Course Contents

Introduction

1. General Introduction.
2. SAP introduction.
3. Data warehousing/ BW/ BI Introduction
4. Master data; Attributes, Texts, and Hierarchies.
5. Standard Naming conventions in SAP and BI

Data Modeling

• InfoObjects: Definitions
  • Types: Characteristics, Key Figures, Time, and Unit.
• InfoCubes: Definitions.
  • Types: Standards, real time, remote.
  • Design of Infocube: Star Schema concepts. Precautions.
• DataStore objects (DSO):
  • Types: Standards, Real time.
• InfoSets
• MultiProviders: Scenarios to create Multiproviders.
• Infocube VS DSO

Metadata and Document Management

• BI Content: Definitions, How to install BI contents,

Defining extraction

• For SAP source systems: Creating Generic dataSource and maintaining SAP delivered dataSource.
• Or for files: Creating DataSources for File Source Systems

Defining transformations

• Transformations and different scenarios.

Defining the data flow

• Creating data transfer processes
• Creating process chains

Scheduling and monitoring

• Checking process chain runs
• Monitor for extraction processes and data transfer processes

Performance optimization

• Creating the first aggregate for an InfoCube
• Using the BIA index maintenance wizard

User management

• Setting up standard authorizations
• Defining analysis authorizations

Transports

Real business scenarios on different system environments, Moving objects from one system to another.

BI SUITE: Business Explorer

BEx Query Designer

• Queries: New queries, Restricting Characteristics, Formulas and Exception Cells
• Query Design: Defining Exceptions, Conditions, Restricted and Calculated KeyFigures
• Variables: The Variable Wizard, Variable Types and Processing Types, query Properties
• Component Properties: Properties of Characteristics, Attributes, Structure, Formula, KeyFigures
• Structures: Creating Re-usable structures
• Functions on BW Server: Copying queries between Cubes, Deleting Query Elements

Web Application Designer

• WAD: Functions of WAD, Web Items Window, Template Window, Properties Window
• Web Applications: Creating Web Applications, Settings, Stylesheets, Symbols and Properties
• Design: Designing the Layout of Web Templates, working with Library for Web Items
• Web Items: Tables, Filters, Checkboxes, Dropdown Box and other web items and their attributes

Activities

• BEx Analyzer
• BEx Web Application Designer
• BEx Report Designer

BI Platform

• Information Broadcasting (Overview)
• Functions of the Broadcaster: Precalculating and Exporting into Enterprise Portal
• User Guide: Distributing Queries and Web Templates, Scheduling Broadcasting Settings
• Example Scenarios: Monthly Sales Reports, Ad-hoc Distribution Options.

OLAP

• OLAP v OLTP: The OLAP Concept and differences between OLAP and OLTP
• OLAP Functions: Aggregation, Currency Translation, Report-to-Report Interface
• MetaData Repository: Searching for MetaData

Performance in depth

• Data Model for Performance: Line Item Dimensions, Navigational attributes, Time-Dependent
• BW Statistics: Query Analysis Tools, Performance Tables
• Reporting Performance: Effective query design, Line-Item, Compression, Partitioning
• Introduction to Aggregates
• Data Load Performance: Parallelism, Impact of Aggregates

SAP Business Objects

Introduction to SAP BO

• Introduction : Integration with SAP BI – BO

1. Query As A Web Service
2. Universe Designer
3. Live Office
4. Xcelcius
5. Web Rich Client ( Web Intelligence)
6. Crystal Report

1.Query as Web service

• Usage of Query as web service
• How to configure and use
• Viewing the Universe and Webi reports using web service
• Viewing the Crystal XCelsius reports using web service

2. Universe Designer

• Understanding how universes allow users to query databases using their everyday business terms
• Creating an ODBC connection to the course database
• Creating a universe
• Populating the universe structure
• Defining joins in a universe

3. Live Office

• Introduction
• How Data can be extracted using Live office
• Extracting data in Xcelcius using Live Office

4.Xcelcius

• Introducing Crystal Xcelcius with SAP implementation options.
• Create a Crystal Xcelsius Dashboard from SAP data stored in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet
• sourced through Crystal Reports or Web Intelligence
• Create a Crystal Xcelsius Dashboard fon SAP data stored in a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet
• created through the use of live Office
• Create a Crystal Xcelsius Dashboard from SAP data stored in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet
• Created through the use of query as a Web Service (QaaWS)
• Crystal Xcelsius Dashboards Using Analytics as part of Dashboard Manager
• Create an Analytic Dashboard from SAP data through a Universe

5.Web Rich Client ( Web Intelligence)

• Introduction to desktop intelligence
• Report Creation
• Publishing the report
• Understanding how universes allow you to query database using everyday business terms
• Understanding Web Intelligence core functionalities
• Creating a document in the Web Intelligence Rich Client
• Viewing a Web Intelligence document in Info View
• Building a simple query
• Modifying a document query
• Working with query properties
• Restricting data with query filters
• Modifying a query with a predefined query filter
• Applying a single-value query filter
• Using prompts to restrict data
• Using complex filters
• Working in the Report Panel
• Displaying data in tables and charts
• Using breaks and cross tabs
• Formatting break, calculations, and report filters
• Formatting breaks and cross tabs
• Using default and custom sorts
• Ranking data to see top or bottom values
• Using alerter to highlight information
• Organizing a report into sections
• Copying data to other applications
• Preparing document for PDF and print
• Document formatting
• Exporting documents from the Rich Client
• Accessing Info View

6.Crystal Reports:

• Introduction to Crystal Reports
• Creating Reports
• Selecting Records
• Organizing Data on Reports
• Formatting & Section Formatting
• Creating basic and complex formulas
• Using Variables and Arrays
• Using Report Templates
• Applying Conditional Reporting
• Building parameterized and specialized reports
• Summarizing Data with Cross Tabs
• Using Report Sections
• Representing Data Visually
• Managing Reports
• Distributing Reports
• Using Repository and Repository data sources
• Report Processing
• Using sub Reports

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