ABAP Query and BW Report

Need an understanding of how do we judge or make out that for a particular report we can go for ABAP query and for one we can go for BW report.??? Please provide clear answer with example..
Thanks

Hi,
Your question is very broad based.
ABAP Query is a simple tool in the hands of the Functional consultants to extract information from the tables directly ( u can use complex logic as well ), Example - List all sales orders within a particular period.
But, BW reports are used not for Transactional analysis but for Strategic reporting. Depends upon the nature of data , users of data, availability of data, you should decide. It needs investment in BW module. Report the total sales by region, product etc with trends and graphs.
Thanks
Siva

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