SAP BusinessObjects Rapid Marts packages XI 3.2, version for SAP solutions

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1 SAP BusinessObjects Rapid Marts packages XI 3.2, version for SAP solutions High-Level Overview Rapid Marts October 2009

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3 Rapid Marts XI 3.2 for SAP solutions What is new? Key features of the Rapid Marts XI 3.2 for SAP solutions include: New Integrated Data Model (IDM) and ETL framework: Standardized naming of database objects makes it easier to understand business data content; Cookbook on dimensional data modeling, Rapid Mart data modeling methodology, and how to extend out-of-the-box data model content; Rapid Mart Word Utility for audit and controlled data model extension; Pre-defined dictionary and naming conventions for proper naming of database objects; Integrated set of global variables used by ETL routines in all Rapid Marts for SAP solutions. New and updated universes for all Rapid Marts - 20 universes in the suite Master Universe - Common Semantic Layer framework for Rapid Mart semantic layer integration and extension contains classes and objects that are common between all Rapid Marts for SAP solutions New and updated reporting content for all Rapid Marts, featuring: More graphical content Ability to emulate SAP T-Codes with Rapid Mart data Consistent look and feel Complete and easy to understand revised documentation Revised sample Xcelsius dashboard for Sales Rapid Mart New content General Ledger Rapid Mart SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 3

4 Agenda 1. Introduction 2. Customer Pain Points 3. Solution: Rapid Marts 4. Rapid Marts Benefits 5. Rapid Marts Architecture 6. Rapid Marts Users and Use Cases 7. Rapid Marts Suits Overview Financial Suite Overview Manufacturing Suite Overview Operational Suite Overview Human Capital Management Overview 8. Additional slides: Rapid Mart Concepts SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 4

5 Business Needs Timely, Accurate, Easilyaccessible Information What s the utilization of our data centers? 4 of 5 are going red today! Director, IT Network & Systems Operations I m being audited by the SEC, I need the last 5 years of revenue data today! CFO I don t trust the revenue numbers, where does the data come from? It s quarter end today! 2,5 million bags of dog food need to be recalled. Trace the lot to the distributors. I need this today! VP of Mfg, Supply Chain & Logistics Operations SVP, Sales & Marketing Operations What is our current customer renewal rate? I need to respond to our CEO today! SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 5

6 Customer Pain Points Not enough time for lengthy Business Intelligence deployment to get to the right information Little flexibility in choosing and picking which business areas to cover High developmental costs SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 6

7 Solution: Rapid Marts Rapid Marts are best practice blueprints that deliver ETL mappings and initial reporting content for enterprise applications Rapid Marts provide an integrated suite solution that facilitates investigation, analysis and reporting on Financial, Manufacturing, Operational, HR and Campaign* activities Enterprise Apps SAP solutions Oracle e-bus Suite Siebel Data Services PeopleSoft Rapid Marts Data Mart Business Objects Enterprise Performance Mgmt Reporting Analytical Apps End Users *Siebel Rapid Mart SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 7

8 Rapid Marts Benefits Benefits of the New Release: greater flexibility for various analysis and reporting through abundant report samples easier implementation and customization through the integrated framework: single data model, conformed dimensions, conformed ETL routines, conformed universes Plus the benefits that always accompany Rapid Marts: Get Rapid Insight: Accelerate data mart deployment time and remove complexity Get a proof of concept in 3 days Finish implementation of a data mart in weeks or months instead of years* Gain Flexibility: Implement Rapid Marts individually or in combination Satisfy up to 80% of your reporting requirements** Lower Developmental costs: Reduce the need for specialized skills Reduce maintenance costs *Duration depends on your reporting requirements and how much customization is required to the out-of-the-box template **This number is for new ERP installations. For customers who have older, heavily customized source application, the percentageis lower SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 8

