We are big fans of using analytics to drive improved business performance. That's why our approach to the SAP Business Warehouse Consulting market has been focused on providing valuable information in the form of Tutorials and How To guides.
Don't let data errors cost you your sanity and your money.
You read that right, more than 23,000 companies have had SAP BW Consultants who were struggling to identify and fix data load errors when using the SAP BW Data Transfer Process (known as DTP).
When our SAP BW team members got together and tried to brainstorm why so many companies were having trouble with this issue we came to the following conclusions:
We have noted elsewhere the tremendous cost to the US economy of bad data, somewhere in the neighborhood of $600,000,000.00 annually.
However, if you are a SAP BW user, and about 2/3rds of all SAP customers in the United States are, then the cost to you is what you care about.
In our SAP BW DTP tutorial, we walk you through the step-by-step process for identifying and troubleshooting problems with data transfers using the SAP BW DTP system, which is a very common task faced by any competent SAP BW consultant.
The tutorial covers one possible data error you might encounter and provides generally applicable process for you to follow in order to solve the problem.
The real story is that, given the enormous number of companies that have benefitted from this absolutely free tutorial, is that despite the extensive edit checks built into the SAP System, from top to bottom, there is still a process or processes that are creating a never ending stream of bad data!
While it is obvious from the over 23,000 companies that have sought help with this common problem that this problem is common, the solution is not so obvious. You cannot simply fix the issue and be done with it, as new errors will be generated upstream from the SAP BW system - constantly.
That is why we recommend to all our clients that a robust data quality management process be designed and implemented specific to each client's unique business process needs.
Unfortunately, this means you not only will need the right tools but you will need additional consulting resources, and not just SAP BW consulting resources.
These data quality issues are caused by a combination of end user errors (which cannot be avoided, only minimized) and business process configuration and edit check errors, which we have designed specific, robust solutions for.
The short answer is probably way more than you realize. But, you can bet you are suffering from:
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