JAMES CL CHUAH

SAP Certified BI 7.0 and SAP HANA 1.0 Application Associate

jamesclchuah@gmail.com

Marital Status: Married (1 child); Nationality: Malaysian; Work Authorization: US Green Card

Willing to Relocate Any Where in USA

Cell phone: 347-278-3855

 

Professional Summary

                                         

·         Over 4 years of total experience in IT industry in the areas of System Analysis, Design, Development and Implementation business applications.

·         Includes 2+ years of experience in SAP on implementation of projects and project planning in both SAP ERP and SAP BW systems.

·         In depth core concepts of BW data warehousing and familiar with related SAP Functional Modules such as SD, MM, HR and FI/CO.

·         Experience in activating standard Business Content, extending and enhancing using User Exits according to the end-user requirements.

·         Technical BW knowledge of performing Data Extraction from SAP R/3 into SAP BW system through LO-Cockpit, CO-PA and Generic Extraction techniques.

·         Excellent experience in data modeling with BW components including Extract Structures, Extractors, Data Sources, Transformations, InfoObjects, DSO, InfoCubes. Uploaded master data, transaction data and hierarchical data into the SAP BW.

·         Worked on performance tuning of BW system. Improved data load, query performance by using compression, aggregates, rollups and partitioning techniques.

·         Extensively used BEx Query Designer for designing and modifying Queries.

·         In depth knowledge with other BEx Tools such as Analyzer, Web Analyzer, Web Application Designer, Report Designer. Experience in configuring Report-to-Report Interfaces (RRI) at BEx Query level.

·         Involved in report creating with the use of BusinessObjects XI 4.0 Tools.

·         Strong interpersonal and communication skills, good team player, detail oriented and able to communicate to all organizational levels.

 

Skills on SAP HANA 1.0

·         Familiar in Data Modeling with SAP HANA Studio by using Information Modeler for building Attributes Views, Analytic Views and Calculation Views.

·         Able to define Joins between tables in the Graphical Interface of attributes views.

·         Creating analytic views based on regular invoice and correction invoice from ERP system.

·         Building calculation views with Graphical Method. Involving Tools include Union, Join, Aggregation and Projection. Other method such as SQLScript coding is used.

·         Advanced concepts in SAP HANA Studio such as derived attribute views, calculated attributes, restricted and calculated measures, filters and variables operations and currency conversion are well exposed.

·         Knowledge in choosing of Data Provisioning Method between SAP LT, SAP Data Services and Sybase Replication Server from Strategic considerations and Technical consideration  point of view.

·         Knowledge to work for SAP LT installation, SLT configuration and SLT Administration of data replication. Applying filters and transformations of values on the SLT server level.

·         Able to prepare SAP HANA to receive data from SAP Data Services. Well understanding  of the CDC (Change Data Capture) mechanism in SAP Data Services during data loading process.

·         Utilizing SAP Direct Extractor Connection (DXC) for data loading from SAP source system to SAP HANA using existing data sources. Knowledge of 3 ways to deploy DXC with SAP HANA database.

·         Knowledge in SAP Pre-configured content for SAP HANA system such as Rapid Marts for BusinessObject  frontend tools, Accelerators and Rapid Deployment Solutions(RDS).

 

 

Education

 

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (Hons)

SUNY, Stony Brook, New York.

 

Bachelor of Engineering in Materials Engineering (Hons)

University Science Malaysia, Perak, Malaysia

 

SAP Global Certification

 

1. SAP Certified Application Associate - Business Intelligence with SAP NetWeaver 7.0

2. SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP HANA 1.0

3. SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP HANA 1.0

 

Technical Skills

 

Business Warehousing	SAP BW7.0, SAP BW7.3
SAP ERP	SAP ECC 6.0, SAP R/3
Functional Modules	SD, MM, FI-CO
BW Reporting	BEx Query Designer, BEx Web Analyzer, BEx Analyzer, MS Excel, WAD, Report Designer
BOBJ Tools	BusinessObjects XI 4.0, IDT-Universes, Dashboard, WebI
Languages	ABAP/4, SQL, SQLScript-CE_Functions
SAP HANA 1.0	SAP HANA Studio, BO Data Services 4.0
Professional Experience

 

Client: SSM Health Care, St. Louis, MO

Duration: Jan 2012 - April 2013

Position: SAP BW Consultant

 

SSM Health Care (SSMHC) is one of the largest health care systems in Mid America. The system owns, manages and is affiliated with 20 acute care hospitals and two nursing homes in four states with more than 5000 physicians and 24000 employees. SSMHC implemented SAP for the Hospital management.

 

Responsibilities:

·         Responsible for modeling and handling of SAP BI 7.0 objects such as MultiProviders, InfoCubes, DSOs, InfoObjects, Master data, Hierarchies.

·         Involved in implementing and designing InfoCubes and DSOs.

·         Involved in development of custom tables, data elements, domains, views and match codes using Data Dictionary.

·         Worked on data loading process with infoPackages, DTPs, Transformations.

·         Performing ETL from SAP source system and non-SAP source system.

·         Worked with process-chains to automate the Data Loads, Rollups into Aggregates.

·         Knowledge of different update modes - Direct delta, Queued delta, unserialized V3 update.

·         Working on Core SAP business processes: FI-AR, FI-AP, HR, MM and experience in BW implementations of these modules

·         Using ABAP to modify data in a database table.

·         SAP BW Data Load monitoring and troubleshooting.

·         Experience with SAP BW sizing and performance tuning tasks (Aggregates, compression, partitioning)

·         Highly involved in Queries building with BEx Tools such as Query Designer and Analyzer.

·         Involved in creating reports using Web Application Designer and Report Designer.

·         Worked on reporting with BOBJ XI 4.0 tools.

 

Environment: SAP BW BI 7.0, SAP ECC 6.0 and Windows 2003, BEx Query Designer, Report Designer, Web Application Designer, SAP FI-CO, MM, HR, BOBJ XI 4.0.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Client: Nibco, Elkhart, IN

Duration: September 2010 to October 2011

Position: SAP BW Consultant

 

Nibco is a maker and distributor of plumbing supplies with the goal of staying ahead of the flow. Its flow-control products include pipes, fittings, actuators, and valves. The company uses variety of materials to fabricate their products, which includes bronze, copper, stainless steel, plastic, and other materials. Nibco Dura-Pex piping systems, flow-control fittings, radiant heating equipment, and press-to-connect fittings and ball valves, are not only used in commercial construction but also residential, environmental, as well as industrial applications.

 

Responsibilities:

·      Responsible for the custom modification of standard SAP Business content and installed the necessary objects.

·         Activating and supporting standard data Extraction from SAP R/3 into SAP BW system through LO-Cockpit, CO-PA and Generic Extraction techniques.

·         Enhanced business content extractors using T-Code LBWE. Deleting and installing data from setup tables for specific application components.

·         Created InfoObjects, InfoSources, InfoPackages, InfoCubes, MultiProviders to load Master and Transactional data from SAP R/3 system and flat files into BW system using Full and Delta loads.

·         Performed detailed analysis to improve the Performance of Cubes using Aggregates and Involved in Production Support.

·         Created Process Chains for batches for running Delta Loads in Logistics.

·         Worked on Variables, Formulas, Structures, Calculated Key figures, Restricted Key figures, Exceptions, Conditions, Display attributes, Navigational attributes to create queries using BEx Query designer

·         Developed flexible queries using filters and navigational attributes to facilitate data analysis in BEx Analyzer.

 

Environment: SAP BW7.0, SAP R/3, SD, MM, BEx Query designer, BEx Analyzer.