SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP BusinessObjects : The Comprehensive Guide

The complete guide to business intelligence with SAP Learn everything you need to know about data warehousing and reporting with SAP Covers data modeling, data collection, administration, and more Finally the entire world of business intelligence in SAP comes in one volume!

This comprehensive guide covers the full spectrum of SAP solutions for BI: both SAP NetWeaver 7.3 and SAP BusinessObjects 4.x.

In this book, you ll learn everything you need to know regarding data modeling and retrieval, optimal use of reporting tools from SAP (BEx and BusinessObjects), and the essential updates in the new SAP NetWeaver release.

BI in the Enterprise Learn how to plan your BI strategy and which special features you should keep in mind for your BI project.

Backend Find everything you need to know about essential topics in data warehousing: data modeling, extraction, administration, and authorization.

Frontend Explore the entire portfolio of reporting: SAP Business Explorer (BEx), SAP Crystal Reports, SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards, SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, and SAP BusinessObjects Analysis. Consolidation and Planning Discover the most important tools based on SAP NetWeaver BW, such as BW Integrated Planning and the consolidation solution, SEM-BCS.

Practical Information Examine the most important administration issues in a way that s both understandable and practical (based on the current releases: SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3 and SAP BusinessObjects 4.x).

Highlights BI in the enterprise Data modeling ETL Administration Permissions SAP Business Explorer SAP BusinessObjects Analysis SAP Crystal Reports SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards (formerly Xcelsius) SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence SAP BusinessObjects Explorer SAP BusinessObjects BI platform BW integrated planning SAP SEM-BCS