Business Information Warehouse

Business Information Warehouse

1. Data Sources

   • SAP
   • Non-SAP
   • XML
   • Internet
   • Online Services
   • Database

2. InfoObject

   • Characteristics
     • Company/Division/Segment
     • Vendor/Customer/Product

3. InfoCube

   • Stored in InfoAreas
   • Star Schema
   • 1 Fact Table, 16 Dimensions Tables
   • 1 Fact table consist 233 key figures
   • 1 Dimension consist 248 characteristics

4. InfoProvider

   • Physical
     • Basic Cubes
     • ODS Objects
     • Info Objects
   • Logical
     • Virtual Info Cubes
     • Multi Providers
     • Remote Cubes
     • Info Sets
   • ODS
   • InfoCubes
   • Characteristics

5. Administrative Workbench

   • Configure, control, administrate SAP BW elements

6. Query, Reporting, Analysis

   • BEx Analyser
   • Alert
   • Ad-hoc Reporting
   • Multi Dimension OLAP Analysis
   • Geographical Analysis

7. 6 Subareas

   • Filter
   • Previews
   • Columns
   • Free Characteristics
   • Rows
   • Directory Tree