Information Integration

For each solution supplied by SAP, there are options of reporting via the data of the respective application. Usually, the application provides a large number of standard reports for this purpose, but user-defined reporting is also possible. Customers can use the query interface or program their own reports in the ABAP Workbench and thus read the data of the production system as they want. This type of reporting can also still be used with SAP NetWeaver. By now, more than 6000 customers successfully use the software solution SAP Business Intelligence (system component SAP BW) either in parallel to this or exclusively. The reasons for that include the increasing requirements for integrated solutions for the enterprise-wide analysis of data. In times of globalization and market expansion, it is important to have access to the relevant information from one’s own enterprise at any time and to be able to analyze it flexibly, including in aggregated form and without placing a performance strain on the transactional system. In heterogeneous system infrastructures, the extraction and preparation of consolidated transaction and master data from SAP systems and source systems by other suppliers are particularly challenging. Apart from integrated data procurement, options for detailed data analysis and the multi-media display of the analysis results are required to meet the increasing quality requirements for enterprise information.