SAP BW Data Acquisition Process

• Explaining Data Acquisition in SAP BW • Creating SAP BW 3.x Data Flow • Comparing and Migrating 3.x / 7.x SAP BW Data Flows • Directly Accessing Source System Data • Loading Directly Without Persistent Staging Area (PSA) • Reviewing Details of Real-Time Data Acquisition (RDA)

Data Acquisition with the SAP BW Service API

• Connecting SAP Source Systems to SAP BW • Displaying the Configuration of SAP BW Service API • Explaining BI Content • Examining the Transfer of GL Data • Examining Generic DataSources • Enhancing BI Content DataSources • Configuring Logistics Data Extraction

Delta Data Flow Management

• Describing Delta Management • Explaining Terms and Basic Processes of Delta Enabled DataSources • Analyzing Delta Management

Data Acquisition with Operational Data Provisioning (ODP) and SAP Landsape Transformation (SLT)

• Describing Data Acquisition with ODP • Analyzing Operational Delta Queue (ODQ) • Replicating Data with SLT • Acquiring Data in Real Time with SLT

Flat File Data Transfer

• Loading Data from a Flat File • Loading Hierarchies in SAP BW Using the Hierarchy Framework • Exporting a hierarchy using OpenHub

Data Acquisition with DB Connect

• Creating a DB Connect DataSource

Data Acquisition with Universal Data (UD) Integration

• Creating UD Connect DataSources

XML-Based Data Acquisition

• Explaining XML-Based Extraction • Acquiring Data Using an XML-Based Web Service • Creating HybridProviders

Data Acquisition with SAP Business Objects Data Services

• Integrating SAP Business Objects and SAP BW

Data Mart Interface and Open Hub

• Examining the Data Mart Interface for Data Transfers • Implementing OpenHub Destinations