SAP BI Syllabus
SAP BI Syllabus
0. Case Study
Discussion and implementation of a real-life project (Scenario 1) to give an overall sense
of the entire course. This will give you a picture of a BI Developer on a project,
highlighting on the tasks that most functional BI consultants are involved on a day-to-day
basis. After this demonstration, we delve into the syllabus below, pointing out the
underlying intricacies of the BI project we just implemented (Scenario 1).
1. Introduction and OLAP concepts
Enterprise Data warehousing Concepts: OLAP, OLTP, Data manager, etc
Demystifying the buzz words: ERP, ETL, Master Data, Transactional data, Meta data,
Business Content Objects, ASAP methodology, Functional/Technical specs, Testing, Data
Targets, Cubes, DSO/ODS, Infoset, Multitpovider, PSA, etc
2. General Practical Overview of the System environment
Exploring the system Environment as a beginner: Logon, Navigation, Transaction Codes,
Business Content and Metadata Repository, System Landscape/Transports, etc
3. Business Content and Metadata Repository
Installing BI Content and Exploring the metadata
4. BI Modeling
Creating InfoObjects (Characteristics & Key Figures), DataStore objects, InfoCubes,
InfoSets, MultiProviders, Master data- texts, Attributes, Hierarchies
6. BI Reporting
Reporting features & properties; Rows, columns, Free Characteristics, Filters,
BEx Query Designer: Queries, Workbooks Restricting Characteristics, Formulas and
Exception Cells; Defining Exceptions, Conditions, Restricted and Calculated Key
Figures, Variables, Creating Re-usable structures; Report-to-Report Interface
7. BI Data Staging/Extraction
Maintaining Data Sources, transformations, process chains, extraction process
monitoring; Start routine, End routine, Characteristics routine