SAP Business Information Warehouse Reporting: Building Better BI with SAP BI 7.0 [Paperback]

Peter Jones (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 18, 2008

Your Hands-On Guide to SAP Business Information Warehouse

Give your company the competitive edge by delivering up-to-date, pertinent business reports to users inside and outside your enterprise. SAP Business Information Warehouse Reporting shows you how to construct Enterprise Data Warehouses, create workbooks and queries, analyze and format results, and supply meaningful reports. Learn how to use the BEx and Web Analyzers, Web Application Designer, Visual Composer, and Information Broadcaster. You will also find out how to forecast future business trends, build enterprise portals and websites, and tune performance.

• Group data into InfoCubes and DataStore Objects and generate reports using queries and workbooks
• Work with the BEx Analyzer, Web Analyzer, and Query Designer
• Build queries and reports using the Business Administration Workbench
• Add attachments and drill-through using Document Integration and RRI
• Format and distribute results using Report Designer and Information Broadcaster
• Extend functionality with Enterprise Portal, Data Modeling, and Visual Composer
• Deploy charts, maps, diagrams, and unit of measure conversions
• Predict trends and possible outcomes using SBC and Integrated Planning
• Generate HTML pages using Enterprise Reporting and Web Application Designer
• Create BI-based corporate Web and intranet sites using SAP Enterprise Portal

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About the Author

Peter Jones is a platinum consultant at SAP Training/Business Consulting with more than nine years of consulting and educational experience. He regularly speaks at SAP-sponsored events.

Product Details

• Paperback: 894 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (January 18, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071496165
• ISBN-13: 978-0071496162
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #367,458 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mainly about the Query Designer, October 26, 2009

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Martin "mch" - See all my reviews

This review is from: SAP Business Information Warehouse Reporting: Building Better BI with SAP BI 7.0 (Paperback)

This book is the best book currently available about SAP BI reporting. That said, other books on this topic (mainly by Norbert Egger) aren't particularly convincing. So there isn't much competition. Besides as another reviewer mentioned, it is much cheaper.

Peter Jones explains the concepts well and in greater detail then you will find elsewhere. There are lots of useful examples, tips and tricks.

This book devotes a lot of space to the query designer - this is the central tool for all SAP BI reporting - and covers it well. It has another two chapters on the report designer, a module that SAP is going to let die, so one might consider this bit a waste of space. The information broadcaster is also covered quite well and in sufficient detail.
Peter Jones decided to add a chapter for web reporting and the enterprise portal plus half a chapter each for the visual composer and integrated planning. I suspect he did this mainly, so he could say that he had covered all the front end tools.
Unfortunately the lack of space means these topics get short shrift, as you could easily fill a complete separate book for each of them. The VC and IP bits don't tell you much more than that these modules exist and why they might be interesting.

PJ has announced a book covering web reporting and as the Web Application Designer won't be replaced before 2013 (Business Objects Pioneer in the SDK version), I am definitely going to buy it.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So far the best in BI reporting, August 5, 2008

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J. Satriadi (Indonesia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SAP Business Information Warehouse Reporting: Building Better BI with SAP BI 7.0 (Paperback)

This is the book I've been looking for, I can easily find the information I need with detailed explanation and personal comment from the author, not only description of terms and collection of screens capture. This book shows that the author has a hands on experience in BI reporting. I recomment this book over SAP Press books with the same subject, and this one is cheaper from Amazon.com ;-)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Value, December 10, 2009

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Sanjay Raj "OmsDaddy" (Woodbridge, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SAP Business Information Warehouse Reporting: Building Better BI with SAP BI 7.0 (Paperback)

A great value compared to other SAP Press publications. Does not fall short on covering range of BI topics. I found it very helpful as my first book to BI. Although it seems to be designed more for the business user - but being a technical resource i found it useful to understand things from the business side.