Muralidhar Subramani

SAP-BI Consultant
Contact: 903 628 1962
E-Mail: muralidharsmani@gmail.com

Summary:

 3.9 years of experience in SAP BW & BI and 1.5 years in Data warehouse with ample years of
experience in Sales, Marketing and Administration domain.
 Technically sound in the design and development of BI Architecture - InfoObjects, InfoCubes,
DataSources, DSO Objects and Transformations.
 Involved in editing the records in the Error Stack and uploading by using Error DTP.
 Involved in gathering Business requirements and analyzing BI Content as per requirement.
 Developed the ERM Diagrams and converted them to Extended Star Schema views.
 Involved in two life cycles Implementation, in the design and development of BW Objects,
Transformations, Business Content Installation and Reporting.
 Experience in installation and analysis of BI Content.
 Experience in migrating BW3.x objects to BI 7.0
 Experience in Direct Access DTP.
 Strong experience in setting up the procedures for LO Cockpit, Maintaining the Extract Structure.
 Involved in designing of Process chains, InfoSets and MultiProviders.
 Performance tuning of Queries by maintaining Aggregates, Roll-up, Compression, Partition,
Indexing of InfoCubes.
 Experienced in various versions- SAP Business Objects 4.0/XIR3.1 and Tool components-
Information Design Tool (IDT), Universe Designer, Web Intelligence (WEBI), Info View, Live
Office, Xcelsius, Explorer and DESKI.
 Created dashboards using Crystal Xcelsius 2008 with connectivity like Query as a Web Service
(QaaWS) and Live Office.
 Mastered in designing Simple, Complex Ad hoc Reports and fine-tuning the reports using
Calculations, Charts, Crosstabs, Sections, Ranking, multilevel Breaks, Sorting, Drill, Slice and
Dice and Alerts for creating Web Intelligence (WEBI) reports.

Educational Qualification:
Master of Computer Applications, Bharathiar University.

Technical Skills:
Data Warehousing : SAP BW 3.5, SAP BI 7.0
ERP Software : SAP R/3 Enterprise 4.6C, 4.7 and ECC 6.0.
Functional Modules : SD, MM.
Tools : BEx Analyzer, Query Designer.

Professional Experience:

SAP BI/BO

Project 1
Company : Polaris
Client : Hariyali
Areas of Work : Development & Support
Role : Sr. BI Consultant
Duration : Jul 2012 till date
Hariyali Kisaan Bazaar (Hariyali) is a rural retail initiative by DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd (DSCL) for
which it has partnered with software solution providers to create a unique IT platform.

Objective
The main objective was to develop and customize a retail solution which would help the company serve
the rural customer better while creating a strong infrastructure for the operations spread over multiple
locations.” DSCL also wanted the technology platform to be scalable, robust and capable of improving
inventory management and controlling stock-outs and overstocking, thereby reducing operational costs.

Responsibilities:
 Monitoring the data loads on daily basis.
 Monitored the development of data model to satisfy the various functional requirements by
implementing queries and cubes using business content.
 Configuration of Custom cubes, Transfer rules, Transfer Structures, Update Rules, DSO,
InfoCubes, Aggregates, queries and workbooks.
 Deployed Process Chains to schedule the Infopackages and data transfer processes.
 Created dashboards, graphs using Crystal Xcelsius. Personalized the dashboards (scorecards)
to reflect user-specific alerts and metrics to track critical Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
 Tested and checked the integrity of the reports after migration. Worked with business users and
SME’s to identify and fix bugs occurred during migration.
 Trained the end users in working and handling the Business Objects user module and Web Portal
Info view.

Environment: SAP BI 7.0, SD, BEx Analyzer, BO 3.1, BO 4.0.

Project 2

Company : Wipro
Client : Nike
Areas of Work : Support
Role : BI Consultant
Duration : Apr 2011 to Jun 2012

Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The
company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area. It is
the world’s leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment
with revenue in excess of US$18.6 billion.

Objective
Nike aims to reduce the number of Enterprise Resource Planning systems in products from 123 to less
than 10.
Nike aims at enabling a successful and future-proof reporting environment.
Nike is in the process of implementing SAP for major parts of the business operations. This will also
enable to easily adapt to the changing needs of the business in a flexible and efficient manner.

