Sap Business Intelligence Training

SAP – Business Intelligence / Analytics

“Demo” anticipated Time: 60 minutes SAP BIBO Learning Series Mr. Mishra Contact: [email protected]

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Unit 1 - SAP ERP Overview 1 hours

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Understanding ERP(Enterprise Resource Planning) and SAP ERP (ECC 6.0)

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Why SAP ? What’s the use of a ERP Software

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Different SAP ERP Modules SD, FI, HR

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Unit 2 - SAP BW Overview 2 hours

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Understaing DW/ BW and what’s the speciality of SAP BW Fundamentals of Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence.

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SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (BW) Overview
SAP NetWeaver Solution Delivery: IT Practices, Scenarios, and Usage Types SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence: Data Warehousing Other BI Tools Available in Market (Informatica, Cognos, OBIEE, Hyperion)

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SAP BW / BI Release

BW3.1 / (BW 3.0) BW3.5
GUI 6.20 GUI 6.40 BW 3.5
BI CONT 3.5.1 BI CONT 3.5.2 BI CONT 3.5.3

BW 7.0
GUI 7.00 BW 7.00
BI CONT 7.0.1 BI CONT 7.0.2 BI CONT 7.0.3

BW 7.3
GUI 7.10 BW 7.10
BI CONT 7.1.1

BW 3.1
BI CONT 3.10

BI CONT 3.20 BI CONT 3.30

BI CONT 7.1.2 BI CONT 7.1.3

ABA 6.20

ABA 6.40

ABA 7.00

ABA 7.10

Web AS 6.20

Web AS 6.40

Web AS 7.00

Web AS 7.10

Kernel 6.20

Kernel 6.40

Kernel 7.00

Kernel 7.10

SAP BW ARCHITECTURE

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SAP BW ARCHITECTURE

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Unit 3 - Modelling 4 Hours

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Objects in the BW Data Warehouse Layer Data Warehousing Workbench. InfoProviders: Business Purpose

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InfoObjects: Characteristics (Attribute,Text,Hier)
InfoObjects: Key Figures The BI InfoCube: An Extended Star Schema Creating InfoCubes (Fact, Dimension, SID Tables) Exercise Look and Feel with Navigations

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SAP BW Info Provider
InfoCubes Contains two types of data
 Key figures  Characteristics

Can contain up to one fact table and 16 dimension tables Each dimension table = max. 256 characteristics Three dimensions are predefined by SAP
 Time  Unit  Packet

SAP InfoCube types
Basic InfoCubes – data and metadata are physically stored in the same SAP BW system Standard InfoCubes – optimized for read access while allowing scheduled uploads Transactional InfoCubes – designed for applications, such as budgeting and planning, that require read and write-back access

SAP BusinessObjects
Supported Supported

Remote InfoCubes – data is physically stored on a remote system, usually R/3 (it can also be another BW system or any 3rd-party/custom system supporting the remote InfoCube BAPI)

Supported

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Unit 4 - Data Acquisition 4 Hours

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Data Acquisition and Transformation from SAP Source Systems
Data Flow: Overview - Data Source, Info Source.. Loading Master Data from an SAP Source System Loading Transaction Data from an SAP Source System ETL Processes and Loading Hierarchies PSA, Source Systems •Info Source

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•Info Package
•Transfer Rules •Update Rules •Transformation •Data Transfer Process

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Exercise

Dataflow Overview

ODS Object
new with BW 3.0

Update Rules

Update Rules

InfoSource
Communication Structure
Transfer Rules Transfer Rules

InfoSource
Communication Structure

Transfer Rules

Transfer Rules

DataSource (Replicate)

Transfer Structure Transfer Structure

Transfer Structure Transfer Structure
Extract Structure

Transfer Structure Transfer Structure
Extract Structure

Transfer Structure Transfer Structure
Extract Structure

DataSource

Extract Structure

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Source System 1

Source System 2

Transformation and DataSource

A Transformation is used to consolidate, cleanse, and integrate data. The fields of the source are converted into the fields of the target

A Data Source is defined to specify which kind of data is to be uploaded from the source system

Fields of the data source

Fields of the data target

Fields that are delivered from the source system

Unit 5 - Data Acquisition from Other Systems 4 Hours
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SAP BW data extraction process • Data Transfer into SAP BW • Flat file Extraction • DB Connect extraction • CO-PA data extraction • LIS and LO data extraction • Generic extractor • How to enhance standard business content Exercise 1. Creation of Data Source 2.Loading through Info Package to PSA 3. Loading through DTP to Info Cube

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Data Transfer Process and InfoPackage

InfoPackages are used to upload data from the source systems into PSA (that is assigned to the DataSource); once a DTP is in place, all other processing options are not available (grayed out)

Data transfer processes are used to transfer the data further; in this case from the PSA table (that is assigned to the data source) to the InfoCube

Unit 6 - BW Content 3 Hours

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

BW Content Definition Business Content Add-On:pre-configured information Business Content Installation Business Content Install Demo BW Administration Cockpit and Technical Content Versioning Concept Upgrade and Patching BW Content Enhancing

