SAP Business Intelligence (BI) is a tool to analyze raw data and derive meaning inferences. SAP BI gives single point access to data from various sources. Robust reports and visualization are available to analyze the data. SAP BI can analyze multidimensional data, easily integrates with other applications and has a mobile app. Here is what is covered in the book - Table Of Content Chapter 1: Introduction SAP BI Chapter 2: Overview of SAP BI Architecture Chapter 3: All About Infoobject Infoarea & Infoobject Catalog Chapter 4: How To create an INFOAREA Chapter 5: How to create an INFOOBJECT CATALOG Chapter 6: How To Create an INFOOBJECT with Characteristics Chapter 7: How to Create INFOOBJECTS with Key Figures Chapter 8: What is DSO? Why Use It? Chapter 9: What is Standard DSO? How To Create One? Chapter 10: What is Write Optimized DSO? How To Create One? Chapter 11: What is Direct Update DSO? How To Create One? Chapter 12: What is InfoSet? Chapter 13: What is an Infocube? How To Create One? Chapter 14: How to Load Master Data from Flat File? Chapter 15: How To Load Transaction Data From Flat File? Chapter 16: How to load Master Data from ECC? Chapter 17: How To Load Transaction Data From ECC? Chapter 18: All About Classical & Extended Star Schema Chapter 19: All About Process Chains in SAP BI/BW Chapter 20: Installing BW Standard Content Chapter 21: Introduction to BEX Query Designer and Query Elements Chapter 22: Learn About Key & Characteristics Settings CFK, RFK & Formulas Chapter 23: SAP BW / BI Interview Questions & Answers

SAP Basis is a set of useful programs and tools in the SAP landscape. It helps in integration and administration of the Database, Operating system, Communication protocols and business applications (such as HR, PP, SD,etc) This book is designed for beginners with little or no prior SAP Basis experience. Here is what you will learn: Table Of Content Chapter 1: Introduction 1. What is Basis? 2. Install SAP GUI (FrontEnd) 3. SAP Instance &SID 4. Sap Architecture Chapter 2: Client 1. What is Client ? How to Create a New Client 2. Client Copy – Local,Remote, Import/Export 3. How To Delete a Client Chapter 3: User Authorization 1. How to Create a User 2. How to Lock/Unlock a User 3. How to Limit Logon Attempts 4. How to set Password Restrictions Chapter 4: Background Jobs 1. Background Job Processing 2. How to Monitor a Background Job 3. How to Delete a Background Job Chapter 5: Transport Management System 1. Introduction 2. How to configure TMS 3. How to configure Transport Routes and Layers 4. What is Transport Request? How to Import/Export it & check logs? Chapter 6: Patch Administration 1. Support Package & Stack Updates 2. SAP Kernel Updates 3. SAP System Monitoring & Performance Checks 4. How to trace if an OSS Note is deployed in your landscape Chapter 7: RFC 1. Introduction to RFC (Remote Function Call) 2. How to Configure and Test RFC Chapter 8: Data Migration 1. IDOC:Definition, Architecture, Implementation 2. What is SAP LSMW?

Thoroughly Updated and Expanded! Includes New Coverage on Cloud Computing for SAP! In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you’ll master the latest updates on SAP, and discover how to succeed with it in real business and technical environments! Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll learn through practical hands-on examples and case studies based on SAP’s free demonstration software. Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a strong real-world foundation with both the business and technical sides of SAP. Leading SAP architect and consultant George Anderson starts with the absolute basics...thoroughly covers core business, reporting, and administration tasks...and takes you all the way to the cutting edge, including how the cloud might be used to support SAP environments. Step-by-Step instructions carefully walk you through the most common SAP tasks. Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge. By the Way notes present interesting information related to the discussion. Did You Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks. Watch Out! cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them. Learn how to... Integrate various cloud resources into your current-day SAP environments Understand SAP applications, components, and architecture Obtain and install the trial version of SAP, step by step Use NetWeaver, SAP ERP, the SAP Business Suite, and other SAP applications Select an access method and create user roles and authorizations Customize your user interface for maximum convenience and productivity Transact day-to-day business, including sample sales order transactions, personnel updates, and more Work through complex processes, such as “Order to Cash” Query from SAP and third-party business productivity tools, such as SharePoint Professionally tune, maintain, and monitor SAP systems Plan and build new SAP applications Prepare for SAP projects, including technical upgrades and enhancements Develop your career as a SAP business or technology professional Dr. George W. Anderson, senior architect and SAP Basis Consultant for Microsoft Services, specializes in designing and optimizing mission-critical platforms for SAP and other enterprise applications. He’s passionate about developing architectural patterns and tools capable of enabling the kind of business agility that IT has been promising for years and businesses today need more than ever. A certified SAP technical consultant, PMI PMP, and long-time MCSE, his books include SAP Implementation Unleashed and the popular SAP Planning: Best Practices in Implementation. Category: SAP Covers: SAP User Level: Beginning–Intermediate

