Business Information Warehouse: Release 3.0

Business Information
Warehouse
Release 3.0
Overview Presentation
SAP AG
SAP NetWeaver
The integration and application platform for lower TCO
SAP NetWeaver
People Integration
Integrates across
technologies and
organizational boundaries
A safe choice with full .NET
and J2EE interoperability
Collaboration
Information Integration
Business
Intelligence
Knowledge
Management
Master Data Management
Process Integration
Integration
Broker
Business Process
Management
Life Cycle Management
Composite Application Framework
Multi-Channel Access
Portal
Application Platform
J2EE
ABAP
DB
andOS
OS Abstraction
Abstraction
DB
and
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.NET
WebSphere
Unifies and aligns people,

information and business
processes
The business foundation for

SAP and partners
Powers business-ready
solutions that reduce custom
integration
Its Enterprise Services
Architecture increases
business process flexibility
SAP NetWeaver in Detail (SAP Internal View)

Product components and killer features
SAP Mobile Infrastructure

Tight coupling and alignment
with SAP business solutions
Business packages
Collaboration

Coming in 2003
SAP Exchange Infrastructure

Proxy generation and mapping tools
Integration directory
SAPs ability to execute
SAP Web Application Server
Proven, scalable, comprehensive toolsets

Leverage existing infrastructure/skillets
Multi-Channel Access
Portal
Collaboration
Information Integration
Business
Intelligence
Knowledge
Management
Process Integration
Integration
Broker
Business Process
Management
Application Platform
J2EE
ABAP
DB
andOS
OS Abstraction
Abstraction
DB
and
Life Cycle Management
SAP Business Information Warehouse

Business content
Tight integration to SAP
Open architecture (Crystal,Ascential)
People Integration
SAP Enterprise Portal

Composite Application Framework
SAP NetWeaver
Agenda
Data Warehousing
BI Platform
BI Suite
Preface
This presentation is divided in three sections.

Data Warehousing
It supports the complete process from data load, transformation, data
integration, consolidation and cleansing to data provision for analysis
and interpretation of consistent information. Includes the following
areas:
Extraction, Transformation and Load (ETL)
Data Warehouse Management
Data Modeling
Preface
Business Intelligence Platform

Serves as the technological infrastructure to support information access
and comprehensive analytics. It includes the following areas:
OLAP
Alerting
Data mining
Open Analysis Interfaces
Preface
Business Intelligence Suite

It provides a comprehensive set of tools such as query, reporting and
multi-dimensional (OLAP) analyses to support collaborative decisionmaking for analysts, executives and information consumer. It includes
the following areas:
Query design
Reporting and Analysis
Web Application Design
Agenda
Data Warehousing
BI Platform
BI Suite
Agenda
Data Warehousing
Overview
Feature Highlights
Data Warehousing - Overview
Openness
XML openness
DB Connect
Ascential
Open Hub Service
Easy Transformation
Transformation library and new user
interface for formula builder
Archiving
Process chains
ODS Objects
BW Service API
Agenda
Data Warehousing
Overview
Feature Highlights
Solution: BW DataSources for XML Data

BW
External application
InfoSource
document-type
data
CRM
mass data
SOAP
RFC
Service
push
XML data
FTP
(non XML format)
BW
DataSource
Delta
File
DataSource
pull
Full
Queue
File system
Meta Data Exchange Architecture
BW Server
BAPI
InfoCube
Create
XMI
XML parser
Meta Data
Repository
Export Meta Data from BW

Result: Description of BW objects
Request all BW InfoCubes(Objects)
HTTP
Request sent to BW
Back:
Page in XML with all

InfoCubes(Objects)
Queue
Request InfoCube Sales Orders
Import
Export
External Meta Data

Repository
External Application
Back:
Page in XML with Meta Data of

Sales Orders according to CWM
Import Meta Data to BW

Stored in a queue
XML parser reads queue
XML parser calls BAPI
DB Connect - Architecture
SAP BW
External
Database Server
Database
Catalog
List of Tables + Views
DataSource
Field Details
InfoSource
Data
Staging
Engine
Direct access to external RDBMS

Read metadata and data
Access to all DBs supported by mySAP

Technology is planned
DB Connect - Scenario
SAP BW
Application
DB-Connect
MS SQL
DataBase
NT
ORACLE
DataBase
Unix
Purchasing
A purchasing application runs on a legacy system based on an ORACLE database.

