SAP Business Information Warehouse Reporting: Building Better BI with SAP BI 7.0

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SAP Business Information Warehouse Reporting: Building Better BI with SAP BI 7.0
 

    
    
        
        
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Your Hands-On Guide to SAP Business Information Warehouse
Give your company the competitive edge by delivering up-to-date, pertinent business reports to users inside and outside your enterprise. SAP Business Information Warehouse Reporting shows you how to construct Enterprise Data Warehouses, create workbooks and queries, analyze and format results, and supply meaningful reports. Learn how to use the BEx and Web Analyzers, Web Application Designer, Visual Composer, and Information Broadcaster. You will also find out how to forecast future business trends, build enterprise portals and websites, and tune performance. 
Group data into InfoCubes and DataStore Objects and generate reports using queries and workbooks
Work with the BEx Analyzer, Web Analyzer, and Query Designer 
Build queries and reports using the Business Administration Workbench
Add attachments and drill-through using Document Integration and RRI
Format and distribute results using Report Designer and Information Broadcaster
Extend functionality with Enterprise Portal, Data Modeling, and Visual Composer
Deploy charts, maps, diagrams, and unit of measure conversions
Predict trends and possible outcomes using SBC and Integrated Planning
Generate HTML pages using Enterprise Reporting and Web Application Designer
Create BI-based corporate Web and intranet sites using SAP Enterprise Portal


		
	


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 So far the best in BI reporting
 
Review Date: August 6, 2008
Reviewer: J. Satriadi, Indonesia
This is the book I've been looking for, I can easily find the information I need with detailed explanation and personal comment from the author, not only description of terms and collection of screens capture. This book shows that the author has a hands on experience in BI reporting. I recomment this book over SAP Press books with the same subject, and this one is cheaper from Amazon.com ;-)



 Mainly about the Query Designer
 
Review Date: October 26, 2009
Reviewer: Martin, 
This book is the best book currently available about SAP BI reporting. That said, other books on this topic (mainly by Norbert Egger) aren't particularly convincing. So there isn't much competition. Besides as another reviewer mentioned, it is much cheaper. 



Peter Jones explains the concepts well and in greater detail then you will find elsewhere. There are lots of useful examples, tips and tricks. 



This book devotes a lot of space to the query designer - this is the central tool for all SAP BI reporting - and covers it well. It has another two chapters on the report designer, a module that SAP is going to let die, so one might consider this bit a waste of space. The information broadcaster is also covered quite well and in sufficient detail. 

Peter Jones decided to add a chapter for web reporting and the enterprise portal plus half a chapter each for the visual composer and integrated planning. I suspect he did this mainly, so he could say that he had covered all the front end tools. 

Unfortunately the lack of space means these topics get short shrift, as you could easily fill a complete separate book for each of them. The VC and IP bits don't tell you much more than that these modules exist and why they might be interesting.



PJ has announced a book covering web reporting and as the Web Application Designer won't be replaced before 2013 (Business Objects Pioneer in the SDK version), I am definitely going to buy it.



 Great Value
 
Review Date: December 11, 2009
Reviewer: Sanjay Raj, Woodbridge, NJ
A great value compared to other SAP Press publications. Does not fall short on covering range of BI topics. I found it very helpful as my first book to BI. Although it seems to be designed more for the business user - but being a technical resource i found it useful to understand things from the business side. 



 Good book to anyone new to SAP BI
 
Review Date: January 25, 2009
Reviewer: DK, Atlanta, Ga.
We are using this book at work as a foundational book for bringing new hires up to speed on SAP BI.  



 Good book to to learn SAP reporting
 
Review Date: February 4, 2009
Reviewer: Russell D. Ebbing, West Bloomfield, MI United States
The book reads well, for those who have read SAP or taken SAP classes, many of the illustrations.  By far the easiest book to understand and follow on the topic, I wish I had this book before I tried to tackle the information from the SAP classes I had taken.