BW is short for business information warehouse.
Sap bw can provide trusted data and information so that managers and business personnel can make quick decisions on this basis.
Sap bw provides an integrated and independent EB policy management solution.
Sap bw integrates the entire mysap business platform, including supply chain analysis, customer information analysis, and e-commerce transaction analysis.
Sap bw Architecture
BW includes three-tier architecture
Upper-layer business Explorer is an environment used by end users to obtain reports. It is the BW expression and analysis layer.
The middle-level business information warehouse server has two main functions. first, data warehouse management is used to extract data from R/3 OLTP applications. second, data storage and representation are jointly completed by infocubes, Data Manager, metadata repository, and operational data store (ODS.
The underlying source system is the source of raw business data. sap bw supports multiple data sources including R/3 systems, non-SAP systems, and mysap.com and other sap bw systems.
Business Content in SAP BW
Business Content SAP is a commercial knowledge system extracted from R/3 systems, mysap components (such as mysap SCM, mysap SEM, and mysap CRM), industry solutions, and other non-SAP systems. it includes predefined information models, such as roles, web reports, work books, queries, infocubes, infoobjects, extractors, and infosources.
Business Content accelerates the implementation of BW, which also includes general and industry-specific business information.
During BW implementation, check whether identical or similar content is provided in sap bw business content before creating an existing infocubes and a new query. you can also modify and configure the existing business. this greatly reduces the implementation time.
Business Explorer
Business Explorer can be used to analyze business data. Business explorer helps end users find, view reports, and analyze system information. It consists of the following four components:
Bex Browser Graphical interface for managing various reports in sap bw. All BW report operations are managed by their roles and functions respectively.
Bex Analyzer
Interactive Interface Based on MS Excel, used for analysis and query according to the selected features and key data definitions
Bex Map
It is used to display information related to geographical information in sap bw, such as customers, sales regions, and countries. It is an integrated Geographic Information System (GIS) in sap bw ).
Bex Web
It is used to publish various queries and reports defined in The Bex analyzer on the Internet and enterprise networks.