To analyze the data from the purchasing application, the data needs to be
loaded into the BW System (possibly installed on a different database, e.g. MS SQL-Server).
DB-Connect can be used to connect the DBMS of of the purchasing application and extract
data from the tables.
Solution: SAP BW & Ascential DataStage
BW Service API for SAP
Legacy Systems
SAP
BW
Non SAP
BAPI
File
RDBMS
(DB2)
VSAM
Data
Stag
e ET
L Co
mpo
nen
ts
ADABAS
E-Business Applications
Siebel
Oracle
PeopleSoft
...
s
nent
o
p
Com
ETL
e
g
Sta
Data
BW Load Pack
Open Hub Service (BW3.0A SP7) - Scenarios

Analytical
Application
Sales
Data Mart
SAP BW
Regional
Data Mart
Legacy
Application
Data Mart
Interface
Open Hub Service
SAP BW
BW is an enterprise-wide data warehouse which

can distribute data to external data marts (nonBW platforms), to external analytical applications
or legacy applications
Open Hub Service - Details
Controlled distribution
of consistent data
Target: file or DB table
Central monitoring
Select filter criteria and
columns
Scheduling
Full or delta mode
(Data + Metadata)
Easy Transformation - Transformation Library

(3.0B)
Scenario
The transformation process can require complex formulas and routines.
In the past, ABAP routines often had to be developed.
Benefit
The Transformation Library provides a rich source of predefined
functions such as string functions, date conversions, logical and
mathematical functions. More than 70 predelivered functions simplify
and accelerate the definition of transformation rules (update and
transfer rules) enormously.
ABAP coding can be avoided in about 50% of the analyzed customer
routines. Existing routines do not need to be converted into formulas.
The Formula Builder user interface of 3.0A was reimplemented to

improve usability. It supports integrated access to the Transformation
Library.
Transformation Library List of Functions

Mathematical functions:
add, sub, mul, div, ()*
CEIL / FLOOR
ROUND, TRUNC
EXP, FRAC
ABS, SIGN
SQRT
LOG / LOG10
DIV / MOD
trigonometric functions
exponents
String functions:
substring*
concatenate*
to upper case*
shift left / right
condense (no gaps)
trim left / right
strlen
replace
left / right
Logical operators:
=, <>, >, >=, <=,
IF, AND, OR, NOT*
Date conversion:
week_first_day (computes date (Monday) of cal. week)*
date_conv (converts external date format into internal format)*
date_diff (days between two dates)
add_to_date (adds days to date)
date_weekday (computes weekday from date)
date_week (computes week from date) *
date_month (computes month from date)
date_quarter (computes quarter from date)
date_year (computes year from date)
year_get_first_day (computes first day of year)
month_get_first_day (computes first day of month)
quarter_get_first day (computes first day of quarter)
date_fiscyear (computes fiscal year from date)
week_quarter (computes quarter from week)
week_month (computes month from week)
month_quarter (computes quarter from month)
month_year (computes year from month)
Other functions:
Skip record
Abort package
Check initial value
User-defined functions, that can also be reused in other transformation rules
setup via BAdI (Business Add-In)

* = Already available in 3.0A
Formula Builder New UI for 3.0B
Syntax Help
Select Category,
e.g. String
Functions
Select Formula
Button in
Transfer or
Update Rules
Transformation
Library
Communication
/ Transfer
Structure
Fields or
System Fields
Fast and
Convenient
Search
Archiving Techn. Architecture: BW and ADK