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SAP BW Business Content: Definition

Business Content Add-On: pre-configured information models
+11,000 InfoObjects

+340 ODS Objects

+600 InfoCubes +120 MultiProviders +3,200 Queries +1,900 Workbooks +800 Roles

The ideal starting point for custom-built Analytical Applications

Step 1: Available Objects

1. Select available objects by several trees

DataTargets

InfoObjects

InfoSources

Roles

By Types

By Patch By Development Class

Unit 7 - Transport and ABAP (specific to BW) 2 Hours
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Unit 8 - Other InfoProviders 2 Hours

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DataStore Objects Types: Standard DSO Write Optimised DSO

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Direct Update DSO
VirtualProviders and Real-Time Data Acquisition MultiProviders and BW InfoSets

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SAP BW Multiprovider

Multiproviders Is a combination of other InfoProviders (UNIION only) Needs no additional data storage Splits queries automatically and distributed to InfoProviders Is transparent for reporting

MultiProvider

InfoProvider

InfoCube

Master Data

ODS Object

InfoSet

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Unit 9 - SAP BW Front End Solutions : BEX 2 Hours

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Query Designer
Central tool for creation of queries Design queries once – reuse many times (in Web templates, Bex Analyzer Workbook, Report Designer) Publish queries directly to the Web Two different versions exist: BW 3.5 and BI 7.0 BEx Query Designer

Defining

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Analyzer
Full-featured OLAP analysis in MS Excel Operational, tabular reporting Workbooks can integrate several queries Ad hoc reporting based on InfoProvider (as of BI 7.X) Leverage native Excel features (i.e. office integration) Two different versions exist: BW 3.5 and BI 7.0 BEx Analyzer

Excel Reporting

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Web Applications
Execute Web Templates (created with BEx Web Application Designer), Web Ad-hoc Analysis, Reports created with Report Designer, Formatted Reporting (Crystal Reports) Designed for building targeted web applications One step publishing BEx (Web Application Designer, Report Designer Two different versions exist: BW 3.5 (ABAP based Web Reporting) and BI 7.0 (Java based Web Reporting) BEx Web Application Designer

Web Reporting

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Unit 9.1 - Query Designer

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Designing a Simple Query with Free Characteristics and Prompts(Variable) Calculated Key Figure, Restricted Key Figure Query Properties on Formatting and Publishing to Business Object Tools

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Variables (Text, Hierarchy Node)
Processing Types (Manual Input, SAP Exit, Customer Exit, Replacement Path) Exceptions, Conditions Information Broadcasting Web Application Designer Integration with Enterprise Portal

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Definition of a query
Queries are created:  Using the BW 3.5 or the BW 7.0 BEx Query Designer  Are the basis for WEB Templates, BEx Analyzer Workbooks, Formatted Reporting (Report Designer) Queries can be created for different InfoProviders:  InfoCubes  Operational Data Store objects / Data Store Objects  InfoSets  InfoObjects  Virtual Providers  Aggregation Layers  MultiProviders

InfoObjects of the InfoProvider: Key Figures and Dimensions (Characteristics)

The concept of a MultiProvider is explained on the next slide

Unit 10 - SAP ASAP Methodology

What is ASAP

•Team Member Roles and Responsibilities •Documents required in each phrase • Major Milestones and Activities for BW developer •How to Write BRD and Blueprint • Introduction of the Business Scenario for the Simulated BW Project
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Introduction to

•SAP Notes •Service Market Place

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Unit 11: Administration of Data Targets 2 Hours

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System Administration Tasks in BI: Overview Administration of InfoCubes Roll Up, Compression, Chang Run

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Administration of DataStore Objects
Open Hub service

•Data Marts •Info Spokes •Open Hub Destination
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Delta Management

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Unit 12 - Process Chains 2 Hours

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A process chain is a sequence of processes that wait in the background for an event. Some of these processes trigger a separate event that can start other processes in turn. A process in the context of BW process chains is a procedure inside of or external to an SAP system with a defined beginning and end. A distinction is made between a start process, an application process and a collection process.

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Unit 13: Introduction to Query Performance Optimization 2 Hours
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Introduction to Query Performance Optimization in BW BW Aggregates BW Accelerator

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Statistics Overview

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Unit 14: BW Support Activities 2 Hours

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Work Process Overview Process Chain Monitoring Database Monitoring

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Dump Analysis
Performance Tuning Data Inconsistency Issues Query Tuning Etc..

SAP/Business Objects Proprietary Confidential
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Unit 15: SAP INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS WITH BUSINESS OBJECTS 2 Hours
Installing the software – IS with Business Objects What you get: 1. SAP Connectivity Open SQL (CR ERP), InfoSet (CR ERP), BW Query and MDX (CR), ODS (CR), OLAP BAPI (Webi and Voyager) 2. SAP Authentication 3. BW Publisher Service 4. Web Content

5. BW Content Administration Workbench - /crystal/rptadmin 6. SAP Enterprise Portal – Knowledge Management 7. SAP Enterprise Portal – iView template and sample iViews

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