Dunning, Chair, American SAP User Group Written by leading experts in the field, this comprehensive guide shows how to implement SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW) and create applications that are useful for the analysis of business data throughout the enterprise. And that includes the methodology to implement the BW, such as data modeling and techniques to capture and transform data. With this book, you will find the options available in SAP BW 3.0 and looking for new ways to drive business performance. This will show you how to: * Tackle such challenges as eliminating poor-quality data * Develop a model to disseminate correct information on SAP BW * Utilize ETL, data storage, information access, analysis and presentation services * Schedule, monitor, archive, and data load problem * Effectively plan and manage the performance of a data warehouse Companion Web site provides useful guidelines and templates to configure your system, industry case studies, and additional updates.