BI Navigation

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BI Navigation Reporting
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Lesson Objectives

• At the end of this lesson, participants will be
  able to
• Distinguish between ECC and BI reports
• Navigate reporting via the BRITE Portal
• Execute the Flexible Employee Data report
• Distinguish printing and exporting options
• Establish Favorites

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Key Terminology
Business Intelligence (BI) Repository of SAP information for the purpose of reporting.
Enterprise Central Component (ECC) The transactional processing system of the SAP client which runs beside the BI client and is used to process the day-to-day transactions, such as time entry and payroll processing.
Portal A point of access through a website to the SAP system. Users will access both ECC and BI through Reports tab on the BRITE portal.
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Reporting SAP 6.0 (ECC) vs. BI

• SAP ECC
• SAP 6.0 can be used for simple look-ups of
  real-time data
• Data can be exported into Excel
• Easier access to data requires less printing of
  reports
• Business Intelligence (BI)
• BIs reporting features offer more flexibility in
  queries and formatting than SAP transactions
• Pre-defined Excel formats help simplify reporting
• Actual data is extracted from SAP into BI
  nightly, so data is considered near real-time

Generate Reports
Enter Data
Nightly Updates
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Navigation Select the Reports Tab

• Navigate to both ECC (real-time) reports and BI
  (near real-time) reports via the Reports tab in
  the BRITE Portal.

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Navigation Select the Reports Subfolder based on
your Role
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Navigation Subfolder Examples
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Navigation Select the Report
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Navigation Select Report Filter Criterion
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Navigation Using Matchcode for Variant Selection
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Navigation Save Variant Selection/Report Criteria
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Navigation Retrieving Variant Selection/Report
Criteria
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Display Report Results
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Display Sorting Data
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Display Add or Replace Field for Viewing
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Display Changing Layout

• Note the changes to the Row selection

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Display Additional Fields
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Output Options Printing and Exporting
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Favorites Save as a Favorite

• To save the layout for the report

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Favorites Retrieving a Favorite
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