21⟩ What is AWB?
AWB stands for Administrator Workbench. It is a tool for monitoring, controlling and maintaining all the processes connected with data staging and processing in the business information warehousing.
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AWB stands for Administrator Workbench. It is a tool for monitoring, controlling and maintaining all the processes connected with data staging and processing in the business information warehousing.
Meta Data: Meta Data is data about Data. It tells you about the structure of data or MetaObjects.
Master Data: This Data is key business information like Customer information , Employee , Materials etc. This is more like a reference data. For Ex. If a customer orders 10 units of your product instead of asking customer for his shipping address 10 times , the same can be referenced from the Customer Master Data.
Transaction Data: This is data related to day to day transactions.
Different layers in R/3 system includes
Presentation Layer
Database layer
Application layer
Variables are used in different application
☛ Characteristics variable
☛ Hierarchies
☛ Hierarchy nodes
☛ Text
☛ Formulas
☛ Processing Types
☛ Replacement Path
☛ User entry/default type
☛ It is expensive
☛ Demands highly trained staff
☛ Lengthy implementation time
☛ Interfaces are a little bit complex
☛ Does not determine where master data resides
Three stages of data-mining includes
☛ Initial Exploration
☛ Model building
☛ Deployment
NO. SAP is not a database but its an application that makes use of databases provided by other vendors like Oracle , SQL Server etc.