SAP Hana is popular due to its large main memories and massive parallel job processing capabilities. It makes SAP Hana real fast. The motive of this book is to develop a good understanding of how SAP Hana is used. The book doesn't need any experience with SAP HANA or software development. It’s a self-learning guide that even beginners can use. Everything about SAP HANA is explained like architecture, modeling, reporting, SQL script, and so on. This book is full of information, hands-on and real life project experience learning. In this edition, you will identify various components of SAP HANA and its working process. Though the book size is small, it tried to justify almost all important topics of SAP HANA with examples and images. These includes SLT, the connection between SAP system and HANA, Data services, etc. You will also learn how to use SQL script in HANA. By the end of this book, you will be able to integrate SAP HANA pretty much with any platform. Over a time you can use this edition as a handbook and harness your SAP Hana skills. So all and above this edition will save a lot of your expenses spend behind other courses and learning resources. Table Content Chapter 1: Introduction 1. Introduction SAP HANA 2. Why to choose SAP HANA? 3. SAP HANA In-Memory Strategy 4. SAP HANA Advantages 5. SAP HANA Compare to BWA (Business Warehouse Accelerator) Chapter 2: Hana Architecture 1. SAP HANA Architecture 2. SAP HANA Landscape 3. SAP HANA Sizing Chapter 3: SAP HANA Studio 1. Pre-Requisite for SAP HANA Studio 2. Supported Platform 3. Download & Install SAP HANA Studio 4. Add System in SAP HANA Studio 5. Work With SAP HANA Studio Chapter 4: SQL Script, Data Type, Trigger, Sequence, Operator, Function, Expression, Identifiers 1. What is SAP HANA SQL 2. SAP HANA Identifiers 3. SAP HANA Data Type 4. SAP HANA Operator 5. SAP HANA SQL FUNCTIONS 6. SAP HANA SQL EXPRESSIONS 7. SAP HANA SQL Stored Procedure 8. SAP HANA Create Sequence 9. SAP HANA Create Trigger Chapter 5: Data Provisioning 1. Overview of Replication Technology 2. SLT (SAP Landscape Transformation Replication Server) 3. SAP DS (SAP DATA Services) 4. SAP HANA Direct Extractor Connection (DXC) 5. Flat file Upload to SAP HANA Chapter 6: Modeling 1. SAP HANA Modelling Overview 2. Join Method in SAP HANA 3. SAP HANA Best Practices for Creating Information Models 4. SAP HANA Attribute View 5. SAP HANA Analytic View 6. SAP HANA Calculation View 7. SAP HANA Analytic Privileges 8. SAP HANA Information Composer 9. SAP HANA Import and Export 10. SAP HANA Performance Optimization Technique Chapter 7: Security 1. SAP HANA Security Overview 2. SAP HANA Authentication 3. SAP HANA Authorization 4. SAP HANA User and Role Administration 5. SAP HANA License Management 6. SAP HANA Auditing Chapter 8: Reporting 1. Reporting In SAP BI (Business Intelligence) Overview 2. Reporting In Webi of SAP Business Objects (BO) on HANA 3. Reporting In Crystal Report 4. Reporting In SAP Lumira 5. Reporting In Microsoft Excel

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