PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

 

Meticulous experience of 9+ years in IT industry as a Senior SAP BI/BW, BOBJ and HANA Consultant involved in business requirements gathering, Business Content Installations, Design, Analysis, Coding, Development, Enhancements, Cutover and Testing with specialization in Warehousing techniques including data extraction, transformation and loading. Involved in all phases of software development life cycles including QA/QC activities. Possesses good verbal and interpersonal skills and a quick learner.

 

·               Involved in 4 full life cycle implementations on versions BI 7.x and BW 3.5 that includes Requirement Gathering, Analysis, Design, Business Content Installation, Development, Testing, Deployment Solutions, Post Production Support, Documentation, and User Training in SAP BW.

·               Experience on BI 7.4 Upgrade, SAP Business Objects Reporting 4.0, 4.1 & ABAP.

·               Extensive experience in developing data models in SAP HANA implementation, SAP System Landscape transformation (SLT), Attribute, Analytic and Calculation Views

·             Experience with SAP BOBJ and BW integration along with OLAP universes using BW Queries and info cubes.

·             Experience in Business Intelligence/Business Objects (BI/BO) enterprise and SAP HANA solutions that include Business Objects architecture, software deployment, infrastructure maintenance, business objects and system administration, BOE Security, Universe/ Report/Dashboard development, documentation, Production Support.

·             Experience in developing Transformations and DTP’s with start & end routines in BI 7.0.

·             Experience in activating and enhancing standard R/3 data extractors and developing customized extractors using tables, views, and function modules

·             Experience in extracting data using Flat files, Standard extractors, Customized extractors, LO COCKPIT.

·               Extensively used Business Objects reporting functionalities such as Master Detail, Slice and Dice, Drilling methodology, Filters, Ranking, Sections, Graphs and Breaks.

·               Involved in SAP Integrated Planning with SAP Netweaver BI 7.0

·               Experience in working with SAP BI security team for authorization levels.

·               Production Support in SAP Financials (FI/CO), HR and Logistics (MM, SD, PM, PP) modules.

·               Experience in creating Universe and WEBI Reports

·               Worked extensively on BEX Analyzer and created various Queries and workbooks

·               Worked on BEx Reports providing insight of Business Intelligence for Business Analyst for Decision making using Formulas, Selections, Structures, Calculated Key Figure, Restricted Key Figure and Variables with User Entry/Default Value, Replacement Path and Customer Exit.

·               Design and development of Standard and Custom Info Cubes, Info Object and Info Sources, Extraction, Transfer Structures, Multi-Providers, Process Chains, Operational Data Store (ODS), Open hub service, User Exists, Experience on SAP BPC and Business Explorer (BEx).

·               Developed APO reports to analyze the data coming from SNP, DP, Inventory, and purchasing.

·               Experience with Profit Center, Cost Center, and Company Code master data attributes, hierarchies, and master data loads required.

·               Experienced in OLTP extractions of SAP LO-Cockpit, CO-PA, PSM, HR,ISU,MM, APO, CRM, Generic extractions and non-SAP data. Experience in Extraction from Flat files, SAP Data marts, SAP, Non SAP.

·               Expertise in Data source Enhancement, OLTP extraction data, Loading (Full /Delta Up-Load), Monitoring and BW Transports.

·               Expertise in creating and maintaining Process Chains and Meta Chains for automating data loads.

·               Experience in Automation of master data and transactional data loads, Managing and maintaining R/3 Master Data, Performance and tuning on query level, back end level and on Data target level.

·               Handling of the production support tickets and resolving them as per the ticket priority and transporting them into Quality and Production environments.

·               Worked on Designing the Web Reports and published in Web Portals     

·               Involved in the upgrade of Enhancement Packs(EHP4) & Support Packages. Taking care of the BI system of Pre & Post upgrade of Support Pack & Enhancement Packs.

