A Glance into BI

Nelacanti. Mahesh

Advent Global Solutions, Houston, TX

Version 1.1

02/13/2009

@ Apple- Contractors Seminar, Cupertino- CA

• Data warehousing in General

• ETL Processes

• OLAP systems

• Need for BI

• Concept of Aggregation in BI

• Evolution of SAP BW BI

• Why BI is techno-functional

• Concept of Netweaver technology

• Reporting BI

• Integration with BO

• Extended SAP BI functionality - BPS/IP/BPC

• Why GRC

• GRC in BI

• Future landscape of SAP BI

• Questions session.

BI

Data warehousing in General

• Repository of an organization's electronically stored data.

• Buy Data from companies like D&B

• Designed to facilitate reporting and analysis

ETL (a.k.a-ETTL) Processes

• Extract• Transform/Transport• Load • Legacy• Outside sources• Migration• Cleansing

ETL - Vendors

• Informatica• Data Stage (IBM)• Abinitio• Hyperion• Python• Oracle Warehouse

Builder• SAS

• BO - Data Integrator• SAP - BI/BW

OLAP systems

• OLTP - Normalization• OLAP -

Renormalization• Why OLAP• OLAP server-

Aggregation• Multidimensional• Star Schema• Extended Star

Schema (SAP BI)

OLAP Vendors

• SAP BI/BW• Business Objects

XI (Voyager, DS)• MSSQL• Cognos (IBM)• MicroStratergy• Hyperion

EssBase(Oracle)

Need for BI

• Just what the name says

• Learn from wealth of data

• KPIs, Dashboards, Charts

• SAP BI makes good sense

• Business content with Plugins

• Standard Reports

• Never ending permutations

Concept of Aggregation in BI

• OLAP• Dimensions• Compressing

Records• Performance • DataMarts• Aggregates

Evolution of SAP BW BI

• SAP BIW

• SAP BW

• Netweaver Platform

• SAP BI 7.0 (aka 2004s)

• EDW (DW across enterprise- Union)

• BIA (BI Accelerator) Performance blade

Why BI is techno-functional

• Modeling• Interfaces• Data Marts/ Hubs• Customization• ABAP / Java etc• User Exits• Jack of all/many Functional• NOT Configuration

Concept of Netweaver technology

• Integrated Platform• Technical Foundation• Application Server

(WebAs - SRM, CRM, SCM, PLM, ERP)

• Business Intelligence• Composition Environment

(CE)• Enterprise Portal (EP)• Master Data

Management (MDM)• Mobile• Process Integration (PI)

Reporting BI

• Reporting– Spreadsheets– Tabular– Formatted– Printable

• Visualizations– Dashboards– Geographical/Maps– KPI’s /Charts

• Portal SSO integration with I-view

• Customizations• Complexity with

requirements RRI, FV, VarE, CelD, etc

• Formulae

Reporting Vendors

• SAP BI/BW– BEX– WAD– QD/RD

• SAP Visual Composer

• BO Crystal Reports

• BO Xcelcius

• Cognos

Integration with BO

Integration with BO…

Integration with BO…

Integration with BO…

Extended SAP BI functionality - BPS/IP/BPC

• IP

• BPS

• BPC (a.k.a CPM Outlooksoft)

GRC

• Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance

• SOX• SAP, IBM, Oracle and

many more• SAP GRC- Virsa,

Fremont• AE, CC, PC, FF• AE CC and FF are Java

Stack• PC converted to ECC

Suite (WebDynPro)

GRC in BI

• Business Content• AE, CC, PC• ABAP Stack• Java Stack• UD Connect

Future landscape of SAP BI

• SAP’s Roadmap for BI: 2010

• SAP’s BI products and BO’s BI products are going to seamlessly integrate as a complete solution framework for overall BI excellence.

Questions/ References

• Any Questions?• 832-253-6264• mnelacanti@gmail.com• Please add on to my network

on my linked in profile @• Mahesh. Nelacanti

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