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We have SAP ERP and are about to migrate to ECC6. We have never used BW. We have implemented 1 RapidMart for Sales. We now need to add other modules to create a Corporate Data Warehouse. What are the arguments for and against going the BW vs the RapidMart route?

Hi,
there are several factors to consider:
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- what about your internal knowledge ? do you have the skills to deploy, administrate and maintain BW ? how about the skills on the Data Services side and Rapid Marts side ?
- and in general a Data Mart solution doesn't replace a full datawarehouse but you should look at all your requirements and think about which solution best fits your needs
ingo

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