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 (+++) 
   - Info Providers and Info Objects 
   - 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 Style Sheets 
   - 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 
   - Authorization concept and options for data models 
   - Integration of hierarchies and attributes into BPS 
   - Characteristic relationships for deriving and validating data 
   - Tools and tips for performance analysis and optimization 
   - Options for system landscapes 
   - Retraction of data into SAP R/3 applications 
   - Status and Tracking System 
   
   
3. Data Modeling (++)
   - Info Providers 
   - Using Different Info Provider Types 
   - Multi Providers 
   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 
   Info Object Within BW
   - Definition 
   - Texts, Attributes, Hierarchies 
   - Compounded Info Objects 
   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) 
   - Data Sources 
   - Data Extraction Logistics 
   - LO Cockpit Functions 
   - LO Data Sources Data Flow in R/3 
   - Structure of Delta Method for LO Cockpit Data Sources 
   - 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
   Data Mart Interface
   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 - 10%
++ = 11 - 20%
+++ = over 20%

See Also:

	SAP CRM Certification
	SAP FICO Certification
	SAP HR Certification
	SAP Netweaver Certification
	SAP SD Certification
	SAP Netweaver Administration