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SAP Data Mining Bootcamp & Report Development Using Crystal Decisions' Applications
Course Content

Chapter 1
Introduction
A. About this Guide
B. Structure of this Guide
C. Course Materials

Chapter 2
CESK for SAP ~ Overview
A. What is the CESK for SAP?
B. Components of the CESK for SAP
C. SAP Architecture
D. Supported SAP Data Types
E. Data Mining/Reporting Within SAP ~ The Art of the Process
F. Advantages of Using ABAP Queries
G. SAP Security Support

Chapter 3
Using the SAP Data Dictionary for Report Development
A. The ABAP/4 Development Workbench ~ A Review
B. The ABAP Data Dictionary ~ A Review
C. Printing an R/3 Table Definition
D. Hints on Linking SAP Tables
E. Using the SAP Enterprise IMG Graphic Browser for Data Flow
F. Data Elements vs. Field Names - Where Used
G. Browsing the SAP Data
H. Sample CSKS Object List Display
I. Using Views in Reports
J. Using ABAP Queries in Reports
K. Using SAP ABAP Functions in Reports
L. Using InfoSets in Reports

Chapter 4
Using the Crystal Dictionary to Access SAP

Chapter 5
SAP Reporting Using Z_Tables

Chapter 6
Using SAP’s Logical Databases with Crystal Reports

Chapter 7
Using SAP’s SQL Trace with Crystal Reports

Chapter 8
Using the Open SQL Driver

Chapter 9
Miscellaneous
A Quick Review of SQL ~ Native SQL and SAP Open SQL
Various SAP Reporting~Related Transactions
Useful R/3 Procedures