This book is the must-have guide for readers from business analysts to executives to design effective, good looking reports to visualize your data using SAPNetWeaver BW 7.x. Case studies, example reports, and even snippets that can be downloaded and reused. Readers can implement examples at their own site with minimal modification. The book will also reveal functionality that is not covered by online help, Following the book content will enable readers to utilize the complete capabilities of SAP NetWeaver BW, and combine it with other SAP technologies. Build reports and dashboards from performance point of view is the main target of this book. The book will briefly explain how to integrate Business Objects Crystal Reports and Xcelsius tools into your existing BW 7.x environment.

This book provides you with a detailed, how-to guide for using SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (BW) 7.x and the BEx tools to generate enterprise reports. It will teach you how to design and distribute effective, attractive reports that meet critical business objectives. 1. When, Why, and How to Use BEx Reporting Understand the common business scenarios and problems associated with reporting with SAP NetWeaver BW and learn how reporting can be used to avoid problems. 2. Retrieving Data from SAP NetWeaver BW 7.x Learn how to retrieve data, prepare the data, and present the data for reporting and enterprise-wide distribution. 3. Building Effective BW Queries Explore the basic process for creating a query from scratch using the BEx Query Designer, which is a critical component in the foundation of a quality business intelligence user experience. 4. Providing Queries to Your Users Discover different avenues for delivering BW queries to users, including SAP-delivered web templates, custom web templates, or the BEx analyzer Excel interface. 5. Running Queries in Excel Learn how users can run BW reports directly in Microsoft Excel using SAP's BEx analyzer tool, and how Excel workbooks can be customized to improve productivity. Highlights: BEx Analyzer BEx Query Designer BEx vs. SAP BusinessObjects BEx Web Application Designer BW Web API Commands DataProviders Drag and Drop Navigation Filters Hierarchies Knowledge Management Integration Nesting Web Items Query Navigation in Excel Toolbars Usability Tips Variables Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Web Templates

Understanding the system modeling -- Business process flows and activities -- Using system reports -- Advanced SAP BPC tasks

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) recently endorsed the use of computers in food science education. The minimum standards for degrees in food science, as suggested by IFT,"require the students to use computers in the solution of problems, the collection and analysis of data, the control processes, in addition to word processing."Because they are widely used in business, allow statistical and graphical of experimental data, and can mimic laboratory experimentation, spreadsheets provide an ideal tool for learning the important features of computers and programming. In addition, they are ideally suited for food science students, who usually do not have an extensive mathematical background.Drawing from the many courses he has taught at UC Davis, Dr. Singh covers the general basics of spreadsheets using examples specific to food science. He includes more than 50 solved problems drawn from key areas of food science, namely food microbiology, food chemistry, sensory evaluation, statistical quality control, and food engineering. Each problem is presented with the required equations and detailed steps necessary for programming the spreadsheet. Helpful hints in using the spreadsheets are also provided throughout the text.Key Features* The first book to integrate speadsheets in teaching food science and technology* Includes more than 50 solved examples of spreadsheet use in food science and engineering* Presents a step-by-step introduction to spreadsheet use* Provides a food composition database on a computer disk

For the executive: what SAP HANA is and how it can help you For the practitioner: details on data modeling, data provisioning, and the SAP HANA client tools For everyone: the latest and greatest developments Suite on SAP HANA, advanced applications for SAP HANA, and more 2nd edition updated and expanded HANA is shifting SAP into high gear don t get left in the dust. In this updated edition of our best-selling book, explore the what, why, when, and how of SAP HANA. From building a business strategy to administering a system (and all the pit stops in between), you'll have the big picture you need to get started. Buckle up, because this is one car that doesn t travel in the slow lane. Business Strategy Learn how big data, in-memory computing, and SAP HANA come together to influence your business strategies, from trend reporting to predictive analysis. Implementation Options Which type of SAP HANA implementation is right for you? Learn what you need to know about your different options, and get started planning an implementation: technical requirements, sizing, and migration considerations.Data Modeling and Provisioning Introduce yourself to Studio and Information Composer, SAP HANA s data modeling tools. Then get information about data provisioning in SAP HANA, including step-by- step instructions for SAP Data Services. SAP BusinessObjects BI Understand how the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform hooks up to SAP HANA, including information on SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio and SAP Visual Intelligence. Administration Take a look into the SAP HANA Administration Console and understand the most important administrative tasks in an SAP HANA system.

'ABAP Objects' comprehensively covers the new object oriented generation of SAP's programming language ABAP.

In the last 50 years the world has been completely transformed through the use of IT. We have now reached a new inflection point. Here we present, for the first time, how in-memory computing is changing the way businesses are run. Today, enterprise data is split into separate databases for performance reasons. Analytical data resides in warehouses, synchronized periodically with transactional systems. This separation makes flexible, real-time reporting on current data impossible. Multi-core CPUs, large main memories, cloud computing and powerful mobile devices are serving as the foundation for the transition of enterprises away from this restrictive model. We describe techniques that allow analytical and transactional processing at the speed of thought and enable new ways of doing business. The book is intended for university students, IT-professionals and IT-managers, but also for senior management who wish to create new business processes by leveraging in-memory computing.