Integration
InfoCubes
Optical
Storage system
Archive
Files
HSM
System
ODS
object
Storagesystem
Archive
Files
SAP Functionality - ADK

3rd party products
Process Chains BW 3.0: Motivation
Automating the BW administration
Graphical modelling and monitoring
End-to-end monitoring
Openness for all kinds of processes
Robust error handling and ability to restart
Moving responsibility into the individual processes: Execution of a

process is not controlled by the predecessor process.
Process Chains User Interace
Drag and drop
Draw line to
connect
processes.
New Technical Architecture Parallel upload
Parallel upload supported

On data package and request
level
Reduced upload times
ODS
object
No table for new and modified

data (M-table)
Faster availability for reporting
Benefit: Performance
File
File
File
New Technical Architecture - ODS Object Type

ODS object
active
data
change
log
Activation
queue
Staging
ODS
object
API
3.0
Standard type
Used for staging - this is the 2.0B
ODS
Track changes with change log
Available for staging (in and out)
Future enhancements: Standard type
without change log
Transactional type (new in 3.0)

Used as data storage for
applications, e.g. SAP SEM, external
application
Direct update via APIs no staging
Real-time visibility of updates
No change log available no delta
support for connected data targets
Only queries on top of InfoSets
Service API 3.0B - New Features I
Delta extraction for generic extractors

The generic data extractor supports delta extraction. Monotonic
attributes, such as time or unique keys, can be defined to guarantee
true delta.
Minimizing Downtime during Extraction

Minimizing downtime during initial load / Early-delta
initialization
In logistics (logistics cockpit extractors), you can minimize the
downtime of the source system during the initial load: data can
already be written to the delta queue at the same time as data is
transferred from the setup tables.
A flag in the scheduler (as of 3.0A SP7) controls this feature.
Service API 3.0B - New Features II
Minimizing downtime prior to and during initial load

using a mirror source system
This service allows you to fill the setup tables in a mirror system, while
posting continues in the original source system and and fills the Delta
queue. After the setup tables have been filled and the initial load from
the mirror system into the BW has been completed, the status
information is synchronized with the original source system. Delta
transfer takes place from the original source system now into BW.
Agenda
Data Warehousing
BI Platform
BI Suite
OLAP Query Caching (BW3.0A SP5)

The query results and navigation statuses calculated by the OLAP
processor are stored as of release 3.0B as a data cluster in the crosstransactional application buffer in the application server instance (crosstransactional cache). This enables the OLAP processor to access data
stored in the cache for queries that are similar, thus improving query
performance and reducing the load on the database instance.
This cross-transactional cache is not the same as the local OLAP

processor cache, which was available before 3.0B and which saves query
results in a session. Another new option enables you to limit the maximum
memory provided by your system not only for the local cache but also for
the cross-transactional cache.
Agenda
Data Warehousing
BI Platform
BI Suite
Agenda
BI Suite
Overview
The BEx Web Application Designer
Feature Highlights
Designing Mobile Applications
The Business Explorer in SAP BW 3.0
Business Explorer
Portal Integration,
Collaboration
BEx Browser&
Deployment
Single
Singlepoint
pointof
ofentry
entry
Role-based
No further development
information
provision
Use Enterprise Portal
Personalization,
Collaboration, Profiling,
Subscription
Integration of
unstructured information
Drag & Relate, Unification
No further development
of the BEx Browser
Query, Reporting
BEx Analyzer
and Analysis
Query
Excel-based
Design OLAP
via
Desktop
Solution Workbooks
or
Web calculations
Side
Multi-dimensional /
Query Design
OLAP Analysis (MS Excel
or web-based)
Geographical analysis
Ad-hoc data exploration
Alerting
Seamless Excel-Web
integration
Web Application
BEx Web Intelligence
Design
Web
Portal
Application
Integration
Design
Interactive
Web-basedanalytic
OLAP content
over
the web Cockpits
Information
Information
DashboardsCockpits /
Dashboards
Web Application Designer
Framework for building
Open for Web design
Analytical Applications
Create iViews for the Portal
Wizard-based visualization
APIs for further web design
BEx
Form
Form
Reporting
Reporting
Formatted
FormattedReports
Reports
Legal
LegalReports
Reports
Pixel-oriented
Pixel-orientedlayouts
layouts
Pre-defined
Web/Portal deployment
templates in
Crystal Reports format
BEx
Mobile
Mobile
Intelligence
Intelligence
Online
WAP Mobile
& Offline
Phones
Scenarios
Support
PDAs of WAP Phones
and
PDAs
Precalculation
Automatic
deviceSync
recognition
WebDAV Offline
Publishing via Web
Application Designer
Alerts, charts,
Integration into Mobile Portal
3.0 Architecture 3.0B

