SAP Tutorials

Bitmap index

A bitmap index uses maps of bits to locate records in a table. Bitmap indices are very effective for Boolean operations of the WHERE clause of a SELECT statement. When the cardinality of a column is low, a bitmap index size will be small, thereby reducing I/O volume.

Business Content

Business Content is a complete set of BW objects developed by SAP to support the OLAP tasks. It contains roles, workbooks, queries, InfoCubes, key figures, characteristics, update rules, InfoSources, and extractors for SAP R/3, and other mySAP solutions.

BW

BW is a data warehousing solution from SAP.

BW Monitor

BW Monitor displays data loading status and provides assistance in troubleshooting if errors occur.

BW Scheduler

BW Scheduler specifies when to load data. It is based on the same techniques used for scheduling R/3 background jobs.

BW Statistics

BW Statistics is a tool for recording and reporting system activity and performance information.

SAP BW Persistent staging area - PSA

Persistent staging area - is based on the transfer structure and source system dependent.