Agenda

Reporting Comparison
BW Overview
BW Landscape & Architecture
BW Reporting Tools
Business Content
BW Website
Online Resources
Discussions/ Q&A
Reporting Comparison
Line Item Analysis

Delivered Reports

Basic Reporting or Predefined (requires
ABAP programmers)

Consumes Resources from
Transaction Processing

Real-time Analysis


Function Specific
Relational & Multidimensional Analysis

Delivered Reports (aka Business Content)

Ad hoc or Predefined (can be designed
by users)

Significantly Faster Processing


Current (according to update schedule)
& Historical Analysis

Cross Functional
BW Overview
The Business Information Warehouse (BW) is
SAPs architectural solution for data
warehousing.
Seamless integration with R/3
Built-in functionality that substantially reduces DW design,
development and maintenance
BW is a separate system from the R/3 transaction
processing system
BW data structures are optimized for reporting data
efficiently and quickly (analytical processing).
R/3 data structures are optimized for recording data
efficiently and quickly (transaction processing).
State System BW Landscape

BW Dev
DB1
BW QA
QB1
BW PRD
PB1
SAP R/3
DV1
DR1
DC1
SAP R/3
QA2
QR1
QC1
SAP R/3
PRD
PR1
PC1
Data Data Data
BW TRN
TB1
BW SB
SB1
SAP R/3
TRN
TR1
TC1
SAP R/3
SF1
SR1

Data Data
Basic BW Architecture
ODS
InfoCube
Non-SAP
Data Sources
(Flat file, XML
or DBConnect)
BEx
Web
Based
BEx
Data Detail
Business Content
SAP R/3
SAP-BW
Data Sources
Business
Explorer Tools
BW Reporting Tools
Business Explorer (BEx) Query Designer

1. MS-Excel-
Based Analyzer
(Web or GUI)

2. Formatted
Reporting

3. Web
Application
Designer

Business Explorer (BEx) Analyzer
Queries and solution workbooks embedded in MS
Excel

Excel functionality can be utilized (calculations,
charts, VBA programming, etc.)

Queries are refreshed at each run; workbooks provide
pre-calculated queries

Incorporates BW Security and, therefore, eliminates
the need for an additional layer of security at the
reporting level

Seamless integration with BEx Analyzer for the Web


GUI Based or

SAP Menu Bar Add-in
What is Business Content?

Advantages of using Business Content
Pre-Configured SAP-delivered objects allow
rapid development (DataSources, Transfer
Structures, ODSs, InfoCubes, Queries, etc.)
Based on Best Practices

A solution to build upon
Provides a good baseline for enhancements of
functionality and data models.


Online Resources
SAP Online Documentation - help.sap.com
Service Marketplace - service.sap.com
OSS Notes
Installation and upgrade info
SAP Developers Network - sdn.sap.com
Online Forums
How Tos
SAP Fans www.sapfans.com




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