SAP Business Information Warehouse Reporting: Building Better BI with SAP BI 7.0 / Edition 1

by Peter Jones

Overview

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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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071496162
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	01/18/2008
Pages:	912
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x (h) x 2.00(d)

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.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. SAP Business Intelligence Overview
Chapter 2. Storing the Data--SAP/Business Warehouse InfoProviders
Chapter 3. Navigating Through the BEx Analyzer
Chapter 4. Where It All Starts--The Query Designer
Chapter 5. Configuration in the BEx Query Designer--Working with the Numbers
Chapter 6. Enhancing the Use of the Characteristics in the BEx Query Designer
Chapter 7. Double-teaming the Attachments
Chapter 8. Using the Functionality of the BEx Analyzer
Chapter 9. Formatted Reporting--SAP Report Designer
Chapter 10. Functionality of the Report Designer
Chapter 11. Spreading the Word--The Information Broadcaster
Chapter 12. Advanced Configuration of the Information Broadcaster
Chapter 13. Advanced Reporting Processes and Functionality
Chapter 14. Working with SAP BI Standard Business Content
Chapter 15. What the Web Can Do for Your Reporting
Chapter 16. Organizing Your Reports--Enterprise Portal
Chapter 17. Other Options with the Analyzer--Integrated Planning (BI-IP) and Visual Computer (VC)
Index