Companies are leveraging the power of big data and are tasked with putting an infrastructure in place that will allow for the analysis of this data. One essential piece of that infrastructure is the data warehouse (DWH). This book offers a comprehensive introduction to SAP Business Warehouse (BW). You'll learn about the primary features and functions of SAP NetWeaver BW, including architecture, data modeling, data extraction, data staging, and reporting. Learn about the different types of InfoProviders available in SAP BW and get a detailed understanding of InfoObjects and InfoCubes. Walk through the ETL process and best practices for administering InfoCubes and DataStore objects. Get tips on how to optimize data access using aggregates and statistics. By using practical examples, tips, and screenshots, the author brings readers new to SAP BW up to speed on the fundamentals and best practices for providing reports to users. • Tips for loading data from a source system to SAP BW with SAP ETL • How to automate ETL tasks using process chains • Using SAP BW Business Content to accelerate the design of your BW objects • Leverage BEx Query Designer and BEx Analyzer

Companies are leveraging the power of big data and are tasked with putting an infrastructure in place that will allow for the analysis of this data. One essential piece of that infrastructure is the data warehouse (DWH). This book offers a comprehensive introduction to SAP Business Warehouse (BW). You'll learn about the primary features and functions of SAP NetWeaver BW, including architecture, data modeling, data extraction, data staging, and reporting. Learn about the different types of InfoProviders available in SAP BW and get a detailed understanding of InfoObjects and InfoCubes. Walk through the ETL process and best practices for administering InfoCubes and DataStore objects. Get tips on how to optimize data access using aggregates and statistics. By using practical examples, tips, and screenshots, the author brings readers new to SAP BW up to speed on the fundamentals and best practices for providing reports to users. Tips for loading data from a source system to SAP BW with SAP ETL How to automate ETL tasks using process chains Using SAP BW Business Content to accelerate the design of your BW objects Leverage BEx Query Designer and BEx Analyze

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With their latest product, SAP S/4HANA, SAP is revolutionizing how we approach finance by re-architecting data persistency and merging accounts and cost elements. This book offers a fundamental introduction to SAP S/4HANA Finance. Dive into the three pillars of innovation including SAP Accounting powered by SAP HANA, SAP Cash Management, and SAP BI Integrated Planning. Find out about the new configuration options, updated data model, and what this means for reporting in the future. Get a first-hand look at the new user interfaces in SAP Fiori. Review new universal journal, asset accounting, material ledger, and account-based profitability analysis functionality. Examine the steps required to migrate to SAP S/4HANA Finance and walk through the deployment options. By using practical examples, tips, and screenshots, this book helps readers to: - Understand the basics of SAP S/4HANA Finance - Explore the new architecture, configuration options, and SAP Fiori - Examine SAP S/4HANA Finance migration steps - Assess the impact on business processes

Dive into SAP Business One! This guide explores the fundamentals of SAP Business One. Walk through the Business One application from top to bottom— including master data such as Business Partners and items for sale, to transactions with business partners, reporting and analysis, and integration with extensions and other systems. Get instructions on how to access and use the chart of accounts, business partner master data, item master data, and user data. Obtain practical guidance on how to navigate including the menu bar, the icon bar, and the main menu. Learn more about key processes for procurement, inventory, production and sales. Find out what the most important reports are including the General Ledger report and the aging report. By using practical examples, video tutorials, tips, and screenshots, the author brings readers quickly up to speed on the fundamentals of SAP Business One. „ - Foundations of SAP Business One „- Tips for navigating the system „- Key processes for procurement, inventory, production and sales „- Reporting guidance and best practices

As an administrator, your ongoing to-do list dominates your desk. Let us help: With this book, learn the daily, monthly, quarterly, and yearly administration tasks you should be performing, and how to perform them. This comprehensive guide will walk you through system setup and configuration to lay a sound foundation for effective data storage, and then teach you to employ performance tuning techniques to optimize system performance. Consult detailed best practices to learn how to create BW objects and run reports, as well as to effectively use jobs and skills profiles for system support. Advance your SAP BW system from a B-movie to a blockbuster.