Project Intelligence & Porfolio analysis & Project DBI

Hi,
Project Intelligence & Portfolio analysis & Project DBI
Please help me to understand what all these would do?? in which way its unique???
thanks a lot n advance...

Hi
Project Intelligence and Project DBI are relatively old fashion reporting tools of the individual project (Project DBI) and of the project-centric organization (multiple projects (Project inteligence). Currently Oracle Offer the OBIA as The Solution for reporting out of EBS and Projects in particular.
Portfolio Analysis is an application aimed to assist top level management in evaluating multiple projects, analysis of their potential contribution to the company strategic goals, and making the decision which projects to approve and execute. This application might be useful for capital projects or indirect projects, where there are limited resources and budgets, and the best projects should be selected for execution in a given budget cycle.
Dina

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    The SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) is a core element of mySAP.com. SAP BW is an enterprise-wide information hub that enables data analysis from R/3 and other business application, including external data sources such as databases and the Internet. SAP BW also offers easy integration with other mySAP solutions, such as mySAP Supply Chain
    Management (mySAP SCM), mySAP Strategic Enterprise Management (mySAP SEM), and mySAP Customer Relationship Management (mySAP CRM).
    SAP BW is a comprehensive end-to-end data warehouse solution with optimized structures for reporting and analysis. To help knowledge workers quickly mine an enterpriseu2019s business data, SAP BW is equipped with preconfigured information models and reports, as well as automatic data extraction and loading methods. 
    With an easy-to-use Microsoft Excel-based user interface, you can create, format, and analyze reports, and publish those reports to the web. Built for high performance, SAP BW resides on its own dedicated server. Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) and reporting activities are therefore separated, and system performance is not compromised.
    COMPONENTS & TOOLS OF SAP NetWeaver:SAP NetWeaver BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
    Timely access to relevant information has always been critical to business success. Now, with the widespread use of the Internet, wired and wireless data collection technologies such as RFID, and the subsequent increase in new data sources, it's even more important.
    SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (SAP NetWeaver BI) paints a complete picture of your business to satisfy the diverse needs of end users, IT professionals, and senior management. It brings together a powerful business intelligence infrastructure, a comprehensive set of tools, planning and simulation capabilities, and data-warehousing functionality u2013 delivered through enterprise portal technology.
    With SAP NetWeaver BI, you can integrate data from across the enterprise and beyond, and then transform it into practical, timely information to drive sound decision-making, targeted action, and solid business results. It supports:
    Data warehousing u2013 Data warehouse management; business modeling; and extraction, transformation, and loading enable you to build data warehouses, model information architecture according to business structure, and manage data from multiple sources.
    Business intelligence u2013 Online analytical processing, data mining, and alerts provide a foundation for accessing and presenting data, searching for patterns, and identifying exceptions.
    Business planning u2013 A BI planning framework with secure workflow capabilities supports Microsoft Excel or Web-based planning and budgeting based on consolidated corporate data for bottom-up or top-down planning.
    Business insights u2013 Query design, reporting and analysis, and Web application design allow you to create analysis reports, support decisions at every level, and present business intelligence applications on the Web.
    Measurement and management u2013 Business-content management, metadata management, and collaborative business intelligence monitor progress, provide reporting templates, ensure consistent data, and help decision-makers work together.
    Open hub services u2013 Open hub services features enable the delivery of high-quality, audited enterprise information through Web services to applications. Bulk data exchange, change data capture (CDC), and modeling features streamline deployment and enable cost-effective operations.
    Information broadcasting u2013 Information broadcasting features support the distribution of mass information to large audiences in a personalized and secure manner. You can broadcast information as an offline document or live report through personalized e-mail or the Internet, according to a schedule or based on key events.
    Accelerated business intelligence u2013 Based on compressions, parallel in-memory processing, and search technologies, the SAP NetWeaver BI Accelerator functionality improves the performance of queries, reduces administration tasks, and shortens batch processes. Developed as an appliance on Intel processors, the accelerator provides consistently fast response times, even as data volumes, number of users, and analytics increase.
    Business Intelligence : Getting Started with Business Intelligence ,Reporting, Analysis, and Planning , Data Warehousing,   BI Accelerator  Embedded and Process-Centric BI 
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nw-bi
    The Home of SAP Business Warehouse (BW)
    http://www.erpgenie.com/sap/sapfunc/bw.htm
    SAP Business Information Warehouse
    http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/b2/e50138fede083de10000009b38f8cf/content.htm
    Business Intelligence : Programming in BW 
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/bi/programminginBW&
    BW and Portals 2005
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/bi-and-portals2005
    SAP Business Warehouse (BW) Overview
    http://gleez.com/sap/bw/overview
    Business Intelligence : Steps to get started with SAP BW
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/bi/stepstogetstartedwithSAPBW&
    SAP Business Information Warehouse Scenarios
    http://help.sap.com/bp_biv335/BI_EN/html/Bw.htm
    SAP BW Learning Guide
    http://searchsap.techtarget.com/general/0,295582,sid21_gci1077480,00.html
    SAP BW Business Warehouse - Introduction
    http://www.thespot4sap.com/Articles/SAP_BW_Introduction.asp
    Business Content Frontend Design Guidelines (NW04)
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/bda556e9-0c01-0010-83b0-d519d6deb9e9
    How Tou2026Create and Maintain UI Patterns of BI Content
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/ad214fe9-0c01-0010-4291-a629e5ba5f90
    SAP NetWeaver BI Integrated Planning for Finance
    http://www.sap-press.de/katalog/buecher/htmlleseproben/gp/htmlprobID-113
    Info object,infocube,infosource,datasource,commn structure,extract structure ..etc..
    http://www.erpgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/MySAP%20BW%20Cookbook%20Vol%201.pdf
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/01b9395c-0e01-0010-6786-c4ee5e5d2154
    BI Performance Tuning
    Business Intelligence Journal Improving Query Performance in Data Warehouses
    http://www.tdwi.org/Publications/BIJournal/display.aspx?ID=7891
    Achieving BI Query Performance Building Business Intelligence
    http://www.dmreview.com/issues/20051001/1038109-1.html
    SAP Business  Intelligence Accelerator : A High - Performance Analytic  Engine  for SAP  Ne tWeaver  Business  Intelligence
    http://www.sap.com/platform/netweaver/pdf/BWP_AR_IDC_BI_Accelerator.pdf
    BI Performance Audit
    http://www.xtivia.com/downloads/Xtivia_BIT_Performance%20Audit.pdf
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/10564d5c-cf00-2a10-7b87-c94e38267742
    Enhancements in SAP BW
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/59069d90-0201-0010-fd81-d5e11994d8b5
    Customer Enhancements in SAP NetWeaver BI (Exits, BAdIs and ABAPu2122 in the SAP NetWeaver BI Back End)
    http://www.sap.com/community/pub/showdetail.epx?itemID=5257
    BW 3.x and 3.5 "How To" Guides List
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/docs?rid=/webcontent/uuid/ee14e25d-0501-0010-11ad-8eb2861a7ec0
    How to Connect to BW System through Enterprise Portal 7.0 Using an IView.
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/ep/howtoConnecttoBWSystemthroughEnterprisePortal7.0UsinganIView.&
    cheers!
    gyanaraj

