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  • Please register for BW405 as the course to provide an overview of query design for both SAP BW powered by SAP HANA and SAP BW/4HANA. In BW405 you will gain the knowledge to create query definitions using the eclipse-based BW Query Designer in SAP HANA Studio (used with BW powered by SAP HANA) and to make them available for analysis.

Course information

Content

  • Introduction to SAP HANA and SAP Business Warehouse (BW)
    • Describing the Evolution and Data Layout of SAP HANA
    • Describing the Concepts of Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Warehousing on Any Database
    • Outlining the Basics of SAP BW Powered by SAP HANA
    • Set Up SAP BW Modeling Tools in SAP HANA Studio
  • Report Launching and Navigation in Reports
    • Outlining SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform
    • Navigating in SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office
    • Navigating in SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio Generic App
  • Simple Queries
    • Creating Simple Queries
  • Key Figures in Queries
    • Configuring Properties of Key Figures
    • Creating Restricted Key Figures
    • Creating Calculated Key Figures
    • Creating Calculated Key Figures with Boolean Operators
    • Creating Calculated Key Figures with Exception Aggregation
  • Structures in Queries
    • Creating Structures
    • Resolving Formula Collision and Working with Cells
  • Characteristics, Attributes, and External Hierarchies in Queries
    • Configuring the Properties of Characteristics
    • Creating a Query and Running Display and Navigation Attributes
    • Creating Queries and Including External Hierarchies
  • Variables in Queries
    • Explaining Variables
    • Creating Characteristic Value and Text Variables
    • Applying Business Content Variables
    • Creating Characteristic Value Variables with a Replacement Path from a Query
    • Creating Formula Variables
    • Creating Hierarchy Variables and Hierarchy Node Variables
  • Exceptions and Conditions in Queries
    • Creating a Query and Including Exceptions
    • Creating a Query and Including Conditions
  • Report-Report Interface
    • Applying the Report-Report Interface
  • Query Performance Optimization
    • Optimizing Query Performance
    • Applying Performance Monitoring Tools
    • Configuring Query Read Mode
    • Describing the HANA-Optimized Analytic Manager
  • Query Management
    • Managing Query Objects
  • Authorizations Overview
    • Describing Authorizations
  • SAP Analytics Overview
    • Overview of SAP Analytics (SAP BusinessObjects BI and SAP Analytics Cloud) for consumption of SAP BW Queries

Goals

  • This course will prepare you to:
    • Provide students with an overview of SAP BW powered by SAP HANA
    • Provide knowledge to create query definitions using BW Query Designer and to make them available for analysis

Audience

  • Application Consultant
  • Technology Consultant
  • Business Analyst
  • Business Process Owner / Team Lead / Power User
  • Program/Project Manager
  • User

Prerequisites

Essential

  • None

Recommended

  • Experience and sound knowledge of the subject matter in at least one SAP ERP application course

Course based on software release

  • BW 7.5 on SAP HANA

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