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AgendaReporting ComparisonBW OverviewBW Landscape & ArchitectureBW Reporting ToolsBusiness ContentBW WebsiteOnline ResourcesDiscussions/ 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 OverviewThe Business Information Warehouse (BW) is SAPs architectural solution for data warehousing. Seamless integration with R/3Built-in functionality that substantially reduces DW design, development and maintenanceBW is a separate system from the R/3 transaction processing systemBW 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 DevDB1BW QAQB1BW PRDPB1SAP R/3DV1DR1DC1SAP R/3QA2QR1QC1SAP R/3PRDPR1PC1DataDataDataBW TRNTB1BW SBSB1SAP R/3TRNTR1TC1SAP R/3 SF1SR1

DataData

Basic BW ArchitectureODSInfoCubeNon-SAP Data Sources(Flat file, XMLor DBConnect)BExWebBasedBExData DetailBusiness ContentSAP R/3SAP-BWData SourcesBusiness Explorer Tools

BW Reporting ToolsBusiness Explorer (BEx) Query Designer

MS-Excel-Based Analyzer (Web or GUI)

Formatted Reporting

Web Application Designer

Business Explorer (BEx) AnalyzerQueries 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

Web-Based

What is Business Content?

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

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

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