BI/data mgmt Definitions
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BEx (Business Explorer)
In the SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW), BEx (Business Explorer) is the reporting tool used to work with data in the BW database.
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Business Configuration Set (BC Set)
In the R/3 system from SAP, a Business Configuration Set (BC Set) is a management tool that allows the user to record, save, and share customized settings.
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Business Information Warehouse (Business Warehouse or SAP BW)
Business Information Warehouse (sometimes shortened to "Business Warehouse" or BW) is a packaged, comprehensive business intelligence product centered around a data warehouse that is optimized for (but not limited to) the R/3 environment from SAP. (Continued...)
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Collaborative Master Data Management (CMDM)
Collaborative Master Data Management (CMDM) is an integration tool from SAP, the German software company.
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Enterprise Services Architecture (ESA)
Enterprise Services Architecture (ESA) is SAP's enhanced version of service-oriented architecture (SOA)... (Continued)
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SAP BusinessObjects BI
SAP BusinessObjects BI (SAP BO, also historically BOBJ) is a reporting and analytics business intelligence (BI) platform aimed at business users.
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SAP Cloud for Analytics
SAP Cloud for Analytics (CforA), which was released in February 2015, is a software as a service (SaaS) business intelligence (BI) platform designed by SAP specifically for the cloud with the intent of providing all analytics capabilities to all users in one product.
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SAP Cloud for Customer (SAP C4C)
SAP Cloud for Customer (SAP C4C) is a cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) platform for sales and service professionals, comprised of SAP Cloud for Sales and SAP Cloud for Service, which are marketed as separate entities by SAP.
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SAP Data Hub
SAP Data Hub is software that enables organizations to manage and govern the flow of data from a variety of sources across the enterprise.
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SAP Data Services
SAP Data Services is a data integration and transformation software application.
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SAP Design Studio
SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio is an application that builds professionally authored dashboards across large enterprises.
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SAP HANA One
SAP HANA One is an inexpensive, private cloud-based instance of the SAP HANA platform, hosted in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. SAP HANA is a data warehouse appliance for processing high volumes of operational and transactional data in real-time.
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SAP HANA Vora
SAP HANA Vora is an in-memory computing engine designed to make big data from Hadoop more accessible and usable for enterprises. It takes data stored in Hadoop and integrates it with data from enterprise systems, allowing data analysts to gain instant insight on the data and make contextually aware decisions.
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SAP JAM
SAP Jam is SAP's social media platform.
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SAP Lumira
SAP Lumira (formerly called SAP Visual Intelligence) is a self-service, data visualization application for business users.