SAP NetWeaver BI Accelerator

J. Ross (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

260 Seiten

2008
SAP Press (Verlag)
978-1-59229-192-2 (ISBN)

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his book is your A-to-Z guide to understanding, setting up, and operating the SAP NetWeaver BI Accelerator. After summarizing the BI Accelerator's concept and reviewing its overall functionality and architecture, the author provides detailed insights on all regular and advanced administrative tasks. Volumes of technical background information and in-depth customer examples serve to round out this indispensible resource. 1 Purpose and Architecture Learn about the business case and technical challenges the BI accelerator tackles and understand the TREX engine's architecture. 2 Basic Administration Become familiar with all standard administrative tasks such as set-up and configuration, building and maintaining indexes, cloning the software onto new blades, updating the TREX engine, etc. 3 Advanced Administration Benefit from extensive coverage of special tasks and optimization measures, including repairing the RFC connection, reorganizing the index landscape, checking and rebuilding indexes, recovering the system from a backup, and tracing.
4 Technical Details Learn about the metamodel for indexes and how queries are executed, and get an understanding of vertical decomposition, parallelization, and smart compression. 5 Your Definitive Guide to Administration Numerous screenshots, detailed instructions, and real-life customer examples make this book the one-stop resource for all BI administrators. Highlights * Technical and business challenges * The TREX engine * Administration transactions * Standard and advanced administration * Technical background information

Andrew Ross joined SAP in 1999 and joined the TREX team in SAP that developed the SAP NetWeaver BI Accelerator in Walldorf in 2003. He has participated in the development of the accelerator from its first conception in 2004. Since unrestricted shipment began in 2005, he has held numerous lectures and workshops on the accelerator and created several iterations of online learning materials introducing it to both business and technical audiences.

1 ... Introduction ... 9 2 ... Impact ... 17 ... 2.1 ... The Platform Revolution ... 20 ... 2.2 ... Business Impact ... 23 ... 2.3 ... Technical Impact ... 36 ... 2.4 ... Summary ... 43 3 ... Architecture ... 45 ... 3.1 ... The Appliance: TREX Engine Inside ... 47 ... 3.2 ... Availability ... 57 ... 3.3 ... Scalability ... 68 ... 3.4 ... Minimized Administration ... 73 ... 3.5 ... Summary ... 73 4 ... Administration ... 75 ... 4.1 ... Main Administration Transactions ... 77 ... 4.2 ... Initial Tasks ... 88 ... 4.3 ... Regular Tasks ... 121 ... 4.4 ... Occasional Tasks ... 127 ... 4.5 ... Summary ... 131 5 ... Advanced Administration ... 133 ... 5.1 ... The TREX Standalone Administration Tool ... 133 ... 5.2 ... Exceptional Tasks ... 137 ... 5.3 ... Optimization Tasks ... 163 ... 5.4 ... Collaborative Tasks ... 183 ... 5.5 ... Summary ... 199 6 ... Success Stories ... 201 ... 6.1 ... Scalability: Project Jupiter ... 201 ... 6.2 ... Colgate-Palmolive Company ... 205 ... 6.3 ... Bayer AG ... 209 ... 6.4 ... German Defense Forces ... 210 ... 6.5 ... T-Mobile UK ... 211 ... 6.6 ... Rabobank Group ... 212 ... 6.7 ... Kimberly-Clark Corporation ... 213 ... 6.8 ... WACKER Group ... 215 ... 6.9 ... Summary ... 216 7 ... Technical Details ... 219 ... 7.1 ... Vertical Decomposition ... 219 ... 7.2 ... Parallelization ... 221 ... 7.3 ... Smart Compression ... 223 ... 7.4 ... SAP NetWeaver BI InfoCubes ... 227 ... 7.5 ... BIA Indexes ... 229 ... 7.6 ... Query Execution ... 233 ... 7.7 ... Deploying the Accelerator ... 236 ... 7.8 ... Summary ... 238 8 ... References ... 239 A ... Glossary ... 243 B ... The Author ... 253

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.1.2009
Reihe/Serie	SAP Essentials ; Vol.42
Reihe/Serie	SAP Press
Verlagsort	Maryland
Sprache	englisch
Einbandart	gebunden
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Netzwerke
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► SAP
ISBN-10	1-59229-192-9 / 1592291929
ISBN-13	978-1-59229-192-2 / 9781592291922
Zustand	Neuware