What is the Data Services product?
In this 10-minute video you will build a Data Warehouse with one Fact table and a Slow Changing Dimension to get an idea how Data Services is used.
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What is so special about Data Services?
Data Services is an ETL product like any other. But there are different product philosophies: one tends to do everything inside its own engine - the traditional ETL tools; the other pushes down the entire processing to the database with its powerful engine - so called ELT tools. Both methods have their pros and cons, and hence Data Services does both. That’s harder for us to develop, but easier for you to use.
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ETL is more than just moving data
Data Quality
Copying data can be done with hand-coded scripts as well. So what is the advantage of using an ETL tool like Data Services?
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Docs and Reports
Are you using scripts or a tool that is close to programming for your ETL task? Have you documented what these scripts are doing? In Data Services an entire feature set is around Self-Documentation, Operational Dashboards, and more. Actually, if you would use Data Services to document your code it would not take you any longer than creating comments, but you get all the advantages for free - and very likely better performance as well.
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Performance of Data Services
Even the easiest to use ETL tool does not help much if the performance is not good. See what the performance of Data Services is and why all the published ETL benchmarks are meaningless.
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Installation and Architecture
Planning for SAP Data Services and SAP Information Steward Installation (4.2)In this tutorial, you will prepare for installation of Data Services and Information Steward 4.2.
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Install and Configure Data Services (4.2)
In this tutorial, you will install and perform initial configuration for Data Services 4.2.
Installation and Architecture of Data Services In this 15-minute video we install the Data Services product, look at its components, add the Data Cleansing option, and add the Global Address Dictionary.
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Installing SAP BusinessObjects Data Services 4.0. A ten-minute video of the DS 4.0 installation together with the Information Platform Services (IPS, MiniBOE).
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Data Services in the SAP ERP/BW environment
Getting Data in and Out of SAP Using Data Services A 15-minute video showing what technical interfaces Data Services offers today for reading and loading SAP ERP and SAP BW.
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Using SAP ERP Extractors with DataServices A six-minute video on how to use SAP ERP Extractors with Data Services 4.0.If you don't know what ERP Extractors are or what kind of types exist, you might want to watch this short explanation.
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What if there is No Matching Extractor? This 23-minute video shows using ABAP dataflows to read the SAP tables directly, including delta.
Information Governance: Common Questions
A 20-minute recording outlining some of the most common questions users ask when starting an information governance initiative.
Data Services How-to
Data Services Workbench
Create Data Flow (4.2)
In this tutorial, you will use the Data Editor of Data Services Workbench to create a data flow for basic data integration.
Create Delimited Text File Format (4.2)
In this tutorial, you will create delimited text file formats and use them in a data replication job.
Use Replication Wizard (4.1)
A 10-minute simulation using the replication wizard in the Data Services 4.1 Workbench to replicate a data warehouse from one database to another.
Edit Replication Job (4.1)
A 10-minute simulation editing a generated replication job by adding a filter, changing some mappings, looking at some more advanced capabilities, and then viewing the result in Data Services Designer.
Promote Data Services Objects (4.2)
In this tutorial, you will configure the object export and object import environment and promote objects from a central repository to a local repository.
Additional Tutorials
Data Quality Management, version for SAP
SAP Data Quality Management, version for SAP solutions (DQM for SAP), enables you to embed support for data quality directly into SAP ERP, CRM and MDG applications.