9 Rapid Marts Architecture Data Movement Jobs packaged source-to-target mappings and data transformations Data Model & Schema set of data mart database objects designed with dimensional data modeling approach. The schemas are available for Oracle, SQL Server, and DB2 (+Teradata for SAP ECC suite) Semantic Layer (Universes) BusinessObjects metadata packages for efficient query generation. There can be one or more universes per Rapid Mart Reports (Samples) set of 15+ WebIntelligence reports per Rapid Mart. They represent answers to mostly asked business questions (for example, in the Sales Rapid Mart What is the monthly Revenue trend by Division for this year? ) SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 9

10 Use cases: Rapid Marts for SAP solutions Typical use cases include: New SAP ERP customers who have just finished their ERP implementation and are looking for a quick-start BI implementation Existing SAP ERP customers with no NetWeaver BW deployments Customers who would like to deploy departmental BI solutions Customers who would like an interim solution while implementing NetWeaver BW implementation SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 10

11 Rapid Marts packages Users SAP Professional Services System Integration partners who specialize in SAP BusinessObjects products implementation ETL Developers User set of skills required: Data Services/ETL/Data Warehousing development experience BusinessObjects BI development (Universe, Web Intelligence, Xcelsius) experience SAP/Oracle e-business Suite/PeopleSoft/Siebel applications basics 1.DWH Expert 3.Data Integrator Expert RAPID MARTS IMPLEMENTATION 2.Source Application Expert 4.Report Writer Expert SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 11

12 Rapid Marts packages: Supported Analysis GENERAL LEDGER PRODUCTION ACCOUNTS PLANNING RECEIVABLE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE COST CENTER HR Postings audit and control Financial statements analysis Cost Of Sales (COS) accounting Profit Center accounting Financial hierarchies discovery New and Old GL support Financial metadata discovery Aged receivables Configurable periods Largest balances Customer payments Clearing vs. invoices Dunning and credit Short-term cash flow Department workload Open payables Configurable periods Payment history PO/invoice reconciliation Checks issued Short-term cash outflow Department workload Financial effectiveness Costs allocations Plan, actual, variance Cost center hierarchies Cost element hierarchies Internal orders Fiscal year Reporting periods Employee benefits Eligibility and enrollment Salary comparisons EEO comparable worth Employee pay history Turnover analysis Employee events Vacation reporting PLANT MAINTENANCE PRODUCTION PLANNING PROJECT SYSTEMS SALES INVENTORY PURCHASING Life time performance Bad actors Maintenance hours Planning efficiency Material consumption Damage analysis Downtime MTBR and MTTR Bill of material explosion Routing explosion Where used Capacity planning Cost analysis Lead time MRP requirements Yield analysis Project costs Plan, actual, variance Earned value Progress analysis Material reservations Capacity planning Project schedules Project elements Bookings Returns Lifetime sales Delivery efficiency Delivery service levels Margins Discounting Backlogs Daily inventory trends Stock turnover/outages Batch management Inventory valuation Stock level optimization Expenditure Replenishment Make-to-order status PO ranked listings Cycle times Purchasing Performance PO history PO status Vendor Performance Price Analysis Exception Reporting SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 12

13 Rapid Marts packages for SAP solutions SAP BusinessObjects Rapid Marts packages, version for SAP solutions Financials Suite Manufacturing Suite Operational Suite Human Capital Management Suite General Ledger Accounts Receivable Accounts Payable Cost Center Plant Maintenance Production Planning Project Systems Sales Inventory Purchasing HR SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 13

14 Agenda 1. Introduction 2. Customer Pain Points 3. Solution: Rapid Marts 4. Rapid Marts Benefits 5. Rapid Marts Architecture 6. Rapid Marts Users and Use Cases 7. Rapid Marts Suits Overview Financial Suite Overview Manufacturing Suite Overview Operational Suite Overview Human Capital Management Overview 8. Additional slides: Rapid Mart Concepts SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 14