·               Expertise in Datasource Enhancement, Generic DataSource using Function Modules, Business Content Installation, User Exits, Scheduling, Monitoring, Process Chain, InfoSource, MultiProvider, InfoSet, InfoCube, DSO/ODS and Open Hub Service.

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

·               Worked as a SAP BI/BO Lead Consultant in IES: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, from Mar’2015 to Till Date

·               Worked as a SAP BI/BO Lead Consultant in Armstrong World Industries, from Oct’2014 to Mar’2015

·               Worked as a SAP BI/BO/HANA Lead Consultant in IBM India Pvt Ltd, from Aug ’2008 to Sep’2014.

·               Worked as a SAP BW Consultant in Accenture Pvt Ltd, from Sep’2006 to Aug ’2008

·               Worked as a SAP BW Associate Consultant in Colgate Palmolive, from Jan’2006 to Aug ’2006

 

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

 

Business Warehouse:SAP BI 7.0, BW 7.31, BW 3.5, 3.1C.

ERP:SAP R/3 4.7, ECC 6.0.

Languages:ABAP/4, C

Reporting Tools:Business Explorer, Web App Designer (WAD),

SAP BO XI R3 - Web Intelligence, Xcelsius and MS Access, SAP-BO 4.0 & 4.1, HANA 1.0, Micro-Strategy, Design Studio.

Helpdesk:Peregrine, IBM Clear Quest, ISM Maximo, Remedy.

Testing Tools: Mercury Quality Center

Operating Systems:Windows 95/98/2000/2007/2010/NT & XP.

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

 

Project-1                                      

Client: IES: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA                     Mar’2015 – Till Date  

SAP BI/BO Lead Consultant.

Responsibilities:

·               Interacted with Business Users and Business Analysts to gather and document the requirements and translate these to Technical specifications for designing Universes.

·               Created Universes using SAP BI/BW Queries as Source Data.

·               Expertise in gathering, analyzing and documenting business requirements, functional requirements and data specifications for Business Objects Universes and Reports.

·               Worked on Datasource enhancements

·               Worked on Inventory reconciliation process

·               Experienced on LO Extractors, Generic Extractors, extracting data from other Source System (SQL), and Data Source Enhancements area like SD, MM, HR, PSM,IS, FI related tables and Utility sector.

·               Expertise in gathering, analyzing and documenting business requirements, functional requirements and data specifications for Business Objects Universes and Reports.

·               Expertise in Datasource Enhancement, Generic DataSource using Function Modules, Business Content Installation, User Exits, Scheduling, Monitoring, Process Chain, InfoSource, MultiProvider, InfoSet, InfoCube and DSO/ODS

·               Developed flexible queries using filters, navigational attributes, variables, calculated key figures, restricted key figures, Replacement path variables in BEx analyzer to facilitate data analysis in a drill down or summarized way to give detailed level of information.

·               Created Generic datasource based on function module related to Grants Management and MM.

·               Organizing, Publishing & Scheduling Reports from BI Launch Pad

·               Used Informatica to Extract Transform and Load to get the Data to use in the BO reports. 

 

 

Project-2                                      

Client: Armstrong, Lancaster, PA                                                                   Oct’2014 – Mar’2015  

SAP BI/BO Lead Consultant.

 

Responsibilities:

·               Involved in Up gradation of the System from BI 7.0 to BI 7.4

·               Taken care of Pre Upgrade and Post Upgrade steps.

·               Interacted with Business Users and Business Analysts to gather and document the requirements and translate these to Technical specifications for designing Universes.

·               Involved in enhancing the existing reports in areas like SD, MM, and FI.

·               Worked with Basis team & portal team in fixing the upgrade related issues.

·               Using Real Time Cubes in Integrated Planning, Created Aggregation Levels and the reports for planning cubes.

·               Applied OSS notes to fix BW upgrade issues.

·               Identifying KPIs in the source data for various report requirements and using in report development.

