SAP BW/BI

SAP BW/BI Online Training

Introduction To Data warehouse:

  • Data warehousing/ BW/ BI Introduction
  • Overview of SAP R/3
  • Importance of SAP BI.
  • Versions of  SAP BI
  • Data Ware Housing Concepts
  • SAP System Landscape
  • OLTP vs. OLAP
  • SAP BI Architecture
  • Star Schema Concepts  Star Schema Vs   Extended Star Schema
  • Enterprise Data Warehouse Modeling:
  • Objects in SAP BI
  • Info Area, Info Object Catalogs
  • InfoObjects: Definitions
  •         - Types: Characteristics, Key Figures, Time, and Unit
  • Data Loading Using Flat files - Master Data & Attributes ,Text Data , Hierarchies Data
  • Transaction Data  
  • PSA, Transformation
  • Creation of InfoCubes

BI SUITE: Reporting
  • Introduction
  • BEx Web Application Designer
  • BEx Report Designer
  • Rows and Columns
  • Free Charsterstic  & Filters
  • How to create Queries.
  • How to Restrict Characteristics,                                           
  • Formulas
  • Exception Cells
  • Query Design:
  • Defining Exceptions,
  • Conditions,
  • Restricted  Key Figures
  • Calculated KeyFigures
  • Variables: 
  • Variable Types(Characteristic Variable, Text Variable , Formula Variable, Hierarchy Variable &  Hierarchy Node  and its Processing Types,
  • Component Properties:  
  • Properties of Characteristics,  Attributes, KeyFigures Properties, Global Query Properties, Copying queries between Cubes, Deleting Query Elements

ETL: Extraction Transforming & Loading
Generic Extraction - 
  •    Table
  •    View  
  •    Infoset     
  •    Function Module
          LO Data Extraction –  Customization & Migration Steps
          Non - LO Extraction
          Update Types :  Direct Delta ,Queued Delta Serialized & unsterilized V3 Update
           COPA Extraction
           FI-GL, AP, AR, & FI-SL Extraction
           Data Source Enhancement  for LO & Non LO.


Advanced Modelling Topics in SAP BW/BI

InfoCubes: Definitions - Types: Standards, real time, remote Cube
DataStore Objects (DSO): - Types: Standards, Write optimized DSO, Direct update DSO
InfoSets
MultiProviders: Scenarios to create
Infocube VS DSO

Metadata and Doc Management:
  • BI Content: Definitions, how to install BI contents

ABAP for SAP BW/BI Consultant
  • Field level Routine
  • Start Routine
  • End Routine
  • Expert Routine
  • Info package level Routine

Process Chains
  • Introduction of  Process Chains , Process Types & Groups .
  • Meta Chain
  • Direct & Background Job scheduling
  • Monitoring Process Chains
  • Message Integration – Success, Error Message
  • Including Delete, create indexes
  • Scheduling & Cancelling Process Chains
  • Scheduling Process chain in background
  • Process Chain Monitoring Techniques How to Schedule Process Chains daily, weekly, monthly

 Transport Connection
  • System Landscape: - Collecting Objects, Create Transport request, Releasing transport request,  Importing Transport request  & Error handling, Project Types

Performance Optimization:

Loading Performance
AggregatesCompressionPartitions,Line Item DimensionIndexes
Query Performance
Modeling ConceptsQuery DesignPartitioningCompressionAggregatesQuery Read Mode

Implementation Project
  • Project Plan/ Preparation
  • Business Blue Print
  • Requirement Gathering (URS & FRS )
  • Development
  • Production
  • Technical & Functional Specs

Support Project
  • Monitoring Techniques (Daily, weekly & Monthly jobs)
  • Handing Tickets
  • Various Support Issues & its resolution
  • Standard Naming convention in SAP- BI
  • OSS Note &  Discussion Groups



SAP BW/BI Certification Guidelines

Guiding for SAP BW/BI  Certification - Sample questions and documentation for HANA certification provided.
Guiding Resume Preparation & Tracking Interviews