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SAP BODS Tutorial

SAP BO Data Services (BODS) is an ETL tool used for data integration, data quality, data profiling and data processing. It allows you to integrate, transform trusted data-to-data warehouse system for analytical reporting.

BO Data Services consists of a UI development interface, metadata repository, data connectivity to source and target system and management console for scheduling of jobs. This introductory tutorial gives a brief overview of the features of SAP BODS and how to use it in a systematic manner.

Audience

This tutorial will help all those readers who want to create their own local repository, configure a job server, start basic job development and execute the job to extract data from source systems and load the data to target systems after performing transformations, look-ups and validations.

Prerequisites

Before you start proceeding with this tutorial, we assume that you have basic knowledge of Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence. Basic knowledge of any RDBMS would be an added advantage.

SAP BODS Quick Guide - Learn SAP BODS in simple and easy steps starting from basic to advanced concepts with examples including DW Overview, Types, Products and Vendor, ETL Introduction, SAP BODS Overview, Architecture, Data Services Designer, Repository Overview, Creating and Updating, Data Services Management Console, DSMC Modules, DS Designer Introduction, ETL Flow in DS Designer, Datastore Overview, Changing a Datastore, Memory Datastore, Linked Datastore, Adapter Datastore, File Formats, COBOL Copybook File Format, Extracting Data from Database Tables, Data Extraction from Excel Workbook, Dataflow Introduction, Changing Properties, Workflow Introduction, Creating Workflows, Transforms Types, Adding Transform to a Dataflow, Query Transform, Data Services Overview, Creating Embedded Dataflow, Debugging and Recovery Mechanism, Data Assessment and Profiling, Tuning Techniques, Central vs Local Repository, Security, Creating a Multiuser Environment.

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