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BusinessObjects Rapid Marts for SAP R/3

Benefits Gainrapidinsight AccelerateBI deployment Lowerdevelopment costs Developing an SAP R/3 data warehouse requires expertise in Businessanalysis Datamodeling SAPR/3 ABAP/4 Datawarehousing

Prepackaged Data Warehousing Solutions for Faster, Higher ROI SAPR/3providesasetofhighlyintegratedsoftwaremodulesthatperform commonbusinessfunctionssuchasenterpriseresourceplanning(ERP).Thedata withinthesemoduleswillbeessentialforunderpinningyourbusiness intelligence(BI)projects,buttheflexible,sophisticated,andtransactionalnature ofSAPR/3makesthisverychallenging.

ERPsystemslikeSAPR/3aredesignedformanagingtransactionsnotfor supportingquery,reporting,andanalysis.Analyzingdatadirectlyfromthe underlyingSAPR/3tablesiscomplex,limited,andfarfromuserfriendly. Industryexpertsagreethatdatawarehousingisthebestapproach.

Terminology Datawarehouse acopyoftransaction dataspecifically structuredforquery performanceand understandability Datamart asinglesubjectdata warehouse,orpartofa datawarehouse BusinessObjectsRapid MartsforSAPR/3 dramaticallyreduce businessintelligence implementationtimeby deliveringthefirstnine ofthesestepsforyouas prepackaged,powerful, andflexibledatamarts.

Comparison:SAPR/3andDataWarehousing SAPR/3 DataWarehousing Design Quicklyaddingdata Queryperformance Objectives Transactional Understandability integrity Avoidimpactingtransactionalsystems Data Limitedtocurrent Actuals,budgets,forecasts,andhistoricaldata Scope transactionaldata Preserveshistoricaldatarelationships Easytoincludeadditionaldatasources RDBMS Complex Simpleandpredictable Design Thousandsoftables Dozensofstarschema Normalizeddata Denormalized BusinessObjectsRapidMartsforSAPR/3areprepackaged,flexibledata martsthatcanbeimplementedinweeksinsteadofthemonthsorquarters normallyassociatedwithdatawarehousingprojectsonSAPR/3.RapidMartsare poweredbyBusinessObjectsDataIntegrator,apowerfulandproductivedata integrationplatformwhichleadstheindustrywithitssupportforextractingdata fromandloadingdataintoSAPR/3andSAPBWsystems.SAPapplication interfacessupportedincludeABAP/4,BAPI,ALE,IDOC,andRFC. 10 essential steps for building data marts / data warehouse on SAP R/3 data BusinessObjectsRapidMarts 1Specifybusinessrequirements encompassthefirstninesteps 2Determinewhatdataisrequired 3Discoverexactlywherethatdataisheld 4IdentifyandincorporateSAPR/3customizations 5Designandbuilddatabaseschemaforthedatamart 6Createprogramstoinitiallypopulatethedatamart
7Identifyandcapturenew,changed,anddeletedtransactions 8Cleanse,transform,validate,andloadchanges 9Robusterrorrecoveryandfailoverprocesses 10Gatherfeedback,refine,andgolive

BusinessObjects Rapid Marts for SAP R/3


Prepackaged Data Warehouse Solutions for Faster, Higher ROI

BusinessObjects Rapid Marts for SAP R/3 AccountsPayable AccountsReceivable CostCenter HumanResources Inventory PlantMaintenance ProductionPlanning ProjectSystems Purchasing Sales Data Sources SAP R/3 modules CO Controlling FI Finance HR HumanResources MM Materials Movements PM PlantMaintenance PP Production Planning PS ProjectSystems SD Salesand Distribution

Business Domain Expertise EachRapidMartreflectstheexpertiseandexperienceofleadingbusinessanalysts andSAPR/3domainexpertsfromhundredsoforganizations.RapidMarts providebestpracticebusinessanalysisanddatamodelsthatspanacrossmultiple businessprocessesandfunctions. Purchasing ProductionPlanning HumanResources Inventory Sales POrankedlistings Billofmaterialexplosion Employeebenefits Bookings Dailyinventorytrends Cycletimes Routingexplosion Eligibilityandenrollment Returns Stockturnover/outages Purchasingperformance Whereused Salarycomparison Lifetimesales Batchmanagement Capacityplanning EEOcomparableworth Deliveryefficiency Inventoryvaluation POhistory POstatus Costanalysis Employeepayhistory Deliveryservicelevels Stockleveloptimization Vendorperformance Leadtime Turnoveranalysis Margins Expenditure Priceanalysis MRPrequirements Employeeevents Discounting Replenishment Exceptionreporting Yieldanalysis Vacationreporting Backlog Maketoorderstatus Payable ProjectSystems CostCenter PlantMaintenance AccountsReceivable Accounts Openpayables Projectcosts Costs Lifetimeperformance Agedreceivables Allocations Badactors Configurabletimeperiods Configurabletimeperiods Plan,actual,variance Paymenthistory Earnedvalue Plan,actual,variance Maintenancehours Largestbalances PO/invoicereconciliation Progressanalysis Costcenterhierarchies Planningefficiency Customerpayments Checksissued Materialreservations Costelementhierarchies Materialconsumption Clearingagainstinvoices Shorttermcashoutflow Capacityplanning Internalorderhierarchies Damageanalysis Dunningandcredit Projectschedules Fiscalyear Downtime Shorttermcashflow Departmentworkload Financialeffectiveness Projectelements Reportingperiods MTBRandMTTR Departmentworkload TheflexibilityandcustomizabilityofeachSAPR/3module,togetherwiththe variationsinbusinessprocessesandanalysisrequirementsbetweenmodules, meansthattheunderlyingdataisverycomplex.Forexample: Somemodulesallowtransactionstobephysicallydeleted,makingitdifficult totrackoranalyzecancellations Mostmodulescopymasterdataaseachtransactionadvancesthrougha businessprocess,whichpresentsthequestionforeachtransactiontype, whichversionistherightversion? Data Modeling Expertise AsdifferentaseachSAPR/3modulecanbe,itisvitalthateachRapidMartcanbe linkedtogethertosupportanalyseslikecustomerprofitability,marketing effectiveness,andemployeeproductivitythatrequiredatafromdifferent modules.ThedatamodelsforeachRapidMartcanbeinstalledtogethertocreate aconformeddatawarehousebasedonindustrybestpracticesfordatawarehouse designasdefinedbyTheKimballGroup.Thisenablesbusinessqueriesto traverseacrosssubjectareasanddeliverevengreaterinsight. AndBusinessObjectsRapidMartsareeasilyextendedtoincludeadditionaldata fromSAPR/3,SAPBW,otherSAPsystems,anddatafromallyourother enterprisedatabases,applications,orlegacysystems.

