As anyone who has ever had need to understand the data model which underpins SAP or SAP BW to assist in a project will tell you... it is often a difficult, time consuming and costly exercise and not easy to ensure accuracy. In this webinar we explore the problem, discuss how Boeing, RS Components and Hydro Tasmania have used Safyr from Silwood Technology to meet this challenge and at the same time reduce the time, cost and risk associated with it.

1. Finding SAP data models
quickly and easily with Safyr
Silwood Webinar
15th December 2015

2. Introduction
“The team was originally
informed that no data model
was available for the SAP
application or for SAP BW”.
Scott Delaney
BI Team Leader
Hydro Tasmania

3. Agenda
• What is the problem?
• Safyr – a new approach
• Case Studies
• Benefits
• Demonstration
• Next actions

4. SUCCESSFUL SAP INFORMATION PROJECTS RELY ON GOOD DATA
• Needed for
– Data warehouse
– BI/Analytics
– Data wrangling
– Master data
– Data governance
– Implementation
– Migration
– Etc
• But where is it?

5. FINDING SAP APPLICATION METADATA IS DIFFICULT
• Complex model
• Customised
• Inaccessible

6. Traditional solutions
• Manual effort
• Documentation
• Specialists / Workbench
• Hire consultants
• Internet search
• Guesswork?

7. “My vendor says they do this”
• Interface to get data
– Connectors
– Templates
– Lists
• Inadequate context
David Marco
EDW 2015

8. Modelling tools don’t work either

9. ...and SAP has 90,000 tables!

10. Impact
• Late delivery of benefits
• Cost overrun
• Delays and backlog
• Low productivity
• Quality issues
• Business losing faith

11. Safyr – the only dedicated solution
• Shorten time to value
• Reduce cost of data
discovery
• Improve accuracy

12. Safyr
• Data professionals in
control
• Find what you need
• When you need it
• In context

13. Safyr
• Extract metadata
• As implemented
• Easy search, filter, scope
• Visualise data
• Compare
• 3rd party tools
integration

14. Case studies

15. How did this help Hydro Tasmania
• Solution – Safyr®
– SAP data model
– Includes customisations
– Rapid implementation
– Quick learning curve
– Back on track
– Rapid ROI
– No backlog
– Improved trust in data
• Challenge
– New SAP implementation
– Business Objects
– Team unfamiliar with SAP
– Data model not available
– No budget for services
– BI/Analytics backlog
– Low productivity
– Business losing faith

16. Scott Delaney – BI Team Leader
“As a result of our investment
in Safyr we are able to take a
more agile approach to
meeting the demands for new
reports and data within
acceptable timescales and the
business’ trust in the
information they provide is
growing”.

17. Case study – RS Components
• Challenge
– SAP
– Heavily customised (117k)
– Individual project delays
• Integration
• Reporting
– ‘Discovery’ bottleneck
• Obstructs understanding
• Reduces IT effectiveness
• Hinders communication
Solution - Safyr®
Project deadlines met
Rapid implementation (days)
Better understanding of SAP
Used with ERwin for modelling
No guesswork
Enhanced communications
Additional uses:
JD Edwards to SAP migration

18. Jean Ashby – Data Analyst
“RS Components are
succeeding in achieving a level
of understanding of data in
SAP that we previously
thought impossible”

19. Case study – Boeing Commercial Aircraft
Challenge
New SAP implementation
Multiple legacy applications
Data migration into SAP
SAP data model bottleneck
Restricts understanding
Potential delay to project
Communication issues
Solution - Safyr™
Fast understanding of data
Easier communication
Relevant SAP data models
Easier data migration
Potential future uses:
Compare SAP instances for
consolidation
Additional SAP data objects
models

20. Lorin Yeaton – Senior Information Architect
“Frankly we simply could not
have done what we did
without some way to extract
that metadata automatically.
To discover it and hand enter it
manually would have taken
thousands of hours.”

21. SAFYR
• Reduces cost
• Increases productivity
• Shortens time to value
• Rapid return
• Improves accuracy

22. Demonstration

23. Brian Farish – IT Architecture Manager
“After doing a quick prototype
metadata extract from SAP, the
response has been very
positive!
I’m really grieving for the lost
years without access to this
tool.
It has met and exceeded my
lofty expectations.”

24. What’s next?
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