·               Worked on Design and build custom DataSources, InfoObjects, DataStore Objects, InfoProviders Infosets and Infoset queries and Transformations to support business requirements.

·               Well experienced in BW performance tuning techniques, Data Modeling, Data Extraction and Data loading for both application specific as well as generic from R/3 modules and other legacy applications.

·               Interacted with Business Users and Business Analysts to gather and document the requirements and translate these to Technical specifications for designing Universes.

·               Experienced on LO Extractors, Generic Extractors, extracting data from other Source System (SQL), and Data Source Enhancements area like SD, MM, and FI related tables.

·               Created Web Intelligence Reports with functionalities like hierarchy level drill down, drill threw, percentage functions.

·               Created Universes using SAP BI/BW Queries as Source Data.

·               Expertise in gathering, analyzing and documenting business requirements, functional requirements and data specifications for Business Objects Universes and Reports.

·               Worked on Global and regional reports and dashboards

·               Worked on SAP BoBJ 4.0 Dashboard Design, Web Intelligence

·               Organizing, Publishing & Scheduling Reports from BI Launch Pad

·               Experienced in creating BICS-OLAP Connections, Data Foundation Layer, Business Foundation Layer , Multi-Sourced Universe with Information Design Tool

·               Fix the identified problems, make necessary break fixes/enhancements in the development system and transport them to Production.

·               Developed flexible queries using filters, navigational attributes, variables, calculated key figures, restricted key figures in BEx analyzer to facilitate data analysis in a drill down or summarized way to give detailed level of information.

·               Well experienced in BW performance tuning techniques, Data Modeling, Data Extraction and Data loading for both application specific as well as generic from R/3 modules and other legacy applications.

·               Involved in updating and maintaining existing Universes based on changes in user requirements and changes in data.

 

Environment (Development & Production Support): SAP-BI7.0/7.3/7.4, ECC6.0, and BOBJ 4.0/4.1

 

Project-3           

Client: UBS (Union Bank of Switzerland), Stamford, CT                               Dec’2010 – Sep’2014

SAP BI/BO and HANA Lead Consultant.

 

Responsibilities:

·               Coordinated and worked along with the ETL team to ensure the timely execution of feeds to the reporting tables as well as testing the quality of data and providing inputs to them.

·               Involved in Up gradation of the System from BI 7.0 to BI 7.4

·               Taken care of Pre Upgrade and Post Upgrade steps.

·               Expertise in Datasource Enhancement, Generic DataSource using Function Modules, Business Content Installation, User Exits, Scheduling, Monitoring, Process Chain, InfoSource, MultiProvider, InfoSet, InfoCube, DSO/ODS and Open Hub Service.

·               Involved in enhancing the existing reports in areas like SD, MM, HR, Project Systems, Controlling and FI.

·               Involved in taking the responsibility of the development till the go-live of the reports. Involved in both the Activities monitoring and Production Support. 

·               Created process chains using various process to automate data loading, activation of DSO, compression, drop and create indexes, init fills, roll up, attribute change run and DBstats etc., 

·               Performed huge data loads into DSO and Infocubes from ECC as well as the other source  systems 

·               Creating & deleting the indexes before & after Upgrade, checking the consistency of the Infoproviders,  InfoObjects & Queries.

·               Fix the identified problems, make necessary break fixes/enhancements in the development system and transport them to Production.

·               Developed flexible queries using filters, navigational attributes, variables, calculated key figures, restricted key figures in BEx analyzer to facilitate data analysis in a drill down or summarized way to give detailed level of information.

·               Interacted with Business Users and Business Analysts to gather and document the requirements and translate these to Technical specifications for designing Universes.

·               Involved in SAP HANA implementation, SAP System Landscape transformation (SLT).

