Krishna Yelamanchili

SAP BI/BW HANA Consultant

krishnayelamanchili@gmail.com

Mobile: 737- 247- 1984.

 

SUMMARY:

·         9+ years of Experience in SAP-BI/BW (7.0, 7.3 and 7.4) involving 8 implementation projects in which 6 Full Life Cycle Implementations and 2 - Enhancement and Support projects.

·        2 years of Implementation experience in HANA Modeling from various SAP and Legacy systems.

·        Good Understanding of the Retail Business and its integration with SAP  POSDM .

·        Sound integration Knowledge on tableau reporting toll with bex queries and HANA Views.

·        2 years of experience in BO4.0,4.1 on IDT, WEBI ,Crystal Reports  dashboards Lumeria and SAP  Explorer

·        Participated in all phases of life cycle including Requirement Gathering, Analysis, Design, Development, Testing, Deployment Solutions, Post Go Live Support, Documentation, and User Training.

·        Ability to work independently with minimum supervision. Effective communication and presentation skills, Quick adaptability and systematic approach towards work.

·        Worked As a lead for various projects in the teams of 10 and 15 during earlier projects and displayed good planning and coordination reflecting good results.

·        Involved in writing cut-over plans for data loads during go-live.

 

SAP BI/BW SKILLSET:

·        Knowledge on Modeling.

·        Knowledge on ERM and MDM.

·        Sound Knowledge on SAP BI 7.3 and 7.4 SP08 concepts

·        Involved in complete life cycle implementation of BW projects including data extraction from IS-UTILITIES, SD, FI, FI-CA, FSCM, VISTEX, SRM, PCM and SAP-HR-Travel Management, Time management, Personnel administration.

·        Worked extensively on Business content activation.          

·        Build custom info providers, info sources and Generic Extractors.

·        Experienced in data extraction using LO Cockpit, Flat file and Generic Data sources.

·        Specialized in data transformation using transfer rules and Update rules.                

·        Knowledge in extraction of data from BW to External systems Using open hub destination

·        Extensive knowledge on Reporting using Query Designer and Bex Analyzer.

·        Reasonable Knowledge on CO-PA.

·        Extensive Knowledge on Transport Mechanism.

·        Worked with Transformations and DTP.

·        Good Knowledge on Real-Time Data Acquisition.

·        Created SPOS , Data Flows , composite Providers and LSA Architecture

·        Worked with Transient Providers , Hybrid Providers and Operational Data Provisioning (ODP)

·        Knowledge on creating universes and OLAP Universes using Bex Queries, ODS, Info set, Multi providers and Info cubes.

·        Sound Knowledge on SAP BI/ BO integration.

·        Sound Knowledge on creating universes Based on Bex Queries.

·        Good knowledge on creating Webi documents based on the Business Requirement for Adhoc Analysis.

·        Created Crystal Reports for daily Business Operation

 

SAP HANA SKILLSET:

 

·        Developed the Attribute Views based on Master Data Tables in the SAP ECC.

·        Used filters for data to minimize the data and increase the performance.

·        Created Variables for applying filter values at Runtime.

·        Created calculated columns in analytic Views in Attribute Views

·        Created the Analytic Views based on the Info cube models in SAP BW/BI system.

·        Worked with Calculation Views for master and Transaction Data.

·        Created the Graphical Calculation Views by including the analytic views using Unions, Projections and Joins based on the business logic.

·        Created calculation views using SQL Script and Aggregations.

·        Used CE Functions for reading the data of information Views.

·        Developed the Analytic privilege for end user security based on the current BW Models.

·        Created Decision for implementing for implementing business rules and for performing what - if analysis.

·        Used Data replication Techniques DXC,SLT and ETL BASED via BODS

·        Worked on designing SAP BW data Flows (DSOs, Transformation, and DTPs) on the BW on HANA database Scenarios and imported them to the HANA studio tool.

·        Involved in importing the BW models from SAP BW system (using HANA DB) to the HANA Studio.

·        Imported and exported the HANA Models from development to Production system using Delivery Units.

·        Knowledge in SQL, PL/SQL, HANA SQL Script, Stored Procedures.

·        Worked on assigning Analytic Privileges to Views in HANA

·        Exposure to BODS and SQL Script Tool.

