Many companies struggle with the ability to quickly and accurately create easy-to-read reports. This book systematically explains how you can leverage SAP Analysis Office (AO) to support your company’s reporting needs. AO combines the experience users had with Business Explorer (BEx) reporting over the last decade, with the additional pivoting functionality offered by Microsoft, along with standard Excel reports. Combining these functionalities, SAP created a powerful tool for your daily analysis as you will discover in this book. Tight integration with the SAP NetWeaver BW environment ensures that reporting users can access and refresh data. This book dives into: - Installation and prerequisites - Key functionality and detailed explanations like Analysis Excel pivot, ribbon, and context menus - Enhanced reporting with API and Visual Basic (VBA) - A comparison of Business Explorer (BEx) and Analysis Office (AO) functionality

Managing your SAP data in Microsoft Excel? This is your guide to using SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office! Get started with the basics, from creating your first workbook to navigating through reports. Then, follow step-by-step instructions to process data, analyze data, develop planning applications, customize reports, and work with tools such as formulas and macros. Including details on troubleshooting, UI customization, and more, this book is your all-in-one resource! In this book, you'll learn about: a. Reporting and Data Analysis Learn to work with reports in SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office: define parameters with prompts, adjust formatting and styles, and extend reports with local data. Filter, sort, and display your data using hierarchies, and refine data analysis with simple and advanced calculations. b. Planning Use your SAP data to develop planning workbooks. Plan your data both manually and with functions and sequences. Understand key settings for cell locking, the planning model, and more. c. Advanced Features Take your skills to the next level. Write formulas to use in your reports, and create and use macros in your workbooks, including steps to use API methods, callbacks, and design rules. Highlights include: 1) Workbook creation 2) Report navigation 3) Prompts 4) Data processing, organization, and analysis 5) Planning applications 6) Report customization and formatting 7) Formulas 8) Macros 9) Configuration 10) Troubleshooting

This book offers a practical guide to SAP Material Ledger functionality and provides a solid foundation for understanding product costing as it relates to SAP Material Ledger (ML) and actual costing. Solidify your understanding of how SAP ML integrates with SAP FI, MM, PP, and SD. Walk step by step through a practical example of a complete manufacturing process and troubleshoot actual costing closing at month end. Explore SAP Material Ledger and actual costing configuration and dive into the prerequisites for multilevel actual costing runs by exploring the different types of cost variances. With this practical guide you will also obtain a list of SAP Material Ledger tables to support your product cost with material ledger reporting. By using practical examples, tips, and screenshots, the author brings readers up to speed on the fundamentals. - SAP Material Ledger functionality and key integration points - The most important SAP Material Ledger reports, including CKM3N - Tips for configuring, implementing, and using SAP ML effectively - Detailed steps for executing a multilevel actual costing run

Don't just read about SAP BW - get your hands dirty with this updated, must-have guide. Tackle all of the common tasks you'll encounter when working with SAP BW, from creating objects, to extracting and transforming data, to mastering the BEx tools. Keep your skills sharp with information new to this edition, including updates for SAP BW 7.4 and BW on SAP HANA. And follow along with a comprehensive case study to cement your knowledge. Detailed Steps for Working with SAP BW Get click-by-click instructions with guiding screenshots that will answer your questions and get you working in your own SAP BW system. Supplements and Bonus Material Find helpful lists of transaction codes, SAP Notes, data for the case study, and sample code downloads. Content New to this Edition Comprehensive updates include information on planning with DSOs, query execution in BW on HANA, SAP Lumira, and so much more. Highlights: InfoObjects Master data DataStore objects InfoCubes InfoProviders Data extraction BEx Query Designer BEx Web Application Designer Reporting and analysis Planning applications SAP HANA

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

SAP BI Edge is a powerful business intelligence (BI) solution for midsize companies. This book offers a comprehensive overview of what to expect and where you should start building your reporting framework. You'll get detailed information on reporting tools, like Information Designer, Universe Designer, BI Launchpad, Crystal Reports, and Dashboards (formerly XCelsius). Get tips for creating an InfoSet strategy and leverage it to run reports. Learn how to use the Information Design Tool (IDT) to design data models and layer your data to create universes. Identify the common queries you will need to get started and walk through how to publish SAP reporting data in a web format and create practical management dashboards. By using practical examples, tips, screenshots, and a case study the author brings readers new to SAP BI Edge up to speed on the fundamentals. - Installation and setup tips for SAP BI Edge with SAP ERP - Query and reporting tools best practices - How to build a dynamic SAP ERP data model based on your configuration - Step-by-step instructions on how to create a SAP BI universe