{"id":2358,"date":"2013-11-19T20:14:02","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T19:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hackingsap.com\/blog\/?p=2358"},"modified":"2013-11-19T20:14:47","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T19:14:47","slug":"sap-bi-books-books-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hackingsap.com\/blog\/sap-bi-books-books-books","title":{"rendered":"SAP BI books, books & books!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a great era for those of us who like to learn about SAP BI topics by themselves, at your own pace and at a moment that is the most suitable. We have the openSAP online courses on HANA and BI4, there is Twitter, the blogs, podcasts and of course the good old books. Lots of SAP BI books I must say. In this post I made an overview of the books that just have been released and the ones that are coming in the near future.<\/p>\n

\"3293-ImplementingHANA__47519_std-1\"Implementing SAP HANA<\/strong><\/a>, by\u00a0Don Loden, Jonathan Haun, Chris Hickman, and Roy Wells, ISBN 978-1-59229-856-3, 838 pages.<\/p>\n

Currently the #1 selling book at SAP Press about the more than epic HANA platform; the #1 topic at SAP TechEd this year. This book offers the practical details about implementing SAP HANA, plus the integration of SAP Data Services and the\u00a0SAP BusinessObjects BI tools with SAP HANA.<\/p>\n

\"3278-100-about-NWBW-lg__25739_std\"100 Things You Should Know about SAP NetWeaver BW<\/strong><\/a>, by\u00a0Andrew Joo and Buntic Georgian, ISBN\u00a0978-1-59229-447-3, 369 pages.<\/p>\n

100 tips and tricks to make your work as a SAP BI consultant more efficient. Real-world examples\/problems, short chapters, practical step-by-step instructions and a lot of screenshots. Cookbook style, so I like!<\/p>\n

\"3307-bobj-design-studio-lg__13516_std\"Getting Started with SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio<\/strong><\/a>, by\u00a0Xavier Hacking and Jeroen van der A, ISBN\u00a0978-1-59229-895-2, 504 pages.<\/p>\n

Yeah of course the book I worked on myself needs to be in this list. A brand new book on this brand new tool, covering everything you need to know to get started with Design Studio! More info and a nice discount coupon code\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"h3311__38753_std\"Universe Design with SAP BusinessObjects BI: The Comprehensive Guide<\/strong><\/a>, by Christian Ah-Soon, Pierpaolo Vezzosi, and Didier Mazou\u00e9, ISBN\u00a0978-1-59229-901-0, \u00b1650 pages, expected release December 2013.<\/p>\n

I think this book will be the first in-depth guide to the Information Design Tool, which can be used to create those BI4 UNX universes.<\/p>\n

\"3317-PredictiveAnalysis-lg__67529_std\"Predictive Analysis with SAP: The Comprehensive Guide<\/a><\/strong>, by\u00a0John MacGregor, ISBN\u00a0978-1-59229-915-7, \u00b1500 pages, expected release December 2013.<\/p>\n

I joined the hands-on session at TechEd to play around with Predictive Analysis for the first time. I expect this book to bring me a bit further than the basics and do some real analysis and modeling.<\/p>\n

\"3314-IntegratingBOBI-lg__11702_std\"Integrating SAP BusinessObjects BI with SAP NetWeaver (3rd Edition)<\/strong><\/a>, by Info Hilgefort, ISBN\u00a0978-1-59229-923-2, \u00b1550 pages, expected release December 2013.<\/p>\n

I love the first two editions of this book. They were really helpful in setting up the\u00a0SAP BusinessObjects BI platform on top of SAP BW. This version will be up to date for BI4.1.<\/p>\n

\"3312-SAPNWBW-lg__57787_std\"<\/p>\n

SAP NetWeaver BW: Administration and Performance Optimization<\/strong><\/a>, by\u00a0Jesper Christensen and Joe Darlak, ISBN\u00a0978-1-59229-853-2, \u00b1750 pages, expected release June 2014.<\/p>\n

BW is not dead (yet), so this one is for the back-end guys to keep BW running smoothly. I expect this book to cover a lot of the contents of the 2010 release SAP NetWeaver BW: Administration and Monitoring, but we’ll see.<\/p>\n

So, which one(s) will be under your Christmas tree next month?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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