BusinessObjects Rapid Marts for SAP R/3


Prepackaged Data Warehouse Solutions for Faster, Higher ROI

Rapid Mart Contents Datamodels DDLforschema creation Recommended joinsandindexes ETLworkflowsfor initialand incrementaldata Jobrecovery framework Sampleuniverses, SQL,andreports Technicaland businessanalysis documentation Prerequisites BusinessObjects DataIntegrator6.5 orabovewith ABAPapplication andMicrosoftor Oracledatabase interfaces SAPR/3release 3.1h,4.0b,4.6b, 4.6c,4.6d,or4.7or highercompatible version MicrosoftSQL Server2000or Oracle8.1.7 databaseorhigher compatibleversion Data Integrator Supports ABAP/4 ALE BAPI IDOC RFC

SAP Technical Expertise RapidMartsexploittherichsupportforSAPR/3providedbyBusinessObjects DataIntegrator,includingbrowsingandimportingmetadatafromSAPsdata dictionary,generatingABAP/4toaccessallR/3datapooled,clustered,and transparenttables.Industryleadingexpertshavedeveloped,refinedand incorporatedthebesttechniquesforcorrectlyextractingandpreparingthedatato meetthebusinessanalysisrequirementsforeachRapidMart,forexample: TheBusinessObjectsRapidMartforSAPR/3Salesprovidesalternative methodsforcalculatingbacklogsthatmanagetheidentification/removalof cancellationsandphysicaldeletions. TheBusinessObjectsRapidMartforSAPR/3Inventoryincludesanoptionto createaderivedhistoryofdailyinventorybyaccumulatingmaterials movementsovertime,toovercomethelackofinventoryhistoryinSAPR/3. TheBusinessObjectsRapidMartforSAPR/3ProductionPlanningsaves plannedordersduringinitialandincrementalloads.Thisisnecessaryfor comparingMRPproductionplanswithactualproductionorders,asR/3 plannedordershavenocreationdatesandaredeletedwhenconvertedto productionorders. Data Warehousing Expertise BusinessObjectsRapidMartsforSAPR/3areaseriesofprepackaged,powerful, andflexibledatamartsthatembodyindustrybestpracticesasdefinedbyThe KimballGroupandthepracticalexperiencesfromthousandsofdatamartand datawarehouseimplementations. Theflexible,componentbaseddesignmeansthattheseRapidMartscanbe implementedstandaloneorinanycombination.Theadvancederrorrecoveryand intelligentworkflowframeworkpreventsjobsfrombeingrepeatedunnecessarily evenwhereRapidMartssharecomponentsforconformeddimensionsor partiallycompletedworkflowsarerestarted. Flexible and Configurable EachRapidMartisdesignedtobeeasilyconfiguredandextended.Dozensof variablesareusedtocontrolalltheextract,transform,andloadprocesses.For example: TheBusinessObjectsRapidMartsforSAPR/3Salesincludesparametersfor definingwhethertoexaminedropshipments,whentosearchfordeleted ordersorchangesinbusinesspartnerdata. AllBusinessObjectsRapidMartsforSAPR/3containparametersfordefining defaultvalues,companycode,andstart/enddatesfordataextraction. TheBusinessObjectsRapidMartforSAPR/3AccountsPayableincludes parametersthatdefinebucketsforagingperiods.

BusinessObjects Rapid Marts for SAP R/3


Prepackaged Data Warehouse Solutions for Faster, Higher ROI

Rapid Marts are also Available for OracleeBusiness Applications PeopleSoft Enterprise JDEEnterpriseOne Siebel

Prebuilt for Rapid Implementation BusinessObjectsRapidMartsforSAPR/3deliverpackaged Businessdomainexpertise Datamodelingexpertise SAPR/3andABAP/4technicalexpertise Datawarehousingexpertise RapidMartsaredesignedwithinputfromhundredsofcompaniestomeetthe vastmajorityofyourneedsinamatterofdays.Youcanquicklyandeasily customizetheRapidMartsforyourspecificqueryandanalysis,reporting,and performancemanagementrequirementswithBusinessObjectsDataIntegrator. Implement in days, customize within weeks

BusinessObjectsRapidMartsforSAPR/3areprepackaged,powerful,andflexibledata martsthatdeliverafaster,higherreturnoninvestment.

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