Career:Shift from ABAP to BW-Netweaver after business object takeover

Hi all,
Am an ABAPer  with one and half years of experience.I will be thankful if sombody will tell me If its appropriate to move into BW-Netweaver as i heard BUSINESS OBJECT is likely to replace BW-Netweaver  in near future.
Thanks.
Edited by: sandeep pande on May 12, 2008 7:18 PM
Edited by: sandeep pande on May 12, 2008 7:32 PM

Dear sandeep pande  ,
BO was brought up by SAP and It will soon be included in SAP BI in next recent versions.SO its better to join BI. as it has more scope these days/
YOu should know the advantages of BI over BO
BO is the reporting toll of data warw house
BI is itself a data ware house.
the next generation SAP BI will be using BO as reporting tool instead of BeX.
BO is the reporting toll of data warw house.
on the front end it has CrystalReports.
this suit will be used in SAP as front end for EIM.
the latest version of BO is BO 11. 3.
BI is itself a data ware house.
the next generation SAP BI will be using BO as reporting tool instead of BeX.
For More Information check the following link
/people/kuhan.milroy/blog/2008/03/11/introduction-to-business-objects-suite-of-technologies
/people/ingo.hilgefort/blog/2008/02/19/businessobjects-and-sap-part-2
/people/ingo.hilgefort/blog/2008/02/07/businessobjects-and-sap-part-i
http://sap.blogs.techtarget.com/category/teched/
For knowing Overview of BI and go through BI certification follow these
If you are going to Start BI 7.0 courses
you could follow the books
TBW10 Datawarehousing concepts
TBW20 Reporting
TBW42 Adavnced Data warehousing concepts (authorization,Broadcasting,etc)
TBW45 Integrated Palnning
Online courses on APD,XI
Tamong these,TBW10 and TBW20 will be sufficient for you to start and know basic concepts
Overview of BI
http://www.sap.com/platform/netweaver/components/bi/index.epx
For more information please
refer these links
http://www.psimedia.ws
http://www.sap.com/uk/services/education/courses/bw.epx
http://www50.sap.com/useducation/curriculum/print.asp?jc=1&rid=285
http://www50.sap.com/useducation/curriculum/print.asp?jc=1&rid=458
http://www50.sap.com/useducation/certification/examcontent.asp
http://www50.sap.com/useducation/certification/curriculum.asp?rid=506&vid=5
http://www50.sap.com/useducation/certification/curriculum.asp?rid=420
http://csc-studentweb.lrc.edu/swp/Berg/BB_index_main.htm
Hope it helps,
Regards
Bala

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