Bluefin?s BW Data Catalog allows you to automatically document or view the configuration of each BW application you build using Excel or via BW web reporting.

The Data Catalog is an extension to and integrates closely with standard SAP BW Technical Content & SAP?s Metadata Repository.

In this way, a snapshot of the configuration of any BW application may be taken at any point in time and saved as configuration and/or support documentation in a single Excel workbook.

Information is always available on-line and removes the need for lengthy documentation of applications by developers as well as accelerating problem solving by support staff who will be able to rapidly view any transformation logic between DataSources and InfoCubes.

It also helps business analysts and super users to identify availability of data items within BW, to identify where to get information from and so to write queries themselves without the need for access to BW developers.

The data catalog could be of interest to you if:

• Design & Build documentation is an overhead for your BW developments
• You have business analysts or super users who write queries without access to technical documentation
• You support BW applications and want access to transformation documentation which is 100% up to date

Key functionality

• Display the technical content & documentation of any BW application
• Display all the mapping & transformation logic associated with any InfoProvider in ASAP format
• Display all ABAP code for all routines used to transform data from DataSource through to InfoProvider
• Allow additional on-line notes to be added by support staff at individual transfer or update rule level
• Can be deployed using either BEx or Web Reporting

Benefits

• Minimises any documentation manday overhead within BW projects by automating the useful technical documentation of an application
• Makes the documentation available on line to those who will most need it such as support staff, super users and report writers
• Makes it possible to store, as documentation, snapshots of BW configuration at a given point in time ? save an automated copy of the configuration in a Bex workbook and simply refresh it after any changes take place.

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