uk’s reporting strategy sap’s business warehouse (bw) is the long-term solution for reporting....

UK’s Reporting Strategy• SAP’s Business Warehouse (BW) is the long-term solution for

reporting.

• Business Warehouse is a preferable over writing reports in the SAP online system (R/3) because of: – ease of use – snapshot or point-in-time comparisons– ability to integrate with several reporting tools (WebFOCUS, SAS, etc.) – ability to merge R/3 and non-R/3 data– ability to merge data from multiple R/3 functional areas (MM, FI, HR,

etc.) – ability to report on extensive attributes of master data (fund center,

grant, etc.)– analytic (drilldown, data pivots) and operational (lists) reports– preservation of processing speed in the R/3 system for more critical

needs such as payroll and student registration.

Business Warehouse Concepts

A. BW Business Content Data structures, extraction/load jobs and reports Not all R/3 data is delivered in BW BC.

B. BW Customization Add R/3 elements not in delivered BC Add UK custom R/3 elements (ProCard) Add non-R/3 data (ProSAM, historical data) Add custom data structures and queries Modify delivered BC data structures and queries

Business Warehouse Concepts

C. Data Structures Operational Data Store (ODS) – detail

transactions InfoCubes – dimensional analysis of summary

data, with possible drilldown to details in ODSD. Reporting Tools

Business Explorer (BEx) – Power users; write reports.

BEx Web Reporting – Customize and run reports written by others.

Other – SAS and WebFOCUS interface. Future decisions.

1. Phase I

Identified and prioritized 2,000+ existing reports

Focus on most critical R/3 (not historical) data and most critical

reports

Scope for FI/MM

SAP Delivered – Grants Management, AP and AR

Custom Work – Funds Management, FI-Special Ledger,

Check Management, ProCard, extensive AP & AR master

data additions

Scope Definition for HR, ProSam and CM – in progress

Business Warehouse (BW) Implementation

2. Phase II

Migrate historical data to BW in stages (3-5 years)

Development of “lower” priority reports

Strategic Enterprise Management (SEM) –

dashboard, strategy map

Business Warehouse (BW) Implementation

Examples of Reports Delivered in BW

• Financials– 1099 Vendors– Vendor Document Details– Check Management Analysis– Assigned Funds (All Ledgers)– Budget Version Comparison– Commitments and Actual– Grants Management – Budget Detail