·        Used the Eclipse Based Process Chain Monitoring via HANA Studio

·        Published HANA Models into BW As Transient Providers

·        Leveraged BW Analysis Authorization For HANA Models

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

  1.  JCREW

 

SAP BI/BW HANA Consultant                                                         Feb 2015 – Till Date

Tools:  SAP BI 7.0,POSDM and B04.0

Modules: POSDM, SD, FI and MM

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

·           Involved in loading data From POSDM System within BW.

·           Created Technical specs for various Reports across all functional Areas.

·           Developed End to end Data flows for all the data Models including Front end Reports.

·           Interacted With business Community for requirement gathering and Analysis.

·           Created Cut-over Plans for Project Go-live Activities during the Year End Maintenance Activities.

·           Closely worked with PMO and Hyperion Team for Giving BW data Extracts to Hyperion.

·           Laid out the Road Map for go-live of several Internal Projects.

·           Worked on portioning of info-cubes for increasing the Performance.

·           Worked in Agile Frame work and participated in Sprint Planning for delivering the Projects.

·           Handled Complex Tickets and Change Requests Raised by the Users and Business.

·           Proactively involved in maintaining the system Health Checks.

·           Co-ordinated With Various Up stream and Down streams to minimize the Down Time during Go live Phases of the Project.

·           Maintained BW Process chain Automatic Scheduling via Autosys.

·           Created a POC for BW on HANA migration Project.

·           Extracted data from various source systems Via DB connect and Flat files.

·           Created data validation test cases During the UAT phase of the Project.

·           Participated Joint Analysis and Design Sessions between Users and PMO to oversee the Technical Challenges.

·           Enhanced BW extractors for Custom field for Business Requirement.

·           Fixed Various Defects Created By users during the UAT and Hypercare.

·           Meeting SLA for all the developments and continuously tracking for the updates to move the project in a smooth way to the target state.

·           Involved in providing the solutions in HANA-BO reporting using Input Parameters, Variables, Hierarchies & Variable, Input Parameters binding in BO IDT.

·           Documented all the Project Deliverables and Conducted Knowledge Transfer sessions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  2.  SYSCO FOODS

 

  Lead SAP BI/BW HANA Consultant                                                      March 2013 – Dec 2015

Tools:  SAP BI 7.3, HANA1.0 and BODS4.2

Modules: SAP- PM, HR, SCM, SD, Vistex, and PCM

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

·        Involved in writing technical specs for HR – Personal administration, time management and e-recruiting.

·        Business requirement gathering for plant maintenance and proft center management (PCM) modules

·        Created SPOS, data flows, composite providers, and implemented LSA architecture

·        Involved in writing start, end and expert routines

·        Created various bex queries in HR, PM and PCM area for Business Objects

·        Single point of contact for all the  modules

·        Created test cases for data validation in N and N+1 systems

·        Created open hubs for giving data to the PCM engine

·        Involved in creating training manuals for users and training the users

·        Fixed various defects in the integration , reconciliation and UAT test Phases

·        Organized trainings on all the reports to junior consultants

·        Involved in creating cut-over plans for production quality and pre-production

·        Created process chains for the entire solution

·        Collected transports for the entire solution and acted as a transport SPOC

·        Involved in all the upgrade activities of the entire project.

·        Test data creation in various test environments for the testers

·        Responsible for analyzing the requirements and identifying the gaps.

·        Responsible for reviewing Technical Design specifications.

·        Involved in suggesting BW-HANA Blend scenario solutions for specific requirements where high volume of detailed data reporting is required in real time.

·        Involved in ETL Based replication to provision the data from ECC to HANA system through BODS

·        Involved in providing solutions to the complex requirements using BW 7.3 Info providers (Transient Info provider, Virtual Master Data Info Objects, Composite Providers, Multiprovider) for HANA Models.

·        Involved in identifying the area to improve the performance by utilization of HANA In-Memory Computing feature, Column Store, Calc Engine features.

·        Involved in directing solutions to push the calculations to the HANA DB engine.

·        Involved in Optimizing the Design of the data flows in BW, HANA for the requirements.

·        Hands on Experience in writing SQL, SQL Script, CE Functions

·        Involved in Managing Onsite/Offshore resources to run the project in a smooth way.

·        Involved in Offshore queries clarification and coordinating with end users to bring everybody to same page. 

·        Involved in Procure to Pay backend & frontend implementation in BW/BO area.