UNDERSTANDING DQM FOR SAP
Perform Duplicate Check - Skip Secondary Address
Run the Quarterly Adjustments (SP04)
Perform Batch Duplicate Detection
Perform Batch Duplicate Detection (SP03, SP04)
Use Localized Address Validation and Duplicate Check Screens
INSTALLING DQM FOR SAP
Install the Data Services Components
Alter the Substitution Variables
Create the Batch Staging Tables (pre SP02 only)
Add Additional RFC Servers as Services
Add a New SAP Server to the RFC Server
Activate the Region/Country Fields
Load the Supported Countries (pre SP02 only)
Activate the Duplicate Check Index
Activate BC Sets Through IMG Options (SP03, SP04)
CONFIGURING DQM FOR SAP
Maintain Fields for Address Review
Maintain Fields for Duplicate List
Create the Mapping for Quarterly Error Report
Change a Customer Address Reviewer Label
Change a Suggestion List Label
Maintain Suggestion List Fields (SP03, SP04)
MDG-SPECIFIC
Assign Services for MDG Generic Duplicate Check
Configure MDG Generic Duplicate Check to Use DQM for SAP Search
Set Up BAS-Based Duplicate Check for MDG (SP03, SP04)
CONFIGURING THE BREAK KEY
EXTERNAL LIST MANAGEMENT
TROUBLESHOOTING DQM FOR SAP
Global Address Cleanse Transform
The Global Address Cleanse transform takes as input any address information and matches that, using different engines, against its Address Dictionary. The transform uses its internal knowledge how address lines are written to parse it into its segments and also corrects typing errors.
BASIC GAC FUNCTIONALITY
Mapping Input fields
Status codes
Information Codes
Assignment Levels
Building and Firm Assignments
CERTIFICATION
Canada Certification Options
AU and NZ Certified Processing Options
REFERENCE DATA (ADDRESS DIRECTORY)
Reference Data
Intro to Reference Data
What is Parsing
Parsing Dictionary
Assignment
Country-Specific Assignment Directories
All World Directory
Why Purchase SAP Directories
SUGGESTION LISTS
Infocodes to Suggestions
NRDM Script
Extra and Remainder
REGION-SPECIFIC FUNCTIONALITY
Deleted records
Netherland Compliant Street Name
China and Japan Address Cleansing
CJK-Specific Standardization Features
Chinese Pinyin Fuzzy Search in GAC
The Data Cleanse transform is used to perform parsing, standardizing, and enhancement of customer and operational data
DS 4.1 Run Data Cleanse Job - In this tutorial you will run an SAP Data Services job designed to cleanse person and firm data.
DS 4.1 Review Results of Data Cleanse Job - In this tutorial you will review results of running a Data Services job to cleanse person and date data.
DS 4.1 Modify Date Output Format - In this tutorial you will modify the date format of a Data Services job to cleanse person and firm data.
DS 4.1 Modify Output Language Date Format - In this tutorial you will modify the language output format of a Data Services job to cleanse person and firm data.
IS 4.1 Search Person Firm Cleansing Package - In this tutorial you will search the single global SAP supplied PERSON_FIRM Cleansing Package.
The Geocoder transform uses geographic coordinates expressed as latitude and longitude, addresses, and point-of-interest (POI) data to append data to your records. Using the transform, you can append address, latitude and longitude, census data, and other information. For census data, you can use census data from two census periods to compare data, when available.
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Geocoder Point of Information Search
Perform Address GeocodingPerform Geo Spatial Search
Perform Point of Information Search
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Find Latitude Longitude for an Address
SAP Data Services Text Data Processing enables you to perform natural language processing and extraction processing on unstructured text.
Introduction to Entity Extraction Transform
Using Text Data Processing Blueprints
Creating an Extraction Dictionary
Text Data Processing and Data Quality Transforms
Sentiment AnalysisCreating Text Data Processing Rules in SAP BusinessObjects Data Services 4.0
Filter Entity Extraction Output
Combine Data Quality with Text Data Processing
Address Reference Data is address "lookup" information, collected from authoritative data sources across the globe. Three types of Reference Data is used during processing: a parsing dictionary, which contains common phrases found in an address block, country-specific directories, which contain detailed delivery point information, and the All World directory, which contains the data found on the last line data of an address block, such as locality, region, and postal code.
Introduction to Reference Data
How is the parsing dictionary leveraged?
How are country-specific assignment directories leveraged?
How and when is the All World directory leveraged?