Joining Procurement team:Hints?: datasources, reports, data flow, processes

Hi Experts.
I am getting ready to join our Procurement team as the BI developer and I will appreciate any hints to help on this project.:
1. What are the procument related datasources?
2. What type of reports are desired here?
3. What is the typical data flow in this environment?
3b. What are the processes involved in procurement the the SAP BI developer needs to know?
4. Any hints or ideas in succeeding in this SAP BI procurement environment?
5. Is procument considered Logistic(LO)? And hence involves setup tables, etc
6. In general, is there a link or document which discusses the processes in the various functional areas in SAP?
Thanks

Hi.
I find the site very informative but I still do not find the datasources used in extracting the data from the ECC.
For example, the DSO 0PUR_O02 only mentions that
u201C The ODS supports a Delta update of the InfoSource 2LIS_02_HDR and of the ODS 0PUR_O01.u201D
without pointing out the datasource feeding the ODS 0Pur_O02.
I see the various reports and Infoproviders, such as 0Pur_O02 but can you show me the datasource from ECC feeding this DSO, and how do you make that link? From the site?
Thanks
Edited by: AmandaBaah on Oct 27, 2011 1:15 PM

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