FAisal I ahmed

fysall2949@gmail.com 214-507-7733

Ø       SAP consultant with 7+ years experience in SAP Analytics (BOBJ / BW & SAP HANA). Experience in Design/Development and Consulting in SAP, specializing in Business Objects Reporting Tools, Universe Designer, Info View, Webi Reports, Crystal Reports, Dashboard, and HANA Analytics.

Ø       Active participation in all phases of a project: This includes requirement gathering, modeling, design and development, extraction of data, reporting, performance tuning, transportation of objects and Production Support.

Ø       Experienced in creating complex Business Objects Reports and queries with constant interaction with the end users. Repeatedly used functionalities such as Slice and Dice, Drill mode, Ranking, Scope of Analysis, Aliases, Contexts, functions, Derived tables, Cascading Prompts, Filters etc. for Multidimensional Analysis.

Ø       Hands on experience in HANA modeling. Experience in creating attribute views, analytical view and calculated views. Experience in applying privileges. Developed data flows and work flows using BODS. Creating information objects (packages, attribute views, analytic views, calculation views Graphical and SQL script based)

Ø       Experience in Data-Provisioning techniques suing SLT (SAP Landscape Transformation) to perform real-time data replication into SAP HANA and near time data loading into HANA using BODS.

Ø       Experience in Importing BW models (Info Cube) in HANA as Analytical view.

Ø       Experience and In-depth knowledge of SAP BW

Ø       Importing Meta Data from SAP ECC to HANA Using Data Services.

Ø       Experienced in SAP BW on HANA and migrating standard SAP Models to In-memory optimized models and Performance.

Ø       Well versed in using Data Services Designer to ETL from multiple sources including Flat Files, Excel, XML, and SAP ECC.

Ø       Experience in Data Modeling, Data Provisioning, Reporting, Security and Authorization aspects of SAP HANA 1.0

Ø       A team player with excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.

                                        PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Accenture / Fannie Mae                                                                                                                                          Aug 2014 – Present

Atlanta, GA

Business Object Developer

 

Ø       Performed the detailed design of reports. Developed common test data (Oracle, SQL)

Ø       Configure, build, and test the reports (Primary BO Webi/Universe Design Skills)

Ø       Participate in report reviews, Participate in transitions of the reports to the testers

Ø       Inform the technical architect and project manager of any issues that may affect any other areas of the project

Ø       Fix any defects and performance problems discovered in testing

Ø       Document the reports to facilitate maintenance

Ø       Environment: Objects 4.1, WEBI , Oracle, SQL, UDT, IDT

 

 

Capital One, Head Quarter                                                                                                                               Oct/ 2013- June 2014

Plano, TX

Business Object Developer / Hana

 

Ø       Primary responsibilities include providing support and expertise in BOBJ / Business Objects development, including building universes, created classes, objects and developed custom hierarchies to support drill down reports, developing reporting in WEBI, Crystal, and Dashboards.

Ø       Secondary responsibilities include design, development of transactional and analytical data constructs/structures. 

Ø       Delivered simple to complex reporting capabilities, based on user/project requirements. Work very closely with other teams to gather requirements and promote reporting developed in user environment into production, following any established Governance guidelines. 

Ø       Worked in Data Modeling, Data Provisioning, Reporting, and Security and Authorization aspects of SAP HANA 1.0.

Ø       Used Data-Provisioning techniques suing SLT (SAP Landscape Transformation) to perform real-time data replication into SAP HANA and near time data loading into HANA using BODS.

Ø       Imported Meta Data from SAP ECC to HANA Using Data Services. Import BW models (Info Cube) in HANA.

Ø       Coordination and work 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. Participated in meetings with Users, Business analysts in understanding the business requirements and analyzed use cases to develop a webi report.

Ø       Designed & developed various Ad hoc reports for different teams in Business.

Ø       Environment: Hana 1.0 Objects 4.0, WEBI, UDT, IDT, Teradata, SQL, Hana Studio.

JP Morgan Chase & CO                                                                                                                                 Oct /2012 – Sep / 2013

Lewisville, TX                             

SAP BO/ HANA Consultant  

 

Ø       Created Schemas (Universes), Imported Tables and Loaded data to tables and also copied standard content from SAP to local repository using SAP HANA

Ø       Used Hana Studio to Create Attribute Views, Analytical views and calculated views

Ø       Closely interacted with business team and completed the QA testing, Conducted workshops (Trained Business Users how to use Reporting)

Ø       Design & Development of universes with calculated measures and custom filters.

Ø       Design, install, and configure system for new implementations, upgrades, and maintenance.

Ø       Manage incidents, including complex troubleshooting across technologies.

Ø       Coordinate configuration, change, release, capacity and availability capabilities.

Ø       Ensure transactional integrity and address authorization issues.

Ø       Creating user groups for reporting and set email bursting with user specific data.

Ø       Extensively involved in training users in Web intelligence, Crystal Reports, and Xcelsius Through training led scenarios.

Ø       Interacted with Business Users to know their Business needs to effectively develop and modify Universes and Reports.

Ø       Involved in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle. Gathering, analyzing, documenting business requirements, functional requirements and data specifications for Business Objects Universes and Reports. Involved in migration 3.1 to 4.0.

Ø       Designed/Modified the Universes as per the requirements adding new classes and objects as required.

Ø       Used derived tables to create the universe for best performance, and use context and alias tables to solve the loops and traps in the Universe.

Ø       Created various LOVs for ease of Ad-hoc reporting in the process of building the Universes.

