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SAP BI versus SAP BW: Whats in a Name?Kathleen BeaversBusiness CardPosted on Nov. 01, 00! 0":0" P# in Business Intelli$en%e &BI'Permalin(

A frequent question that we get at SAP events from both customers and partners is, What is the differencebetween SAP Business Intelligence (SAP BI and SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW!"Well, the answer to that has changed over time as SAP#s strateg$ has evolved% In the beginning, we had SAPBW% Shortl$ after that, SAP BW was bundled with other components, such as SAP Wor&place (and later SAP'nterprise Portal to form a licensed product that was named m$SAP Business Intelligence (m$SAP BI, todistinguish between the overall solution and the underl$ing SAP BW component%

With the development of the SAP etWeaver, it was determined that the business intelligence componentshould become part of this platform% A decision was made to retain Business Intelligence" as the name ofthe underl$ing component, because this name is more descriptive of the scope of the product, including as itdoes data warehouse management, e)traction, transformation and loading capabilities, business modeling,business content, *+AP anal$sis, data mining, business insights via alerts and reporting features, andplanning functions with the new BWBPS%

Within SAP BI, SAP BW remains the core product, providing the abilit$ to control, monitor, and maintain allprocesses connected with data staging and processing% -owever, this is a technical distinction that is

e)pected to end with SAP BW .%/, the business intelligence component of SAP etWeaver #01% 2uturereleases are planned to have onl$ the Business Intelligence" designation, such as SAP etWeaver BusinessIntelligence 3%0, which is e)pected to be the name of the component in the ne)t release%

What does this mean to $ou! 4ou should start thin&ing of the product as SAP BI" and tr$ to use the termSAP BW" onl$ when $ou are referring to a specific release, such as SAP BW .%5 6ontent or SAP BW .%/% It#sgoing to be a tough ad7ustment, but if $ou start now, it will be easier when the SAP BW" term goes awa$completel$8

Kathleen Beaversis a Product Manager for SAP NetWeaver specializing in the SAP Business Intelligencecomponent and leading the SAP BI customer feedback proect!

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-i,

i would li&e to &now how BW


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continue to increase integration between BI and other capabilities of the platform% 2or e)ample, with SAP

etWeaver =001s, $ou will implement both BI and Portal capabilities to support the B') suite%

egards,

Datie

SAP BI versus SAP BW

=00/090> 5.?/1?15 ;and$ 4oung Business 6ard@epl$

:han& $ou for ma&ing it clear on the difference between BW and BI% BI is the direction8

SAP BI 3%0

=00/0903 ==?1.?/E Flat&o adisicBusiness 6ard@epl$

Dathleen,

an$ documentation available $et on SAP BI 3%0! We are an)ious to read more about it% Also, what are the

official release dates!

It is quite impressive how SAP is continuall$ upgrading its Business Intelligence products% Great 7ob8

o SAP BI 3%0

=00/090> 03?=3?=3 Dathleen Beavers Business 6ard@epl$

p%s% I recommend downloading the preliminar$ BI capabilities document rather than tr$ing to open it from the

SAP Service ;ar&etplace%%%and then e)pect it to ta&e a little while if $ou donHt have a fast connection8

Datie

o SAP BI 3%0

=00/090> 03?0.?51 Dathleen Beavers Business 6ard@epl$

-i Flat&o,

I need to as& $ou could post questions li&e this in the future to the Business Intelligence Business

Information Warehouse forum% :his will be ver$ helpful, as the information will be easier for other interested

parties to find, as most people would not be loo&ing for it under this blog%

:he ne)t release of SAP etWeaver Business Intelligence will be the SAP etWeaver =001s release% :his will

be part of the m$SAP 'P =00/ rampup beginning in *ctober =00/%

2or more information on the availabilit$ of SAP etWeaver =001s, please chec& the 2AJ document and

Product Availabilit$ ;atri) (PA; in the SAP Service ;ar&etplace at alias


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Informations on BI 3%0

=00/0=03 0E?.5?11 K'A 6+ALC' PIFFI Business 6ard@epl$

-ello Dathleen,

do $ou &now where to find informations on the new release of BI%

:han&s,

Kean6laude

o Informations on BI 3%0

=00/0=03 0E?1.?03 Dathleen Beavers Business 6ard@epl$

Kean6laude,

Specific details of the ne)t SAP etWeaver release, including the SAP BI component, are not $et available%

