Goals

  • Participants will gain SAP Netweaver Business Warehouse knowledge necessary for successful implementation and administration within a heterogeneous SAP NetWeaver BW system landscape The knowledge you will acquire will form the basis for more advanced courses in the BW curriculum

Audience

  • Application Consultant
  • Business Analyst
  • Business Process Owner / Team Lead / Power User
  • Program / Project Manager
  • Technology Consultant
  • User

Prerequisites

Essential

  • Basic knowledge of Data Warehousing

Recommended

  • Experience and sound knowledge of the subject matter in at least one SAP
  • ERP application course

Course based on software release

  • SAP Business Warehouse 7.4

Content

  • Data Warehousing
    • Describing Data Warehouse Systems
    • Describing Data Warehouse Architecture
    • Using the Data Warehousing Workbench
  • Master Data Modeling in SAP BW
    • Describing InfoObjects
    • Creating Characteristic InfoObjects
  • The Loading of Master Data from SAP Data Sources
    • Describing Data Flow
    • Modeling a Master Data Flow
    • Loading a Master Data Flow
    • Modeling with the Graphical Data Flow Tool
  • Loading of Transaction Data from SAP DataSources
    • Describing the Core InfoProviders
    • Creating a Key Figure InfoObject
    • Creating a DataStore Object (DSO)
    • Loading Transaction Data into a Data Store Object
    • Describing the Extended Star Schema of an InfoCube
    • Creating InfoCubes
    • Loading Transaction Data into an InfoCube
  • Master Data Loading from Flat File Data Sources
    • Loading Data From a Flat File
    • Describing the Data Flow in Detail
    • Describing the Data Loading Process in Detail
  • InfoProviders in SAP BW
    • Explaining the InfoProviders Used in SAP BW – Introduction
    • Creating MultiProviders
  • Usage of SAP BI Content
    • Using BI Content
  • Query Performance Optimization
    • Optimizing Query Performance
    • Monitoring Performance
    • Creating and Filling Aggregates
  • The SAP BW Administration
    • Describing Administrative Tasks and Tools
    • Administrating the InfoCubes
    • Administrating the DataStore Objects
    • Creating Process Chains