|
Introduction
- General Introduction.
- SAP introduction.
- Data warehousing/ BW/ BI Introduction
- Master data; Attributes, Texts, and Hierarchies.
- Standard Naming conventions in SAP and BI
Data Modeling
- InfoObjects: Definitions
- Types: Characteristics, Key Figures, Time, and Unit.
- InfoCubes: Definitions.
- Types: Standards, real time, remote.
- Design of Infocube: Star Schema concepts. Precautions.
- DataStore objects (DSO):
- Types: Standards, Real time.
- InfoSets
- MultiProviders: Scenarios to create Multiproviders.
- Infocube VS DSO
Metadata and Document Management
- BI Content: Definitions, How to install BI contents,
Defining extraction
- For SAP source systems: Creating Generic dataSource and maintaining SAP delivered dataSource.
- Or for files: Creating DataSources for File Source Systems
Defining transformations
- Transformations and different scenarios.
Defining the data flow:
- Creating data transfer processes
- Creating process chains
Scheduling and monitoring:
- Checking process chain runs
- Monitor for extraction processes and data transfer processes
Performance optimization:
- Creating the first aggregate for an InfoCube
- Using the BIA index maintenance wizard
User management:
- Setting up standard authorizations
- Defining analysis authorizations
Transports:
Real business scenarios on different system environments, Moving objects from one system to another.
BI SUITE: Business Explorer
BEx Query Designer
- Queries: New queries, Restricting Characteristics, Formulas and Exception Cells
- Query Design: Defining Exceptions, Conditions, Restricted and Calculated KeyFigures
- Variables: The Variable Wizard, Variable Types and Processing Types, query Properties
- Component Properties: Properties of Characteristics, Attributes, Structure, Formula, KeyFigures
- Structures: Creating Re-usable structures
- Functions on BW Server: Copying queries between Cubes, Deleting Query Elements
Web Application Designer
- WAD: Functions of WAD, Web Items Window, Template Window, Properties Window
- Web Applications: Creating Web Applications, Settings, Stylesheets, Symbols and Properties
- Design: Designing the Layout of Web Templates, working with Library for Web Items
- Web Items: Tables, Filters, Checkboxes, Dropdown Box and other web items and their attributes
Activities
- BEx Analyzer
- BEx Web Application Designer
- BEx Report Designer
BI Platform
- Information Broadcasting
- Functions of the Broadcaster: Precalculating and Exporting into Enterprise Portal
- User Guide: Distributing Queries and Web Templates, Scheduling Broadcasting Settings
- Example Scenarios: Monthly Sales Reports, Ad-hoc Distribution Options.
OLAP
- OLAP v OLTP: The OLAP Concept and differences between OLAP and OLTP
- OLAP Functions: Aggregation, Currency Translation, Report-to-Report Interface
- MetaData Repository: Searching for MetaData
Career Related Support
- Resume Building with sample resumes
- Frequently asked interview questions
- Common Production Issues
Advanced Topics
Hot Bonus Topics:
- Overview of Planning with SEM-BPS.
- Architecture of BPS components.
- Planning Models (Planning Area, Planning Level, Planning Functions, Planning Layouts, Packages).
- Characteristic relationships, Variables.
- Data Slice
- Web Interface and Planning Folders.
Performance in depth
- Data Model for Performance: Line Item Dimensions, Navigational attributes, Time-Dependent
- BW Statistics: Query Analysis Tools, Performance Tables
- Reporting Performance: Effective query design, Line-Item, Compression, Partitioning
- Aggregates: Creating Aggregates, Finding effective aggregates
- Data Load Performance: Parallelism, Impact of Aggregates
- Partitioning: Logical Partitioning, Table Partitioning
|