·        Involved in coordinating with offshore for the daily deliverables throughout the ASAP phases.

·        Involved in defect management during TUT, SIT, UAT testing phases.

·        Involved in CRM data extractions to BW for CRM reporting. 

·        Involved in Management of Transportation activities across the DEV, QA, PROD Environments.

·        Extensively worked in Mock Cutover activities & Defect Management.

·        Involved in Coordinating with Upstream & Downstream teams for the data loads activities.

·        Involved in Tracking of Project documentation TDS, FDS, TUT, LLD.

 

  3.  Unilever PLC

 

Lead SAP BI/BW Consultant                                                                         Aug 2012 – March 2013

Tools:  SAP BI 7.0

Modules: FI (“Victory I Finance” Reporting)

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

·        Participated in year-end Rollover to gather requirements from business, do impact analysis and implement changes.

·        Implement MRD (Master Data) changes in the system to reflect new changes in reports.

·        Modified more than 100 reports according to business requirement.

·        Implement new change requests from business in monthly release. Gather functional requirements and provide Impact Analysis and Effort estimates to business to agree with the delivery date.

·        Created customized workbooks using multiple queries based on business requirements.

·        Performed Unit Testing in development system to ensure there are no bugs in development.

·        Involved in redesigning Cubes and DSOs as a part of performance optimization.

·        Coordinated with streams like BCS, Security, and Basis and Change management whenever necessary.

·        Performed Regression Testing in Preproduction system.

·        Create proper Documentation for all the existing data flows and reports in the system according to the defined process and ensure all changes are captured and documented.

·        Interact with users to gain Business Knowledge and understand how the technical landscape will be useful to business and propose solutions to their needs.

·        Extensively worked in FR and MR reporting.

·        Taken up the analysis of low-level performance areas, and propose solution to business.

·        Adherence to process. Performed Internal Audit to make sure it is followed 100%.

·        Provide training to new team members about business and system landscape. Also involved in providing technical training.

 

 

 

 

 

4.  British Gas Centrica

  SAP BI/BW Lead Feb 2012 – Aug 2012

Tools:  SAP-BI 7.0, SAP IS – Utilities, Query Designer, BOBJ

Modules:IS - Utilities

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

·        Involved in designing Functional specs and writing technical specs

·        Requirement gathering and gap analysis

·        Implemented LSA(layered scalable architecture) for data historical data retention

·        Designed the technical document for the entire solution

·        Used DTP routines,filters,and olap variables for loading current and previous  week data

·        Created unit test document for the entire solution

·        Involved in preparing  test data for the solution for testers

·        Involved in writing start, end routines and filed level routines for fetching the data according to the requirement

·        Created process chains for master data and transaction data

·        Collected transports for the entire solution

·        Enhanced data sources for according to the gap analysis

·        Involved in the cut-over activities for loading data in quality

·        Maintained manual configuration of master data

·        Used DSO look-ups at start routine and end routine

·        Created Bex Reports for Business objects universe

·        Created structures and variables for the reports

·        Used  Badis for data source enhancement and front end variables

 

5.  JohnCrane

 

Senior SAP BI Consultant                                                                      July 2011 – Jan 2011

 

Tools: SAP-BI 7.0, SAP R/3 ECC 6.0, Query Designer and Informatica

Modules:SD, Purchasing, Inventory

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

·        Developed technical specs for shipments receipts and inventory area

·        Used flat files for loading data from legacy systems

·        Interacted with Informatica team for generating flat files

·        Maintained escape signs at the info package level

·        Created flat file data sources

·        Created transfer rules and update rules for DSO  and cubes

·        Involved in writing formulas start routines for all the three areas

·        Used source system concatenation inoder to identify the records relevant to the respective country

·        Used master data look ups for fetching data in the transaction data

·        Used snap shot scenario for the basic inventory which has MS-access as source for SAP data

·        Involved UTP documents for the entire area

·        Documented the entire solution for the support team

·        Involved in integration testing and reconciliation testing for the entire data set

·        Involved in fixing defects raised by the business users

·        Prepared cut-over plan for quality and production

·        Collected transports for shipments, inventory and receipts

·        Implemented OS  command process type for moving the current flat files to Respective Archive folders

·        Created Bex Reports for the entire solution

·        Involved in pre Go-live and Post go-live activities

 

6. West Sussex County Council

     SAP BI-HR-Lead                                                                                                                         Aug 2010 – June 2011

 

    Tools:SAP-BI 7.0, SAP R/3 ECC 6.0, Query Designer

    Modules:  SAP BW-HR

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

·        Solely responsible for off-shore deliveries and lead a team of  15 members

·        Involved in effort estimation and cut-over plans.