  • Abap related to bw

    hi to all,
    i want to know the information abt abap related with bw,
    where abap used in bw,y it  is used in bw..
    n giv material related to dat..
    plz giv me reply asap..
    thanks
    regards
    satya

    Hi v s n murty penugurti ,
    It is good to have ABAP knowledge for BW.
    SAP Business Information Warehouse
    SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) is the name of the Business Intelligence, analytical, reporting and Data Warehousing (DW) solution which is one of the major enterprise software applications produced by SAP AG. It was originally named SAP BIW, (Business Information Warehouse), but is now known as "SAP NetWeaver BI".
    SAP BW consists among other things of components for data management (Data Warehousing Workbench), extensive data modeling capabilities, an embedded analytical engine, a suite of rich front-end analytical tools refererred to as Business Explorer (BEx), and operational tools used for importing the most current transactional data into the system. It may be helpful to consider layers that make up the structure of SAP's BI solution:
    Extraction, Transformation and Load (ETL) layer - responsible for extracting data from a specific source, applying transformation rules, and loading it into SAP BW system.
    Data warehouse area - responsible for storing the information in various types of structures, including multidimensional structures called InfoCubes.
    Reporting - responsible for accessing the information in data warehouse area and presenting it in a user-friendly manner to the analyst or business user.
    Planning - Provides capabilities for the user to run simulations and perform tasks such as budget calculations.
    SAP's BI application is a very pervasively employed data warehouse / analytical enterprise software solution, often utilized heavily by companies that essentially run their business on SAP operational systems such as SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP ERP, traditionally known as SAP R/3). SAP's BI solution contains a large number of predefined "extractors", a very significant amount of pre-defined business content in the form of InfoCubes, master data (i.e. objects representing the entity for "Customer", or "Material"), authorization roles, query views and reports all delivered in the software by SAP. Some of the significant benefits of this approach include the ability to leverage SAP's substantial business knowledge from many years of developing extremely sophisticated software systems for the world's largest companies, typically shortening project development cycles in the process. The pre-defined business content can be modified to meet an organization's specific requirements, while at the same time taking advantage of general aspects of these delivered data models and reports that are somewhat foundational and have broad application in business, government, and education.
    SAP BW is now part of a suite of SAP applications called SAP NetWeaver. Other components of SAP NetWeaver include SAP Enterprise Portal (EP, called SAP NetWeaver Portal as of Release 7.0), Web Application Server (WAS), SAP Process Integration (PI, or previously XI, i.e. eXchange Infrastructure) and Master Data Management (MDM).
    The 7.0 version of SAP BW was released in June 2006 as part of the SAP NetWeaver 7.0 (aka 2004s). This new release includes many new features, such as next-generation reporting and analytical features, major data warehousing enhancements, and possibility to use innovative techology for query performance optimization called "BI Accelerator". BI Accelerator (or BIa) comes as an external applicance, i.e. complete hardware with pre-installed software. BIa requires separate licence fee.
    From SAP NetWeaver 7.0 on, the term SAP BW is obsolete, and instead it is referred simply as "SAP NetWeaver BI" - i.e. "SAP NetWeaver 7.0 BI".
    According to SAP, more than 12,000 installations of SAP's BI solution exist.
    SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW) is SAP´s Data Warehouse solution. It has been specially developed to allow you to gather and analyze all kinds of statistical information in the best possible way. 
    The SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) is a core element of mySAP.com. SAP BW is an enterprise-wide information hub that enables data analysis from R/3 and other business application, including external data sources such as databases and the Internet. SAP BW also offers easy integration with other mySAP solutions, such as mySAP Supply Chain
    Management (mySAP SCM), mySAP Strategic Enterprise Management (mySAP SEM), and mySAP Customer Relationship Management (mySAP CRM).
    SAP BW is a comprehensive end-to-end data warehouse solution with optimized structures for reporting and analysis. To help knowledge workers quickly mine an enterprise’s business data, SAP BW is equipped with preconfigured information models and reports, as well as automatic data extraction and loading methods. 
    With an easy-to-use Microsoft Excel-based user interface, you can create, format, and analyze reports, and publish those reports to the web. Built for high performance, SAP BW resides on its own dedicated server. Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) and reporting activities are therefore separated, and system performance is not compromised.
    COMPONENTS & TOOLS OF SAP NetWeaver:SAP NetWeaver BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
    Timely access to relevant information has always been critical to business success. Now, with the widespread use of the Internet, wired and wireless data collection technologies such as RFID, and the subsequent increase in new data sources, it's even more important.
    SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (SAP NetWeaver BI) paints a complete picture of your business to satisfy the diverse needs of end users, IT professionals, and senior management. It brings together a powerful business intelligence infrastructure, a comprehensive set of tools, planning and simulation capabilities, and data-warehousing functionality – delivered through enterprise portal technology.
    With SAP NetWeaver BI, you can integrate data from across the enterprise and beyond, and then transform it into practical, timely information to drive sound decision-making, targeted action, and solid business results. It supports:
    Data warehousing – Data warehouse management; business modeling; and extraction, transformation, and loading enable you to build data warehouses, model information architecture according to business structure, and manage data from multiple sources.
    Business intelligence – Online analytical processing, data mining, and alerts provide a foundation for accessing and presenting data, searching for patterns, and identifying exceptions.
    Business planning – A BI planning framework with secure workflow capabilities supports Microsoft Excel or Web-based planning and budgeting based on consolidated corporate data for bottom-up or top-down planning.
    Business insights – Query design, reporting and analysis, and Web application design allow you to create analysis reports, support decisions at every level, and present business intelligence applications on the Web.
    Measurement and management – Business-content management, metadata management, and collaborative business intelligence monitor progress, provide reporting templates, ensure consistent data, and help decision-makers work together.
    Open hub services – Open hub services features enable the delivery of high-quality, audited enterprise information through Web services to applications. Bulk data exchange, change data capture (CDC), and modeling features streamline deployment and enable cost-effective operations.
    Information broadcasting – Information broadcasting features support the distribution of mass information to large audiences in a personalized and secure manner. You can broadcast information as an offline document or live report through personalized e-mail or the Internet, according to a schedule or based on key events.
    Accelerated business intelligence – Based on compressions, parallel in-memory processing, and search technologies, the SAP NetWeaver BI Accelerator functionality improves the performance of queries, reduces administration tasks, and shortens batch processes. Developed as an appliance on Intel processors, the accelerator provides consistently fast response times, even as data volumes, number of users, and analytics increase.
    The following websites gain u confidence in understanding BW:
    Business Intelligence : Getting Started with Business Intelligence ,Reporting, Analysis, and Planning , Data Warehousing,   BI Accelerator  Embedded and Process-Centric BI 
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nw-bi
    The Home of SAP Business Warehouse (BW)
    http://www.erpgenie.com/sap/sapfunc/bw.htm
    SAP Business Information Warehouse
    http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/b2/e50138fede083de10000009b38f8cf/content.htm
    Business Intelligence : Programming in BW 
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/bi/programminginBW&
    BW and Portals 2005
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/bi-and-portals2005
    SAP Business Warehouse (BW) Overview
    http://gleez.com/sap/bw/overview
    Business Intelligence : Steps to get started with SAP BW
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/bi/stepstogetstartedwithSAPBW&
    SAP Business Information Warehouse Scenarios
    http://help.sap.com/bp_biv335/BI_EN/html/Bw.htm
    SAP BW Learning Guide
    http://searchsap.techtarget.com/general/0,295582,sid21_gci1077480,00.html
    SAP BW Business Warehouse - Introduction
    http://www.thespot4sap.com/Articles/SAP_BW_Introduction.asp
    cheers!
    gyanaraj
    ****Pls reward points if u find this helpful

