Mastering the SAP Business Information Warehouse: Leveraging the Business Intelligence Capabilities of SAP NetWeaver (Paperback)

~ Kevin McDonald (Author), Andreas Wilmsmeier (Author), David C. Dixon (Author), W. H. Inmon (Author)
Key Phrases: navigational attributes, data warehouse layer, staging layer, Analytic Processing Engine, Business Explorer, Visual Composer (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

"This book is the definitive guide for SAP NetWeaver BI professionals. Based on their extraordinary expertise with the product, the authors provide deep insights about key innovations in the areas of user experience, query performance, integrated planning, and enterprise-wide data warehousing."
—Stefan Sigg, Vice President, SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence

The long-anticipated publication of this second edition reflects the growing success of SAP NetWeaver as well as the various Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities that are embedded with SAP BW version 7.0. Written by SAP insiders, this comprehensive guide takes into account the ever-changing features, functionality, and toolsets of SAP NetWeaver to bring you the most updated information on how to use SAP BW to design, build, deploy, populate, access, analyze, present, and administer data. You'll discover the options that are available in SAP NetWeaver and uncover a new means to improve business performance.

This book reflects the process an organization goes through during an implementation of the software. The authors begin with an introduction to BI and SAP NetWeaver and quickly progress to information modeling and enterprise data warehouse concepts. You'll learn how to access and deliver meaningful analytic information to the organization, as well as perform integrated planning functions. Finally, the authors share invaluable insight on warehouse administration, performance, and security.

With more than 50 percent new or revised material, this second edition of Mastering the SAP Business Information Warehouse shows you how to:

• Extract data from online transaction processing systems
• Store transformed data in a way that best supports reporting and analysis
• Use the various Business Explorer tools such as BEx Report Designer, BEx Analyzer, BEx Broadcaster, and BEx Web Application Designer
• Schedule, monitor, troubleshoot, and archive data loads

The companion Web site contains sample chapters in Wiki format and the authors' blog where readers may enter discussions about the book and SAP.

Wiley Technology Publishing Timely. Practical. Reliable.

Visit our Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/

Visit the companion Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/mcdonald

The companion Web site contains the sample code presented in the text of the book, plus implementation templates.

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"This book is the definitive guide for SAP NetWeaver BI professionals. Based on their extraordinary expertise with the product, the authors provide deep insights about key innovations in the areas of user experience, query performance, integrated planning, and enterprise-wide data warehousing."
—Stefan Sigg, Vice President, SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence

The long-anticipated publication of this second edition reflects the growing success of SAP NetWeaver as well as the various Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities that are embedded with SAP BW version 7.0. Written by SAP insiders, this comprehensive guide takes into account the ever-changing features, functionality, and toolsets of SAP NetWeaver to bring you the most updated information on how to use SAP BW to design, build, deploy, populate, access, analyze, present, and administer data. You'll discover the options that are available in SAP NetWeaver and uncover a new means to improve business performance.

This book reflects the process an organization goes through during an implementation of the software. The authors begin with an introduction to BI and SAP NetWeaver and quickly progress to information modeling and enterprise data warehouse concepts. You'll learn how to access and deliver meaningful analytic information to the organization, as well as perform integrated planning functions. Finally, the authors share invaluable insight on warehouse administration, performance, and security.

With more than 50 percent new or revised material, this second edition of Mastering the SAP Business Information Warehouse shows you how to:

• Extract data from online transaction processing systems
• Store transformed data in a way that best supports reporting and analysis
• Use the various Business Explorer tools such as BEx Report Designer, BEx Analyzer, BEx Broadcaster, and BEx Web Application Designer
• Schedule, monitor, troubleshoot, and archive data loads

The companion Web site contains sample chapters in Wiki format and the authors' blog where readers may enter discussions about the book and SAP.

Wiley Technology Publishing Timely. Practical. Reliable.

Visit our Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/

Visit the companion Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/mcdonald

The companion Web site contains the sample code presented in the text of the book, plus implementation templates.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 720 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 2 edition (August 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764596373
• ISBN-13: 978-0764596377
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #424,489 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent architecture perspective, October 9, 2002

By	"cgallisa" (St. Petersburg, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mastering the SAP Business Information Warehouse (Hardcover)

This book offers an excellent comparison of BW functions and capabilities against a data warehouse architecture envisioned by Bill Inmon. There might be 2 or 3 ways to build a business solution and this book is good at recommending one if not "the best".

On the other hand, this book is useless if you are planning to seat in front of the terminal and begin using BW. A good book that could complement this one is "SAP BW A Step-by-Step Guide".

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A nice book of of BW, December 26, 2003

By	Arron Lee (Shanghai, China) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mastering the SAP Business Information Warehouse (Hardcover)

I've read 2 books on BW, compared with another book I¡¯ve read, this book is on BW 3.0B which is a more mature DW product of SAP, it not only focuses on the BW transactional stuff but also tries to explain the detailed theories and business cases which are the more valuable points for me. If you¡¯re a BW beginner, this book may not be suitable since it¡¯s not going to teach you how to extract data, setup info source , create data target or create queries in a detail instruction way, but instead bring you a very completely high-level picture of BW architecture and solutions.

The best chapters I would prefer are: Chapter 4 ¨C Information Modeling; Chapter 6 ¨C ETL Services and Chapter 8 ¨C Analytic Application.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's About Time, October 7, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Mastering the SAP Business Information Warehouse (Hardcover)

This book was long overdue--I've been working with SAP for years and am now just having to come to grips with the SAP BW. This is a great, very clear and concise introduction to BW written by guys who really understand both SAP and data warehousing. The methodology---from design through implementation---is rock solid, and really helped me to avoid wasting time up front. I also liked the chapters on administering BW, including troubleshooting problems and avoiding performance bottlenecks. A great book from authors who've really been in the trenches.