KALYAN VAKA

SAP BW/BI/BO Analyst

mkt@keybusinessglobal.com
Summary of Experience:
Motivated professional with over 9 years of
IT experience in design,
development and implementation of business applications that includes more
than 7 years of extensive experience in SAP Data warehouse technologies,
worked on various key roles in SAP BW/ ABAP/ BO/ BODS/ HANA Data
modeling, ETL activities and Report development. Implemented two full life
cycle implementations for different modules ( FI/CO, SD, MM, PM, HR, CRM)
in SAP BI/BW in all phases like Gap Analysis, Blue printing, design specification,
development, performance tuning, testing, documentation, maintenance,
training, Security authorizations and trouble-shooting. Experience in adding
value to process improvement with Fortune 500 clients like Honeywell,
Hospira, TIAA-CREF.
Areas of Expertise:
Work directly with functional teams to prioritize, understand, design, plan,
manage and deliver reporting and analytics solution for the business. Work
with business users and managers to understand requirements and articulate
solutions.
Strong in customizing & developing SAP BW components such as InfoObject,
InfoCube, ODS/DSO, Multi-Provider, Infoset, DataSource, InfoSource,
Transfer Rule, Update Rule, Transformation Rule(7.0), InfoPackage,
DTP, Scheduling ,Monitoring, Process Chains, Open-Hub, DataMart.
ABAP/4: Routines (transformation, start routines, end routines, update rule,
transfer rule), Functional modules, User Exits (CMOD, SMOD), Event handlers.
Upgrade Experience BI7.0 to BI 7.3 during the implementation of BO 4.0
and BW 3.5 to BI 7.0 in depth Knowledge of migrating data sources from 3.5
to BI 7.0
Extensive experience with various SAP and non-SAP extractions: LO
Cockpit, CO-PA, CRM, FI-SL, Cross-Application generic extraction, Flat file, DB
connect.
BW Reporting Reporting using BEx Analyzer, Web Application Designer,
BEx Query Designer. Expertise in creating BW components like Workbooks,
Web templates, designed Queries using query elements like Free Chars,
Filters, Restriction, Conditions, Exceptions, CKF, New Formula, RKY, New
Selection, Variables.
Experienced in SAP Business Objects Administration, CMC, Deployment,
Life Cycle Manager.
Expert in planning, designing, developing, modifying, updating, maintaining
and distributing Universes using IDT/UDT.
Extensive experience in Developing Web Intelligence (Webi), Xcelsius
(dashboards) and Crystal Reports.
Experience in understanding of the complete Architecture of SAP HANA
(Data loading, data modeling and reporting).

Experience in creation of Analytical and Attribute views, and complex

models by using GUI/SQL script methods in Calculation Views.
Knowledge of SAP HANA security including User Management, Roles and
Privileges
Experience working with SAP BODS and SLT replication methods
Good experience with Data Services in design and creation of simple and
complex transforms in dataflow using different data integrator, data quality
and platform transforms

Technical Skills:
Data Warehouse
: SAP BI 7.3, BI 7.0, SAP BW 3.5, BW 3.X, BODS 4.0
ERP Packages
: SAP ECC 6.0, R/3 4.7, R/3 4.6
Reporting Tools
: BEx Reporting tools, Web Application Designer (WAD), Business
Objects
XI R2.1, 3.1, 4.0, Xcelsius Dashboards/ Dashboard
Design &
Crystal Reports 2008/ Crystal Reports 2011, Explorer,
Microsoft Excel
Cross Application
: ALE, EDI, IDOC, RFC, BAPI'S and SAP XI3.0
Operating system
: Windows 98/2000, XP, Windows NT, UNIX, LINUX.
Databases
: DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, MS Access, My SQL, SAP HANA
Languages
: Java, SQL, PL/SQL, ABAP/4, XML
SAP Modules
: SD, MM, FI/CO, COPA, HCM, CRM
Professional Experience:
Honeywell, Golden Valley, MN
01/12 Till Date
Senior SAP BI/BO Consultant
Environment: SAP BI 7.3, ECC 6.0, ABAP, BI BO 4.0, IDT, Oracle, BODS 4.0, SLT
Rplication Server, SAP HANA 1.0
Responsibilities:
Extensively involved in project preparation, business blue print, realization,
final preparation and go live and support phases.
Defined work packages and technical specifications for design, development,
conversion, testing and rollout.
Analyzed reporting requirements and translated the requirements into
multidimensional data module.
Worked with functional consultant for mapping the source data to target Data
Sources in BI.
Develop logical data model( Extended Star Schema) for Data Marts like
InfoCubes, Multi-Providers
Customized, Extracted and maintained DataSources such as Sales Order
Header (2LIS_11_VDHDR) and Sales Order Item (2LIS_11_VAITM) for the SD
module and Material Movements-Sales Order Delivery (2LIS_03_BF) for MM
module. Used process chains to schedule the infopacakages and data transfer
processes between Source System and Target Data Warehouse System (SAP

