The reporting, analysis, and interpretation of business
data is of central importance to a company in guaranteeing its competitive
edge, optimizing processes, and enabling it to react quickly and in line
with the market. As a core component of SAP NetWeaver, the SAP Business
Information Warehouse (SAP BW) provides data warehousing functionality, a
business intelligence platform, and a suite of business intelligence tools
that enable businesses to attain these goals. Relevant business
information from productive SAP applications and all external data sources
can be integrated, transformed, and consolidated in SAP BW with the
toolset provided. SAP BW provides flexible reporting and analysis tools to
support you in evaluating and interpreting data, as well as facilitating
its distribution. Businesses are able to make well-founded decisions and
determine target-orientated activities on the basis of this analysis.
