SAP BW
SAP Business Warehouse (BW) is an enterprise data warehousing and business intelligence solution developed by SAP AG. It provides a robust platform for collecting, transforming, and analyzing data from various sources, primarily SAP ERP systems, to support strategic decision-making and…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 1998
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- SAP BW was created to address the significant challenges businesses faced in performing complex analytical reporting directly on their highly optimized transactional ERP systems (like SAP R/3). These systems were designed for quick, concurrent transaction processing (OLTP), not for aggregating vast historical data or executing complex queries typical of business intelligence (OLAP). SAP BW provided a dedicated, high-performance environment for data consolidation, historical analysis, and integrated reporting, without impacting the performance of live operational systems.
- Platforms
- SAP MaxDB, IBM AIX, SAP HANA (database), Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Linux (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux), Oracle Database, IBM Db2
Related technologies
Notable users
- Royal Dutch Shell plc
- Nestlé S.A.
- Many other Fortune 500 companies across various industries
- Procter & Gamble Co.
- ExxonMobil Corporation
- Siemens AG