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 SAP Netweaver Business Intelligence (BI 7.0)
 
1 Course Overview and Data Warehousing Overview: What is BW, OLTP v/s OLAP, Differences in reporting (Detailed transactional v/s Summarized history)
2 Data Warehousing Overview – Terminology: Info Objects, Characteristics, Key figures, Master Data – Attributes/Texts/Hierarchies, Data source, Info source, Data Transfer Process (DTP), Data Store objects (formerly: ODS), Info cubes, Master data in Data Store Objects
3 Data Modeling: BW Extended Star Schema, BW Master Data, Info Objects, Attributes, Hierarchies, texts.  
4 Master Data loading / via Flat files, to Info Object attributes texts, Data Store objects, Info cube. 

5 Introduction to Data Warehousing Workbench: DWB Functions, creating an Info cube, creating data store objects (formerly: ODS Objects), info objects, info sets and multi providers. Define transformations (unified transfer & update rules) and unit conversion.
6 OLTP Extraction / External data extraction: Data extractors, Data source replication, R/3 Extraction process, Scheduling jobs in “Job Control” (Previously known as V3 control), Monitoring, Remote cubes.  
7 Data Store Object Functions: Structure of DSO / PSA (Persistent Staging Area), Data staging in the DSO, Using DSO for reporting, DSO types – Standard, Direct Update and Write Optimized. 
8 Business Content: Business content components.

9 Production support: Administration & Monitoring, Error Handling, BW statistics, Aggregates, Info cube maintenance. 
10 Special topics: Authorizations, Multi providers (and Multi Cubes), Data Marts. 
11 SAP R/3 Extraction Overview: Extraction process, Types of extractors, Enhancements to extractors (overview), Delta management for extractors.
12 LO Data Extraction (LO Cockpit): BW customizing cockpit (Transaction SBIW => LBWE), Initial Setup, data load procedure 
13 Extraction from CO-PA: CO-PA Overview, Generating and replicating Data sources, Creating Info sources, Data transfer. 
14 Data extraction from FI-SL: FI-SL Overview, Data structures. 
15 Generic Data Extraction: Master data / Transaction data, Data sources, Extraction types (using Table views, Info set and Function Module). 
16 Enhancing Business Content: Enhancing data sources for Transaction data
17 Enhancing Business Content: Enhancing datasources for Transaction data /Master data / Texts, Enhancing data with the Function enhancements (EXIT_SAPLRSAP_…). 
18 Delta Management: Delta management in generic extractors, Concepts, use of various methods - Time stamp, Calendar day, Numeric pointer.
19 DB Connect Architecture: DB Connect makes it possible to extract data from external RDBMS (supported by mySAP technology).  
20 Reporting: Overview of BI 7 query designer, Report designer. Designing Queries Restricted Key Figures, Calculated Key Figures, Query Jump, and Variables. 
21 Reporting: Report Agent (Executing Reports in the Background), Exceptions.

22 Web Reporting: WEB Application Designer, IViews, Web Templates.
Integrated Planning ( IP )
IP functionality using a business scenario
Data Models (Infocubes, Txn Cubes, Multi-Planning areas)
Planning Models, Methods, functions and Layouts
Planning Applications
 
 
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