Mastering the SAP business information warehouse

Wiley

2006

722 p.

Includes index

9780470083451

Mastering the SAP Business Information Warehouse, Second Edition; About the Authors; Credits; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Who Should Read This Book; How This Book Is Organized; What's on the Web Site; From Here; Chapter 1: The Origins of Business Intelligence; Evolution of Information Processing; The Data Warehouse Is Conceived; What Is Data Warehousing?; Architected Solutions; Evolution of SAP; Summary; Chapter 2: The SAP NetWeaver Integration Platform; The Architectural Roots of SAP NetWeaver; NetWeaver Overview; Application Platform (Technology); Process Integration Information IntegrationPeople Integration; Composite Application Framework; Summary; Chapter 3: SAP Business Information Warehouse Architecture; SAP BW Architectural Components; Metadata and Document Management; Design, Monitoring, and Administration; Data Acquisition and Transformation; Data Access and Analysis; Information Distribution; Presentation; Planning; Summary; Chapter 4: Information Modeling; Information Modeling Prerequisites; Understanding the SAP BW Metadata Model; Developing an Information Model; Summary; Chapter 5: Enterprise Data Warehousing; Business Intelligence Strategy ArchitectureData Integration; Modeling the Layers of an EDW; Modeling Support for Data Integration; Modeling Support for Data Historization; Governance; Summary; Chapter 6: Data Acquisition and Transformation; Data Acquisition; Transformation; Loading; Summary; Chapter 7: Data Access, Analysis, and Information Distribution; Data Access; Information Analysis; Information Distribution; Summary; Chapter 8: Information Presentation; BEx Presentation Components; Generic Presentation Options; Other Presentation Options; Summary; Chapter 9: Integrated Planning; Integrated Planning Positioning Integrated Planning TechnologyIntegrated Planning Data; Planning Functions; Integrated Planning User Interface; Integrated Planning Process Control; BW-BPS Coexistence; Best and Worst Practices; Summary; Chapter 10: Business Analytics; Analytic Application Architecture; What Is Business Content?; Business Content Progression; Using Business Content; Customer Relationship Analytics; Supply Chain Analytics; Financial Analytics; Summary; Notes; Chapter 11: Administration; Application-Oriented Administration; System-Oriented Administration; Summary; Chapter 12: Performance Planning and Management Performance PlanningPerformance Management; Summary; Appendix A: Acronyms; Index

This book is the definitive guide for SAP NetWeaver BI professionals. Based on their extraordinary expertise with the product, the authors provide deep insights about key innovations in the areas of user experience, query performance, integrated planning, and enterprise-wide data warehousing.""-Stefan Sigg, Vice President, SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence The long-anticipated publication of this second edition reflects the growing success of SAP NetWeaver as well as the various Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities that are embedded with SAP BW version 7.0. Written by SAP insiders

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