SAP BUSINESS ANALYTICS

SAP BUSINESS ANALYTICS

(24 hours/8 Weeks)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course will introduce to the students the core concepts of Business Analytics and its importance in the decision making function relating to
the management of a company. We will use SAP LUMIRA 1.3 as a data visualization tool in order to make the data interpretable to various
stakeholders of an enterprise. Through this course, the students will be able to hone their analytical, data visualization, and presentation skills
through various business scenarios.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

1. Learn what Business Analytics is and how important it is to an enterprise.

2. Learn the importance of visualizing data and how it helps facilitate analysis.
3. Learn how data flows in an enterprise to create reports and drive business decisions.
4. Learn how to use SAP LUMIRA 1.3 to formulate data visualizations for analysis.
5. Interpret the data and present their findings to help formulate an ent erprise’s next course of action.

Topic Week Session Expected Output Teaching and Assessment Tools

Allotment Learning Activities
I. Introduction to Business Analytics 1 3.0 Hours 1. Students should be able to define Business Interactive Learning Objective Test
A. What is Business Analytics? Analytics and classify its types.
B. Metrics
- Commonly used Metrics 2. Students should be able to differentiate
C. The Three Kinds of Analytics between Data and Information.
- Descriptive
- Predictive 3. Students should be able to define what metrics
- Prescriptive are and how they help facilitate analysis.
- Business Analytics Continuum
D. Data and Information
- Difference Between Data and
Information
II. General Enterprise Data Flow 2 3.0 Hours 1. Students should be able to explain how data Interactive Learning Objective Test
A. How does data get transformed flows in an enterprise before information is
into information in an enterprise? obtained.
- Flow Diagram
- 3-Tier Architecture 2. Students should be able to list down potential
- Data Reliability gaps in data reliability.

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B. Business Analytics Applications

- Analytics using Spreadsheets 3. Students should be able to identify and list
- Dedicated Business Analytics down common Computerized Business Analytics
Tools Tools
III. Data Visualization 3-7 12.0 Hours 1. Students should be able to identify what type Interactive Objective Test/Presentation
A. Making information more easily of visualization is best to use for their given Learning/Hands-On
digestible through Data data/information.
Visualization
B. Representing different kinds of 2. Students should be able to use SAP LUMIRA to
data using Charts create a report starting from data acquisition to
C. Data Visualization using SAP presentation of results.
LUMIRA
- Acquiring Data
- Enriching Data
- Building Visualizations
- Exploring Data
- Presenting Results
- Sharing Results and Stories
IV. Capstone Project 8 6.0 Hours 1. Students will be able to build a report using Interactive Objective Test/Presentation
A. Business Scenario SAP LUMIRA and present their results. Learning/Hands-On
B. Self-development of Analyses and
Visualizations using SAP LUMIRA 2. Students will be questioned about their
C. Presentation of Results presentation.

References:
Business Analytics: Methods, Models and Decisions, James R. Evans
SAP Lumira, Desktop Edition User Guide

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