Business Information Warehouse for Sap: Your Guide to Data Warehousing and Bw

by Hashmi, Naeem

• ISBN13: 9780761523352
• ISBN10: 0761523359
• Edition: CD
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Cengage Learning Ptr

Summary

Naeem, a top SAP professional, covers just what people need to know about BW. This essential guide--and the only BW offering at this time--provides straightforward information to help users reach the top of their field. CD includes the best resources for SAP's BW.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xxv
Part I Introduction to Data Warehousing and SAP Business Information Warehouse	1	(82)
Constructing a Data Warehouse	3	(22)
Evolution of SAP Business Information Warehouse	25	(36)
Comparing SAP BW with Data Warehouse Solutions Provided by Other Vendors	61	(10)
Getting Started with SAP BW	71	(12)
Part II Implementing SAP BW	83	(172)
Planning for SAP BW Implementation	85	(20)
Setting Up SAP BW	105	(22)
SAP BW---The Administrator Workbench	127	(38)
SAP BW---Loading Business Content	165	(22)
Preparing R/3 Data Source for SAP BW Initial Data Loads	187	(28)
Loading Data via Flat Files	215	(16)
Analyzing SAP BW Data	231	(24)
Part III Designing Custom SAP BW OLAP Solutions	255	(112)
SAP BW---Defining Custom InfoCubes	257	(22)
Enchancing Business Content and Developing Data Extractors	279	(10)
Integrating Third-Party ETL Products with SAP BW	289	(20)
Integrating Third-Party Data Access Products with SAP BW	309	(18)
Managing SAP BW---Performance and Sizing Tuning	327	(22)
The Operational Data Store in SAP BW 2.0	349	(18)
Part IV Appendixes	367	(60)
A Data Warehouse Industry References and SAP BW Training	369	(14)
B SAP BW and SAP R/3 Transactions, Tables, and Code Examples	383	(20)
C Selected SAP BW OSS Notes	403	(4)
D Key Enhancements in SAP BW 2.0	407	(16)
E What's on the CD-ROM	423	(4)
Index	427