BW certification

[Former Member]

i all,

i am planning to do BW certification .

i am not much conversant with the process and procedure.

i would appreciate if anyone can help me on the below mentioned questions.

1) from where can i get the training material, if anyone has it please mail it to me at rameshv15@yahoo.co.in.

2) has anyone undergone any training related to BW, then from where?. I enquired with genovate(mumbai) and they told me that they dont conduct trainings related to SAP BW and they asked me to contact SAP india, though from many of my friends i have heard that genovate conducts SAP related trainings.

can anyone please give me details of some recognised institute which offers BW trainings in Mumbai.

3) have i to first get certified on BW 3.0 and then i can get certified on 3.5?

4) what are the carrier prospects of the BW consultant. I mean are there bright oppurtunities for a BW consultant. Is it a rear skill.?

5) how much would be the cost for the certification ? (in india)

thanks in advance

Ramesh

[Former Member]

Hi Ramesh,

As of now only BW3.5 certification is availbale. BI 7.0 would be offered next year. The topics for the exam are as follows and the weightage is also mentioned. You can concentrate on the areas which have good weightage first.

SAP Consultant Certification

Solution Consultant SAP NetWeaver ‘04 – Business Intelligence

Software components: SAP BW 3.5

Certification exam is included in course TBW45 and is also offered separately at many SAP locations.

Certification ID (Booking code): C_TBW45_04

Certification duration: 3 hours

Number of certification questions: 80

Required certificates for participation in this certification test:: None

Courses for certification preparation: TBW10, TBW20, TBW30, TBW40, TBW45

Please note that you are not allowed to use any reference materials during the certification test (no access to online documentation or to any SAP system).

The certification test Solution Consultant SAP NetWeaver ‘04 – Business Intelligence verifies the knowledge in the area of the SAP NetWeaver for the consultant profile Business Intelligence. This certificate proves that the candidate has a basic understanding within this consultant profile, and can implement this knowledge practically in projects.

The certification test consists of questions from the areas specified below:

Topic Areas

1. Reporting (+++)

InfoProviders and InfoObjects

Document Integration

Business Content

Report/Report Interface

Business Explorer

The BEx Browser

BEx Query Designer

BEx Map

Analysis and Reporting in the BEx Analyzer

Mobile Reporting

Bex Web Application Designer

Internet Graphics Server (IGS)

Query Designer

Calculated and Restricted Key Figures

Properties of Key Figures

Navigation

Characteristics

Properties and Attributes

Hierarchies

Query Properties

Variables

Exceptions and Conditions

Reporting Agent

Exceptions

Printing

Additional Functions

Pre-Calculating Web Templates

Bex Web Application Designer

Web Items

Context Menu

Structuring the Layout of Web Templates

Cascading Stylesheets

Chart Designer

Web Analyzer

Ad-hoc Query Designer

2. Business Planning and Simulation (++)

General concepts and challenges of business planning

Positioning of BPS and relationship to BW

Set up of planning structures

Manual planning and layout formatting

Locking concept and commit model used in BPS

Configuration of planning functions and sequences

Definition and usage of variables

Design of end user interfaces using planning folders and the Web Interface Builder

Options for data models

Integration of hierarchies and attributes into BPS

Characteristic relationships for deriving and validating data

Status and Tracking System

3. Data Modeling (++)

InfoProviders

Using Different InfoProvider Types

MultiProviders

Characteristics/attributes

Navigation Attributes

Status Attributes

Tracking History

Dimensions

Structure of Dimension Tables

Dimension Modeling

BW Star Schema

4. Warehouse Management (+++)

Administrator Workbench Functions

Scheduler

Process Chains

Monitor

Source Systems

BW Statistics

InfoObject Within BW

Definition

Texts, Attributes, Hierarchies

Compounded InfoObjects

Data Flow in BW

Involved Objects

Transfer Rules

Update Rules

Business Content

Definition

Activation

Storing Data in BW

Data Targets

Types

Architecture

Data Target - Administration

Aggregate Maintenance

Metadata Repository

Architecture

Functionality

5. Extraction (++)

Data Flow

Extraction from SAP Source Systems

Transfer Methods (PSA(Idoc)