·        Co-ordination with the client as per the SLA.

·        Involved in developing Technical specifications related to HR area.

·        Worked with HR data sources involved in time management, travel management and personnel administration.

·        Worked on security model of the entire HR space.

·        Successfully delivered the developments on time .

·        Involved in writing start routines, end routines and look-ups for fetching desired data according to the functional Spec.

·        Worked on defects in the integration test  phase.

·        Collected transports for the data flows

·        Interacted with the end users during defect resolutions

·        Enhanced various data sources to meet functional spec upon gap analysis

·        Solely responsible for the HR area in the project.

·        Created   complex reports involved in the time management area.

·        Delivered 10 reports in various areas of HR.

·        Documented the configuration rationale document for the BAU team of the client for the entire HR area.

·        Trained junior Resources in the SAP BW area.

 

 

7. Estee Lauder

Senior SAP BI Consultant                                                                                        May 2010 – Aug2010

 

Tools    :   SAP-BI 7.0, SAP R/3 ECC 6.0,

Modules:   SAP SRM, SD

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

 

·        Involved in developing Technical specifications related to P2P area.

·        Worked with SRM data sources

·        Successfully delivered the developments on time

·        Involved in writing start routines, end routines and look-ups for fetching desired data according to the functional Spec.

·        Created UTP documents for different flows in the P2P area.

·        Successfully developed Technical specs for OTC area.

·        Created process chains for SRM transactional flows.

·        Used DTP filters for various selections when loading data.

·        Involved in SRM Master Data Migration from 3.5 To 7.0 which involved various Routines.

·        Prepared detailed step procedures documents for master data migration from 3.5 to 7.0

·        Peer reviewed various process chains and developments in-order to maintain Top quality in the developments delivered to the client.

·        Created UTP documents for the Bex Queries

 

8. Amerisource Bergen

SAP BI Consultant                                                                                                         Dec 2009 – May 2010

 

Tools    :   SAP-BI 7.0, SAP R/3 ECC 6.0, SAP-VISTEX, Query Designer and BOBJ

Modules:   SAP SRM, SD and Vistex

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

·        Involved in Gap analysis based on the BRS Document.

·        Identified various Data sources with respective tables and fields.

·        Enhanced the required fields at the data source level

·        Involved in building customized cubes and Dso's

·        Worked on preparing TDDS for the reports.

·        Participated in cut-over activities for every release.

·        Troubleshooting the errors during data loads using DTPs

·        Participating the daily meetings with the onsite counter part

·        Worked with Vistex Data sources for supplier incentives, customer rebates.

·        Involved in using customer exits and finding the logic for them.

·        Worked on Aged buckets based reports

·        Involved in collecting transports and transporting them to next environment.

·        Involved in creating hierarchy data sources in ECC.

·        Involved in writing test cases for UTPS of I/O, DSO, cube, multiprovider, reports.

 

 

9.WELSH WATER

    SAP BI Consultant                                                                                                  Aug 2005 – Dec 2009

 

  Tools    :   SAP-BI 7.0, SAP R/3 ECC 6.0, SAP-Vistex, Query Designer and BOBJ

  Modules:   SAP Utilities, SD, MM

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

 

·        Designing Technical Specifications based on Functional Specifications.

·        GAP Analysis.

·        Responsible for all the Deliverables with in the process area.

·        Guiding junior resources in their regular activities.

·        Interacting with onsite counter parts during issue resolutions.

·        Worked on activating the standard delivered Business Content in the form of Info Objects, Info Sources, ODS, Info Cubes.

·        Worked on data extraction of SAP R/3 (LO-Cockpit) system using various extractors.

·        Activated Data sources in SAP R/3.

·        Loaded Data into the ODS Object before populate the data into the Info Cube.

·        Created Generic Data Sources Using Function Modules.

·        Maintained Info Cube and Update Rules.

·        Worked on Unit Testing of Objects.

·        Worked on creating Reports and Web Templates which suits the client requirement on Multi Providers.

 

 

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics from Madras University                             2000-2004