BI). Also configured BW objects including generic data sources to extract data
from Source System to SAP BI (Target System).
Created Transformation Routines, Start Routines and End Routines as per the
client requirements using ABAP.
Involved in Performance enhancement features such as Cube Indexing,
maintaining Aggregates, Rollups and cube compression.
Worked extensively on various production support issues and administration
of BI back-end operations to ensure data is successfully extracted.
Involved in up gradation of the system from BI7.0 to BI 7.3 during the
implementation of BO 4.0.
Developed BusniessObjects reports using BEx query designer, OLAP Universe,
Webi and dashboard reports.
Created and maintained OLAP universe exported the universes to the
Repository to making resources available to the users.
Worked extensively with BusniessObjects Webi query/reporting tool, created
and used alerter, ranking, sorts and drill-down in reports.
Created the Crystal reports using functionality like Add Queries (Command),
Sub Reports, Drill down, Cross-Tab, Formulas, Parameters along with
Dropdown lists etc.
Worked Extensively on various production support issues and administration
of BI back-end operations to ensure data is successfully extracted
Good understanding of various components of SAP HANA (Data loading, data
modeling and reporting).
Translated business requirements and high level design in to suitable
technical design using HANA.
Designed and implemented SAP HANA data modeling using Attribute view,
Analytical View and calculation View
SAP HANA Data Provisioning and using SAP LT Replication Server (SLT)
Executed Data Extraction Transfer Loading ( ETL) using SAP Data Services 4.0
Involved in SAP HANA Security including User Management, Roles and
privileges

Hospira, Inc., Lake Forest, IL

02/11 12/11
SAP BI/BO Consultant
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SAP BW 7.0, FI, CO-PA, BEx Analyzer, Query Designer,
Web Application Designer, BO Designer (XIR 3.1), WEBI (XIR 3.1), Xcelcius 2008
Responsibilities:
Involved in full life cycle implementation, right from requirement gathering,
blue printing, development, testing, go-live and post go-live support.
Held meetings with business users in order to gather business requirements
and prepared business blue print based on those requirements.
Extracted and uploaded data into InfoCubes from Data Sources like Actual
Cost through delta extraction (0C0_OM_CCA_9) and Internal Order through
delta extraction (0C0_OM_OPA_6)

Extracted the data from HR data sources like 0HR_PA_OS_1, 0HR_PA_CM_1

(Staffing Assignments) and loaded into Infocubes 0PY_C02 Payroll data,
0PABN_C01 Benefits.
Extracted data by creating Infoset Query extraction method.
Worked with functional consultant for mapping the source data (ECC) to
target data source in BW.
Created Queries by defining rows, columns and free characteristics providing
drill down functionality in reporting using BEx. Worked with users to
understand their reporting needs.
Generated Export Data Sources to transform data from one InfoCube to other
InfoCube.
Scheduled Daily/Weekly/Monthly data loads.
Managed and monitored data loads with full upload and delta mechanism.
Created Infoset for master data to enabling querying on data.
Created summarized reports which includes display of Plan/Actual variance
measures, analysis of full cost by cost center, overdue analysis, and analysis
of payment history.
Developed and Tested Web Reports for drill down functionality including
updating rules and transfer rules & verifying queries.
Extensively involved in the scheduling and monitoring using process chain in
Administrative Workbench.
Monitored and implemented the solutions to the errors in the Production
System.
Worked on performance of queries and performed various tuning techniques
using Compression, Aggregates and Multiproviders.
Developed single and multiple dash boards and score cards using Business
Objects.

Created Master/detail reports, cross tabs, charts and applied slice and dice,
implemented different levels of hierarchies for drill techniques.

Involved in designing Universe and migrating existing ad hoc Crystal Reports

Explorer 11 to Web I.

Defined BO Classes, Objects in the Universe and defined Cardinalities,

Contexts, Joins and Aliases and resolved loops in Universes using Table
aliases and contexts.

Enabled dynamic report linking by passing Variables (prompts) between

reports,
Designing, developing and deploying using Universe Designer, Web
Intelligence, Desktop Intelligence, Info View and CMC.

Responsible for developing Analytical Reports with multiple parameter fields,

multiple expressions and multiple grouping for hierarchy levels and published
them.

Coty, Inc, NY
03/10 01/11
Senior BW Consultant
Environment: SAP BW 3.5, R/3 4.7, BEX, ABAP/4, Oracle 9i, Windows XP, UNIX, SD,
MM, CRM
Responsibilities:
Project preparation phase like gathering user requirements, performing GAP
analysis.
Worked on flat file extraction of master data and transaction data of Non-SAP
R/3 systems into BW.
Loaded custom hierarchies, from flat files, to enable drill-down reporting.
Extracted and loaded data from SAP R/3 into sales order InfoCube using data
sources 2LIS_11_VAITM, 2LIS_11VASCL and 2LIS_11_VASTH.
Extracted data from CRM into BW and Installed relevant Business Content
objects in CRM like 0CRM_OPPH, 0CRM_OPPI and 0CRM_C04.
Loaded the data from R/3 to BW and used Initialization with delta update and
full update.
Created Master Data InfoSources for Attributes, Texts and Hierarchies.
Managed ODS & InfoCubes objects.
Worked on Performance tuning of improving the load and read performance
by maintaining indexes, partitioning, aggregates, query properties by building
Aggregates.
Used BEx to create reports with exceptions, conditional formatting, restricted
key figures and calculated key figures.
Published reports on web using Web Application Designer.
Worked on User exits for customer requirements
Created Process chains for effective scheduling of various processes
Documented each stage of the project and attended status meeting every
week

