Mastering the SAP business information warehouse : leveraging the business intelligence capabilities of SAP NetWeaver / Kevin McDonald ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDonald, Kevin, author.

Contributor:

McDonald, Kevin, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

SAP Business information warehouse.

SAP NetWeaver.

Data warehousing.

Management information systems.

Business--Computer programs.

Business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (722 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis, IN : Wiley Pub., c2006.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

""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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

9786610821884

9781119104353

1119104351

9781280821882

1280821884

9780470083451

047008345X

OCLC:

123080662