15 Rapid Marts packages: Financial Suite SAP Rapid Marts Financials Suite Manufacturing Suite Operational Suite Human Capital Management Suite General Ledger Accounts Receivable Accounts Payable Cost Center Plant Maintenance Production Planning Project Systems Sales Inventory Purchasing HR SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 15

16 Overview: Financial Suite The Financial Suite consists of 4 Rapid Marts packages: 1. General Ledger Rapid Mart is designed to report data from the Finance (FI) module of SAP Applications and Profit Center Accounting from the Enterprise Controlling (EC) mode. Both Classic GL and New GL are included in the Rapid Mart. 2. Accounts Receivable Rapid Mart extracts data from SAP solutions FI module, which covers the financial accounting process of accounts receivable. 3. Accounts Payable Rapid Mart extracts data from SAP solutions FI and MM modules. These modules cover the financial accounting process of accounts payable and purchase order information. 4. Cost Center Rapid Mart is designed to handle data from the controlling (CO) module of SAP solutions. This Rapid Mart enables businesses to manage and monitor expenses and meet internal accounting needs for users within management, marketing, finance, accounting, sales, and manufacturing. SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 16

17 Financial Suite: Key Features Rich content to support: Multi-dimensional analysis by financial hierarchies with drilling capabilities Rolling periods summary analysis (rolling 16 periods) Drill across capability between various measures and details Analysis of pre-defined in SAP solutions financial statements Summary and detail analysis Easy to report on Cost Objects (Activity, Cost Center, Project Element, Internal Orders) and Profit Centers Support of multiple currencies, multiple company codes Intuitive-to-navigate and easy-to-customize semantic layer with 13,000+ business objects Library of 140+ Web Intelligence reports Built-in data validation for selected fact and dimensions Support of both New GL and Classic GL SAP solutions modules Integrated framework: single data model, conformed dimensions, conformed ETL routines, conformed universes 3,500+ pages of user documentation to answer business and technical questions SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 17

18 Financial Suite: General Ledger Rapid Mart Financials Suite General Ledger Accounts Receivable Accounts Payable Cost Center Enables Business to: Manage and report financial statements Monitor expenses Monitor cost of sales Report plan/actual/variance trends by profit center Audit financial documents Meet internal accounting needs for users within management, marketing, finance, accounting, sales, and manufacturing areas Typical Queries answered What is the trend in manual journal entry postings? How may corrections were posted by each user? What is the difference in currently active budget versions for selected accounts? Which Segments have the highest revenue? What are the budgets rolled up by the GL Account Hierarchy tree? Which companies have the best Cost of Sales ratios by functional area? View details of balance sheet, P&L statements SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 18

19 General Ledger Rapid Mart: Sample Reports SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 19

20 Financial Suite: Accounts Receivable Rapid Mart Financials Suite General Ledger Accounts Receivable Accounts Payable Cost Center Enables Business to: Measure actual Accounts Receivable performance and evaluate future external commitments for tracking and planning purposes Track customer invoices and customer payments at a detailed, line-item level Analyze and track periodic, quarterly and yearly balances Store measures in several monetary currencies including: Transaction, Local and Global Currency. Typical Queries answered Can I view discounts, payments, and late payments trend analysis for this fiscal year? What is my AR expected cash flow? What are my top 25 open invoices (by invoice value)? What are my top 10 customers and 10 sales by revenue amount? What is my revenue trend? What are my top 10 sales according to revenue? How do my variance percentages compare throughout different periods? SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 20

21 Accounts Receivable Rapid Mart: Sample Reports SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 21

22 Financial Suite: Accounts Payable Rapid Mart Financials Suite General Ledger Accounts Receivable Accounts Payable Cost Center Enables business to Track vendor invoices and vendor payments at a detailed, line-item level Track vendor balances Analyze checks issued to each vendor Easily reconcile checks with invoices Extract purchase orders, purchase document history, and vendor financial document records Get financial information to reconcile purchase orders with resulting invoices and other vendor activities Typical Queries answered Show me discount and payment trend analysis What is my aging Payables ranking? What are all my invoices with payable amounts past due? What are my top 10 amounts due? What is my vendor expense trend? Give me a 360 vendor snapshot What are my top 25 purchase orders for each vendor by invoice amount? Give me details on goods receipts, invoice receipts, and down payments on purchase orders. SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 22

