ZSTAR is a tool that allows users to quickly browse and analyze data from SAP BW objects like InfoCubes, DSOs, and MultiProviders. It displays the data, administrative information, and logical design in a single window without requiring technical knowledge. The tool is read-only and does not require compiling ABAP code, allowing significant time savings compared to standard transactions. It is intended for professionals who need to perform data analysis but do not have in-depth technical skills, such as developers, designers, data analysts, and support staff. The ROI from using ZSTAR comes from the estimated 30 minutes of time it can save users per day.

1. ZSTAR
Tool for SAP BI professionals
An overview of ideas
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2. ZSTAR – a tool for profesionals
• How many times a day you need to read data
from InfoCube, DSO or MultiProvider?
• Are you satisfied with data browsing
transaction you are using in SAP BI?
• How do you feel about the message:
“InfoProvider contains too many characteristics;
make a preselection“?

3. ZSTAR – a tool for profesionals
ZSTAR is a tool to quickly browse and analyze data in such InfoProviders as:
InfoCubes, DSOs and MultiProviders. It allows browsing and analyzing data, seeing
administration information and displaying logical design of InfoProvider
(dimensions). The tool is read only so it can be used by users without deep technical
knowledge

4. ZSTAR – a tool for profesionals
Main ideas:
• Principle of one window
• Simple management of result set
• Dynamic drill down
• Compilation of ABAP code is not necessary

5. Principle of one window
Same window display:
1 - Result set
2 - Logical design structure: dimensions and InfoObjects
3 - Information about result set
4 - Data upload information

6. Simple management of result set
Simple interface
• Check or uncheck checkbox is enough to add or remove InfoObject
into/from result set
• Values can be added into filter or removed from it using checkbox
• It is not necessary to leave the window of result set to create a filter

7. Dynamic drill down
Dynamic drill down
• MultiProvider to InfoCubes, DSOs
• InfoProvider to InfoProvider

8. Dynamic drill down - mappings
Dynamic drill down- mappings
• MultiProvider to InfoCubes, DSOs
• InfoProvider to InfoProvider (transformations and update rules)

9. Compilation of ABAP code
• Standard transaction ListCube compiles
ABAP programs at almost every step
• ZSTAR does not have to recompile
ABAP code. This leads to significant
time savings

10. Users of ZSTAR
Any professional who has to perform data analysis / browsing
intensive tasks
• Developers - for testing developed data load flows and
InfoProviders
• Designers - for data analysis during design and test stage
• Data analysts - persons for whom standard end user tools like Bex
analyzer is not enough but who do not have enough technical
knowledge to use back end tools
• Support organization – people working with problem tickets and
requests from end users. They need a tool to browse and analyze
data to quickly identify issues or provide end users with
explanations about their requests

11. ROI
Our testings show that ZSTAR can help save around 30min a day. Return on the
investment buying the tool can be easily calculated. Divide the daily rate your
company is paying per day for SAP BI consultants by 16 and multiply it by 20, 40 or
60 days.
For instance 1000Euro / 16 = 62,5 Euro (return per day)
20 days 62,5 * 20 = 1250 Euro per 1 month
40 days 62,5 * 40 = 2500 Euro per 2 months
40 days 62,5 * 60 = 3750 Euro per 3months
For instance 500Euro / 16 = 31,25 Euro (return per day)
20 days 31,25 * 20 = 625 Euro per 1 month
40 days 31,25 * 40 = 1250 Euro per 2 months
40 days 31,25 * 60 = 1875 Euro per 3months