  • Re: Sap BW

    HI allll,
    I am working as a ABAP developer in an organisation,
    I m interested in leaning BW, I can learn BW with out attending any training or certification, If its possible how, Can any one explain what is Sap BW.
    send any material which gives me the iea of fundamental BW.
    regards
    Sashi

    Hi sashi kanth  ,
    I would appreciate u for u'r interest shown 2wards BW b'coz it's good for career wise & since u r a ABAPer it's an added advantage while learning BW .
    Now BW is known as BI.
    SAP Business Information Warehouse
    SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) is the name of the Business Intelligence, analytical, reporting and Data Warehousing (DW) solution which is one of the major enterprise software applications produced by SAP AG. It was originally named SAP BIW, (Business Information Warehouse), but is now known as "SAP NetWeaver BI".
    SAP BW consists among other things of components for data management (Data Warehousing Workbench), extensive data modeling capabilities, an embedded analytical engine, a suite of rich front-end analytical tools refererred to as Business Explorer (BEx), and operational tools used for importing the most current transactional data into the system. It may be helpful to consider layers that make up the structure of SAP's BI solution:
    Extraction, Transformation and Load (ETL) layer - responsible for extracting data from a specific source, applying transformation rules, and loading it into SAP BW system.
    Data warehouse area - responsible for storing the information in various types of structures, including multidimensional structures called InfoCubes.
    Reporting - responsible for accessing the information in data warehouse area and presenting it in a user-friendly manner to the analyst or business user.
    Planning - Provides capabilities for the user to run simulations and perform tasks such as budget calculations.
    SAP's BI application is a very pervasively employed data warehouse / analytical enterprise software solution, often utilized heavily by companies that essentially run their business on SAP operational systems such as SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP ERP, traditionally known as SAP R/3). SAP's BI solution contains a large number of predefined "extractors", a very significant amount of pre-defined business content in the form of InfoCubes, master data (i.e. objects representing the entity for "Customer", or "Material"), authorization roles, query views and reports all delivered in the software by SAP. Some of the significant benefits of this approach include the ability to leverage SAP's substantial business knowledge from many years of developing extremely sophisticated software systems for the world's largest companies, typically shortening project development cycles in the process. The pre-defined business content can be modified to meet an organization's specific requirements, while at the same time taking advantage of general aspects of these delivered data models and reports that are somewhat foundational and have broad application in business, government, and education.
    SAP BW is now part of a suite of SAP applications called SAP NetWeaver. Other components of SAP NetWeaver include SAP Enterprise Portal (EP, called SAP NetWeaver Portal as of Release 7.0), Web Application Server (WAS), SAP Process Integration (PI, or previously XI, i.e. eXchange Infrastructure) and Master Data Management (MDM).
    The 7.0 version of SAP BW was released in June 2006 as part of the SAP NetWeaver 7.0 (aka 2004s). This new release includes many new features, such as next-generation reporting and analytical features, major data warehousing enhancements, and possibility to use innovative techology for query performance optimization called "BI Accelerator". BI Accelerator (or BIa) comes as an external applicance, i.e. complete hardware with pre-installed software. BIa requires separate licence fee.
    From SAP NetWeaver 7.0 on, the term SAP BW is obsolete, and instead it is referred simply as "SAP NetWeaver BI" - i.e. "SAP NetWeaver 7.0 BI".
    According to SAP, more than 12,000 installations of SAP's BI solution exist.
    SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW) is SAP´s Data Warehouse solution. It has been specially developed to allow you to gather and analyze all kinds of statistical information in the best possible way. 
    The SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) is a core element of mySAP.com. SAP BW is an enterprise-wide information hub that enables data analysis from R/3 and other business application, including external data sources such as databases and the Internet. SAP BW also offers easy integration with other mySAP solutions, such as mySAP Supply Chain
    Management (mySAP SCM), mySAP Strategic Enterprise Management (mySAP SEM), and mySAP Customer Relationship Management (mySAP CRM).
    SAP BW is a comprehensive end-to-end data warehouse solution with optimized structures for reporting and analysis. To help knowledge workers quickly mine an enterprise’s business data, SAP BW is equipped with preconfigured information models and reports, as well as automatic data extraction and loading methods. 
    With an easy-to-use Microsoft Excel-based user interface, you can create, format, and analyze reports, and publish those reports to the web. Built for high performance, SAP BW resides on its own dedicated server. Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) and reporting activities are therefore separated, and system performance is not compromised.
    COMPONENTS & TOOLS OF SAP NetWeaver:SAP NetWeaver BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