DataSources

Data Extraction Logistics

- LO Cockpit Functions

- LO DataSources Data Flow in R/3

- Structure of Delta Method for LO Cockpit DataSources

Delta Management in extraction

- Delta Method

- Delta Method Properties

- Delta Queue Functions

Generic Extraction

- Data Types

- Data Sources

Enhancing Business Content

Extraction with Flat Files

Extracting Transaction and Master Data using Flat Files

Data Types that Can be Extracted using Flat Files

DB Connect

Universal Data Integration

XML Integration

DataMart Interface

Open Hub Service

Virtual InfoCubes

6. Authorizations

Administration

Authorization Object Classes

Authorization Objects

Authorizations

The Authorization Concept

Roles

Reporting User

Warehouse Management User

7. SAP NetWeaver 04 - Technical Scenarios (++)

Information Broadcasting

BW Information Broadcasting: Overview and Positioning

BEx Broadcaster Functions

Setting up Events, Time Points and Authorizations

Workbook Precalculation

SAP BW and SAP Enterprise Portal (EP 6.0) Integration

SAP BW and SAP XI Integration

BW Alerts in the Central Alert Framework (SAP Web Application Server)

Web Services

Weighting key in the test:

+ = 1 - 9%

++ = 10 - 19%

+++ = over 20%

No responsibility is taken for the correctness of this information. Copyright © SAP AG 2004.

Bye

Dinesh

[Former Member]

thank u both for ur e mail,

but Dinesh i am bit confused with ur reply,

please correct me if i am wrong

actually the Exam that i am willing to take is SAP BW and not SAP netweaver.

do u mean that SAP BW certification is the same as Solution Consultant SAP NetWeaver ‘04 – Business Intelligence, because u have always mentioned this term in ur mail or

is it that in order to get certified in SAP BW we need to know SAP NetWeaver ‘04 – Business Intelligence.

the topics that u have listed down , are they pertaining to SAP BW or AP NetWeaver ‘04 – Business Intelligence?

regards

Ramesh

[Former Member]

Hi Ramesh,

As of SAP BI 3.5 it comes under the netweaver umbrella. So it is called SAP Netweaver BI Solution certification and SAP BI 7.0 is called NW2004s BI solution certification.

By the way you can take up SAP BI 3.5 directly. I guess there is no more SAP BW 3.0 certification.

Bye

Dinesh

(Do not forget to assign points!!)

[Former Member]

hi Dinesh,

thanks for ur reply,

i understand that SAP BI 3.5 comes under the netweaver umbrella and hence the course is called as SAP Netweaver BI Solution certification .

i would like to undergo SAP BW 3.5 certification (as SAP BW 3.0 may not be available and 3.5 is the latest one).

is SAP BW 3.5 same as SAP BI 3.5.

does SAP BW 3.5 also include SAP netweaver components.

i am bit confused with the term SAP BI.

i think SAP BW and SAP BI both are different.

please advice

regards

ramesh

[former_member211603]

Hi Ramesh,

Have you completed your certification in BI/BW.

Kindly share you certification details.

Thank You.

[srinivas_anilkumar]

Hi,

1) from where can i get the training material, if anyone has it please mail it to me at rameshv15@yahoo.co.in.

You just need to read the Tabs that SAP has provided.All the tabs would occupy around 400 MB. impossible to upload them.

2)has anyone undergone any training related to BW, then from where?. I enquired with genovate(mumbai) and they told me that they dont conduct trainings related to SAP BW and they asked me to contact SAP india, though from many of my friends i have heard that genovate conducts SAP related trainings.

Normally SAP Labs and Siemens conducts SAP trainings and offer certification exams. There are other small institutes who offer traniinnig You need to contact locally on this.

3) have i to first get certified on BW 3.0 and then i can get certified on 3.5?

No. You can directly take cert exam in 3.5

5) how much would be the cost for the certification ? (in india)

around 28K

Regards

Srinivas