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The prospects for SAP BW

Sam Gassem, Years 2006-2007

What is the future of SAP BW? Is it going boom for another five to ten years in the market? I am planning to learn it.

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I think the future of SAP BW is bright, especially with new stuff they have brought into 2004s.

The following new capabilities are delivered with SAP NetWeaver 2004s:

Enhancements to Business Planning and Analytical Services
- Fully integrated BI and Planning Solution
- Model-driven planning application building
Enhancements to Enterprise Reporting, Query, and Analysis
- Formatted Reporting and enhanced Ad-hoc Analysis
- BI application building in Excel
Enhancements to enterprise data warehousing
- High performance analytics (BI accelerator) allows faster data access
- Flexibility by enhanced data modelling capabilities
Implementing a federated portal network
- Portal federation enables content sharing between portals
- Creating a virtual single content pool
Enhanced administration capabilities to operate large mobile landscapes
- New template based device setup (software installation and initial data distribution)
- New capabilities for device configuration, monitoring and error analysis
Enhancements to business task management
- Local departments can create and execute automated procedures that generate off- line forms-based tasks
Enhancements to enabling B2B processes
- Enhanced adapters and mappings allow the step-by-step replacement of SAP Business Connector by SAP NetWeaver
Developing a Web-based user interface with Web Dynpro for ABAP
- Web Dynpro UIs can now be developed directly in the application system's ABAP workbench
Enhancing ABAP applications
- New ABAP enhancement framework allows enhancements of SAP applications by customers without code modifications
Switch Framework
- Simultaneous delivery and updates of all core and industry solution functionality in one SAP system

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