    Timely access to relevant information has always been critical to business success. Now, with the widespread use of the Internet, wired and wireless data collection technologies such as RFID, and the subsequent increase in new data sources, it's even more important.
    SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (SAP NetWeaver BI) paints a complete picture of your business to satisfy the diverse needs of end users, IT professionals, and senior management. It brings together a powerful business intelligence infrastructure, a comprehensive set of tools, planning and simulation capabilities, and data-warehousing functionality – delivered through enterprise portal technology.
    With SAP NetWeaver BI, you can integrate data from across the enterprise and beyond, and then transform it into practical, timely information to drive sound decision-making, targeted action, and solid business results. It supports:
    Data warehousing – Data warehouse management; business modeling; and extraction, transformation, and loading enable you to build data warehouses, model information architecture according to business structure, and manage data from multiple sources.
    Business intelligence – Online analytical processing, data mining, and alerts provide a foundation for accessing and presenting data, searching for patterns, and identifying exceptions.
    Business planning – A BI planning framework with secure workflow capabilities supports Microsoft Excel or Web-based planning and budgeting based on consolidated corporate data for bottom-up or top-down planning.
    Business insights – Query design, reporting and analysis, and Web application design allow you to create analysis reports, support decisions at every level, and present business intelligence applications on the Web.
    Measurement and management – Business-content management, metadata management, and collaborative business intelligence monitor progress, provide reporting templates, ensure consistent data, and help decision-makers work together.
    Open hub services – Open hub services features enable the delivery of high-quality, audited enterprise information through Web services to applications. Bulk data exchange, change data capture (CDC), and modeling features streamline deployment and enable cost-effective operations.
    Information broadcasting – Information broadcasting features support the distribution of mass information to large audiences in a personalized and secure manner. You can broadcast information as an offline document or live report through personalized e-mail or the Internet, according to a schedule or based on key events.
    Accelerated business intelligence – Based on compressions, parallel in-memory processing, and search technologies, the SAP NetWeaver BI Accelerator functionality improves the performance of queries, reduces administration tasks, and shortens batch processes. Developed as an appliance on Intel processors, the accelerator provides consistently fast response times, even as data volumes, number of users, and analytics increase.
    The following websites make u understand in detail what is BW & there by gain u confidence on BW:(contain PDF & PPT documents)
    Business Intelligence : Getting Started with Business Intelligence ,Reporting, Analysis, and Planning , Data Warehousing,   BI Accelerator  Embedded and Process-Centric BI 
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nw-bi
    The Home of SAP Business Warehouse (BW)
    http://www.erpgenie.com/sap/sapfunc/bw.htm
    SAP Business Information Warehouse
    http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/b2/e50138fede083de10000009b38f8cf/content.htm
    Business Intelligence : Programming in BW 
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/bi/programminginBW&
    BW and Portals 2005
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/bi-and-portals2005
    SAP Business Warehouse (BW) Overview
    http://gleez.com/sap/bw/overview
    Business Intelligence : Steps to get started with SAP BW
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/bi/stepstogetstartedwithSAPBW&
    SAP Business Information Warehouse Scenarios
    http://help.sap.com/bp_biv335/BI_EN/html/Bw.htm
    SAP BW Learning Guide
    http://searchsap.techtarget.com/general/0,295582,sid21_gci1077480,00.html
    SAP BW Business Warehouse - Introduction
    http://www.thespot4sap.com/Articles/SAP_BW_Introduction.asp
    Business Content Frontend Design Guidelines (NW04)
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/bda556e9-0c01-0010-83b0-d519d6deb9e9
    How To…Create and Maintain UI Patterns of BI Content
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/ad214fe9-0c01-0010-4291-a629e5ba5f90
    SAP NetWeaver BI Integrated Planning for Finance
    http://www.sap-press.de/katalog/buecher/htmlleseproben/gp/htmlprobID-113
    Info object,infocube,infosource,datasource,commn structure,extract structure ..etc..
    http://www.erpgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/MySAP%20BW%20Cookbook%20Vol%201.pdf
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/01b9395c-0e01-0010-6786-c4ee5e5d2154
    BI Performance Tuning
    Business Intelligence Journal Improving Query Performance in Data Warehouses
    http://www.tdwi.org/Publications/BIJournal/display.aspx?ID=7891
    Achieving BI Query Performance Building Business Intelligence
    http://www.dmreview.com/issues/20051001/1038109-1.html
    SAP Business  Intelligence Accelerator : A High - Performance Analytic  Engine  for SAP  Ne tWeaver  Business  Intelligence
    http://www.sap.com/platform/netweaver/pdf/BWP_AR_IDC_BI_Accelerator.pdf
    BI Performance Audit
    http://www.xtivia.com/downloads/Xtivia_BIT_Performance%20Audit.pdf
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/10564d5c-cf00-2a10-7b87-c94e38267742
    cheers!
    gyanaraj
    ****Pls reward points if u find this helpful

