SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse-Product Offerings
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SAP NetWeaver Business
Warehouse-Product Offerings
Applies to:
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Summary
This article identifies the product offerings which SAP NW Business Warehouse can provide in order to implement ETL and reporting solutions for varied range of business scenarios.
Author: Rahul Mahajan
Company: Deloitte Consulting India Pvt. Ltd
Created on: 02 June 2010
Author Bio
Rahul Mahajan is currently working with Deloitte. He is working in BI space for past 3 years.He has a rich experience in Data Extraction, Enterprise Data Warehousing,Enterprise Reporting and Business Objects.
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Table of Contents
SAP NetWeaver BW Overview ................................................................................................................... 3
SAP NetWeaver BW Key Business Challenges .......................................................................................... 3
SAP NetWeaver BW Meeting Business Challenges .................................................................................... 3
SAP NetWeaver BW Product Architecture .................................................................................................. 4
Key NetWeaver Components .................................................................................................................. 4
SAP NetWeaver BW Platform ................................................................................................................. 5
SAP NetWeaver BW How does it work?.................................................................................................. 5
SAP NetWeaver BW Capabilities ............................................................................................................... 6
SAP NetWeaver BW- Business Planning and Analytics ............................................................................ 17
Key Capabilities ....................................................................................................................................... 17
Planning Model and Design ..................................................................................................................... 18
Planning Functions .................................................................................................................................. 18
Planning Application Execution via BEx Web Application Designer .......................................................... 19
Planning Application Execution Via Workbook ......................................................................................... 21
Benefits ................................................................................................................................................... 21
Key Reports ............................................................................................................................................ 21
Planning KPI Matrix- A sample scorecard listing down KPI’s .................................................................... 22
SAP NetWeaver BW Metamorphosis ........................................................................................................ 22
SAP NetWeaver BW Industry Solutions & BI Content ............................................................................... 23
Predefined content for Business Areas .................................................................................................... 23
Non SAP Systems Integration: ................................................................................................................. 23
Industry Solutions .................................................................................................................................... 23
Financial Services ................................................................................................................................... 23
SAP NetWeaver BW Key Standard Reports- ............................................................................................ 23
FICO ....................................................................................................................................................... 23 Automotives ............................................................................................................................................................... 23
Human Resources ..................................................................................................................................................... 23
Supplier Relationship Management ........................................................................................................................... 23
Supply Chain Management ........................................................................................................................................ 23
Health Care ................................................................................................................................................................ 24
SAP NetWeaver BW Advantages & Best Practices................................................................................... 24
Advantages ............................................................................................................................................. 24
Best Practices ......................................................................................................................................... 24
SAP NetWeaver BW Road Map ............................................................................................................... 24
Related Content .......................................................................................................................................... 25
Disclaimer and Liability Notice ..................................................................................................................... 26
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SAP NetWeaver BW Overview
SAP NetWeaver BW provides each organizational unit with the needed reliable, consolidated, integrated, actual and historical information
Reporting and Analysis tool
Access to the trends, patterns and rules buried within data warehousing environment
Enterprise-Class, Complete Open and Integrated Solution
Seamless Integration of transactional and analytical content
Robust and Scalable Infrastructure
Decision making requirements regardless of datasources
On the Fly Analytical Insight
High Visual Appeal and Usability
Provides Management Metrics and Transactional Reporting
SAP NetWeaver BW Key Business Challenges
Business Execution not aligned with Corporate Strategy
Ineffective Decision Making Process
Increasing Competitive and Market Pressures
Compliance Requirements
Budget Constraints
SAP NetWeaver BW Meeting Business Challenges
Business Execution not aligned with Corporate Strategy
o Corporate Performance Management
Ineffective Decision Making Process
o Self Service and Information Democracy
Increasing Competitive and Market Pressures
o Smart people using smart applications
Compliance Requirements
o Reliability, completeness and transparency
Budget Constraints
o Buy from a strategic partner, don’t build
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SAP NetWeaver BW Product Architecture
SAP NetWeaver BW is an end-to-end data warehousing product designed to provide one standardized, easy to use tool to store all enterprise information.