Sta$ tuned to SC I am sure that we will start to hear more in the ne)t couple of months%

Datie

Mer$ Informative

=00155.0 =0?1.?.. pradeep trBusiness 6ard@epl$

A long time doubt is cleared%

o Mer$ Informative

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:han&s8

SAP BI Mersus SAP BW

=001555/ 5/?/E?50 Carin PatonBusiness 6ard@epl$

-i Dathleen,

4ou pic&ed a good one this month% I thin& SAP using BI suggests that the$ will support all the technolog$

components to support Business Intelligence% As once commented b$ ichard Cunning, Business Intelligence

is defined as an$thing that gives a business a competitive advantage% In addition to this definition, I would

define an$thing as people, processes, or technolog$% :hrough businesses better managing their &nowledge to

streamline their business is &e$ and I thin& BI :echnologies pla$ a &e$ role in this opportunit$%

Carin Paton :ransAlta%

o SAP BI Mersus SAP BW

=0015=05 09?1=?/. Dathleen Beavers Business 6ard@epl$

:han&s Carin8

ItHs the support of and input from customers li&e :ransAlta that will continue to allow us (and push us8 to

e)pand the business intelligence capabilities of the SAP etWeaver platform% Something that I did not even

touch on in the original Web log was the integration with SAP 'P which is a significant facilitator in our

efforts to deplo$ information to an$ appropriate user%

egards,

Datie
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Juestion regarding S'; BPS BW BPS

=001550E 50?1/?19 Barbara Ware Business 6ard@epl$

I understand that with BW .%/, S';BPS is renamed BWBPS%

Will S';BPS still remain in S';! 2or how long!

If so, (S'; in both places, is it 7ust the business planning part that will be in BW (BWBPS! :hen what is the

migration path for future upgrades if a customer for e)ample wants to use S'; Business 6onsolidation or

the 6orporate ;onitor!

Would the customer li&el$ use BWBPS (.%/ version for their planning with an SAP S'; addon for Business

6onsolidation and the ;onitor!

o Juestion regarding S'; BPS BW BPS

=0015=05 09?.E?00 Dathleen Beavers Business 6ard@epl$

Barbara,

S';BPS and BWBPS are a whole topic on their own, but IHll do m$ best to tell $ou what I can%

S';BPS will remain in S'; for the foreseeable future% N2or current S';BPS customers and BWBPS

customers, their investment will continue to be supported b$ SAP% In this wa$ users can e)pect to continue to

realiOe the benefits of the planning capabilities with BPS and also realiOe the platform upgrades as future

releases of SAP BW continue to evolve%N

:here is no plan at this time to migrate the other S'; components to SAP BI, therefore customers migrating

to or implementing BWBPS would require the S'; addon for B6S and 6P;% Negarding the integration to

Balanced Scorecard and 6onsolidation current capabilities will remain and be enhanced% :he integration will

still done via SAP BW Info6ubes% As a result, it will be possible to consolidate plan data in B6S% It will be

possible to displa$ plan data within the Balanced Scorecard and to drag or change it in Performance

;easurement% :he integration of master data will also be guaranteed using the common SAP BW data basis%N

:he information in quotes comes from the BWBPS 2requentl$ As&ed Juestions% 4ou can find this information

as well as much more in SC under Business Information Warehouse Planning in SAP Business

Intelligence%

egards,

Datie

SAP BI versus SAP BW? WhatQ519Rs in a ame!

=0015501 53?55?50 Kohn -aw&Business 6ard@epl$

Will the term BW continue to be used as the name for the engine behind AP*, S';, BPS and now BI!

o SAP BI versus SAP BW? WhatQ519Rs in a ame!

=001550/ 03?=3?10 Dathleen Beavers Business 6ard@epl$

Kohn,
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o, the SAP BW term will be phased out% :he core component will be SAP BI%

:han&s for the question,

Datie

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