  • Help in learning SAP BW

    I am having Datawarehousing concepts and I want to learn SAP BW.
    Can you please guide me how should i start my learning (reading / practice handson) ,
    It will be great if you can send me study material (with screen shot).
    What is the best way to practice handon? I have my own PC.How can i get SAP BW installed in it?
    Thanks in Advance.

    Hi Rohith Kumar ,
    To learn BW , u should know about DATA SOURCE , INFO CUBE , PSA, EXTRACT STRUCTURE , TRANSFER STRUCTURE etc.
    Now my suggesstion try to learn BI ( BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ) which is advance to BW.
    The following websites contain PDF & PPT docs on BI/BW which will gain u confidence in it:
    What is a BW datasource?What is meant by maintaining a datasource?
    A BW datasource is a structure which is created in the source system and replicated to the BW system. Maintaining a datasource in a source system is doing any changes related to the datasource. It could be adding/deleting fields or checking the flags in the datasource like the hide and selection flag. Also, if the datasource is provided in the LO Cockpit, changes can be made there too depending on how the extraction of data is ...
    Business Content:
    http://www.bridgeport.edu/sed/projects/cs597/Fall_2003/vijaykse/business_content.htm
    Creating SAP BW data source definitions
    http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ablxhelp/v8r4m0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.db2.abx.dev.doc/abx-t-develop-sapbwdatasource.html
    An InfoCube describes a self-contained dataset (from the reporting view), for example, for a business-oriented area. This dataset can be evaluated with the BEx query.An InfoCube is a set of relational tables that are created in accordance with the star schema: a large fact table in the center, with several dimension tables surrounding it.
    In its esence, Infocube is a data container. Data containers are used as a basis for analysis and reporting processes in SAP BW. Infocubes in SAP BW serve exactly this purpose. Infocubes in SAP consist of Key figures and characteristics. You can find some detailed information on key figures here. Simply speaking, infocube is any repository which contains data. Moving on to the types of infocubes. In SAP BW, there are basically two classes of infocubes. These are:
    Basic Infocubes - These are also called as physical infocubes.
    Remote Infocubes - These are also called as virtual infocubes.
    The basic difference between the above two types of infocubes is that basic infocubes are physically stored in the same SAP BW system as their meta data description. Remote infocubes are stored on a third party custom SAP BW. Both the above types of BW infocubes consist of key figures and characteristics. These characteristics in turn are divided into 16 dimensions. More on that in another post.
    http://www.sap-img.com/business/infocube-compression.htm
    Infosources
    http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/f2/e91c3b85e6e939e10000000a11402f/content.htm
    Extract Structure
    In the extract structure, data from a DataSource is staged in the source system. The extract structure contains the amount of fields that are offered by an extractor in the source system for the data loading process. You can edit and enhance DataSource extract structures in the source system. To do this, in the BW Administrator Workbench choose Goto à Modeling à Source Systems à Your Source System à Context Menu (right mouse click) à Customizing Extractors à Subsequent Processing of DataSources.
    Transfer Structure
    The transfer structure is the structure in which the data is transported from the source system into the SAP Business Information Warehouse. It provides a selection of the extract structure fields for the source system.
    Use
    The transfer structure provides BW with all the source system information available for a business process.
    An InfoSource in BW requires at least one DataSource for data extraction. DataSource data that logically belongs together is staged in an extract structure in an SAP source system.
    In the transfer structure maintenance, you determine which extract structure fields are transferred to the BW. When you activate the transfer rules in BW, an identical transfer structure for BW is created in the source system from the extractor structure.
    This data is transferred 1:1 from the transfer structure of the source system into the BW transfer structure, and is then transferred into the BW communication structure using the transfer rules.
    A transfer structure always refers to a DataSource from a source system and an InfoSource in BW.
    You get to the maintenance of the transfer structure using the InfoSource tree of the Administrator Workbench. The context menu of the source system belonging to an InfoSource provides you with the maintenance marker using the function Maintain Transfer Rules.
    This website gives all definitions of Info object,infocube,infosource,datasource,commn structure,extract structure ..etc..
    Business Information Warehouse :
    http://www.erpgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/MySAP%20BW%20Cookbook%20Vol%201.pdf
    New Features in Release 7.1
    http://dev.hyperion.com/techdocs/eis/eis_71/isnwfet.pdf
    SAP BW 3.5 Information Broadcasting Overview
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/c39fb990-0201-0010-abae-ba08ada8026b#289,1,SAP BW 3.5 Information Broadcasting: Overview
    Frequently Asked Questions - NetWeaver Portal - BI Integration
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nw-datamanagement?rid=/library/uuid/a5067965-0901-0010-6f8a-bbf0b7424283
    Upgrade from BW3.5 to BI 7
    http://csc-studentweb.lrc.edu/swp/Berg/articles/PM_2006_upgrade_NW2004s_Bjarne_Berg_v12.ppt#426,3,Why Upgrade u2013 end of supportu2026
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/b8d163a7-0301-0010-d9b0-98f692ea3c60
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/2e8e5288-0b01-0010-2ea8-bcd4df5084a7
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/472443f2-0c01-0010-20ab-fbd380d45881
    https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/x/JYk
    SAP Business Information Warehouse
    SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) is the name of the Business Intelligence, analytical, reporting and Data Warehousing (DW) solution which is one of the major enterprise software applications produced by SAP AG. It was originally named SAP BIW, (Business Information Warehouse), but is now known as "SAP NetWeaver BI".
    SAP BW consists among other things of components for data management (Data Warehousing Workbench), extensive data modeling capabilities, an embedded analytical engine, a suite of rich front-end analytical tools refererred to as Business Explorer (BEx), and operational tools used for importing the most current transactional data into the system. It may be helpful to consider layers that make up the structure of SAP's BI solution:
    Extraction, Transformation and Load (ETL) layer - responsible for extracting data from a specific source, applying transformation rules, and loading it into SAP BW system.
    Data warehouse area - responsible for storing the information in various types of structures, including multidimensional structures called InfoCubes.
    Reporting - responsible for accessing the information in data warehouse area and presenting it in a user-friendly manner to the analyst or business user.
    Planning - Provides capabilities for the user to run simulations and perform tasks such as budget calculations.
    SAP's BI application is a very pervasively employed data warehouse / analytical enterprise software solution, often utilized heavily by companies that essentially run their business on SAP operational systems such as SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP ERP, traditionally known as SAP R/3). SAP's BI solution contains a large number of predefined "extractors", a very significant amount of pre-defined business content in the form of InfoCubes, master data (i.e. objects representing the entity for "Customer", or "Material"), authorization roles, query views and reports all delivered in the software by SAP. Some of the significant benefits of this approach include the ability to leverage SAP's substantial business knowledge from many years of developing extremely sophisticated software systems for the world's largest companies, typically shortening project development cycles in the process. The pre-defined business content can be modified to meet an organization's specific requirements, while at the same time taking advantage of general aspects of these delivered data models and reports that are somewhat foundational and have broad application in business, government, and education.
