SAP BW Certification: A Business Information Warehouse Study Guide [Paperback]

Catherine M. Roze (Author), Naeem Hashmi (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471236349 | ISBN-13: 978-0471236344 | Publication Date: October 25, 2002 | Edition: 1

• Provides an overview to the exam's topics, including a "Need to Know" list that identifies areas that must be understood in-depth.
• Includes exercises that can be performed, usually with a small test BW server.
• Contains practice test questions that assess the readers knowledge of the current exam topics.
• Serves as a complement to the classroom training provided by SAP.

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From the Back Cover

A concise, comprehensive study guide to the core SAP BW certification exam

The SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) is the data warehousing solution developed by SAP AG for SAP-centric data warehouses. Professionals seeking to become SAP BW application consultants need to pass the SAP BW certification exam in order to prove that they have a fundamental knowledge of this particular area of the SAP system, as well as to demonstrate that they are able to apply this knowledge within a project environment. SAP BW Certification: A Business Information Warehouse Study Guide provides candidates with the training and information they need in order to achieve certification.

SAP BW Certification begins with critical background information on Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERP), software packages that integrate the entire flow of information throughout an organization, of which SAP is the market leader. The book then covers how SAP BW relates to SAP as a whole and discusses fundamental SAP BW functions such as data modeling, reporting, and extraction. Features of this Study Guide include:
* An introduction to the BW certification exam
* An overview of the exam's topics, including such features as "On the Exam," "Optimization Tips," "Note," "Restrictions," "Unique to SAP," and "New to SAP"
* Exercises that can be performed with a small test-BW server
* Practice test questions and answers that assess the reader's knowledge of current exam topics
* A complete simulated certification exam

SAP BW practitioners who are preparing for the SAP BW certification exam, or for the SAP BW delta (recertification) exam, will find SAP BW Certification the premier study guide on the market today.

About the Author

CATHERINE M. ROZE is a consultant with IBM's Global Services, Business Intelligence practice. She has over six years of full life cycle experience in business intelligence/data warehousing and specializes in solutions based on ERP, with a special focus on SAP-centric organizations. Roze has her MBA and MS (industrial technology) as well as her certification in SAP BW. She has written or cowritten numerous articles which have appeared in such publications as the Journal of Neurocomputing, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, and the International Journal of Systems Science.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (October 25, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471236349
• ISBN-13: 978-0471236344
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #269,148 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For Consultants who want to get their SAP-BW-Certificate, August 17, 2003

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Markus Breuer "breuermarkus77" (Oberwinter) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SAP BW Certification: A Business Information Warehouse Study Guide (Paperback)

This review was written by a consultant, who can look back on 8 years of SAP-experience and almost 2 years of experience with SAP-BW.

This book targets consultants, who want to cross-check their knowledge, before they take their multiple choice test for the SAP-BW-Certificate. It does contain the orginal Multiple-Choice-Tests for SAP-BW 2.1., and it does contain information on SAP-BBW. It is useful, but you should consider the following shortcomings:

(1) This book is on SAP-BW 2.1, but the most up-to-date release is 3.1. There were many changes since then

(2)If you are just a BW-User, who wants to know, which button to push and which report to start, you should consider other books.This book has got few screenshots and it is definitely not for novices. You can use it, to test knowledge,but it is not comprehensive enough, to teach new knowledge.

(3) If you are a systems administrator or a practitioner, who wants in depths technical information, but who does NOT want a certificate, you should consider other books.
Examples: Kevin McDonalds book on BW or a german publication by Christian Mehrwald (SAP BW Relase 3.0)published by dpunkt-Verlag (Mehrwalds book was written in german and to the best of my knowledge it has not been translated yet, though it is the best book on that topic I know) .

With all due respect towards Mrs Roze, her book is rather thin (260 Pages), does use a large letter type, has got many blank spaces and devotes 20-30% on very general topics (OLTP versus OLAP, Exam preparation etc). The structure of the book is rather erratic. I got along with it, as I have got experience, but a novice might be forced to flip pages forwards and backwards a lot. Moreover, this book does not contain that type of hands-on-advice on administration, that can be found in more advanced books on BW. The scientific content of the chapters varies a lot.
Some are too simple, others discuss very esoteric topics, which you hardly need, except in your exam. Even if you are lucky and pass the test, because you memorize all questions, this is not enough to use BW in you daily work.

(4) I agree with the previous reviewer, that there are mistakes in the multiplechoice-tests, that some answers are definitely wrong, and that some tests ask for information, that one can not find in the corresponding chapter.

SUMMARY: This book is still useful, but only for experienced consultants, who want to get their SAP-BW-Certificate,and moreover it has got some serious flaws.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't Pay Full Price, December 16, 2004

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D. M. Wiersig - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SAP BW Certification: A Business Information Warehouse Study Guide (Paperback)

This book is so out-of-date as to be almost dangerous. Do not think that you're going to buy this book to use as a reference later. The book was written for 2.2 BW; the updates in the appendix for 3.0 are confusing, misleading, etc.

The only advantage that you will get from this book are some sample test questions to get your mind working. However, some of the questions do not relate at all to 3.0; some of them have incorrect answers; I don't remember recognizing any of the questions on the test from the book.

The book describes the administration of the test. This is very out-of-date in terms of number of questions, length of test, how the test is graded, etc. Don't rely at all on this part of the book.

If you can't get a cheap used copy of this book, don't bother.

Catherine Roze or Wiley Publishers: If you're out there listening, please revise this book. If you need help, let me know; I'm an out-of-work Certified BW Consultant. . .

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars outdated, November 20, 2004

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a reader (Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SAP BW Certification: A Business Information Warehouse Study Guide (Paperback)

I did pass the exam (Business Warehouse 2002), but not because of reading this book. Both the content and the sample questions now only have little to do with the exam content. It will be even less with the upcoming Netweaver exam. The introduction about how to prepare for the exam might make you a bit confident, but that's all. But you can also have this information for free: the BW 2002 exam is multiple choice, consists of 80 questions and takes three hours. BTW: as far as I remember, the book says 60 questions and one hour. You see, there must have happened something in the meantime.