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[Former Member]

Guys,

I am planning to come USA and currently working on BW. I got knowledge on ABAP. Do you prefer any kind of trainings to be taken like BPS/SD/MM etc..

Thanks,

Madhu.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

It will be good if you have BPS along with BW.

Good Luck

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Guys,

Does any one prefer COGNOS Training as it is embedded with BEX?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Madhu,

Most of them never embedded Cognos with BEX, but some times it is help full

For more details can you look out the below information

This information might help you in knowing advantages and disadvantages.

Why use BW compare to Cognos?

• It's part of SAP product.

• It's an End to End Tool (like Modeling, Extraction and Reporting).

• Conventional DW follows STAR Schema but BW follows Extended Star Schema.

• Integration with any open systems

• Business content

• Tight integration

• Easy Extraction , Low Transformations (if R/3 is source)

• Cost is Low

• From Extraction to reporting ,every thing is delivered as a Package

• No separate license cost for front end.

Advantages of Cognos:

Cognos is providing a tool to connect to BW and report on ODS's and Cubes with there own tools which provide very good presentation capabilities.

They also have a one stop shop in a Web format that enables the users to schedule and distribute reports.

Disadvantages of cognos:

Cognos is not able to use Authorizations and Aggregates and Restriction KF concept if we try to create a report directly in COGNOS.

One more point to add is that SAP is closing the gap on this issue's in versions 3.5 and mostly in Bi 7.0.

Regards,

Krishna.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Krishna,

Thanks for your information on Cognos. So do you mean that most of the clients might not look for Cognos right! Could you please let me know what to be learnt other than BW ?

Thanks.

[Former Member]

Dear Madhu,

In USA ,Customers look for Consultants ( Techno Functional ) , I would suggest you to learn SEM - Components like BPS , Management Cockpit , BCS etc along with this , learn the Concepts of FI/CO . As you have good knowledge of ABAP , these would be sufficient for you to compete in US for a Lucrative job .

Hope it helps..

Thanks,

Krish