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SAP HANA Smart Data Acess for BW [SDA] Part -1
SAP smart data acess is a capability of HANA which can be utilized in BW if running on HANA. For BW 7.4 , which is by default on HANA this comes as a new functionality by default. The Smart Data Access...
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How to Implement Virtual Master Data
This is new type of Master Data InfoProvider possible in SAP BW 7.4.This characteristic can be used with virtual master data in Virtual Provider.It is possible to use HANA Attribute, Analysis and...
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What is the impact of the Advanced DSO to your existing SAP BW landscape?
As described in my previous blogs (What’s new in SAP BW 7.4 SP8 and ADSO: Installation), SP8 for SAP BW 7.4 has introduced BW’s newest modeling object: the Advanced DSO. The Advanced DSO is BW’s new...
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Creating an ADSO from Open ODS view
The Open ODS View, one of SAP BW 7.4's main enhancements and one of the strategic modeling objects for SAP BW on HANA in SAP's simplification approach (see SAP BW 7.4 SP8 powered by SAP HANA and...
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SAP HANA Live versus SAP BW (powered by HANA): When to choose what?
Lately I'm receiving more and more (reporting related) questions regarding when to opt for "SAP BW (on HANA)" and when to opt for "SAP HANA Live".As SAP BW has been around for years and years it...
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In-memory data is hot! Wait, it's actually warm! - Multi-temperature data for...
When BW on top of SAP HANA was first introduced on the market, the idea was simple: Your whole database needs to fit in RAM memory; this implied having enough RAM memory and having a HANA license for...
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Tools for migrating BW to HANA (BoH)
SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse powered by SAP HANA or BW on HANA (BoH) is around for some time already. It was introduced in 2nd quarter of 2012 and meanwhile it got a lot of attention. Basically BW...
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How to determine if a BW on HANA query performance problem is HANA database...
I have seem a growing number of so called BW on HANA performance related Incidents where the problem is not actually anything to do with the HANA database and some times not related to BW. It is often...
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Upgrade was never been easier ...
With the Release of the current SL toolset 1.0 SP12 - SL Toolset 1.0 SPS 12: improved Software Logistics Tools there is now a new option for ABAP and JAVA based Upgrades available. Already introduced...
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New Query Designer in Eclipse with SAP BW 7.4 powered by SAP HANA
SAP BW 7.4 SP9 powered by SAP HANA comes with a first version of a query designer integrated in the BW-Modelling Tools (BWMT) in eclipse. With this feature it is now possible to define not only the...
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The “advanced” DataStoreObject – renovating BWs persistency layer
With BW7.4 SP08 another “feature package” was delivered with a lot of new functionality and optimizations based on the HANA platform (see http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-35096). In accordance with the BW...
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Prototyping your scenarios with BW7.4-on-HANA in the Cloud – piece of cake...
IntroductionI hope you all heard about the exciting new functionality that is offered by BW-on-HANA especially with the latest feature package BW7.4 SP08 (SCN or openSAP course). And of course, you...
View ArticleSAP BW 7.4 - Feature Overview and Platform Availibilty
Please find a list of all major features delivered with SAP BW 7.4 below. This list will be enhanced and updated with each new SAP BW Support Package accordingly. It is intended in addition to the...
View Article3 tips to survive as a SAP BI consultant in 2015
OK, I admit. The title is maybe too alarming and made on purpose to call your attention. However, you should be worried. If you think SAP BI Consultant role has dramatically changed after...
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Efficiently managing your data in SAP BW on HANA (Dynamic Tiering, NLS)
There is some confusion around the different options available for managing data in BW. Hence I am writing this to ease that confusion and hopefully achieve a clear understanding of what options are...
View Article#BWonHANA Customer Stories
This is a collection of public customer references like articles, comments, videos, demos, tweets etc. related to BW-on-HANA. I've compiled that list for my own purposes but think it might be useful...
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BW on HANA Elevator Pitch
So you find yourself in the proverbial elevator with a colleague. Let’s say it is someone sceptical about why your organisation should move to BW on HANA: Colleague: I just don’t see the point of us...
View ArticleAlign SAP BW with SAP BO authorizations (automatically)
Currently my customer is in the middle of a migration from SAP BW7.x towards SAP BW on HANA. This is not a database migration, but the implementation of a new (greenfield) SAP BW system based on best...
View ArticleS/4HANA and Data Warehousing
One of the promisses of S/4HANA is that analytics is integrated into the [S/4HANA] applications to bring analyses (insights) and the potentially resulting actions closely together. The HANA technology...
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DMO: optimizing system downtime ...
Increasing DMO performanceSince the availability of the DMO functionality within the SUM framework at lot of things happened under the hood as well. Beside the Availability of the SAP First Guidance -...
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