SAP BI Questions


SAP BI Reporting Strategy
We are running SAP R/3 4.7 and we plan to implement SAP BI 7.0 (with ECC6) in the next year. I’m looking for advices to write a BI Reporting Strategy where I have to define the high level criteria that should be used to select the first R/3 reports to be best candidate to be [...]

Answer Question   |  March 27, 2009  7:44 PM
BI, Business Information Warehouse, Business Intelligence, Reporting software, SAP BI, SAP BI Reporting, SAP R/3, SAP R/3 4.7, SAP Reports
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10 pts.

What are the typical responsibilities in a SAP BI support project ?
What are the typical responsibilities of a SAP BI consultant in a SAP BI support project? What areas need to be focused on while preparing for the project? I have heard that process chains maintainence play an important role in support projects. Can you give your take on that? What kind of issues do we [...]

Answer Question   |  March 26, 2009  4:34 AM
SAP BI, SAP BI Consultant, SAP BIW, SAP Business Information Warehouse, SAP BW, SAP careers, SAP consulting
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35 pts.

SAP BI certification
HI, I Have 10 month experience in SAP BI 3.5 and 7.0 Now i want to apply for take apply for certification so how can i apply for that and what is minimum experience required to apply for certification? please suggest me relevant links through which i can apply for certification Regards Richa

Answer Question   |  June 15, 2009  10:24 AM
SAP BI, SAP Business Intelligence, SAP careers, SAP certifications, SAP training
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5 pts.

About SAP BIW Module
Hi, I have done diploma in computer technology and pursuing my BCA and currently i am working and have 4-5 years of experience in java/j2ee. and now i wants to switch over to SAP (non-programming)which module is good to pick. What about lateral movement into SAP. i am interested for SAP BIW module. appriciate your [...]

Answer Question   |  February 17, 2009  11:16 AM
SAP analytics and reporting, SAP BI, SAP Business Intelligence, SAP careers, SAP certifications
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5 pts.

Difference between Persistent Staging area and Operational Data Store to get to info cubes and reports?
Difference between Persistent Staging area and Operational Data Store to get to info cubes and reports?

Answer Question   |  March 24, 2009  2:15 PM
InfoCube, SAP BI, SAP BI BW, SAP BW
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5 pts.

SAP Report Security
What tool or function is used in SAP BI or portal to control who has access to what level of reporting data, i.e. corporate, division, branch?

Answer Question   |  December 19, 2008  8:04 PM
SAP analytics and reporting, SAP BI, SAP Reports, SAP user accounts, SAP user authentication
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5 pts.

SAP BI
In an effort to validate my opionion of SAP BW/Netweaver Capability – In terms of flexibility, KPI Development, and Predictive Analytics, If you had to decide, would you select SAP’s product or another OLAP tool and why? Situation: Global Manaufacturing Company, multiple lines of business, 2 instances of SAP US & Europe, Growing data requirements, [...]

Answer Question   |  August 26, 2009  4:19 PM
KPI, NetWeaver, OLAP/OLTP, SAP BI, SAP BW
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10 pts.

Learning SAP BI after having 5 years of exp in Support
Hello Friends , I have around 5 years of exp in IT industry and have worked mostly in support . For past 3 years I have been working in Shell scripting for a support project for a very reputed company . Earlier I have worked in Oracle PL/Sql and Informatica for a data warehousing project [...]

Answer Question   |  November 18, 2008  1:50 PM
Certifications, SAP BI, SAP careers
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10 pts.

On SAP BI certification.
Hi , I have only 6 month experience on datawarehouse Domain with AbInitio tool in a support project.I am having total 4 years experience in telecom protocol testing background.Presently working in another support project with plsql and UNIX technology.Interested to swich over to SAP BI .How far it will be wise to go for this?Planned [...]

Answer Question   |  May 12, 2011  5:01 PM
Certifications, IT careers, SAP 4.6, SAP BI, SAP BI certifications, SAP careers, SAP certifications, SAP DW, SAP R/3
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5 pts.

