Business Process Flow and Structures of R/3 for BW

Dear Gurus,
Given that BW person need not have detail understanding of R/3 modules, like to know is there a book, from SAP or others, to bridge this gap? That is, one that enables BW person to have sufficient functional knowhow of all or some of the modules.
Appreciate if either Mary (Huang), Anil or Arun could advice what are the tables involved for inventory extraction and what functional knowledge is required.
best regards,
Bryan

Hi Arun,
Thanks, points awarded.
So, not knowing MM, does it mean you cannot be employed as BW for MM? Are you stuck with just extracting for the module you know? How is it in reality?
Are there more BW who were functional consultants first than BW who know BW only (as starting point for bw career)? I hope to get a concrete answer which I have so far not been able to get. Is it the norm for clients to employ only functionally-experienced Bw or a pure BW will do? What is it like in the real world, in USA, Europe or Australia or Asia?
When applying for a BW job, I had tried selling that I could explore and use Business Content to address the requirement as a first step approach to solutioning. I also said that usually if there is R/3 system, there would be existing client's functional team whom Bw person can check with for details and help on functional portion. Unfortunately, the interviewer did not like it. They want a bw person who can talk the functional lingo like a functional expert.
I had also encountered a situation where another company wanted a bw person to load just a few cubes for a R/3 module. They also insisted having a functional expert who is certified in BW.
What am I to do with my BW certificate? No one in the world wants to give me a chance. What is the value of a BW certificate which does not enable me to get a job as BW consultant? BW wannabes who do not come from functional background should avoid taking BW or risk suffering like me (still searching an answer as to what to do with this paper). And consider wisely before investing a big sum of money on such a course. Its a good course but is not advisable for non-functional people who want to be functional BW. In this world, no one would care to give you a chance to learn even if you sell for free. I speak from painful experience. I may never recover the investment I put in with my hard-earned savings.
Last but not least, which functional module must I invest in, again, to get the most chances for projects? Usually, is it only single module extraction or multi-module for projects? Which module should I learn? After learning that, how many years of functional experience must I clock before qualifying to be a BW person? Or would it better if I just stick to functional R/3? I just beg to know what exactly will qualify me a job.
TIA
Message was edited by: Bryan Lee

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