BI Content is delivered as an add-on to SAP BI. The full name for this is SAPNetWeaver 7.0 BI Content Add-On 5 – SP04. From here on, it will be referred to as BI Content.
Purpose
BI Content is a preconfigured set of role and task-related information models that are based on consistent metadata in SAPBusiness Intelligence. BI Content provides selected roles within a company with the information that the roles need to perform their tasks.
This information model includes integral roles, workbooks, queries, InfoSources, InfoCubes, DataStore objects, key figures, characteristics, update rules, and extractors for SAP applications.
BI Content can:
· be used in specific industries without the need to modify it
· be adapted so that you can work with it to any degree of detail
· serve as a template or as an example for customer-defined BI Content.
SAP Business Intelligence also includes Demo Content, providing example data that can be used as display material.
Implementation Considerations
BI Content for SAP Business Intelligence offers quick and cost-effective implementation. It also provides a model that is based on experience gained from other implementations that can be used as a guideline during implementation.
Features
SAP Business Intelligence delivers preconfigured objects under the collective term “BI Content”. These objects speed up the implementation of SAP Business Intelligence because they deliver complete solutions for business information needs.
BI Content includes:
· Extractor programs for SAP systems
· DataSources
· Process chains
· InfoObjects
· InfoSources
· InfoProviders (InfoCubes and DataStore objects)
· Variables
· Data mining models
· Queries
· Workbooks
· Web templates
· Roles
· Aggregation level
· Planning function
· Planning function type