ITS
BW 2.0
Mainly used for web-enabling

of existing SAP applications
Dynpro-based
Web
Serv. ITS
BW used ITS only as a

gateway (WEBRFC)
ITS Flow Logic was only used
in special cases
WEB
Browse
r
HTTP
BW 3.0 with
mySAP Web
AS technology
mySAP WAS
Enhanced scalability,
performance, and robustness
Generation of charts and maps
on Internet Graphic Server (IGS)
Support of background
processing
TREX
5.0.2.1
IGS
6.20
BEx Mobile Intelligence

Easy administration
Web Application Designer: The center of BEx

BEx AdHoc
Query
Designer
(web based)
Portal
BEx Query
Designer
(Windows
based)
BEx Web
Application
Designer
Agenda
BI Suite
Overview
Feature Highlights
Web Application Designer: Overall Architecture

BEx Web
Application
Designer
Any Web
Design Tool
BEx Adhoc
Query Designer
or
Excel based QD
or
Windows based
QD
http
create
Queries /
Views
OLAP Processor
Data
Base
Portal/
Any Web
Browser
Save HTML Templates in

Web Content Management
Generate URL automatically
BW Web
Service
BW Charting Engine
HTML
Templates
BW Server (using
mySAP Web App
Server Technology)
Web Application Designer
Available
Web items
Drag&Drop
Multiple documents
Web item
properties
New Web Items
New Items
Ad-Hoc Query Designer
News Ticker
checkboxes for filter values
Hierarchical dropdown boxes
Single documents and document

list
Menu
Web Application Designer Easy Customizing
Customizable context menu:
Each menu entry can be placed in the

general menu, the enhanced menu or
even be hidden.
Context menu settings are possible
individually for each Web template.
Web Application Designer Easy Layout/Printing
Query
Printing
Styles
Styles
Agenda
BI Suite
Overview
Feature Highlights
Item: Ad-Hoc Query Designer
Drag&Drop
Web item:
AdHoc Query
Designer
Item: News Ticker
Drag&Drop
Web item:
News Ticker
Item: Geographical Map
Drag&Drop
Web item:
GIS
Item: Document List
Collaboration with document integration
Context dependent document integration

Share knowledge with other employees
Custom Alert Settings and simple data display
Alert
Monitor:
Example
Views
Web Application Designer Easy Deployment
Save Web Application as iView
for immediate role-specific use in the

Portal
as iView file on your PC
Agenda
BI Suite
Overview
Feature Highlights
Architecture of BW 3.0 Mobile Intelligence

One URL
for all devices
Device Recognition
Web Application
Designer
Renderer for i-Mode

