SAS Solution Adapters for SAP

Enterprise Resource Planning applications have been implemented by organizations worldwide to automate and integrate a variety of business processes and store vast amounts of transactional data. Now the challenge lies in being able to extract the data needed to create intelligence and make available the huge amounts of information held within these systems.

With fewer resources and tighter time frames, IT departments must find cost-efficient ways to deliver intelligence in a timely manner. SAS Solution Adapters for SAP can help by reducing your solution implementation times and enhancing the value of your ERP investments. Your decision makers get the intelligence they need in a fraction of the time they're accustomed to receiving it.

SAS Solution Adapters provide flexible quick-start ETL templates that seamlessly transfer SAP data into SAS solutions. They contain predefined data mappings for extraction, change data management, collation, and standardization of SAP data.

SAS Solution Adapters for SAP are designed for quick configuration with little or no knowledge of the custom coding in enterprise applications. They offer:

• Out-of-the-box rapid identification and extraction of solution-specific data from your SAP applications.
• Extractions that can be scheduled in batch mode so the process does not conflict with SAP CPU time requirements or day-to-day operations.
• Loading of SAP data and full integration with SAS solutions for IT management, human capital management, financial management and supplier relationship management.
• Minimal footprint modules.
• A single, combined view of all your solution-specific data.

In addition to the quick-start templates, the SAS Solution Adapters also include the SAS/ACCESS Interface to SAP R/3 which delivers:

• Easy and timely access to data regardless of the data source, platform or location.
• Auditable and maintainable ETL processes.
• A high degree of control over data security -- honoring and augmenting the native security of the target data source.
• High performance and reduced network traffic due to the ability to pass database queries, joins and some functions to a target data source for processing.
• The power of SAS software to cleanse, transform, analyze and present data from diverse data sources in accordance with established business rules for your organization.

SAS Solution Adapters bridge the gap between your ERP applications and SAS enabling you to get your SAS solutions up and running quickly so you can experience ROI faster. Solution Adapters for SAP are available for:

• SAS Financial Management. 
• SAS Human Capital Management. 
• SAS IT Management.