Big Data Analyst and SAP Consultant BW/4HANA

Free of cost

by funding

The course shows the requirements of data and databases, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in this area, data warehouse modeling, the ETL process and the management of data analysis in big data. The requirements of data engineering are also explained. The course is rounded off with the topic of SAP BW/4HANA: you can automate, evaluate and display company statistics in an SAP system.
  • Certificates: Certificate "Big Data Analyst"
    Original SAP Consultant Certificate
  • Additional Certificates: Data Engineer" certificate
    Data Analyst" certificate
    Certificate "Big Data Specialist"
  • Examination: Practical project work with final presentations
    SAP Consultant Certification Reporting, Modeling and Data Acquisition with SAP BW/4HANA C_BW4H_214
  • Teaching Times: Full-time
    Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
  • Language of Instruction: German
  • Duration: 28 Weeks

Data Engineer

Basics of Business Intelligence (approx. 2 days)

Fields of application, dimensions of a BI architecture

Basics of business intelligence, OLAP, OLTP, tasks of data engineers

Data Warehousing (DWH): handling and processing of structured, semi-structured and unstructured data


Requirements management (approx. 2 days)

Tasks, objectives and procedures in requirements analysis

Data modeling, introduction/modeling with ERM

Introduction/modeling in UML

- Class diagrams

- Use case analysis

- Activity diagrams


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Databases (approx. 3 days)

Basics of database systems

Architecture of database management systems

Application of RDBMS

Implementation of data model in RDBMS, normal forms

Practical and theoretical introduction to SQL

Limits of relational databases, csv, json


Data Warehouse (approx. 4 days)

Star Schema

Data modeling

Creation of Star Schema in RDBMS

Snowflake Schema, basics, data modeling

Creation of Snowflake Schema in RDBMS

Galaxy Schema: Basics, data modeling

Slowly Changing Dimension Tables Type 1 to 5 - Restating, Stacking, Reorganizing, mini Dimension and Type 5

Introduction to normal, causal, mini and monster, heterogeneous and sub dimensions

Comparison of state and transaction oriented

Fact tables, density and storage from DWH


ETL (approx. 4 days)

Data Cleansing

- Null Values

- Preparation of data

- Harmonization of data

- Application of regular expressions

Data Understanding

- Data validation

- Statistical data analysis

Data protection, data security

Practical structure of ETL routes

Data Vault 2.0, basics, hubs, links, satellites, hash key, hash diff.

Data Vault data modeling

Practical structure of a Data Vault model - Raw Vault, practical implementation of hash procedures


Project work (approx. 5 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

Data analytics

Introduction to data analysis (approx. 1 day)

CRISP-DM reference model

Data analytics workflows

Definition of artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning

Requirements and role in the company of data engineers, data scientists and data analysts


Review of Python basics (approx. 1 day)

data types

Functions


Data analysis (approx. 3 days)

Central Python modules in the context of data analytics (NumPy, Pandas)

Process of data preparation

Data mining algorithms in Python


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Data visualization (approx. 3 days)

Explorative data analysis

insights

Data quality

Benefit analysis

Visualization with Python: Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly Express

Data storytelling


Data management (approx. 2 days)

Big data architectures

Relational databases with SQL

Comparison of SQL and NoSQL databases

Business Intelligence

Data protection in the context of data analysis


Data analysis in a big data context (approx. 1 day)

MapReduce approach

Spark

NoSQL


Dashboards (approx. 3 days)

Library: Dash

Structure of dashboards - Dash components

Customizing dashboards

Callbacks


Text Mining (approx. 1 day)

Data preprocessing

Visualization

Library: SpaCy


Project work (approx. 5 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

Big Data Specialist

What is Big Data? (approx. 1 day)

Volume, Velocity, Variety, Value, Veracity

Opportunities and risks of large amounts of data

Differentiation: business intelligence, data analytics, data science

What is data mining?