    SAP BW is now part of a suite of SAP applications called SAP NetWeaver. Other components of SAP NetWeaver include SAP Enterprise Portal (EP, called SAP NetWeaver Portal as of Release 7.0), Web Application Server (WAS), SAP Process Integration (PI, or previously XI, i.e. eXchange Infrastructure) and Master Data Management (MDM).
    The 7.0 version of SAP BW was released in June 2006 as part of the SAP NetWeaver 7.0 (aka 2004s). This new release includes many new features, such as next-generation reporting and analytical features, major data warehousing enhancements, and possibility to use innovative techology for query performance optimization called "BI Accelerator". BI Accelerator (or BIa) comes as an external applicance, i.e. complete hardware with pre-installed software. BIa requires separate licence fee.
    From SAP NetWeaver 7.0 on, the term SAP BW is obsolete, and instead it is referred simply as "SAP NetWeaver BI" - i.e. "SAP NetWeaver 7.0 BI".
    According to SAP, more than 12,000 installations of SAP's BI solution exist.
    SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW) is SAP´s Data Warehouse solution. It has been specially developed to allow you to gather and analyze all kinds of statistical information in the best possible way. 
    The SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) is a core element of mySAP.com. SAP BW is an enterprise-wide information hub that enables data analysis from R/3 and other business application, including external data sources such as databases and the Internet. SAP BW also offers easy integration with other mySAP solutions, such as mySAP Supply Chain
    Management (mySAP SCM), mySAP Strategic Enterprise Management (mySAP SEM), and mySAP Customer Relationship Management (mySAP CRM).
    SAP BW is a comprehensive end-to-end data warehouse solution with optimized structures for reporting and analysis. To help knowledge workers quickly mine an enterpriseu2019s business data, SAP BW is equipped with preconfigured information models and reports, as well as automatic data extraction and loading methods. 
    With an easy-to-use Microsoft Excel-based user interface, you can create, format, and analyze reports, and publish those reports to the web. Built for high performance, SAP BW resides on its own dedicated server. Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) and reporting activities are therefore separated, and system performance is not compromised.
    COMPONENTS & TOOLS OF SAP NetWeaver:SAP NetWeaver BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
    Timely access to relevant information has always been critical to business success. Now, with the widespread use of the Internet, wired and wireless data collection technologies such as RFID, and the subsequent increase in new data sources, it's even more important.
    SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (SAP NetWeaver BI) paints a complete picture of your business to satisfy the diverse needs of end users, IT professionals, and senior management. It brings together a powerful business intelligence infrastructure, a comprehensive set of tools, planning and simulation capabilities, and data-warehousing functionality u2013 delivered through enterprise portal technology.
    With SAP NetWeaver BI, you can integrate data from across the enterprise and beyond, and then transform it into practical, timely information to drive sound decision-making, targeted action, and solid business results. It supports:
    Data warehousing u2013 Data warehouse management; business modeling; and extraction, transformation, and loading enable you to build data warehouses, model information architecture according to business structure, and manage data from multiple sources.
    Business intelligence u2013 Online analytical processing, data mining, and alerts provide a foundation for accessing and presenting data, searching for patterns, and identifying exceptions.
    Business planning u2013 A BI planning framework with secure workflow capabilities supports Microsoft Excel or Web-based planning and budgeting based on consolidated corporate data for bottom-up or top-down planning.
    Business insights u2013 Query design, reporting and analysis, and Web application design allow you to create analysis reports, support decisions at every level, and present business intelligence applications on the Web.
    Measurement and management u2013 Business-content management, metadata management, and collaborative business intelligence monitor progress, provide reporting templates, ensure consistent data, and help decision-makers work together.
    Open hub services u2013 Open hub services features enable the delivery of high-quality, audited enterprise information through Web services to applications. Bulk data exchange, change data capture (CDC), and modeling features streamline deployment and enable cost-effective operations.
    Information broadcasting u2013 Information broadcasting features support the distribution of mass information to large audiences in a personalized and secure manner. You can broadcast information as an offline document or live report through personalized e-mail or the Internet, according to a schedule or based on key events.
    Accelerated business intelligence u2013 Based on compressions, parallel in-memory processing, and search technologies, the SAP NetWeaver BI Accelerator functionality improves the performance of queries, reduces administration tasks, and shortens batch processes. Developed as an appliance on Intel processors, the accelerator provides consistently fast response times, even as data volumes, number of users, and analytics increase.
    Business Intelligence : Getting Started with Business Intelligence ,Reporting, Analysis, and Planning , Data Warehousing,   BI Accelerator  Embedded and Process-Centric BI 
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nw-bi
    The Home of SAP Business Warehouse (BW)
    http://www.erpgenie.com/sap/sapfunc/bw.htm
    SAP Business Information Warehouse
    http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/b2/e50138fede083de10000009b38f8cf/content.htm
    Business Intelligence : Programming in BW 
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/bi/programminginBW&
    BW and Portals 2005
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/bi-and-portals2005
    SAP Business Warehouse (BW) Overview
    http://gleez.com/sap/bw/overview
    Business Intelligence : Steps to get started with SAP BW
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/bi/stepstogetstartedwithSAPBW&
    SAP Business Information Warehouse Scenarios
    http://help.sap.com/bp_biv335/BI_EN/html/Bw.htm
    SAP BW Learning Guide
    http://searchsap.techtarget.com/general/0,295582,sid21_gci1077480,00.html
    SAP BW Business Warehouse - Introduction
    http://www.thespot4sap.com/Articles/SAP_BW_Introduction.asp
    Business Content Frontend Design Guidelines (NW04)
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/bda556e9-0c01-0010-83b0-d519d6deb9e9
    How Tou2026Create and Maintain UI Patterns of BI Content
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/ad214fe9-0c01-0010-4291-a629e5ba5f90
    SAP NetWeaver BI Integrated Planning for Finance
    http://www.sap-press.de/katalog/buecher/htmlleseproben/gp/htmlprobID-113
    Info object,infocube,infosource,datasource,commn structure,extract structure ..etc..
    http://www.erpgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/MySAP%20BW%20Cookbook%20Vol%201.pdf
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/01b9395c-0e01-0010-6786-c4ee5e5d2154
    BI Performance Tuning
    Business Intelligence Journal Improving Query Performance in Data Warehouses
    http://www.tdwi.org/Publications/BIJournal/display.aspx?ID=7891
    Achieving BI Query Performance Building Business Intelligence
    http://www.dmreview.com/issues/20051001/1038109-1.html
    SAP Business  Intelligence Accelerator : A High - Performance Analytic  Engine  for SAP  Ne tWeaver  Business  Intelligence
    http://www.sap.com/platform/netweaver/pdf/BWP_AR_IDC_BI_Accelerator.pdf
    BI Performance Audit
    http://www.xtivia.com/downloads/Xtivia_BIT_Performance%20Audit.pdf
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/10564d5c-cf00-2a10-7b87-c94e38267742
    Enhancements in SAP BW
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/59069d90-0201-0010-fd81-d5e11994d8b5
    Customer Enhancements in SAP NetWeaver BI (Exits, BAdIs and ABAPu2122 in the SAP NetWeaver BI Back End)
    http://www.sap.com/community/pub/showdetail.epx?itemID=5257
    BW 3.x and 3.5 "How To" Guides List
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/docs?rid=/webcontent/uuid/ee14e25d-0501-0010-11ad-8eb2861a7ec0
    How to Connect to BW System through Enterprise Portal 7.0 Using an IView.
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/ep/howtoConnecttoBWSystemthroughEnterprisePortal7.0UsinganIView.&
    cheers!
    gyanaraj