23 Accounts Payable Rapid Mart: Sample Reports SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 23

24 Financial Suite: Cost Center Rapid Mart Financials Suite General Ledger Accounts Receivable Accounts Payable Cost Center Enables Business to: Track actual primary and secondary cost transactions for internal and external costs at the line item level or rolled up to any dimension. Track planned and actual cost period balances (both vertically and horizontally) by organization structure, cost object, fiscal period, and other dimensions. Report plan/actual/variance revenue/expense trends by profit center. Typical Queries answered? Can I get Controlling Area transaction summary for each vendor by material? Show me Cost Center Actual/Planned/Variance and Top 10 Analysis for this fiscal year What are top 10 Profit centers according to highest revenue Variance%? Show me overall Variance vs. Actual Value and Cost Center Actual Value Trends by Fiscal Month What is YTD cost summary breakdown (for a specified Controlling Area) by Activities or Cost Centers? SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 24

25 Cost Center Rapid Mart: Sample Reports SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 25

26 Agenda 1. Introduction 2. Customer Pain Points 3. Solution: Rapid Marts 4. Rapid Marts Benefits 5. Rapid Marts Architecture 6. Rapid Marts Users and Use Cases 7. Rapid Marts Suits Overview Financial Suite Overview Manufacturing Suite Overview Operational Suite Overview Human Capital Management Overview 8. Additional slides: Rapid Mart Concepts SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 26

27 Rapid Marts packages: Manufacturing Suite SAP BusinessObjects Rapid Marts packages, version for SAP solutions Financials Suite Manufacturing Suite Operational Suite Human Capital Management Suite General Ledger Accounts Receivable Accounts Payable Cost Center Plant Maintenance Production Planning Project Systems Sales Inventory Purchasing HR SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 27

28 Overview: Manufacturing Suite The Manufacturing Suite consists of 3 Rapid Marts: 1. Plant Maintenance Rapid Mart extracts data from the plant maintenance (PM) module of SAP solutions. This data is used to analyze, manage, and plan issues related to plant maintenance 2. Production Planning Rapid Mart enables you to analyze the planning components that automate the production process. The data is extracted from Production Planning and Control (PP) module 3. Project Systems Rapid Mart supports analysis of project information entered within the Project System (PS) module. It provides a framework for monitoring projects progress, resources, costs and revenue SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 28

29 Manufacturing Suite: Key Features Rich content to support: Earned Value and cost analysis by project, project element, internal order, profit center and their hierarchies Bill of Materials explosion Hierarchical master data analysis: work centers, network relationships, operations, equipment and functional location Object characteristics and classification MRP results MTBR (Mean Time between Repair)/MTTR (Mean Time to Repair) analysis Planned orders, Internal Orders, Notifications, Reservations, Confirmations details and summary analysis Intuitive to navigate and easy to customize semantic layer with 10,500+ business objects Library of 75+ Web Intelligence reports Built in data validation for selected hierarchical dimensions Integrated framework: single data model, conformed dimensions, conformed ETL routines, conformed universes 3,000+ pages of user documentation to answer business and technical questions SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 29

30 Manufacturing Suite: Plant Maintenance Rapid Mart Manufacturing Suite Plant Maintenance Production Planning Project Systems Enables Business to: Store and analyze data about: maintenance notifications service orders operations and activities required by service orders service confirmations costs to complete service orders characteristics associated with both equipment and functional locations. Typical Queries answered What is the notification statistics and trends by functional location? What are total equipment failures this year? What are the statistics for service order by Plant, Service Technician? What are my completed and open service orders for this calendar year? What are the service operations details for selected service orders? What are my actual YTD maintenance costs? What are my MTBR/MTTR statistics? SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 30