Introduction to Apache Frameworks (approx. 2 days)

Big data solutions in the cloud

Data access patterns

Data storage


MapReduce (approx. 3 days)

MapReduce philosophy

Hadoop Cluster

Chaining of MapReduce jobs


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Components (approx. 3 days)

Brief presentation of various tools

Data transfer

YARN applications

Hadoop JAVA-API

Apache Spark


NoSQL and HBase (approx. 3 days)

CAP theorem

ACID and BASE

Types of databases

HBase


Big Data Visualization (approx. 3 days)

Theories of visualization

Diagram selection

New types of diagrams

Tools for data visualization


Project work (approx. 5 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

SAP Consultant BW/4HANA - Application Associate - Reporting, Modeling and Data Acquisition with SAP BW/4HANA 2.x

Introduction (approx. 20 days)

First, you will get to know the SAP system landscape by choosing one of the following topics:


either:


Elective topic 1: SAP Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO)

S4H00 SAP S/4HANA overview

S4F10 Business processes in financial accounting

S4F20 Business processes in internal accounting (Controlling)


or:


Elective topic 2: SAP Materials Management (MM) and Sales and Distribution (SD)

S4H00 SAP S/4HANA overview

S4500 Business Processes Sourcing and Procurement

S4600 Business processes in Sales


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Your chosen topic is followed by the BW-specific SAP topics:

 


BW405 - Query Design and Analysis (approx. 10 days)

Introduction to SAP HANA and SAP BW/4HANA

Starting reports and navigating in reports

Simple queries

Key figures in queries

Structures in queries

Characteristics, attributes and hierarchies

Variables in queries

Exceptions and conditions in queries

Report-report interface

Query performance optimization

Query administration

Overview of authorizations

Overview of SAP Analytics


BW410 - Data Warehousing (approx. 10 days)

Introduction to SAP HANA

Master data in SAP Business Warehouse BW/4HANA

Transaction data in SAP BW/4HANA

Native modeling in SAP HANA

Open ODS Views

Advanced SAP BW/4HANA topics


BW430 - Data Modeling (approx. 15 days)

Challenges in data modeling

Overview: The business case

Modeling approaches in SAP BW/4HANA

Best practice standards in SAP BW/4HANA modeling

Modeling process

SAP BW/4HANA content add-on

Implementing field-based rapid prototyping for SAP BW/4HANA

Implementing models in SAP BW/4HANA

Implement native SAP HANA views

Implement agile data marts

Implementing SAP BW/4HANA Workspaces

Advanced Modeling in SAP BW/4HANA


BW450 - Data provision (approx. 10 days)

Data provision in SAP HANA

Overview of SAP BW/4HANA

Data provisioning in SAP BW/4HANA via the SAP HANA source system

Data provisioning in SAP BW/4HANA via Operational Data Provisioning (ODP_SAP)

Delta management in Operational Data Provisioning (ODP_SAP)

Data extraction from SAP S/4HANA in SAP BW/4HANA

Other types of operational data provisioning in SAP BW/4HANA

Manage and optimize data flow components in SAP BW/4HANA

Big data provisioning in SAP BW/4HANA and SAP Data Hub


Project work/case study, certification preparation and SAP consultant certification BW/4HANA (approx. 15 days)



Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.

Programming skills (ideally Python) and experience with databases (SQL) are required. Knowledge in the preparation of data - such as programming knowledge in the field of databases and data warehousing - is an advantage. SAP and English language skills are recommended.

You are proficient in the processes involved in merging, preparing, enriching and forwarding data and understand big data analysis using basic Python programming, SQL and NoSQL database concepts. Knowledge of industry-specific software for processing and structuring large, unstructured data and visualizing it rounds off your knowledge.

You will also have the necessary qualifications to provide your clients with comprehensive and competent support as an SAP BW/4HANA consultant. The course will enable you to use the SAP BW/4HANA technology platform to automate, evaluate and present company statistics in electronic form. Your professional profile will be enhanced by the SAP Consultant certification.

The course is aimed at people with a degree in computer science, business informatics, business administration, mathematics or comparable qualifications.

A systematic evaluation of data volumes is essential for companies in order to generate information about their own products and customer behavior. Against this backdrop, big data analysts are increasingly in demand across all industries.

You will also acquire the globally standardized and recognized SAP certificate. It is considered one of the most important manufacturer certifications in the IT sector and will improve your career prospects on the job market across all industries. Managers in the field of Business Warehouse are in demand from both large and medium-sized companies in industry, trade, services and finance. Your potential fields of activity lie in business and software consulting, development and business analysis and reporting

Training partner of SAP® Germany

In cooperation with the SAP training partner alfatraining Bildungszentrum GmbH, we will qualify you for a job in industry and business.

You are directly connected to the SAP® Germany servers and learn on the original SAP® training system (IDES) in the latest version. This gives you the necessary practical experience during the course.

All SAP consultant courses also conclude with the original SAP certification. Our SAP instructors are qualified SAP consultants who will provide you with intensive support and prepare you optimally for the certification exam.

 

Didactic concept

Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).

You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.

 

Virtual classroom alfaview®

Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face teaching via video technology.

The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).

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