  • Business inteligence

    hi,
    what is the purpose of business inteligence in sap netweaver?

    Hi santhosh kumar  ,
    SAP Business Information Warehouse
    SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) is the name of the Business Intelligence, analytical, reporting and Data Warehousing (DW) solution which is one of the major enterprise software applications produced by SAP AG. It was originally named SAP BIW, (Business Information Warehouse), but is now known as "SAP NetWeaver BI".
    SAP BW consists among other things of components for data management (Data Warehousing Workbench), extensive data modeling capabilities, an embedded analytical engine, a suite of rich front-end analytical tools refererred to as Business Explorer (BEx), and operational tools used for importing the most current transactional data into the system. It may be helpful to consider layers that make up the structure of SAP's BI solution:
    Extraction, Transformation and Load (ETL) layer - responsible for extracting data from a specific source, applying transformation rules, and loading it into SAP BW system.
    Data warehouse area - responsible for storing the information in various types of structures, including multidimensional structures called InfoCubes.
    Reporting - responsible for accessing the information in data warehouse area and presenting it in a user-friendly manner to the analyst or business user.
    Planning - Provides capabilities for the user to run simulations and perform tasks such as budget calculations.
    SAP's BI application is a very pervasively employed data warehouse / analytical enterprise software solution, often utilized heavily by companies that essentially run their business on SAP operational systems such as SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP ERP, traditionally known as SAP R/3). SAP's BI solution contains a large number of predefined "extractors", a very significant amount of pre-defined business content in the form of InfoCubes, master data (i.e. objects representing the entity for "Customer", or "Material"), authorization roles, query views and reports all delivered in the software by SAP. Some of the significant benefits of this approach include the ability to leverage SAP's substantial business knowledge from many years of developing extremely sophisticated software systems for the world's largest companies, typically shortening project development cycles in the process. The pre-defined business content can be modified to meet an organization's specific requirements, while at the same time taking advantage of general aspects of these delivered data models and reports that are somewhat foundational and have broad application in business, government, and education.
    SAP BW is now part of a suite of SAP applications called SAP NetWeaver. Other components of SAP NetWeaver include SAP Enterprise Portal (EP, called SAP NetWeaver Portal as of Release 7.0), Web Application Server (WAS), SAP Process Integration (PI, or previously XI, i.e. eXchange Infrastructure) and Master Data Management (MDM).
    The 7.0 version of SAP BW was released in June 2006 as part of the SAP NetWeaver 7.0 (aka 2004s). This new release includes many new features, such as next-generation reporting and analytical features, major data warehousing enhancements, and possibility to use innovative techology for query performance optimization called "BI Accelerator". BI Accelerator (or BIa) comes as an external applicance, i.e. complete hardware with pre-installed software. BIa requires separate licence fee.
    From SAP NetWeaver 7.0 on, the term SAP BW is obsolete, and instead it is referred simply as "SAP NetWeaver BI" - i.e. "SAP NetWeaver 7.0 BI".
    According to SAP, more than 12,000 installations of SAP's BI solution exist.
    SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW) is SAP´s Data Warehouse solution. It has been specially developed to allow you to gather and analyze all kinds of statistical information in the best possible way. 
    The SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) is a core element of mySAP.com. SAP BW is an enterprise-wide information hub that enables data analysis from R/3 and other business application, including external data sources such as databases and the Internet. SAP BW also offers easy integration with other mySAP solutions, such as mySAP Supply Chain
    Management (mySAP SCM), mySAP Strategic Enterprise Management (mySAP SEM), and mySAP Customer Relationship Management (mySAP CRM).
    SAP BW is a comprehensive end-to-end data warehouse solution with optimized structures for reporting and analysis. To help knowledge workers quickly mine an enterprise’s business data, SAP BW is equipped with preconfigured information models and reports, as well as automatic data extraction and loading methods. 
    With an easy-to-use Microsoft Excel-based user interface, you can create, format, and analyze reports, and publish those reports to the web. Built for high performance, SAP BW resides on its own dedicated server. Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) and reporting activities are therefore separated, and system performance is not compromised.
    COMPONENTS & TOOLS OF SAP NetWeaver:SAP NetWeaver BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
    Timely access to relevant information has always been critical to business success. Now, with the widespread use of the Internet, wired and wireless data collection technologies such as RFID, and the subsequent increase in new data sources, it's even more important.
    SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (SAP NetWeaver BI) paints a complete picture of your business to satisfy the diverse needs of end users, IT professionals, and senior management. It brings together a powerful business intelligence infrastructure, a comprehensive set of tools, planning and simulation capabilities, and data-warehousing functionality – delivered through enterprise portal technology.
    With SAP NetWeaver BI, you can integrate data from across the enterprise and beyond, and then transform it into practical, timely information to drive sound decision-making, targeted action, and solid business results. It supports:
    Data warehousing – Data warehouse management; business modeling; and extraction, transformation, and loading enable you to build data warehouses, model information architecture according to business structure, and manage data from multiple sources.
    Business intelligence – Online analytical processing, data mining, and alerts provide a foundation for accessing and presenting data, searching for patterns, and identifying exceptions.
    Business planning – A BI planning framework with secure workflow capabilities supports Microsoft Excel or Web-based planning and budgeting based on consolidated corporate data for bottom-up or top-down planning.
    Business insights – Query design, reporting and analysis, and Web application design allow you to create analysis reports, support decisions at every level, and present business intelligence applications on the Web.
    Measurement and management – Business-content management, metadata management, and collaborative business intelligence monitor progress, provide reporting templates, ensure consistent data, and help decision-makers work together.
    Open hub services – Open hub services features enable the delivery of high-quality, audited enterprise information through Web services to applications. Bulk data exchange, change data capture (CDC), and modeling features streamline deployment and enable cost-effective operations.
    Information broadcasting – Information broadcasting features support the distribution of mass information to large audiences in a personalized and secure manner. You can broadcast information as an offline document or live report through personalized e-mail or the Internet, according to a schedule or based on key events.
    Accelerated business intelligence – Based on compressions, parallel in-memory processing, and search technologies, the SAP NetWeaver BI Accelerator functionality improves the performance of queries, reduces administration tasks, and shortens batch processes. Developed as an appliance on Intel processors, the accelerator provides consistently fast response times, even as data volumes, number of users, and analytics increase.
    The following r excellent websites on BI which make u understand what is BI :
    Business Intelligence : Getting Started with Business Intelligence ,Reporting, Analysis, and Planning , Data Warehousing,   BI Accelerator  Embedded and Process-Centric BI 
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nw-bi
    The Home of SAP Business Warehouse (BW)
    http://www.erpgenie.com/sap/sapfunc/bw.htm
    SAP Business Information Warehouse
    http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/b2/e50138fede083de10000009b38f8cf/content.htm
    Business Intelligence : Programming in BW 
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/bi/programminginBW&
    BW and Portals 2005
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/bi-and-portals2005
    SAP Business Warehouse (BW) Overview
    http://gleez.com/sap/bw/overview
    Business Intelligence : Steps to get started with SAP BW
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/bi/stepstogetstartedwithSAPBW&
    SAP Business Information Warehouse Scenarios
    http://help.sap.com/bp_biv335/BI_EN/html/Bw.htm
    SAP BW Learning Guide
    http://searchsap.techtarget.com/general/0,295582,sid21_gci1077480,00.html
    SAP BW Business Warehouse - Introduction
    http://www.thespot4sap.com/Articles/SAP_BW_Introduction.asp
    Business Content Frontend Design Guidelines (NW04)
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/bda556e9-0c01-0010-83b0-d519d6deb9e9
    How To…Create and Maintain UI Patterns of BI Content
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/ad214fe9-0c01-0010-4291-a629e5ba5f90
    SAP NetWeaver BI Integrated Planning for Finance
    http://www.sap-press.de/katalog/buecher/htmlleseproben/gp/htmlprobID-113
    Info object,infocube,infosource,datasource,commn structure,extract structure ..etc..
    http://www.erpgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/MySAP%20BW%20Cookbook%20Vol%201.pdf
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/01b9395c-0e01-0010-6786-c4ee5e5d2154
    BI Performance Tuning
    Business Intelligence Journal Improving Query Performance in Data Warehouses
    http://www.tdwi.org/Publications/BIJournal/display.aspx?ID=7891
    Achieving BI Query Performance Building Business Intelligence
    http://www.dmreview.com/issues/20051001/1038109-1.html
    SAP Business  Intelligence Accelerator : A High - Performance Analytic  Engine  for SAP  Ne tWeaver  Business  Intelligence
    http://www.sap.com/platform/netweaver/pdf/BWP_AR_IDC_BI_Accelerator.pdf
    BI Performance Audit
    http://www.xtivia.com/downloads/Xtivia_BIT_Performance%20Audit.pdf
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/10564d5c-cf00-2a10-7b87-c94e38267742
    cheers!
    gyanaraj
    ****Pls reward points if u find this helpful

  • Introduction to BI

    Hi ,
    I am new to BI , Can any one explain what is BI and the use of it ..
    Regards
    B.Lavanya