Ø       Created reports in WEB Intelligence module and implemented drill down features and created reports including horizontal table, vertical tables, forms and charts.

Environment: Business Objects 4.0, WEBI, UDT, IDT, Hana, Dashboards, Crystal reports, Oracle SQL developer.

Nokia, Phoenix, AZ                                                                                                                                             August 2011 – Aug 2012

Business Objects Developer 

Ø       Interacted with the manager to understand the business requirements and implemented the business rules to redesign and enhance the existing dataflow.

Ø       Designed, developed and implemented solutions with data warehouse, ETL, data analysis, and BI reporting technologies.

Ø       Managed the central and local repositories using the Management console and Repository Manager.

Ø       Used different transforms such as Query, Table Comparison, Key Generation, Merge, Date Generation, Pivot transforms and functions.

Ø       Used technical transformation document to design and build the extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) modules.

Ø       Created several Web I and Desk I reports using star schema with conformed dimensions.

Ø       Created complex reports using functionalities like Slice and Dice, Drill Down and Scope of Analysis.

Ø       Exported reports to the repository for Info View users. Configured CMC for scheduling reports.

Ø       Maintained Integrity while linking a universe with already existing universe and generate reports as per user requirements.

Ø       Worked with offshore team in developing database as per the need of users for generating Xcelsius dashboard.

 

Environment: Business Object 3.1,XI R2,.Designer, Xcelsius 2008, Desktop Intelligence, Web Intelligence, Info View, SAP BW, CMC,SQL Server 2005,  Windows XP.

Harland Clarke, San Antonio, TX                                                                                                 August 2010 – July2011

SAP BOBJ Developer 

 

Ø       Gathered, analyzed, and documented business requirements, functional requirements and data specifications for Business Objects Universes and Reports.

Ø       Designed and developed Universes for forecasting the selling margin.

Ø       Defined Derived Tables, Aliases, Classes, Objects, Dimensions, Measures, Details, Conditions, Joins, and Contexts. Creating complex objects, aggregate navigation, @prompts, @variables, and resolving traps (chasm/fan) among others  and Verifying Integrity of universes.

Ø       Responsible for Creating Complex using Master/Detail, Cross Tab, Slice and Dice, and Sub Queries.

Ø       Used Alerts, filters, Variables, Prompts, and also generated hyperlink reports using Webi.

Ø       Created Reports like, Reports by Category, Reports by Region, and Reports by Time (Year, Quarter, and Month Date).

Ø       Responsible for analyzing business needs, collecting information from client regarding business needs and interact with business analyst to implement solution for business needs.

Ø       Created several web I and desk I reports using Multi-fact star schema with conformed dimensions.

Ø       Created complex reports using functionalities like Slice and Dice, Drill Down and Scope of Analysis

 

Environment: BO XI 3.0/XI R2, Designer, Web Intelligence, Desktop Intelligence, Info View, Import Wizard, CMC, Xcelsius 2008, SQL Server 2008, Oracle 10g/9i, Windows XP

Wachovia, Minneapolis, MN                                                                                                                 Mar2009 – June 2010                                                                                                          

SAP Business Objects Developer 

 

Ø    Converted desk I reports to web I reports using Report Conversion Tool resolved the issues face and distributed then to wide range of users for daily analyses.

Ø    Developed test cases to test the reports in positioning of data items, incorrect drills, incorrect date formats, headings, prompts etc. and formatted reports according to specs given.

Ø    Modified Personal Accounts Universe and Webi reports after understanding user requirements.

Ø    Implemented Aggregate Awareness and Hierarchies in the Universe.

Ø    Extensively used Stored Procedures, Functions and Procedures for Complex reports such as Interest Payments, Account Receivable, Adjustments and Financial Reports.

Ø    Created Drill down Reports, On Demand Sub Reports and Chart reports for business needs and set Info View to schedule the reports.

Express scripts, Bloomington, MN                                  Jan 2008 – Jan 2009

SAP Business Objects Developer/Administrator

Ø    Deployed Business Objects XIR2 on Windows 2003 server using Apache Tomcat.

Ø    Migrated reports from 6.0 to XIR2; used migration wizard to migrate repository and its components (Universes, users, privileges) and solved migration wizard bugs related to report formatting.

Ø    Involved in troubleshooting the visualizations for various problems faced during data connectivity.

Ø    Analyzed the reporting requirements with the business users and came up with the technical specifications.

Ø    As a part of Universe Designer team; created Semantic Layer, resolved loops, chasm and fan traps using contexts, aliases and integrity checks.

Ø    Interactive visualizations were made for executives to visually evaluate different scenarios by adjusting key variables.

Ø    Built multi-variable what-if analysis bar charts for all information at one glance about all product lines.

Ø    Created Business Objects reports and queries with constant interaction with the end users. Trained end users in understanding the reports. Functionalities such as Slice and Dice, Drill mode and Ranking were used for Multidimensional Formatting.

Environment: Business Objects XI R2, SQL server 2000, Windows NT

 

master of ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (MAFM)June/2011

Keller Graduate School of Management, Devry University.Irving, TX

3.66 GPA   ●   Dean’s List honors

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS STUDIES, Banking & Export

sudan university of science and technology    Khartoum, Sudan

Technical Training:

Ø       Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MSCE), NT 4.0. Windows, Servers and MS TCP/IP(Certified in 5 out of 6 courses)

Ø       SAP FICO training.

Ø       SAP BI/BO/BW training.

Ø       SAP Hana on BOBJ/BW training.