·               Worked on creation of Attribute, Analytic and Calculation Views for data consumption by BOBJ Explorer Extensively worked on Native HANA , SLT and HANA Studio

·               Implementing SAP HANA system with ECC Tables

·               Involved in full life cycle implementation, which included Gap Analysis, Requirements gathering, Blue printing, Development, Testing, Go-live and Post Go-live support.

·               Analyzed reporting requirements - Data Mapping, Design of Functional and Technical specifications

·               Extensively involved in creating and maintaining the Info sets and Info set Queries.

·               Involved in changing the Existing data model of an Info Cube by adding new Characteristics and Key figures, involving the Re-initialization of Data Sources from SAP R/3.

·               Involved in the Design phase and developed the different design documents like system specification, ETL design documents and Reporting Design document.

·               Expert in understanding of the complete Architecture (Data loading, Data modeling & Reporting).

·               Worked with Basis team & NetWeaver portal team in fixing the upgrade related issues.

·               Performance Tuning - Evaluated statistical performance and provided recommendations for optimization. Improved data load and query performance by doing compression, aggregates, and partitioning.

·               Modified existing universes and implemented new universes according the reporting needs by detecting cardinalities, resolving traps and using contexts and also developed hierarchies and derived tables.

·               Involved in SAP HANA implementation, SAP System Landscape transformation (SLT).

·               Worked on creation of Attribute, Analytic and Calculation Views for data consumption by BOBJ Explorer Extensively worked on Native HANA , SLT and HANA Studio

·               Implementing SAP HANA system with ECC Tables.

Environment (Development & Production Support): SAP-BI7.0/7.3/7.4, ECC6.0, BOBJ 4.0/4.1 and HANA 1.0 SP2/SP07-08

 

Project-4                        Jan’2010 – Nov’2010

Client: Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, IL

Sr SAP BI/BO Consultant.

 

Responsibilities:

·               Taken initiative Ownership of the case and keep posting the updates of the case to the users till it satisfies the Client and User requirements.

·               Involved in both the Activities monitoring and Production Support. 

·               Fix the identified problems, make necessary break fixes/enhancements in the development system and transport them to Production.       

·               Upgraded, enhanced and supported activities from BW 3.5 to BI 7.0 in Nw2004’s.

·               Supported the client by providing long-term solutions to the tickets by doing Root Cause Analysis.

·               Automated the Process Chains and creating alert messages for the process in the Process Chain.

·               Involved in Enhancements and validating of reports in EP.

·               Handled the cases of priorities Normal, Urgent and BC (Business Critical).

·               Actively and regularly involved in Load Monitoring of Daily, weekly, and Monthly, Data Loads using Process Chains.

·               Extensive experience in Modeling, Data Extraction Transformation and Data Loading (ETL), Reporting, Web Application Designer (WAD), Portal Reports, Analysis Process Designer (APD), Web Templates, Information Broadcasting and Integrated Planning (IP).

·               Actively Involved in Rectification of Load Failure errors like Master Data Loads, Transaction Loads.

·               Monitoring of info packages and analyzing the reasons for frequent failures of info packages.

·               Create OSS Notes, investigate and follow up with SAP.

·               Monitor daily, weekly, monthly data loads on SAP BW Production systems. BW daily jobs consist of loading data into BW and extracts from BW using Info.

·               Enhanced/Maintained Info Cubes, Data Store Objects, Info Objects, Multi Providers, Info Sources, Data Sources, Transformations, Data transfer Process and Info Packages as per the Business requirement.

·               Created process chains for data loading, delta uploading and periodical PSA deletion.

·               Improved performance by creating Aggregates, Compressions, Partitions and Indexes using BW statistics and repaired the objects if any inconsistency using RSRV.

·               Analyze the reporting requirements with the business users and the QA team and come up with the technical specifications for the BO Reports.

·               Using Real Time Cubes in Integrated Planning, Created Aggregation Levels and the reports for planning cubes.

·               Involved in Building universe, Inserting tables, Detecting joins, Detecting cardinalities and checked the integrity. 

