2014 Aug 12 4:28 PM
Hi :
New in SAP world. Need suggestion on how to start to learn SAP business Intelligence.
My background is oracle E-Business developer. For reporting purpose, I am using Oracle discoverer, Oracle Report and BI publisher. My manager wants me find some class to learn the SAP Business Intelligence.
Question :
1) Any suggestion What class should I take?
2) In SAP, what is Business Intelligence? Is that a reporting tool? What is the role for developer in BI? Does the developer build the basic report and then user can further manipulate the final "look" of the report?
2) I found the SAP certification for SAP Business Objects BI. It suggests to take Crystal reports too. What is the relationship between Crystal report and BI in SAP world?
Any advice is welcome!
Fushan
2014 Aug 12 9:48 PM
SAP BI has many areas to master. You need to decide if you want to focus on the front-end or back-end.
For front-end, you will specialize in Business Objects Business Intelligence and learn the reporting toolset. You will need to develop skills for gathering reporting requirements, and visualizing data graphically or in tabular format.
For back-end, you will specialize in designing data warehouses in SAP BW or SAP HANA. You will need to develop skills for data modeling and ABAP programming.
For certification, go to the SAP Education site and look at the recommended courses. I also recommend the SAP PRESS certification guides (eg. BI 7.0) to help study for the exam. You can also find lots of training videos and free content online thru SAP.