PBS Nearline Analytic Infrastructure (PBS NAI) For ... - Dolphin
PBS Nearline Analytic Infrastructure (PBS NAI) For ... - Dolphin
PBS Nearline Analytic Infrastructure (PBS NAI) For ... - Dolphin
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Analyzing SAP Application Data with <strong>NAI</strong> Queries<br />
With <strong>NAI</strong> Query, <strong>PBS</strong> offers a tool of its own for performing flexible and fast evaluation of the data stored inside the<br />
column-based database Sybase IQ. This allows for <strong>NAI</strong> tables to be evaluated on a table-related basis.<br />
It is incredibly simple to start an <strong>NAI</strong> query:<br />
• Choose the application and table<br />
• Determine the fields and grouping<br />
that are to be put out<br />
You would like to see the line items that belong to the<br />
marked lines of your report No problem: just mark the<br />
line, select the function key ‘Drill Down‘ and you will be<br />
provided with a list of line items:<br />
• Select aggregation<br />
• Execute<br />
An <strong>NAI</strong> query uses column-based technology to generate<br />
summary reports on large data volumes in a fast and flexible<br />
manner.<br />
You are interested in producing a summary report on<br />
archived FI documents This can be done in a quick and<br />
easy manner. The result could look as follows:<br />
Figure 8<br />
Other functions:<br />
• You will be able to use the report interface to branch<br />
off into an SAP transaction from a line item.<br />
• You will be able to create an <strong>NAI</strong> query not only for<br />
individual tables or SAP DB views, but will also be<br />
able to analyze the joins between various tables.<br />
• The <strong>NAI</strong> database is not the only data source you<br />
will have available. You can also perform analysis on<br />
data from the SAP system or analyze a query for the<br />
<strong>NAI</strong> and SAP database.<br />
• You will also be able to use an <strong>NAI</strong> query to analyze<br />
key figures that have been calculated.<br />
• You will be able to define access rights based on authorizations.<br />
Figure 7<br />
Here, an aggregation of the line items takes place at the<br />
level of the general ledger account. Possible aggregations<br />
include, for instance, formation of summaries, maximum<br />
and minimum amounts.<br />
• It will also be possible for you to use an <strong>NAI</strong> query to<br />
search for line items with certain characteristics.<br />
With the help of <strong>NAI</strong> queries, summary reports that are<br />
based on many millions of data records can be analyzed in<br />
only seconds.<br />
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