Mastering the SAP Business Information Warehouse Leveraging the Business Intelligence Capabilities of SAP NetWeaver 2nd Edition by Kevin Mcdonald ISBN 0764596373 978-0764596377
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ISBN 10: 0764596373
ISBN 13: 978-0764596377
Author: Kevin Mcdonald
“This book is the definitive guide for SAP NetWeaver BI professionals. Based on their extraordinary expertise with the product, the authors provide deep insights about key innovations in the areas of user experience, query performance, integrated planning, and enterprise-wide data warehousing.”
—Stefan Sigg, Vice President, SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence
The long-anticipated publication of this second edition reflects the growing success of SAP NetWeaver as well as the various Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities that are embedded with SAP BW version 7.0. Written by SAP insiders, this comprehensive guide takes into account the ever-changing features, functionality, and toolsets of SAP NetWeaver to bring you the most updated information on how to use SAP BW to design, build, deploy, populate, access, analyze, present, and administer data. You’ll discover the options that are available in SAP NetWeaver and uncover a new means to improve business performance.
This book reflects the process an organization goes through during an implementation of the software. The authors begin with an introduction to BI and SAP NetWeaver and quickly progress to information modeling and enterprise data warehouse concepts. You’ll learn how to access and deliver meaningful analytic information to the organization, as well as perform integrated planning functions. Finally, the authors share invaluable insight on warehouse administration, performance, and security.
With more than 50 percent new or revised material, this second edition of Mastering the SAP Business Information Warehouse shows you how to:
Extract data from online transaction processing systems
Store transformed data in a way that best supports reporting and analysis
Use the various Business Explorer tools such as BEx Report Designer, BEx Analyzer, BEx Broadcaster, and BEx Web Application Designer
Schedule, monitor, troubleshoot, and archive data loads
The companion Web site contains sample chapters in Wiki format and the authors’ blog where readers may enter discussions about the book and SAP.
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Table of contents:
Chapter 1
The Origins of Business Intelligence
Evolution of Information Processing
Data-Storage Advancements
Transaction Processing Dominates
Extract Files Appear
The Data Warehouse Is Conceived
What Is Data Warehousing?
The Data Model
Different Physical Tables
Integration and Transformation Processing
Metadata
Granular Data
Historical Data
Timestamping
Data Relationships
Generic Data versus Specific Data
Data Quality
Volumes of Data
Removing Dormant Data
Architected Solutions
Corporate Information Factory
Government Information Factory
Evolution of SAP
Evolution of SAP Reporting and Analysis
SAP BW and the New Dimension Applications
The Road to Business Process Integration
Chapter 2
Summary
The SAP NetWeaver Integration Platform
The Architectural Roots of SAP NetWeaver
NetWeaver Overview
Application Platform (Technology)
Application Server Architecture
Front-End Technologies
Mobile Infrastructure
System Landscape
Security
Administration
Process Integration
Integration Builder
Integration Repository
Integration Directory
Integration Server
Runtime Monitor
Information Integration
Business Intelligence
Master Data Management
Knowledge Management
People Integration
Portal Framework
Composite Application Framework
Summary
Chapter 3
SAP Business Information Warehouse Architecture
SAP BW Architectural Components
Metadata and Document Management
Metadata Management
Document Management
Elementary Metadata Objects
Obsolete Metadata Objects
Design, Monitoring, and Administration
Design
Monitoring
Administration
Data Acquisition and Transformation
Most Important Metadata Objects
Staging Engine
DataSource Manager
Data Storage
Aggregate Manager
BI Accelerator
Information Lifecycle Manager
Data Access and Analysis
InfoProvider Interface
ODS BAPI
OLAP Cache
Analytic Engine
Analysis Process Designer
Information Distribution
Information Distribution Interfaces
Broadcasting
Presentation
Presentation Metadata Objects
BEx Analyzer and BEx Web Analyzer
BEx Query Designer
BEx Report Designer
BEx Web Application Designer
BI Patterns
Visual Composer
Planning
Analytic Engine
Planning Functions
Planning Sequences
Summary
Chapter 4
Information Modeling
Information Modeling Prerequisites
Understanding the SAP BW Metadata Model
Master-Data Data Model
The InfoCube Data Model
The DataStore Object Data Model
Developing an Information Model
Multidimensional Modeling
Additional Information Modeling Options
Summary
Chapter 5
Enterprise Data Warehousing
Business Intelligence Strategy
Architecture
Layers of an EDW Architecture
Topology
System Landscapes
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