31 Plant Maintenance Rapid Mart: Sample Reports SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 31

32 Manufacturing Suite: Production Planning Rapid Mart Manufacturing Suite Plant Maintenance Production Planning Project Systems Enables Business to: Store and analyze data about: work centers capacity categories materials requirement planning routing and operation information for planned orders material reservation routing information for production operations Production Bill Of Materials (BOM) production orders and operations Typical Queries answered What Cost Centers are associated with my work centers today vs. a year ago? How productive are Capacity Intervals scheduled around holidays as compared to regular intervals? Which MRP controllers have the most Planned Orders by month? What materials are reserved for a particular sales order? What are the routings where a particular material is used? Display exploded bill of materials by plant and material What is the average time to complete a production order? SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 32

33 Production Planning Rapid Mart: Sample Reports SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 33

34 Manufacturing Suite: Project Systems Rapid Mart Manufacturing Suite Plant Maintenance Production Planning Project Systems Enables business to Store and analyze data about: Project milestones Networks and network relationships Project earned value and costs Production resources and tools assignment Typical Queries answered How late or early are we hitting our milestones? Which Projects have the greatest / lowest shares of network orders in a given plant? Are there any dependencies (network relationships) missing in my project? What is the trend in project costs month-to-month for each Project (WBS) Element? Which are the top 10 PRT s are assigned by Project? SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 34

35 Project Systems Rapid Mart: Sample Reports SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 35

36 Agenda 1. Introduction 2. Customer Pain Points 3. Solution: Rapid Marts 4. Rapid Marts Benefits 5. Rapid Marts Architecture 6. Rapid Marts Users and Use Cases 7. Rapid Marts Suits Overview Financial Suite Overview Manufacturing Suite Overview Operational Suite Overview Human Capital Management Overview 8. Additional slides: Rapid Mart Concepts SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 36

37 Rapid Marts packages: Operational Suite SAP BusinessObjects Rapid Marts packages, version for SAP solutions Financials Suite Manufacturing Suite Operational Suite Human Capital Management Suite General Ledger Accounts Receivable Accounts Payable Cost Center Plant Maintenance Production Planning Project Systems Sales Inventory Purchasing HR SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 37

38 Overview: Operational Suite The Operational Suite consists of 3 Rapid Marts: 1. Sales Rapid Mart supports analysis of data in the Sales and Distribution (SD) module of SAP solutions. This Rapid Mart allows businesses to analyze inquiries, quotations, sales contracts, sales orders, deliveries, customer invoices, and returns 2. Inventory Rapid Mart supports analysis of material stock levels, as maintained in the Inventory Management (MM-IM) module. Analysis of stock levels helps to establish an optimally sized buffer between finished goods supply and demand 3. Purchasing Rapid Mart supports analysis of purchasing activities initiated within the Material Management (MM-PUR) module. Access to information about procuring materials and services is important to meet production schedules, maintain stock levels, and meet internal needs for materials consumed within the company SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 38

39 Operational Suite: Key Features Rich content to support: Summary and line item/schedule line level detail analysis of sales, delivery, billing, purchasing, and material movement documents Drill across capability between various measures and details 360 view of BBB (Bookings, Billings, Backlog) Future delivery planning, Early/On-time/Late delivery analysis; delivery schedule change history Audit analysis of deleted an changed sales orders Daily inventory levels history by various stock types Support of multiple currencies, units of measure, company codes Built-in transactional data validation for billing and sales documents Intuitive to navigate and easy to customize semantic layer with 5,500+ business objects Library of 70+ Web Intelligence reports Integrated framework: single data model, conformed dimensions, conformed ETL routines, conformed universes 2,700+ pages of user documentation to answer business and technical questions SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 39

