, Italy

November 17 Frankfurt, Germany

November 24 Amsterdam

January 28 Duesseldorf, Germany

SAP Business Information WarehouseRoadshow

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BI205 Business Information Warehouse (BI) - Presentation

Target Group Project team members responsible for setting up the decision supportenvironment.

Helpful: Good knowledge of at least one SAP standard application area

Experience of one or more components of the SAP Open InformationWarehouse (e.g. LIS or EIS)

Objectives Acquire the necessary knowledge to use the SAP BusinessInformation Warehouse.

Contents Introduction to modern concepts of Data Warehousing

The SAP Business Information Warehouse as a Business Frameworkcomponent

The most important steps for setting up the system.

Defining reports by the help of the Report Builder

Online Analytical Processing ( OLAP) via the Business Explorer

Organizing the enterprise decision support environment with the helpof different types of report catalogs and grouping of users.

How to organize your user favorites with Report Browser

Ref : http://www.sap.com/australia/sapient/customer/52/bi205.htm

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