Key NetWeaver Components
Data Modeling
Metadata and Document Management
Data Acquisition
Open Hub
BI Suite
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SAP NetWeaver BW Platform
SAP NetWeaver BW How does it work?
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SAP NetWeaver BW Capabilities
Enterprise Data Warehousing
Data Warehouse Management
Extraction, Transformation and Loading
Business Modeling
OLAP Technology
Business Content and Industry Templates
Metadata Management
Data Mining and Predictive Analytics
Alerting
Query, Reporting and Analysis
Query Design
Reporting and Analysis
Alert Notification and Report Broadcasting
Security and Personalization
KPI’s, Metrics and Dashboards
Business Planning and Analytics
Business Planning and Simulation
Business Consolidation (delivered via mySAP ERP Financials)
Business Performance Measurement (delivered via mySAP ERP Financials)
Collaboration and Guided Procedures
Modeling the EDW
Data Modeling
o Highly Flexible and Comprehensive information models
Data Acquisition
o Plugs SAP BI to various heterogeneous source systems
Metadata and Document Management
o Supports customers in quickly building up their data model out of pe-delivered business content
Data Distribution
o Data can also be distributed to other warehouses, in case your EDW landscape consists of several warehouses
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Running the EDW
DataFlow Control
o Improved transparency of staging processes across data warehouse layers
o Real Time Data Acquisition capabilities facilitating operational reporting
Administration and Monitoring
o Minimal TCO and highest reliability in data quality
o Contains process chain maintenance, delta queues etc
o Centralized monitoring, focus on critical issues and drill down from overview to details while data load processes.
Performance Optimization- BI Accelerator
o Query performance boosted by orders of magnitude
o High Performance Data Access
Information Lifecycle Management
o Reduces the amount of online data that has to be administrated
o Supports data ageing together with data archiving capabilities
User Management
o High Flexibility of authorizations
o Hierarchy Authorizations at the same level as value/interval authorizations
o Facilitates complex security paradigms
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Query, Reporting and Analysis
BEx Suite Features
o Query Reporting and Analysis
o Adhoc Query/Web Analyzer
o Excel Integration
o Information Broadcasting
o Visual Composer
o Alert Framework
BEx Query Designer-Query Design takes place in the Business Explorer (Bex) Query Designer, a Visual Basic .NET Based Unicode Compliant tool
o Ease of use via drag and drop
o Comfortable Formula Editor
o Access to any BW data provider
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BEx Analyzer- Analyze different aspects of the business
o Multi Dimension Views
o Generic Navigation (slice and dice, drill down, drill thru, pivoting)
o Hierarchy navigation
o Time dependency
o Currency Conversion
o Conditions/Exceptions
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BEx Report Designer- A new VB.Net based tool that allows to create formatted,print optimized reports
o Integration of text, pictures and charts
o Header and footer for reports and pages
BEx Visual Composer
o Offers integration with BI infoproviders
o Allows Business Users to create analytical content
o Supports wizard based as well as freeform modeling of queries
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BEx Web Application Designer
o Ability to create wide range of easy to use Web Apps
o Cockpits/Dashboards
o Drop Downs/Radio Buttons
o Tickers
o Charts and Maps
o Device Specific Output Generation
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BEx Web Application Dashboard Example- Review the Top 5 Products in Organization
BEx Web Analyzer
o Adhoc Query and Analysis Variant
o Access to BEx Queries, BEx Query Views, Info Providers as well as 3rd Party Data providers
o Wizards for Exception and Condition Definition
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BEx Information Broadcaster-Supports Different Business Scenarios
o Event Based(“intelligent push”) integrated with process chains
o Ad hoc- BEx Broadcasting Wizard for one step distribution.
o Guided Scheduling times
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BEx Web Printing Options
o BEx Web Applications, BEx Reports and results of adhoc analysis can be converted to PDF and printed.
o Adobe Acrobat reader required, no plug-ins necessary.
BEx Web Printing Dialog-Using the Print Dialog, we can generate PDF files from BEx reports, Web Applications and adhoc analysis
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Data Bursting
o Broadcast user specific data based on master data in BI
o Example- Burst a cost center report according to each cost manager and retrieve the email addresses from a master data attribute.
