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SAP BW

Last updated May 14, 2025, generated by Sumble

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What is SAP BW?

SAP BW (Business Warehouse) is SAP's data warehousing and business intelligence solution. It's used to collect, transform, and store data from various sources, providing a foundation for reporting, analysis, and decision-making. SAP BW provides tools for data modeling, extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL), as well as tools for creating reports, dashboards, and analytical applications. SAP BW/4HANA is the next generation of SAP BW powered by SAP HANA's in-memory platform.

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What other technologies are related to SAP BW?

SAP BW Competitor Technologies

SAP Analytics Cloud

SAC offers similar analytics capabilities to BW, including reporting, dashboarding, and planning, potentially replacing BW in some scenarios.

mentioned alongside SAP BW in 24% (3.9k) of relevant job posts

SAP Datasphere is a next-generation data warehousing solution from SAP that competes with SAP BW and BW/4HANA, offering cloud-based data integration and analytics capabilities.

mentioned alongside SAP BW in 37% (1.2k) of relevant job posts

SAC is simply the acronym for SAP Analytics Cloud which provides similar capabilities to BW.

mentioned alongside SAP BW in 18% (1.9k) of relevant job posts

SAP BPC provides planning and consolidation capabilities that overlap with the planning functionalities available or achievable within BW.

mentioned alongside SAP BW in 17% (1.3k) of relevant job posts

SAP BusinessObjects is a suite of reporting and analytics tools that competes with BW's reporting capabilities.

mentioned alongside SAP BW in 47% (361) of relevant job posts

SAC is simply the acronym for SAP Analytics Cloud which provides similar capabilities to BW.

mentioned alongside SAP BW in 26% (618) of relevant job posts

BW/4HANA is SAP's next generation data warehouse based on SAP HANA. It is considered a evolution of BW but serves the same purpose.

mentioned alongside SAP BW in 27% (608) of relevant job posts

Datasphere is the new name for Data Warehouse Cloud which is a competitor of BW

mentioned alongside SAP BW in 27% (469) of relevant job posts

SAP BW Complementary Technologies

SAP HANA is the in-memory database platform on which BW/4HANA and BW on HANA run, providing significant performance improvements.

mentioned alongside SAP BW in 9% (7.4k) of relevant job posts

Analysis for Office

Analysis for Office is an Excel-based tool for analyzing data from SAP BW, allowing users to build reports and perform ad-hoc analysis.

mentioned alongside SAP BW in 30% (852) of relevant job posts

ABAP is the programming language used for developing custom logic and enhancements within SAP BW.

mentioned alongside SAP BW in 5% (3.9k) of relevant job posts

Which job functions mention SAP BW?

Job function

Jobs mentioning SAP BW

Orgs mentioning SAP BW

Information Technology

1% (9.1k) job posts

123 organizations

SAP Administrator

3% (8.6k) job posts

2.2k organizations

Data Analyst

0% (3.1k) job posts

1.1k organizations

SAP Developer

3% (1.6k) job posts

573 organizations

Financial Controller

2% (490) job posts

161 organizations

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Which organizations are mentioning SAP BW?

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Retail Trade

Scientific and Technical Services

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Bristol Myers Squibb

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