Mastering the SAP Business information Warehouse

Kevin McDonald, Andreas Wilmsmeier, David C. Dixon, William H. Inmon

542 pages, parution le 10/10/2002

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Résumé

Written by the leading experts in the field, this comprehensive guide shows you how to implement the SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW) and create useful applications for business analysis of company-wide data. You'll quickly learn how to design, build, analyze, and administer the data and information in the SAP BW component. The authors present the material in a way that reflects the process an organization goes through during a software implementation. They begin with an introduction to the fundamentals of data warehousing and business intelligence, helping you determine if SAP BW is right for your organization. The book then focuses on the business content and options available when trying to deliver value from the data stored in the SAP BW. And it includes a methodology for implementing the BW, such as data modeling and techniques for capturing and transforming data. With this book, you'll discover the options available in SAP BW 3.0 and explore a new way to drive business performance. It will show you how to:

Tackle such challenges as eliminating poor data quality
Develop an information model in order to properly deploy SAP BW
Utilize ETL, data storage, information access, analysis, and presentation services
Schedule, monitor, archive, and troubleshoot data loads
Effectively plan and manage the performance of a data warehouse

The companion Web site provides useful guides and templates for configuring your system, industry case studies, and additional updates. Contents

The Origins of Business Intelligence
The SAP Business Intelligence Solution
SAP Business Information Warehouse Architecture
Information Modeling
Understanding Business Content
ETL Services
Information Access, Analysis and Presentation
Analytic Applications
Administration in the SAP Business Information Warehouse
Performance Planning and Management

L'auteur - William H. Inmon

Bill Inmon, the father of the data warehouse concept, has written 40 books on data management, data warehouse, design review, and management of data processing. Bill has had his books translated into Russian, German, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, and Dutch. Bill has published more than 250 articles in many trade journals. Bill founded and took public Prism Solutions. His latest company - Pine Cone Systems - builds software for the management of the data warehouse/data mart environment. Bill holds two software patents. Articles, white papers, presentations, and much more material can be found on his Web site.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Kevin McDonald, Andreas Wilmsmeier, David C. Dixon, William H. Inmon
Parution	10/10/2002
Nb. de pages	542
Format	19,3 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1183g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780471219712