Appendix C: SAP Open Information Warehouse
The SAP Open Information Warehouse (OIW) unifies the various information systems
within the R/3 System into a single system. It pools various disparate information systems
into a single, easy-to-use “information warehouse.”
You can use the OIW to gain an overview of information units across the R/3 System. With
the OIW you can overcome the boundaries that tend to exist among different information
systems by easily combining particularly relevant information units into queries (for
example, a sales report that combines stock and purchasing data, or a sales report that
includes costing/profit information). All connected information systems automatically
supply business data to the OIW....