40 Operational Suite: Sales Rapid Mart Operational Suite Sales Inventory Purchasing Enables Business to: Analyze sales trends Determine customer behavior Forecast product sales with greater accuracy Plan product life cycles Track deliveries you make to your customers Track On Time Delivery Performance Report Bookings, Billings, Backlog in Document Currency or your Global Currency Typical Queries answered How do sales vary by region? What is the average delivery time for a product? How well are we meeting our scheduled deliveries to customers? How well are we planning our deliveries for our customers? Are we fulfilling our commitments to customers in a timely fashion? What are the trends in my sales orders history? How do my bookings (sales orders) compare to my billings in a given time period? How many credit memos are we issuing? What impact do credit memos have on revenue? SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 40

41 Sales Rapid Mart: Sample Reports SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 41

42 Operational Suite: Inventory Rapid Mart Operational Suite Sales Plant Maintenance Inventory Production Planning Purchasing Project Systems SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 42 Enables Business to: Monitor stock levels with historical snapshots over time Analyze standard cost and material valuations Monitor cycle counting results Track movements of materials throughout your organization Track inventory of batch managed stocks Typical Queries answered How have stocks of finished goods varied over time? What are my material scrap rates? What was the standard cost of this material a year ago? Are there seasonal variations in standard cost? What factors have contributed to increases in standard cost? Are my cycle counts really keeping my stock levels accurate? Can I streamline my materials workflow by eliminating redundant or unnecessary movement? Is one plant more efficient at maintaining optimum stock levels than another?

43 Inventory Rapid Mart: Sample Reports SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 43

44 Operational Suite: Purchasing Rapid Mart Operational Suite Sales Inventory Purchasing Enables business to Analyze vendor delivery efficiency Monitor purchasing expenditures Monitor purchasing delivery schedules Compare performance by different parts of your purchasing organization Perform pricing trend analyses Analyze upcoming purchase requisitions Typical Queries answered Which vendors are consistently late on delivery? Can I procure parts at a lower cost if I use a different vendor? How much will the initial stocking ramp up for an new product line cost? Which of my buyers can negotiate the best prices? Is one plant buying more than another plant producing the same product? How are my purchasing costs trending over time? SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 44

45 Purchasing Rapid Mart: Sample Reports SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 45

46 Agenda 1. Introduction 2. Customer Pain Points 3. Solution: Rapid Marts 4. Rapid Marts Benefits 5. Rapid Marts Architecture 6. Rapid Marts Users and Use Cases 7. Rapid Marts Suits Overview Financial Suite Overview Manufacturing Suite Overview Operational Suite Overview Human Capital Management Overview 8. Additional slides: Rapid Mart Concepts SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 46

47 Human Capital Management Suite SAP BusinessObjects Rapid Marts packages, version for SAP solutions Financials Suite Manufacturing Suite Operational Suite Human Capital Management Suite General Ledger Accounts Receivable Accounts Payable Cost Center Plant Maintenance Production Planning Project Systems Sales Inventory Purchasing HR SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 47

48 Overview: Human Capital Management Suite The Human Capital Management Suite XI 3.2 consists of 1 Rapid Mart: HR Rapid Mart supports analysis of administration, benefits, leave entitlement, and payroll related information. Using the Rapid Mart, you will better understand the personnel management and compensation programs within the company SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 48

49 Human Capital Management Suite: Key Features Rich content to support: Side-by-side detailed view of 20+ PA Infotypes Payroll run analysis: details and balances Employee administration and compensation detailed and summary analysis by org unit, position, job, wage types, etc. Leave entitlement and deductions As-of-date (date-effective) analysis HR hierarchical master data analysis: Org unit, position Flexibility to meet geographic policy requirements Merge and transformation of date-effective HR source data into efficient for reporting Rapid Mart fact and dimension tables Use of HR module proprietary functions to retrieve data stored in cluster format Intuitive to navigate and easy to customize semantic layer with 3,000+ business objects Library of 15+ Web Intelligence reports Integrated framework: single data model, conformed dimensions, conformed ETL routines, conformed universes 2,000+ pages of user documentation to answer business and technical questions SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 49