    Hi Lavanya B ,
    SAP Business Information Warehouse
    SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) is the name of the Business Intelligence, analytical, reporting and Data Warehousing (DW) solution which is one of the major enterprise software applications produced by SAP AG. It was originally named SAP BIW, (Business Information Warehouse), but is now known as "SAP NetWeaver BI".
    SAP BW consists among other things of components for data management (Data Warehousing Workbench), extensive data modeling capabilities, an embedded analytical engine, a suite of rich front-end analytical tools refererred to as Business Explorer (BEx), and operational tools used for importing the most current transactional data into the system. It may be helpful to consider layers that make up the structure of SAP's BI solution:
    Extraction, Transformation and Load (ETL) layer - responsible for extracting data from a specific source, applying transformation rules, and loading it into SAP BW system.
    Data warehouse area - responsible for storing the information in various types of structures, including multidimensional structures called InfoCubes.
    Reporting - responsible for accessing the information in data warehouse area and presenting it in a user-friendly manner to the analyst or business user.
    Planning - Provides capabilities for the user to run simulations and perform tasks such as budget calculations.
    SAP's BI application is a very pervasively employed data warehouse / analytical enterprise software solution, often utilized heavily by companies that essentially run their business on SAP operational systems such as SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP ERP, traditionally known as SAP R/3). SAP's BI solution contains a large number of predefined "extractors", a very significant amount of pre-defined business content in the form of InfoCubes, master data (i.e. objects representing the entity for "Customer", or "Material"), authorization roles, query views and reports all delivered in the software by SAP. Some of the significant benefits of this approach include the ability to leverage SAP's substantial business knowledge from many years of developing extremely sophisticated software systems for the world's largest companies, typically shortening project development cycles in the process. The pre-defined business content can be modified to meet an organization's specific requirements, while at the same time taking advantage of general aspects of these delivered data models and reports that are somewhat foundational and have broad application in business, government, and education.
    SAP BW is now part of a suite of SAP applications called SAP NetWeaver. Other components of SAP NetWeaver include SAP Enterprise Portal (EP, called SAP NetWeaver Portal as of Release 7.0), Web Application Server (WAS), SAP Process Integration (PI, or previously XI, i.e. eXchange Infrastructure) and Master Data Management (MDM).
    The 7.0 version of SAP BW was released in June 2006 as part of the SAP NetWeaver 7.0 (aka 2004s). This new release includes many new features, such as next-generation reporting and analytical features, major data warehousing enhancements, and possibility to use innovative techology for query performance optimization called "BI Accelerator". BI Accelerator (or BIa) comes as an external applicance, i.e. complete hardware with pre-installed software. BIa requires separate licence fee.
    From SAP NetWeaver 7.0 on, the term SAP BW is obsolete, and instead it is referred simply as "SAP NetWeaver BI" - i.e. "SAP NetWeaver 7.0 BI".
    According to SAP, more than 12,000 installations of SAP's BI solution exist.
    SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW) is SAP´s Data Warehouse solution. It has been specially developed to allow you to gather and analyze all kinds of statistical information in the best possible way. 
    The SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) is a core element of mySAP.com. SAP BW is an enterprise-wide information hub that enables data analysis from R/3 and other business application, including external data sources such as databases and the Internet. SAP BW also offers easy integration with other mySAP solutions, such as mySAP Supply Chain
    Management (mySAP SCM), mySAP Strategic Enterprise Management (mySAP SEM), and mySAP Customer Relationship Management (mySAP CRM).
    SAP BW is a comprehensive end-to-end data warehouse solution with optimized structures for reporting and analysis. To help knowledge workers quickly mine an enterprise’s business data, SAP BW is equipped with preconfigured information models and reports, as well as automatic data extraction and loading methods. 
    With an easy-to-use Microsoft Excel-based user interface, you can create, format, and analyze reports, and publish those reports to the web. Built for high performance, SAP BW resides on its own dedicated server. Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) and reporting activities are therefore separated, and system performance is not compromised.
    COMPONENTS & TOOLS OF SAP NetWeaver:SAP NetWeaver BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
    Timely access to relevant information has always been critical to business success. Now, with the widespread use of the Internet, wired and wireless data collection technologies such as RFID, and the subsequent increase in new data sources, it's even more important.
    SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (SAP NetWeaver BI) paints a complete picture of your business to satisfy the diverse needs of end users, IT professionals, and senior management. It brings together a powerful business intelligence infrastructure, a comprehensive set of tools, planning and simulation capabilities, and data-warehousing functionality – delivered through enterprise portal technology.
    With SAP NetWeaver BI, you can integrate data from across the enterprise and beyond, and then transform it into practical, timely information to drive sound decision-making, targeted action, and solid business results. It supports:
    Data warehousing – Data warehouse management; business modeling; and extraction, transformation, and loading enable you to build data warehouses, model information architecture according to business structure, and manage data from multiple sources.
    Business intelligence – Online analytical processing, data mining, and alerts provide a foundation for accessing and presenting data, searching for patterns, and identifying exceptions.
    Business planning – A BI planning framework with secure workflow capabilities supports Microsoft Excel or Web-based planning and budgeting based on consolidated corporate data for bottom-up or top-down planning.
    Business insights – Query design, reporting and analysis, and Web application design allow you to create analysis reports, support decisions at every level, and present business intelligence applications on the Web.
    Measurement and management – Business-content management, metadata management, and collaborative business intelligence monitor progress, provide reporting templates, ensure consistent data, and help decision-makers work together.
    Open hub services – Open hub services features enable the delivery of high-quality, audited enterprise information through Web services to applications. Bulk data exchange, change data capture (CDC), and modeling features streamline deployment and enable cost-effective operations.
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    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nw-bi
    The Home of SAP Business Warehouse (BW)
    http://www.erpgenie.com/sap/sapfunc/bw.htm
    SAP Business Information Warehouse
    http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/b2/e50138fede083de10000009b38f8cf/content.htm
    Business Intelligence : Programming in BW 
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/bi/programminginBW&
    BW and Portals 2005
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/bi-and-portals2005
    SAP Business Warehouse (BW) Overview
    http://gleez.com/sap/bw/overview
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    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/bi/stepstogetstartedwithSAPBW&
    SAP Business Information Warehouse Scenarios
    http://help.sap.com/bp_biv335/BI_EN/html/Bw.htm
    SAP BW Learning Guide
    http://searchsap.techtarget.com/general/0,295582,sid21_gci1077480,00.html
    SAP BW Business Warehouse - Introduction
    http://www.thespot4sap.com/Articles/SAP_BW_Introduction.asp
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    SAP NetWeaver BI Integrated Planning for Finance
    http://www.sap-press.de/katalog/buecher/htmlleseproben/gp/htmlprobID-113
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    http://www.erpgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/MySAP%20BW%20Cookbook%20Vol%201.pdf
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/01b9395c-0e01-0010-6786-c4ee5e5d2154
    BI Performance Tuning
    Business Intelligence Journal Improving Query Performance in Data Warehouses
    http://www.tdwi.org/Publications/BIJournal/display.aspx?ID=7891
    Achieving BI Query Performance Building Business Intelligence
    http://www.dmreview.com/issues/20051001/1038109-1.html
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    http://www.sap.com/platform/netweaver/pdf/BWP_AR_IDC_BI_Accelerator.pdf
    BI Performance Audit
    http://www.xtivia.com/downloads/Xtivia_BIT_Performance%20Audit.pdf
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/10564d5c-cf00-2a10-7b87-c94e38267742
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  • BI For ABAPer.

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    Edited by: sandeep pande on Jun 10, 2008 9:30 AM

    Hi sandeep pande ,
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    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nw-bi
    The Home of SAP Business Warehouse (BW)
    http://www.erpgenie.com/sap/sapfunc/bw.htm
    SAP Business Information Warehouse
    http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/b2/e50138fede083de10000009b38f8cf/content.htm
    Business Intelligence : Programming in BW 
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/bi/programminginBW&
    BW and Portals 2005
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/bi-and-portals2005
    SAP Business Warehouse (BW) Overview
    http://gleez.com/sap/bw/overview
    Business Intelligence : Steps to get started with SAP BW
    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/bi/stepstogetstartedwithSAPBW&
    SAP Business Information Warehouse Scenarios
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    SAP BW Learning Guide
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    SAP BW Business Warehouse - Introduction
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    SAP NetWeaver BI Integrated Planning for Finance
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    http://www.erpgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/MySAP%20BW%20Cookbook%20Vol%201.pdf
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    Business Intelligence Journal Improving Query Performance in Data Warehouses
    http://www.tdwi.org/Publications/BIJournal/display.aspx?ID=7891
    Achieving BI Query Performance Building Business Intelligence
    http://www.dmreview.com/issues/20051001/1038109-1.html
    SAP Business  Intelligence Accelerator : A High - Performance Analytic  Engine  for SAP  Ne tWeaver  Business  Intelligence
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    BI Performance Audit
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    https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/59069d90-0201-0010-fd81-d5e11994d8b5
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