·               Created universes, classes, objects, Prompts, Predefined conditions, by retrieving the data from data sources and defining the necessary connections. 

Environment (Development/Production Support): SAP-BI7.0, SAP-BW3.5 ABAP/4, ECC6.0, SAP Business Objects 4.0/XI 3.1, Xcelsius 2008, Crystal Reports 2008

 

Project-5

Client: Johnson and Johnson (BELGIUM)                                                                               Jun’2009-Dec’2009          

SAP BI/BO Consultant.

 

Responsibilities:

·               Design and analysis - Work with users to identify and advise on existing info structures updated by business events in R/3. Identify potential solutions, implement enhancements to existing functionality.

·               Worked on Logistics Cockpit and extracted data with V3 updates. The data included MM, PP(SCM), PPM & CO Extractions.

·               Worked on logistics cockpit of SCM Modules i.e; SD, MM & PP, CRM.

·               Taken Care of the Pre & Post Cutover activities for the data of MM & PP.

·               Involved in taking the responsibility of the development till the go-live of the reports.

·               Experienced on LO Extractors, Generic Extractors, extracting data from other Source System (SQL), and Data Source Enhancements area like SD, MM, HR, PSM,IS, FI related tables and Utility sector.

·               Involved in Pre and Post upgrade activities from BI3.5 to BW7.0

·               BEX migration test scripts created and executed in QC-10.

·               Migrated finance, Sales BEx reports from version 3.5 to 7.0

·               Created and updated BEX migration documents.

·               Worked with Basis team & portal team in fixing the upgrade related issues.

·               Applied OSS notes to fix BW upgrade issues.

·               Extensively Involved in R/3 Extraction from FI/CO Modules (AR, AP, GL) Modules.

·               Worked on Aging reports for the AR extractor.

·               Well experienced in BW performance tuning techniques, Data Modeling, Data Extraction and Data loading for both application specific as well as generic from R/3 modules and other legacy applications.

·               Added new infoobjects using Remodelling concept and involved in creating Process Chains.

·               Using BEx broadcaster, distributed the customized reports by region and exported to the Enterprise portal.

·               Scheduled and Automated data loads from R/3 to BI and optimized the load performance by creating Aggregates.

·               Transported Objects of cubes from Development to Quality for Testing and Production System during Cut-Over Phase.

Environment (Development): SAP-BI 7.0, ECC 6.0, ABAP/4, MM, PP(SCM), PPM  & CO, Business Objects XI 3.1, Designer, Web Intelligence and Info View.

 

Project-6

Client: United Utilities (Warrington – UK)                                                Aug’2008 - May’2009                                                                                                                                                                                              

SAP BW Consultant.

 

Responsibilities:

·               Design and analysis - Work with users to identify and advise on existing info structures updated by business events in R/3. Identify potential solutions, implement enhancements to existing functionality.

·               Worked on Logistics Cockpit and extracted data with V3 updates. The data included HR(Headcounts & Personnel Action PA-PA , Payroll & Org. Management PA-OM), MM, PP, & FI-CO Extractions.

·               Taken Care of the Pre & Post Cutover activities of SCM for the data of MM & PP.

·               Involved in taking the responsibility of the development till the go-live of the reports.

·               Developed flexible queries using filters, navigational attributes, variables, calculated key figures, restricted key figures in BEx analyzer to facilitate data analysis in a drill down or summarized way to give detailed level of information.

·               Involved in creating Start Routines & End Routines as per the Business requirement.

·               Analyzed, Designed, development, coding and implemented multiple DSO , BW infocubes and multi-providers

·               Transported Objects of cubes from Development to Quality for Testing and Production System during Cut-Over Phase.

·               Prepared ad hoc supporting documentation for senior financial management.

·               Enhanced Business Content Data Sources by using append structures and User Exits from transactions CMOD.