Renderer
forChart
WAP
Table
Renderer
Renderer
Renderer
for Chart
PDAs
Table
Renderer
One design
tool for all
devices
Chart
Renderer
Renderer
...
OLAP
Engine
BW Server
...
Renderer
Table
Web
Templates
...
Renderer
Renderer
Tablefor Internet
ChartBrowser
Renderer
...
Web
Framework
Reporting
Agent
Alert
notification
eMail, SMS
3. Optimization for BEx i-Mode Applications
Features of BEx i-Mode Applications
Item Paging (splitting items on several pages)
Paging in tables (depending on memory size)
Charts size and colors depending on i-Mode

device
Rendering with cHTML
Color for background, hyperlinks, text and

exceptions are customizable (transformation
of Cascading Style Sheet into cHTML)
Generation of statefull URLs instead of using

session cookies
Device-specific default template for ad hoc

analysis
Optimization for BEx iMode Applications

Table
Navigation block
Filter
Maps
Menu
Exceptions/
Conditions
Charts
Alert Monitor
Highlights PDA
BW PDA Queries designed with the Web Application Designer
Navigation block and table
Charts
BW Mobile Intelligence: WAP Example
Designed with the Web Application Designer, WAP specific output

Device-Specific WML for WAP devices
Item paging to split a BW Web application into several pages
Generation of WBMP for WAP devices
Pre-Calculating Static HTML for Offline Use
The Web Application Server enables HTML ,

HTML for Windows CE, XLS & Crystal
Reports Precalculation
Complete static HTML documents and .XLS Files are generated in

the background using the Reporting Agent
These documents are stored (via Web Content Framework) &
accessed offline via WEB DAV (Distributed Authoring & Versioning)
In addition to the BW-specific components in the template, all the
other components, such as icons, graphics (charts, maps) are stored
in a special directory.
A control query can optionally be used in order generate offline filter
navigation.
SAP BW 3.0 Additional Information
Further information can be found in SAPNet under alias

BW -> BW 3.0B.
Product Roadmap
BI Content
3.5.3 Add-On
BI Content
3.5.2 Add-On
BI Content
3.5.1 Add-On
SAP BW 3.5
BI Content
3.2 Add-On
BI Content
3.1 Add-On
SAP BW 3.1
Q1/2003
BI Content
3.3 Add-On
SAP NetWeaver
Integration
Web AS 6.40
SAP EP 6.0
SAP MDM 3.0
SAP XI 3.0
SAP MI 2.5
Q1/2004
BI Content
4.0.1 Add-On
SAP BW 4.0
Enterprise-wide
Real-time data
acquisition /
analytics
Active BI
Planning
infrastructure
Q1/2005

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The integration and application platform for lower TCO

Master Data Management

Life Cycle Management

Composite Application Framework

SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name 2

Unifies and aligns people,

The business foundation for

SAP NetWeaver in Detail (SAP Internal View)

SAP Mobile Infrastructure

Master Data Management

SAP Exchange Infrastructure

SAP Web Application Server

Proven, scalable, comprehensive toolsets

SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name 3

Master Data Management

Life Cycle Management

SAP Business Information Warehouse

SAP Enterprise Portal

SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name 4

This presentation is divided in three sections.

SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name 5

Business Intelligence Platform

Open Analysis Interfaces

SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name 6

Business Intelligence Suite

Web Application Design

SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name 7

SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name 8

SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name 9

Data Warehousing - Overview

SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name 11

Solution: BW DataSources for XML Data

SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name 12

Meta Data Exchange Architecture

Export Meta Data from BW

Page in XML with all

Request InfoCube Sales Orders

External Meta Data

Page in XML with Meta Data of

Import Meta Data to BW

List of Tables + Views

Direct access to external RDBMS

Access to all DBs supported by mySAP

A purchasing application runs on a legacy system based on an ORACLE database.

Solution: SAP BW & Ascential DataStage

BW Service API for SAP

SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name 16

Open Hub Service (BW3.0A SP7) - Scenarios

Open Hub Service

SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name 17

BW is an enterprise-wide data warehouse which

Open Hub Service - Details

SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name 18

Easy Transformation - Transformation Library

The Formula Builder user interface of 3.0A was reimplemented to

Transformation Library List of Functions

User-defined functions, that can also be reused in other transformation rules

setup via BAdI (Business Add-In)

SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name 20

Formula Builder New UI for 3.0B

SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name 21

Archiving Techn. Architecture: BW and ADK