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1.0 Klaus Freyburger Peter Lehmann

BI1-V1-03 SAP Netweaver Business Intelligence Overview

Product
SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence

Overview of SAP Netweaver Business Intelligence with focus on architecture and main building blocks

Level
Undergraduate Beginner

Focus
SAP BI

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Architecture of a Data Warehouse Architecture SAP BI ETL Data Storage Data Analysis & Reporting Business Content Enterprise Portal

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Reference Architecture Business Intelligence

Data analysis und analytical applications Multi-dimensional data Data Warehouse Extraction, transformation, loading Source systems

- OLAP, MIS, cockpits, - Planning, scorecard, - Information models - Aggregation - Data storage - Administration - Selection, extraction - Modifikation, loading - external data sources - internal data sources

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Data Warehouse Architecture

Access to Information

(Architected) Data Marts

Operational Data Store

Data Warehouse (Persistent) Staging Area Any Source

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SAP BI and SAP NetWeaver

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Analytical Applications

Architecture SAP BI

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Mapping SAP BI to DW Architecture

Data Analysis and analytical applications

Data Warehouse

Data

Operational Data Store

Data Marts Data Warehouse

Staging Area Any Source

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ETL

Marts

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Extraction, Transformation, Loading (ETL)

SAP Netweaver Business Intelligence

DataSource
File Interface BI Service BAPI DB Connect UD Connect Web Service Staging BAPIs

ETL Tool SAP Source Relational Source MultiDimensional Source Legacy Applications

File

XML

Open for any source Flexible set of ETL capabilities Integration on application level Open to third-party tools Support of open standards
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Multi level data flow in SAP Netweaver BI

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Data Flow Concept - ETL

(DTP)

(TR)

(IP)

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Data Transfer Process - Example

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Data Storage - InfoObjects

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Data Storage InfoProvider

MultiProvider

InfoCubes

DataStoreObjects

VirtualProvider

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Data Analysis & Reporting: Overview

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Data Analysis & Reporting: Personalized BI

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Business Content
Roles Web Reports Workbooks Queries InfoProvider Transfer rules InfoSources

Standard-Analysis Ready-to-go Solutions

InfoObjects Customer

Open invoices

Extractor
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Standard Content, easy to extend maintenance via SAP

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Business Content

Business Content

Use without adjustments

Refining or Coarsening

Template for your own Business Content

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Enterprise Portal

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