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BEx KM and Collaboration Services- Enabled on top of any broadcasted BI data. Services used for:
o Subscription
o Feedback
o Discussion
o Collaboration
o Download
o Notes
BEx User Needs and Functions
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SAP NetWeaver BW- Business Planning and Analytics
Business Planning processes collect data from Info Providers, queries or other BI objects, transform this data in various ways and write the information back into BI info provider.
Key Capabilities
• Homogeneous analysis and planning user interface.
• One generic planning tool for all solutions
• BI Analytical Services( drill down, alerting, calculated key figures..) for planning.
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Planning Model and Design
Design your planning structure using the web based Planning Modeler
Planning Functions
With these features you can edit your plan data by algorithm, Planning Functions are as:
• Revaluation
• Reposting
• Formulas
• Currency Translation
• Distribute with Reference Data
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Planning Application Execution via BEx Web Application Designer
• Create and Configure Web Application
• Choose Data Binding
• Configure Interaction
• Configure Queries and functions and use them in web templates.
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Planning Application Execution Via Workbook
Benefits
• Brings together Analysis and Planning on same database
• Improved strategy implementation
• Find Cross Selling Opportunities
Key Reports
• P&L Actual vs. Budget
• Vol, Gross, Net Actual vs. Budget
• Worst Variances Actual vs. Budget
• Top and Bottom N Customer for variance of Actual vs. Budget
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Planning KPI Matrix- A sample scorecard listing down KPI’s
KPI Dimensions Derived KPIs
Volumes Cust: Sector, Market / Region, Key
Accounts
Prod: Brand, Prd Type, Prd Group, Classification
Time: month
Senarios: ACT, BDG
Variances ACT vs BDG
Growth ACT vs ACT(Last Year)
Time aggregations:
Base, YTD, QTD
Volume Share Cust: Sector, Market / Region
Prod:, Prd Type, Prd Group, Classification
Time: week/month
Senarios: ACT
Time aggregations: YTD,
QTD,LTD
Value share Cust: Sector, Market / Region
Prod:, Prd Type, Prd Group, Classification
Time: week/month
Senarios: ACT
Time aggregations: Base, YTD, QTD, MAT
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SAP NetWeaver BW Industry Solutions & BI Content
Predefined content for Business Areas
• CRM, FICO, SEM, HCM, PLM, SCM, SRM, Cross X etc
Non SAP Systems Integration:
• Tealeaf (E-Analytics)
• AC Nielsen (Market Analysis)
• Dun and Breadstreet (Market Analysis)
Industry Solutions
• Aerospace & Defence, Apparel & Footwear, Healthcare, High Tech, Media, Chamicals,
Consumer Products, Oil & Gas, Retail, Real Estate, Public Sector , Pharmaceuticals, Automotives etc.
Financial Services
• Banking, Insurance, Financial Service Provider and Profit Analyzer
SAP NetWeaver BW Key Standard Reports-
Below mentioned are few major areas where SAP reports are available meeting business processes
FICO
• Accounts Receivable Overdue Entry
• Accounts Receivable Due date for net payment analysis
• Commitments and Actuals
• Value Comparison between Depreciation Areas
Automotives
• Vehicle Availability
• Top 10 Selling Configurations
• Top N Claiming Dealers
Human Resources
• Number of Trips
• Expense Receipts
Supplier Relationship Management
• Top 15 Categories
• Shopping carts per Requestor
Supply Chain Management
• Invoice Verification: Blocking Reasons
• Purchase order analysis
• Vendor Evaluation Data
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Health Care
• Admissions Discharges
• Hospital Structure Data
• Discharges Per Period
SAP NetWeaver BW Advantages & Best Practices
Advantages
• Enabling of accurate, faster and actionable information
• Compliance with industry regulation thus mitigating business risks
• Connecting Corporate Goals, Objectives and Strategies to an individual contributor level
• Information Democracy and Self-Service
• Predictive analytics and smarter applications to grow the business
• Quick wins and faster Return on Investment
Best Practices
• Establish a corporate memory
• Provision Clean, trustworthy master data
• Move from data focused to process focused deployment
• Implement a BI Service orientation
• Implement composite analytical application
SAP NetWeaver BW Road Map
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