Real world projects and scenarios for beginners - NOT by SAP

[Former Member]

There are many other BI tools and those have good books and tutorials, but not SAP data services.

Are there any good books or even paid tutorials that give examples which are similar to real world projects (at least
similar to entry level projects) ? I am NOT looking for SAP's tutorials. They are too expensive and not worth the money.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Terry, check out the Enterprise Information Managemetn wtih SAP book (SAP Press), that includes step-by-step instructions for working with SAP Data Services along with many other EIM products.  The book includes chapters written by customers on their real-world use cases as well.

Enterprise Information Management with SAP - SAP PRESS Bookstore

I would second that the Data Services wiki is another great source for how-to information.  If there is a particular area/topic that you looking for that is not present, would be interested in hearing.

Corrie Brague

EIM Product Management

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks for that recommendation. It seems to be a general and theoretical book. I was looking for a book that focuses only on using DS to solve a real world problem. I wonder why the other things are included as well. Anyway, something is better than nothing.

It would be great to have a book with some video tutorials and all the necessary project data included.

Maybe SAP will release it one day for the low price of $10,000 (plus recurring 25 % re-activation fee)

Thanks.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

You bet.  One other note to make, that depending on your use case for Data Services (e.g. do you need to take advantage of the Data Quality transforms?), we also have Data Quality and Text Data Processing "blue prints" that you help you to quick start your efforts.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks. I don't need to learn DQ and such now. Basics first. Btw, can you tell me if I can do a FULL ETL "job" using Python inside SAP (Related post - ) ? I know you can do it in SSIS, which is your rising competitor

[former_member187605]

Believe it or not, but the DS Tutorial is totally free.

And if you want more, check out the Data Services wiki pages providing you with loads of very valuable information.

Stop moaning and complaining now. And give DS a go. I know the initial learning curve may be pretty steep, but it'll all be worth the effort in the end.

[Former Member]

I complain because I have seen far better things like SSIS. SAP DS = Clunky failing Windows PC and SSIS = Mac. Worse, every learning material from SAP costs $3000 and above even when it can be made way more accessible. I already did that tutorial long ago and I am doing it again. Its okay, but it has toy examples. SAP DS is so confusing. I used DS before SSIS and realized that no matter what, I will never forget how to use SSIS. SSIS is way more intuitive and there is plenty of nice and ACCESSIBLE learning material around. At least I don't have to pay $2000 for anything. I wish they would give us a real company project, even if super small, to get some serious experience. Otherwise, we just do silly toy examples and get stumped when we get our first project.

[Former Member]

Thanks. Btw, can you tell me if I can do a FULL ETL "job" using Python inside SAP (Related post - ) ? I know you can do it in SSIS, which is your rising competitor

[former_member187605]

I am afraid you cannot. And honestly? You don't need to. I have been working with DS and its predecessors for almost 10 years, now. I have ETL'ed literally billions of records from a variety of sources to many different target types. Some of those transformations are really complex. And I have done almost everything with the standard built-in transforms of the tool. I admit I have written the odd script and custom function once in a while, but they account for an extremely small percentage of the code I've ever produced.

You know, DS and SSIS are simply not playing in the same league.