SAP ABAP
hi , Im working as an abaper from past 4 months. how will the future prospects be if i learn ABAP-HR? will the knowlege in workflow or SAP BI/BW will help

Answer Question   |  November 21, 2008  8:58 AM
ABAP, IT careers, SAP BI, SAP BW, SAP careers, SAP HR
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5 pts.

Integrate Legacy Data and SAP data in BI
We are implementing BI 7.0 for HR. The original HCM implementation at our company occured 5+ years ago. At the time, it was decided to not bring into SAP withdrawn (terminated) legacy employees. The assumption being if data for those employees was needed it would be analytical in nature and HR could pull from the [...]

Answer Question   |  December 30, 2008  9:31 PM
HCM, Legacy Data, SAP BI, SAP BW, SAP HR
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5 pts.

Career in SAP BW or EP
Hi iam From Hyderabad … I finished my B.tech in 2004 , working as a tech support executive ( not related to software technology)… I learned ABAP long back in 2006 But Unable to get any job and i left ABAP… Now iam planning to learn either BIW or EP ,, I dont have any [...]

Answer Question   |  August 27, 2008  3:47 PM
SAP, SAP BI, SAP BW, SAP careers, SAP EP
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5 pts.

Science degree, sales and operations; any scope after SAP BI
Im a degree in science, 8 yrs in sales, 8 years in operations. now doing SAP BI. Is there scope at senior level or should i start from ground zero? Does the industry consider work experience when considering SAP positions.

Answer Question   |  August 21, 2008  4:34 PM
SAP BI, SAP careers
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10 pts.

SAP BI/BW Career option
Hi, I am a java developer (3 years experience)just joined SAP-BI course and even planned to do SAP Netweaver BI certification. I need advise on whether is this right step into SAP or should I need to add any other SAP technology like ABAP,Enterprise Portal (SOA). Could you please advise me whether for a career [...]

Answer Question   |  August 21, 2008  7:52 PM
SAP BI, SAP BW, SAP careers, SAP NetWeaver
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5 pts.

Is Functional skills enough for SAP BI
BSc, DIploman in Marketing (XIME), 16 years experience, i.e, 7 years in sales, 2 years in market research and the last 7 years in operations. I want to get into high end management decision making using SAP BI . `Zero’ in programming skills, good in using computers, OK in using excel for decision making decision [...]

Answer Question   |  August 14, 2008  5:45 PM
IT careers, SAP BI, SAP careers
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10 pts.

Scheduled Vs Released jobs in BI
Q; What is the difference between Sceduled & Released jobs in SAP BI 7.0.

Answer Question   |  August 22, 2008  6:00 PM
SAP BI
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5 pts.

ECC6.0 compatibility with BI ver 3.5
Hi, Wonsering if anyone could confirm compatibility of ECC6.0 (being upgraded from 4.6C) with BI ver 3.5 (not being changed)?

Answer Question   |  July 30, 2008  6:59 PM
ECC, ECC6, SAP BI
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5 pts.

CAREER IN SAP
I was IT professional with 8 yrs of Exp on Client server Technology Oracle & SQL Server. I had a break from 2002 to till date and i am self employed in Garments Industry.I would like to shift back to IT industry somebody sugested SAP (ABAP) or BI.I am basically a Commerce graduate. Looking forward [...]

Answer Question   |  July 25, 2008  5:00 PM
ABAP, SAP BI, SAP careers
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5 pts.

What is the difference between BI and BW
What is the difference between BI and BW?

Answer Question   |  June 11, 2013  12:03 PM
SAP BI, SAP BW
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5 pts.

is BI a better job opportunity for me
I am a system analyst in CRM now. I don’t like programing much, but there is an opportunity for me to switch to BI area. What’s the job market for BI? Does it required someone with good ABAP programing skills?

Answer Question   |  July 19, 2008  3:43 AM
SAP BI, SAP careers
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LK
5 pts.