SAP BW Learning Guide

Business information warehouse (BW) has features like and unlike typical data warehouses. Like most data warehouses, BW is a combination of databases and database management tools that are used to support management decision making. SAP BW is a comprehensive business intelligence product centered around a data warehouse and optimized for SAP's R/3 environment. SAP BW also includes preconfigured data extractors, analysis and report tools and business process models. It is an integral component of the company's mySAP Business Intelligence group of products.

This SearchSAP.com guide will explain how and why SAP BW is used by providing expert advice, decision-making analysis, case studies and business intelligence tools. You'll find information covering all aspects of BI and BW -- guaranteed make your own business processes more intelligent!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS    What is BW?    BW in the news    Advice on BW reporting    Why BW?    Planning and analysis    Integrating BW    Strategic enterprise management (SEM)    SAP BW technical tips    Careers in BW    Books and discussions    More Learning Guides   What is BW?  Return to Table of Contents Glossary: Business Information Warehouse (BW) (SearchSAP.com, powered by Whatis.com)   BW in the news  Return to Table of Contents The Data Warehouse Institute (TDWI) experts outline 'trading places' strategy (SearchSAP.com) Business Objects, PeopleSoft finish technical integration (eWEEK) Hyperion Looks to Streamline BI Apps (eWEEK) You'll find much more expert advice on SAP BW in our Ask the Expert feature. If you're making business intelligence decisions or working with SAP BW, then you'll love the advice from our resident expert Jay Narayanan. Click here to browse BW Q and A or below for a sampling of Jay's expert advice... Making a business case for SAP BW Tips for a BW implementation Business Content explained New functionality in SAP BW 3.5?   Advice on BW reporting  Return to Table of Contents You'll find much more expert advice on BW reporting in our Ask the Expert feature. If you need BW reporting advice, then post a question for Peter Scott. Browse reporting Q and A or this sampling of Peter's expert advice... Creating a new structure in the rows pane (SearchSAP.com) Using BEx Web Application Designer (SearchSAP.com) Purpose of 'save as view' (SearchSAP.com) Mastering BW Reporting -- An expert level user guide (Peter Scott)   Why BW?  Return to Table of Contents Pfizer: "As well as being tightly integrated with SAP R/3, SAP BW is flexible enough to meet future requirements without being too maintenance-intensive." -- Dr. Hebert Horne, IT manager, Pfizer Introduction to SAP BW (SearchSAP.com) The future of SAP BW (SearchSAP.com) BW and 3rd party tools report (Naeem Hashmi) Data Warehousing with SAP BW: Profiting from Information throughout the Business (SAP Info)   Planning and analysis  Return to Table of Contents Top 10 best practices for BW (SearchSAP.com) Presentation -- Increase the Success of your BW by 70% (SearchSAP.com) Presentation- Enterprise Portal, SAP BW and the Extraprise Information Factory (SearchSAP.com) Workplace and BW implementation: Anemoon project (SearchSAP.com) Building material firm builds a data warehouse (SearchSAP.com) SAPConsole keeps Sargento fresh (SearchSAP.com) OLTP Applications Upgrade and the Impact of a Data Warehouse (SearchSAP.com) Enterprise IT Value: Beyond Data Warehousing and ROI (SearchSAP.com) SAP Enterprise Portal -- Portal Content (SearchSAP.com) Considerations for building a real-time Data Warehouse (SearchSAP.com) An Integrated Approach to Enterprise Resource Planning and Data Warehouse Systems (SearchSAP.com) The future of Warehouse Management (SearchSAP.com) SAP Business Information Warehouse on the AS/400 System (IBM) Getting BI from your DW (Line 56)   Integrating BW  Return to Table of Contents Integrating SAP and JD Edwards (SearchSAP.com) Implementing SAP BW before or after R/3 4.7 (SearchSAP.com) How to load data from SAP R/3 into BW system (SearchSAP.com) Installing BW central and database instance (SearchSAP.com) Collecting data from non-SAP users in BW-based SEM-BCS (SearchSAP.com) Do you need SAP BW to install SAP CRM? (SearchSAP.com) 3rd party tools for BW (SearchSAP.com) Multiple BW instances on a single server (SearchSAP.com) Optimize customer relationship landscape (SearchSAP.com) Two clients with only one BW? (SearchSAP.com)   Strategic enterprise management (SEM)  Return to Table of Contents SEM -- an overview (SearchSAP.com) Getting started with SEM (SearchSAP.com) Do SEM and BW have to be on the same server? (SearchSAP.com) SEM options for customers not running BW (SearchSAP.com) Impact of moving SEM-BPS system into existing BW system (SearchSAP.com) Differences between SEM-BPS and BW-BPS (SearchSAP.com)   SAP BW technical tips  Return to Table of Contents Creating high impact BW workbooks (SearchSAP.com) Calculating ROI for the data warehouse (SearchSAP.com) Using BEx Web Application Designer (SearchSAP.com) BW debug user (SearchSAP.com) Change format of BW Query (SearchSAP.com) Creating a query in info 6 (SearchSAP.com) Does "Saved View" retrieve data from BW at run-time? (SearchSAP.com) Can XI be used in BW to load Excel flat files? (SearchSAP.com) Freezing panes in a 3.0 Web report (SearchSAP.com) How can we create static BEx reports? (SearchSAP.com) Data changing when loading CSV into Infocube (SearchSAP.com) Creating a Web report in a pre-designed format (SearchSAP.com) White space errors in ABAP editor (SearchSAP.com) Making a local copy using SAP_ALL Profile (SearchSAP.com)   Careers in BW  Return to Table of Contents Career>BW or NetWeaver? (SearchSAP.com) Career>Becoming a business intelligence consultant (SearchSAP.com) Career>Enterprise Portals vs. WAS and BI (SearchSAP.com) Career>Avoiding the SAP FI slowdown by moving into BW (SearchSAP.com) Career>What is required for BW? (SearchSAP.com) Career>Should a SAP SD consultant learn BW? (SearchSAP.com) Career>BW vs. ABAP -- which is more strategic? (SearchSAP.com) Career>BW vs. APO for Purchase & Projects experts (SearchSAP.com) Career>Getting started with BW Security (SearchSAP.com) Career>Functional consultant changing to SAP (SearchSAP.com) Career>Where can I learn SAP SEM configuration? (SearchSAP.com) Career>Where is the next SAP wave going? (SearchSAP.com) Career>Certification to perform BW, SCM migration (SearchSAP.com)   Books and discussion  Return to Table of Contents Free Book Excerpt: Mastering the SAP Business Information Warehouse (SearchSAP.com) Free Book Excerpt -- Business Scenario and SAP BW (SearchSAP.com) Free Book Excerpt: Mastering the SAP Business Information Warehouse (SearchSAP.com) Mastering BW Reporting -- An expert level user guide (Peter Scott) SAPfans Business Warehouse discussion forum (SAPfans.com)   More Learning Guides  Return to Table of Contents * Don't miss the Business Intelligence (BI) companion guide -- click here to learn more * SAP Certification Learning Guide (SearchSAP.com) Application Security Learning Guide (SearchSAP.com) SAP CRM Learning Guide (SearchSAP.com) ERP guide for the midmarket (SearchSAP.com) SAP Security Learning Guide (SearchSAP.com) SAP Career Advancement Learning Guide (SearchSAP.com) SAP Job Seeker's Learning Guide (SearchSAP.com) SAP NetWeaver Learning Guide (SearchSAP.com) Business Intelligence (BI) Learning Guide (SearchSAP.com) SAP HR Learning Guide (SearchSAP.com) SAP XI Learning Guide (SearchSAP.com) SAP RFID Learning Guide (SearchSAP.com) BAPI Learning Guide (SearchSAP.com) Basis Learning Guide (SearchSAP.com) Learning Guide for Sales Effectiveness (SearchCRM.com) Wireless Learning Guide (SearchMobileComputing.com) Learning Guide for Marketing Effectiveness (SearchCRM.com) XML Learning Guide (SearchWebServices.com) Linux basics for Windows pros (SearchOpenSource.com) Sound Off! -   Be the first to post a message to Sound Off! 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