All for One EasyMAP BI is a universal tool for enriching data with analytical dimensions. The product facilitates the creation of complex reports in the SAP BW data warehouse and accelerates them. EasyMAP BI is a result of the research and development project co-financed by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
The solution was created in response to customer inquiries and on the basis of knowledge and unique experience gained during dozens of SAP BI projects. The most frequent applications of the product include setting analytical dimensions for corporate reporting, determining consolidation items for the consolidation, standardizing the input data through mapping, and setting additional analytical dimensions based on the combination of other dimensions. The EasyMAP BI tool is useful in the development of any complex installation of the SAP BW data warehouse.
EasyMAP BI combines the advantages of solutions based on mapping tables with the advantages of solutions using the configuration of data aggregation through reports. This universal tool may handle many different data transformation procedures in SAP BW. Thus, there is no need to create a dedicated solution for new data areas. A simple configuration is sufficient to define a new procedure for the transformation or derivation of new analytical dimensions.
EasyMAP BI has a user-friendly interface for those who enter data transformation rules. While developing it, the best operational interface introduced in SAP GUI, called ALV grid, was used. It allows for an easy adjustment of the interface to user’s own needs and a close integration with the MS Excel tool. The solution has a built-in functionality for secure management of authorizations to enter the mapping rules and to activate them using a dedicated authorization object. This allows different company divisions to use the same transactions, with the data access separation.
EasyMAP BI is offered as a package containing both a ready-to-use product.. This allows the user to start using the solution quickly. The EasyMAP BI offering includes: perpetual license, administrator’s and user’s manuals, a solution installation manual.