Responsibilities:
 Actively involved in Monitoring of Daily, Weekly and Monthly data loads using Process Chains.
 Actively Involved in Rectification of Load Failure errors like Master Data Loads, Transaction
loads.
 Automated Error Stack using Process chains and uploaded the records using Error DTP.
 Migrated 3.X to 7.X dataflow.
  Extracted Data from Shipping LO Extract structures 2LIS_12_VCHDR and 2LIS_12_VCITM.
Created InfoPackage for both Initialization and delta and loaded in to 0SD_C02 Deliveries and
0SD_C04 delivery services.
 Extracted data from Sales Billing Extract Structures 2LIS_13_VDHDR and 2LIS_13_VDITM and
created InfoPackage for initialization and Delta to feed 0SD_C05 Sales Offers/Orders Info Cube.
 On demand report extraction based on business / user needs.
 Involved in performance tuning of Queries by maintaining Aggregates, Compression, Partitioning
and Indexing of InfoCubes.
 Co-ordinate with onsite / Off-shore team activities to ensure that the deliveries are with good
quality and on schedule.

Environment: SAP BI 7.0, SD, BEx Analyzer.

Project 3

Company : TCS
Client : BlackBerry
Areas of Work : Support
Role : BW Consultant
Duration : Mar 2010 to Apr 2011

BlackBerry Limited, formerly known as Research In Motion Limited , is a Canadian telecom and wireless
equipment company best known as the developer of the BlackBerry brand of smartphones and tablets.
The company is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The majority of BlackBerry's remaining
value lies in its patent portfolio, which has been valued at between US$2 billion and $3 billion.

Objectives
The main objective for BlackBerry was Real-time access to Confidential Information. Real-time workflow
is impossible with typically disconnected sync based solutions.

Responsibilities:
Involved in implementation for couple of BI projects for SD, MM and HR Modules.
Involved in getting the business requirements from business users.
Involved in drafting FS & TS Documents for BI Projects.
Involved in installing/activating the below of BC Objects.
SD : 2LIS_11_VAHDR, 2LIS_11_VAITM , 2LIS_11_VASCL.

Environment: SAP BI 7.0, SAP R/3 ECC 6.0, SD, MM and HR.

Data Warehouse

Project 1
Company : Kotak Life Insurance
Areas of Work : Support
Role : DWH Consultant
Duration : Oct 2008 to Mar 2010

Kotak Life Insurance needs to file some data to IRDA for Premium collection & Lapsed Premium
information to IRDA. So they need such system which gives exact dataset to file the report to IRDA.
Responsibilities:
 Prepare Requirement document for the user after collect necessary information regarding the
Project.
 Designed the Data flow diagrams and Entity relationship for the system to be developed for the
client.
 Developed user friendly Reports according to the specifications of the client,
 Ensured System Stability and smooth operation of the system by way of tuning of programming
code for the best and quick results.

Environment: Oracle10g, Sql PL/Sql. Generic Reporting Framework, Generic Master Maintenances.

Sales & Marketing

Company : Godrej Limited

Designation : Marketing Manager
Duration : Nov 1997 to Mar 2008

Godrej is into industrial engineering, appliances, furniture, security and Agri care – to name a few – the
turnover crosses 4.1 billion dollars. Global presence exists in more than 60 countries.

Responsibilities:
Setting up distributor channels in Tamilnadu, to achieve brand recognition.
Direct / channel sales for all IT hardware products.
Working very closely with principles and dealers for lead generation and exploring new markets.

Company : Onida Limited

Designation : Sales Executive
Duration : Dec 1994 to Oct 1997

Onida Limited is a Consumer Electronics & Appliances company. A MNC diversified in various fields of
business activities and having operations in India and abroad with an annual turnover of 500 crores.

Responsibilities:
Identifying dealers in upcountry market, to achieve customer satisfaction.
Projecting the sale on a monthly basis and accomplishing over and above the targets.
Conducting market surveys and appointing business outlets in unrepresented areas.