SAP Business Information Warehouse (Professional Edition) - SAP BW Professional (Photocopy Edition)

Author: Norbert Egger
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: This book is part of the SAP NetWeaver Essentials series. Part 1 primarily discusses classification standards and provides a macro-level conceptual explanation, covering how to successfully implement decision support management. It introduces key conceptual designs such as offline data warehouses, online analytical processing (OLAP) theory, and the application of Balanced Scorecard methodologies in management. Part 2 introduces the overall concepts of SAP BW tools, summarizing the architecture and various functions within the SAP BW tools. Additionally, based on the profit analysis installation guide, it lists all the essential steps required to build an SAP BW application: data extraction in SAP R/3, data recovery in the SAP R/3 system, file interfaces, data modeling, and web reporting. Part 3 covers data modeling and data recovery. It explains how to transform column-oriented data modeling into record-oriented data entities and introduces how to categorize SAP products according to data modeling, data recovery, and production reporting. Part 4 focuses on reporting tools. It explains the Business Information Search tool (particularly its operational rules, basic functions, and significant changes in the SAP BW 3.x version); introduces the online application for transaction networks, a new component in the SAP BW 3.0 version; and lists the selection settings for search tools and network applications in this product. Suitable for experienced SAP technical consultants, system administrators, and scholars. (This book is in English)