TIAA-CREF, NY
01/09 01/10
Senior BW Consultant
Environment: SAP BW 3.5, ABAP, BEx Analyzer, SAP r/3, HCM
Responsibilities:
Involved in data model design for acquisition layer, enterprise data
warehouse layer, and architected data mart layer, reporting layer.
Developed Specifications for Custom Reports, Interface, Data Conversion and
Enhancement (RICEF)
Identified and documented Source data to be extracted to Target Data
warehouse system.
Created logical data model for infocubes to perform headcount/personnel
action/payment
analysis
based
on
different
detail
level
of
employee/action/wage type.
Created multiproviders for headcount &actions, and analysis of payment
respectively.

By business content and generic datasourse for each infotype, extracted data
from
the
data
source0HR_PA_0
and
0HR_PA_0,
0PERSON_ATTR,0EMPLOYEE_ATT, infotype 0000/0001/0002/0008/0014/0015
etc for transaction and master data.
Created and documented Transformation between Source System and Data
Warehouse system with transformation routines(ABAP routines), calculations,
formulas for ODS and Info Cubes.
Created Process chains for all Master data and transaction data loading from
acquisition layer to data warehouse layer, and finally to architected data mart
layer.
Transport the business object from developer environment to test and
product environment.
Worked on Creating Aggregates, Compressions, Indexes, multiprovider and
parallel setups for data loading to improve performance and utilize data
effectively.
Extensively worked on Query Designer and Web application designer to
create Queries to perform sales, delivery and billing analysis using Restricted
Key Figures, Calculated Key Figures, Variables, filter and exceptions.
Participated in planning ,developing and documenting different Testing
scenario ( Integrated testing, Performance testing, conversion testing, User
Acceptance testing)
Involved in documentation and end-user training.

Synopsys, CA
07/07 - 11/08
SAP BW Consultant
Environment: SAP R/3 4.6C, SAP BW 3.0B, SD, MM, FI and CO
Responsibilities:
Good knowledge of various data design models - Multi Dimensional/Star
Schema and Extended Star Schema models.
Experience in creating Views, Generic Data sources in SAP R/3 and replicating
them to BW in the process to load R/3 Data to SAP BW.
Defined new custom extractors and enhanced standard extractors.
Proficient in loading data from flat file and SAP R/3 systems.
Experience with BW Administrative Workbench and working with DataMart
Interface, MultiProviders, InfoCubes, ODS Objects, InfoObjects and
InfoSources.
Created custom Info Objects and enhanced standard Info Objects.
Implemented Update Rules and Transfer Rules to transform data into a more
meaningful representation.
Setup Info Packages and Info Package groups to manage data loads.
Defined and customized BEx queries and variables.
Performance tuning of queries using aggregates, table partitioning, indexing
of Info Cubes.

Perkin Elmer Inc, CT

04/06 - 06/07
SAP BW Consultant.
Environnent : SAP BW 3.x, OLTP, WAD, ABAP, BEx Analyzer, Query Designer
Responsibilities:
Installation of business content, activating the data sources. Developed a
number of transfer routines. Worked extensively on Administrator workbench
(AWB), modified transfer structures, update rules.
Modified standard business content and created custom Info Source/Data
Source, ODS and Info Cubes (standard and MultiCube).
Created Info Objects, Info Sources and Source Systems to load data into Info
Cubes using Transfer and Update rules.
Scheduled and monitored the data loads from OLTP systems and Flat files.
Created Aggregates and Multi Cubes for performance and efficient utilization
of data.
Performed Delta Upload Management with OLTP extraction.
Created ODS objects for data staging in BW.
Uploaded Master data, Transaction data and Hierarchical data into the SAP
BW.
Extracted data into SAP BW using Generic R/3 data LIS / LO (Logistics).
Developed front-end queries and reports using BEx Analyzer, BEx Browser,
Info set Query, BEx Web Reporting tool and Web Application Designer.
Web Published reports using BEx Web Browser.
Extensively used BEx Analyzer to build queries and worksheets to access
data from BW data targets.
Created reports with Restricted Key Figures, Calculated Key Figures,
Exceptions, Conditions, Variables and Filters.
Created web reports through report template in WAD (Web Application
designer).
Certification:
SAP Certification Application Associate- SAP HANA 1.0 ( Under Completion )
Education
Bachelors in Computer Applications