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Business Information Warehouse for SAP Authors: Hashmi N. Published year: 1999 Pages: 1/174 |
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- Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- BackCover
- Business Information Warehouse for SAP-Your Guide to Data Warehousing and BW
- Foreword
- Introduction
- How to Use this Book
- How this Book is Organized
- Part 1: Data Warehousing and SAP BW
- Part 2: Implementing SAP BW
- Part 3: Designing Custom SAP BW OLAP Solutions
- Part 4: Appendixes
- Part I: Introduction to Data Warehousing and SAP Business Information Warehouse
- Chapter 1: Constructing a Data Warehouse
- Data Warehouse Architecture
- Components of a Data Warehouse
- Technical Issues in Constructing a Data Warehouse
- Data Warehouse Performance Metrics
- Evolution of ERP Data Warehousing
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Evolution of SAP Business Information Warehouse
- Reporting Environment in SAP R3
- Limitations of SAP R3 Reporting
- Strategies to Build SAP R3-Centric Data Warehouse Environments
- Evolution of Business Information Warehouse
- Data Flow in BW
- Sample SAP BW Report
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Comparing SAP BW with Data Warehouse Solutions Provided by Other Vendors
- SAP Business Information Warehouse and Third-Party Data Warehouse Solutions
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Getting Started with SAP BW
- Log On to the SAP BW Administration Environment
- Log On to the SAP BW Data Access Environment
- Summary
- Part II: Implementing SAP BW
- Chapter 5: Planning for SAP BW Implementation
- Starting an SAP BW Project
- Creating the SAP BW Project Team
- Business Requirements
- Technical Requirements
- Summary
- Chapter 6: Setting Up SAP BW
- Getting Ready for SAP BW Software Installation
- Installing and Configuring SAP BW Servers
- Configuring the SAP BW Administrator Workstation
- Installing Frontend Components for End-User Reporting and Analysis
- Initializing SAP BW Global Settings
- Installing SAP BW Extractors in the SAP R3 OLTP Instance
- Summary
- Chapter 7: SAP BW-The Administrator Workbench
- SAP BW Administrator Workbench
- Summary
- Chapter 8: SAP BW-Loading Business Content
- Data Flow between SAP R3 and SAP BW
- Activating Business Content in SAP BW
- Summary
- Chapter 9: Preparing R3 Data Sources for SAP BW Initial Data Loads
- Preparing SAP R3 for SAP BW
- Strategies to Prepare Initial Data Loads
- Data Loading Strategies in SAP BW InfoCubes
- Loading Data in Data Objects in SAP BW
- Monitoring Data Loads
- Summary
- Chapter 10: Loading Data via Flat Files
- Non-SAP R3 Data Source Loading Methods
- Loading Data using Flat Files
- Loading Data via Flat Files
- Loading Transaction Data From Flat Files
- Summary
- Chapter 11: Analyzing SAP BW Data
- Business Explorer Architecture
- Business Explorer Analyzer
- Defining Queries
- Attaching a Chart
- Navigating and Slicing and Dicing Data
- Filters and Restricted Key Figures
- Analyzing Data in the BEX Analyzer
- Use of Variables in BEX Analyzer Queries
- The InfoCatalog
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Business Information Warehouse for SAP Authors: Hashmi N. Published year: 1999 Pages: 1/174 |
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