This much anticipated reference makes an excellent addition to your SAP BW Library. Read this book and you’ll discover a comprehensive guide to configuring, executing, and optimizing data retrieval in SAP BW.
The author takes you, step-by-step, through all of the essential data collection activities and helps you hit the ground running with master data, transaction data, and SAP Business Content. Expert insights and practical guidance help you to optimize these three factors and build a successful, efficient ETL (extraction, transformation, loading) process.
This all-new edition is based on the current SAP BW Release 3.5, but remains a highly valuable resource for those still using previous versions.
Highlights include:
Detailed ETL Concepts and Implementation within SAP BW
Extractors: Overview of Available Techniques: Homogenization of Data, Data Extraction from Heterogeneous Systems, Extraction Mechanisms in SAP BW
ETL Process: Master Data: Data Targets, Update Types and Rules, DataSources, InfoPackages
ETL Process: Transaction Data - SAP Business Content DataSources, InfoSources, Transfer and Update Rules
SAP Business Content: Elements and Areas of Use
Detailed Sample Scenario
Comprehensive Appendix: Includes BW Glossary, Transaction Codes, Metadata Tables, Index
... and much more!
Expert advice to implement key ETL processes
Complete coverage of master data, transaction data and SAP Business Content
Step-by-step instruction and field tested solutions
Up-to-date for SAP BW 3.5
Norbert Egger
Norbert Egger is the Managing Director of the CubeServ Group, which specializes in BI solutions. In 1996, he established the world’s first data warehouse based on SAP. Since then, he has implemented hundreds of projects with SAP BW and SAP SEM. He has many years of experience in the operation of SAP-based BI solutions.
SAP PRESS Business Intelligence Business Information Warehouse Master Data ETL Business Content Extraction, Transformation, Loading Datenbeschaffung