Chapter 1
Enterprise Resource Planning, Business Intelligence, Data Warehouses, and SAP BW------ 1
Chapter 2
Certification Exam-------------13
Chapter 3
Training------------------ 25
Chapter 4
Data Modeling---------- 32
Chapter 5
Building Blocks--------- 78
Chapter 6
Reporting------------- 116
Chapter 7
Extraction------------ 160
Chapter 8
Getting Ready for Certification: Tips and Tricks------------------ 187
Chapter 9
Simulated Certification Test------------------ 196
Appendix A
SAP BW and Data Warehousing Resources-------- 213
Appendix B
SAP BW Quick Reference Guide----------- 227
Appendix C
SAP BW R/3—Related Quick Reference Guide-------- 23
Appendix D
SAP BW 3.0 New Features
Appendix E
SAP BW Training Offerings: Course Descriptions------ 288
Appendix F
Roles and Skills for BW Projects--------- 301
Appendix G
SAP BW White Paper---------- 311
Appendix H
SAP BW Standard Business Content--------- 317
In recent years, companies have replaced dozens of legacy systems and years of business data with a new ERP system to address the integration and modernization of daily transactions that run the business. As part of this process, they redesigned business processes and often developed new process measurements. SAP was often the ERP system of choice.
After having implemented ERP, most organizations found that these systems were good for gathering data, executing transactions, and storing data. Still, organization after organization
discovered that getting information out of ERP systems was difficult.