·               Enhanced LO standard datasources such as 2LIS_02_SCL, 2LIS_02_ITM, and 2LIS_03_BF by appending custom fields and populated these field using user exits, and created new generic datasource per client’s requirements.

 

Environment (Development): SAP-BI 7.0, 3.5, Business Objects XIR2, ECC 6.0, ABAP/4, ECC6, HR, MM, PP & CO.

 

Project-7

Client: Barclays Bank                                                                                  Sep’2006 - Aug’2008

SAP BW Consultant.

 

Responsibilities:

·               Design and analysis - Work with users to identify and advise on existing info structures updated by business events in R/3. Identify potential solutions, implement enhancements to existing functionality.

·               Worked on Logistics Cockpit and extracted data with V3 updates. The data included SD Orders , Billing ,PS & CO-PA Extraction.

·               Taken Care of the Pre & Post Cutover activities for the data of SD Orders & Billing.

·               Developed flexible queries using filters, navigational attributes, variables, calculated key figures, restricted key figures in BEx analyzer to facilitate data analysis in a drill down or summarized way to give detailed level of information.

·               Involved in changing the Existing data model of an Info Cube by adding new Characteristics and Key figures, involving the Re-initialization of Data Sources from SAP R/3.

·               Created Open Hub Destinations for sending the data to 3^rd Party tool Metreo.

·               Involved in creating Transformations ABAP as per the Business requirement.

·               Analyzed, Designed, development, ABAP coding and implemented multiple DSO, BW infocubes and multi-providers.

·               Added new infoobjects using Remodelling concept and involved in creating Process Chains.

·               Using BEx broadcaster, distributed the customized reports by region and exported to the Enterprise portal.

·               Involved in taking the responsibility of the development till the go-live of the reports.

·               Scheduled and Automated data loads from R/3 to BI and optimized the load performance by creating Aggregates.

·               Expertise in Datasource Enhancement, Generic DataSource using Function Modules, Business Content Installation, User Exits, Scheduling, Monitoring, Process Chain, InfoSource, MultiProvider, InfoSet, InfoCube, DSO/ODS and Open Hub Service.

·               Created and Maintained Info Cubes using RSA1(T-Code), Data Store Objects, Info Objects, Multi Providers, Info Sources, Data Sources, Transformations, Data transfer Process and Info Packages.

 

Environment (Development/Production Support) : SAP-BW 3.0, 3.5, ECC, ABAP/4, SD, PS, CO-PA

 

 

 

Project-8

Client: Colgate Palmolive, Mumbai, India                                              Jan’2006 to Aug’2006

SAP BW Consultant.

 

Responsibilities:

·               Taken initiative Ownership of the case and keep posting the updates of the case to the users till it satisfies the Client and User requirements.

·               Involved in both the Activities monitoring and Production Support. 

·               Fix the identified problems, make necessary break fixes/enhancements in the development system and transport them to Production.       

·               Supported the client by providing long-term solutions to the tickets by doing Root Cause Analysis.

·               Automated the Process Chains and creating alert messages for the process in the Process Chain.

·               Actively Involved in Rectification of Load Failure errors like Master Data Loads, Transaction Loads.

·               Monitoring of info packages and analyzing the reasons for frequent failures of info packages.

·               Create OSS Notes, investigate and follow up with SAP.

·               Monitor daily, weekly, monthly data loads on SAP BW Production systems. BW daily jobs consist of loading data into BW and extracts from BW using Info.

·               Enhanced/Maintained Info Cubes, Data Store Objects, Info Objects, Multi Providers, Info Sources, Data Sources and Info Packages as per the Business requirement.

·               Created process chains for data loading, delta uploading and periodical PSA deletion.

Environment (Production Support): SAP-BW3.5 ABAP/4 and ECC

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

 

·               Master of Computer Applications (MCA) from Visvesvaraya Technological University, India.

·               Bachelor of Science in Computers (BSC) from Sri Krishna Devaraya University, India