SAP Business Intelligence (BI) ans SAP Business Warehouse (BW) : Overview and Architecture
SAP BW and BI Introduction SAP Business Intelligence (BI) means analyzing and reporting of data from different heterogeneous data sources. SAP Business Warehouse (BW) integrates data from different sources, transforms and consolidates the data, does data cleansing, and storing of data as well. It also includes data modeling, administration, and staging areas. The data in SAP BW is managed with the help of a centralized tool known as SAP BI Administration Workbench. The BI platform provides infrastructure and functions which include − 1. OLAP Processor 2. Metadata Repository 3. Process designer and other functions The Business Explorer (BEx) is a reporting and analysis tool that supports query, analysis, and reporting functions in BI. Using BEx, you can analyze historical and current data to a different degree of analysis. SAP BW is known as an open, standard tool that allows you to extract the data from different systems and then send it to ...