Dedicated data modeling support for SAP BW

SAP BW (also known as SAP BI) is a powerful data warehousing environment but it lacks dedicated data modeling support for the design and management of the BW cubes.

Now for the first time Saphir for BW allows data modelers to assist at all stages of the BW development process; deploying the power of data modeling tools to improve the productivity of BW technical and business staff alike.

Saphir for BW builds on the highly successful Saphir for SAP metadata analysis tool to allow generation of BW Star Schemas of BW cubes and provide full data modeling support for the design and management of BW cubes.

SAP BW and enterprise data warehousing & metadata management initiatives

Saphir is the only toolset able to deliver metadata intelligence functionality across both SAP and BW environments.

By integrating this SAP & BW metadata intelligence with the leading data modeling and Repository products Saphir ensures that SAP BW can play its full part in corporate wide data warehousing & metadata management initiatives.

BW Hierachy

This example screen shot shows InfoAreas in the Saphir Application Hierarchy.
Using this information it is easy to generate ‘Star Schema’ diagrams of any of the InfoCubes.

The thumbnail image below shows a start schema of the ‘SAP Demo’ InfoCube, represented in Visio.

SAP BW

Key Benefits

  • Automatic generation of Star Schema documention of existing BW cubes
  • Data modeling support for BW design & management process
  • Diagrams provide effective communication between technical and business project staff
  • Assess the impact of changes from one SAP implementation to another
  • Document and control user customisation
  • Reduce your dependency on application specialists

Versions

Saphir works with SAP BW™2.0 to 7.x.


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