Difference between BW and EDW

[Former Member]

Hi All,

I work on R/3 Security. Lately I'm in to EDW security.

So, I got one basic question to ask the experts here.

What is the difference between BW and EDW?

A bit of detailed explanation would be highly appreciated.

Regards,

Bharath

[former_member496813 · Accepted solution]

Mainly it's a version change.

BW: Business Information Warehouse version until 3.5 and new version is BI 7.0 - Business Intelligence.

When you go to RSA1 (BW Modeling), is called Administrator Workbench

When you go to RSA1 (BI Modeling) , is called EDW (Enterprize Datawerehouse).

Also check:

http://www.erpmastering.com/bwfaq.htm

Hope it helps..

[Former Member]

Hi,

EDW stands for enterprise datawarehousing, right? the "enterprise data warehouse" is your BW if you are staging / reporting only from BW; you could have as well another data warehouse systems combining BW data and other data...

Some would also say that the "data warehouse" is ONE system able to ETL data and present reports based on this data; that would be your BW.

EDW can also be stated as the data warehouse layer where you bring data from the source system and stage it . From EDW, you take it to the final destinations ( called data marts) from where you can develop queries.

Plz find the below doc which explains more abt your topic...

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/2341ba90-0201-0010-f1ac-daad61fd...

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Regards,

KK.

[former_member345199]

Hi,

Try this.

BW Vs Other DW

Thanks,

JituK

[Former Member]

Dear,

Conceptually, DataWarehouse is a technology and SAP's product based on Datawarehouse technology is SAP BW.

There are lot other products based on Datawarehouse technology.

Thanks