50 Human Capital Management Suite: HR Rapid Mart HR Human Capital Management Suite Enables business to Manage employee administrative information, such as age, salary, marital status, education etc Analyze employee absences such as vacation, sick time, personal leave, maternity etc Track the various fringe benefits of your employees, such as health care, pension, savings and insurance plans Track employee salaries and wages Analyze historical and current compensation paid by various wage types Typical Queries answered Show me full history of basic pay changes per employee Show me top 10 employees (based on years of service) for each personnel subarea Display employee listing by Organizational Unit Display employee length of service by interval Give me a 360 snapshot on an employee as of certain date View statistics for a selected Company Code and Personnel Area for Head Count, Turnover, New Hires, and Length of Service SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 50

51 HR Rapid Mart: Sample Reports SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 51

52 Agenda 1. Introduction 2. Customer Pain Points 3. Solution: Rapid Marts 4. Rapid Marts Benefits 5. Rapid Marts Architecture 6. Rapid Marts Users and Use Cases 7. Rapid Marts Suits Overview Financial Suite Overview Manufacturing Suite Overview Operational Suite Overview Human Capital Management Overview 8. Additional slides: Rapid Mart Concepts SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 52

53 Rapid Marts XI 3.2 for SAP solutions: Integrated Data Model Rapid Mart Integrated Data Model for SAP solutions uses star approach design that fits best purposes of analytical reporting Provides data platform for reporting and integration Simplifies and shortens integration milestone for multiple Rapid Marts for SAP solution implementations Standardized naming of database objects makes it easier to understand data content Rapid Mart data modeling methodology cookbook on how to extend out-ofthe-box schema content Total # of stars:62 Total # of fact tables: 90 Total # of dimension tables: 369 Total # of tables/views: 517 *Example used: General Ledger Rapid Mart for SAP solutions Data Model SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 53

54 Rapid Marts XI 3.2 for SAP solutions: Integrated ETL Framework Componentized job design approach: mix-andmatch fact and dimension Rapid Mart tables to load All Rapid Mart jobs use the same framework: Script to initialize variables and job execution status Workflow sections to load the Rapid Mart stars Script to update the job execution status Integrated set of global variables Total # variables: 230+ Total 1,800+ ETL objects SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 54 *Example used: Sales Rapid Mart for SAP solutions Data Model

55 Rapid Marts XI 3.2 for SAP solutions: Semantic Layer All Rapid Mart universes use the same universe designing principles All Rapid Mart dimension and fact table columns are exposed as objects Semantic layer layout is similar for all Rapid Marts: Measures/Dimensions/Fact Tables/Filters and Techniques Universe classes, sub-classes and all objects they contain are organized alphabetically for ease of navigation Monetary measures are grouped by currency Extensive list of filters Master Universe contains common classes for ease of customization Total # of universes: 20 Total # of universe objects: 36,000+ Common Dimensio ns Fact Tables *Examples used: Accounts Receivable, Sales, Purchasing Rapid Marts SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 55

56 Rapid Marts XI 3.2 for SAP solutions: Universe Table Layout Rapid Mart universes use a similar star schema table layout Fact tables are placed vertically in the middle of the universe layout Dimension tables are grouped logically by business function/process Multiple fact tables in each universe Context is defined for each fact table A hierarchy dimension is directly joined to its master dimension with short-cut join to the fact tables Aliases are used extensively SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 56

57 Rapid Marts XI 3.2 for SAP solutions: Documentation Unified Rapid Mart User Guide framework Separate User Guide for the Integrated Data Model White Paper on Rapid Mart upgrade Supplement documentation for Rapid Mart deployment Comments and descriptions on ETL logic, ETL job and universe objects Slides for visualization of complex ETL transformations and business concepts Total # of pages: 7,600+ SAP AG All rights reserved. / Page 57