Introduction

SAP BW powered by SAP HANA was the very first SAP application that ran completely on top of SAP HANA and has meanwhile reached a great adoption. For many customers it has become the entry point for their SAP HANA roadmap. Customers will benefit not only from phantastic performance improvements for data load, query runtime and planning functions but also in simplified data modeling as the number of InfoProviders are highly reduced and all modeling is done within in a new, modern UI that is unique across all modeling tools. At the same time data layers are reduced and with the new virtualization capabilities BW can also serve as the “Logical Data Warehouse”.

Read more about SAP's overall Data warehouse strategyand find out about the highlights of SAP BW 7.5 in the SAP BW 7.5 SP1 powered by SAP HANA Overview and Roadmap .

HANA Data Warehousing: The HANADW

With this blog Thomas Zurek sheds some light into the direction that SAP is taking towards a unified offering for building a data warehouse on top of HANA. The unofficial working title is the HANA DW. The blog is divided into 3 sections, each addressing the most pressing questions  from customers who have already seen flavours of this.

Additional Information

• Find the SAP BW 7.5 topics on the TechEd page.

• Install and Configure SAP BW Installation/Configuration (also on HANA)

• Plan your update to SAP BW 7.50 -  Update to SAP BW 7.50

• Implement the Support Packages: SCN Support Package page 
  

Ramp Up

SAP BW, Edition for SAP HANA is an Add-on for simplified use of BW 7.50 powered by HANA

Ramp up information is available on theRamp-Up Page of SAP BW, Edition for SAP HANA .

Roadmap

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Highlights

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Context:

With the Advent of BW 7.4 Powered by HANA, we are observing sea changes in the world of SAP BW, now transforming into EDW.

One of the prominent changes is the introduction of a new Infoprovider known as Advanced DSO.

I believe the name Advanced is well justified because of the fact that it advances to replace Cube and DSO (now known as classic DSO)  and is positioned to

become the preferred Infoprovider for persistency in SAP BW.

I got a chance to lay my hands on this new kid on the block and wanted to share my experience with it.

Structure:

I will be presenting it with numbered points and screenshots. Rest is self-explanatory.

Content:

This paper will give you a fair introduction of aDSOs (Advanced DSOs). The document contains sequenced content with screenshots.
Therefore, attaching XML version.

Sequel:

The next part, Advanced DSO - Behind the Scenes - SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse - SCN Wiki,
will furnish an in-depth exploration outcome for aDSOs and will give you a detailed explanation behind

different LSA++ layers and how it morphs into different types of Infoproviders.

Hello Friends,

S/4 HANA is an buzz word in SAP Industry and by now, you might be aware that we have some Embedded Analytics available within S/4 HANA. On such option is the ‘Open in Design Studio’.

When you log into the Fiori Launchpad of an S/4 HANA System. We have an option called “Query Browser”.

The available CDS views (List Format) are available within the Query Browser.

You have the option of selecting any CDS view and Open the same in ‘Design Studio’ mode.

Unfortunately while trying to perform the above step, we are getting the following error. “Application 0ANALYSIS could not be loaded’.

Also, in some cases, the design studio page will not open and will keep hanging in the following screen.

Later some time, nothing happens and the system goes back to the CDS View List page.

If you give this to a UI5 Expert, he/she might come up asking you if the following service has something to with BW/BI

Solution: It’s a good news for the BW consultants that we still have some BW relevant components in S/4 HANA Analytics.

Now what is the real Solution?

Yes, your UI5 consultant is right.

0ANALYSIS is an BW/BI relevant component.

Go to RSOR tcode in the S4HANA backend System.

Navigate to the following Object Type:

Move it to the right pane and install.

On successful installation, you can find that the issue is solved and your Design studio access to the corresponding CDS view would now be available.

The solution is quite simple, but in case if you are not aware of this workaround, you might end up spending a lot of time for debugging.

Unfortunately, sometimes the issue itself will not be correctly shown in fiori side.

Hope this document was helpful.

There are lot of debates running around in the Analytics world about the future existence of BW and like always there is only one reply to that “BW is here to Live and it will survive for sure”

I will come up with more documents here in this space, through which we the BW consultants have solid valid points to debate that BW has enough significance, even in S/4 HANA Embedded Analytics.

Regards,

Prabhith

Hi all,

We are on SAP BW7.4 running on SAP HANA.
The SP level was upgraded to 9  yet issues continued with CP.
I am here sharing few SAP Notes  recommended by SAP which are must haves when using Composite Provider.
Hope fully this small list helps in fixing below issues.

But first, the landscape should be  enriched with SP level 9 or higher.
But for now..below notes may help any of us..

Will update this doc, if more notes are implemented to fix any other more issues.
Thanks to all mates for if you find this doc a bit helpful.

All Regards...
Aparajit..

Below are the other Posts  :

Bex Query going into debug mode in RSRT? Check here how to find the solution

Terminations on BEx Queries due to missing/inconsistent logical indexes on SAP HANA

Unexpected values in Bex Query? Check out SAP collective notes for incorrect/wrong data in BW queries

Check out the listed SAP BWNews notes to see what is delivered with the according Support Package.

SAP BWNews Notes

Further Information

Important SAP Notes for SAP BW 7.50

• can be found in Note 2203650 (for the Initial Version 7.50 SP00)

The Release Dates for SAP BW 7.50 SP's

• Support Package Stack Schedule(SMP login required)
  Please note: SAP BW 7.50 SP's are delivered with the SP Stacks of SAP NetWeaver 7.50

Changes

• Blog from Marc Bernard to find out about the  changes with a new SAP BW release or what features were introduced with certain support packages Simplified: SAP BW 7.4 and 7.5 Release Notes:
• Documentation/Release note information for SAP BW 7.50 support packages will be provided short before release of the according Support Package in the SAP Library (HELP login required):  http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw75/helpdata/en/25/e9e743e5e9465caf45dbf17741b743/content.htm?frameset=/en/1b/1f1c6e3de24c37899e2369386febed/frameset.htm

Download

• Download support packages for SAP BW 7.50 via Support Portal: https://support.sap.com/software/patches/a-z-index.html
  Select: Support Packages and Patches -> "N" ->SAP NETWEAVER ->SAP NETWEAVER 7.50 -> Application Server ABAP
• Please note that after implementing a support package, you are usually required to perform additional maintenance in transaction SNOTE. SAP Notes that are already installed may become inconsistent. This can lead to function errors or syntax errors. Go to transaction SNOTEand reimplement the SAP Notes that are no longer consistent. Your BW system is only operable and consistent after you have reimplemented these SAP Notes.

Regular Updates

• For regular updates please subscribe to the notes above as follows: You need to display the note on the service marketplace page. Use the direct links above or use SAP notes search and enter the note number directly. To subscribe to this special note activate the "subscribe" button (left hand above the title line of the note page). Also make sure that your E-Mail notification is activated (for activation see note 487366).

This document applies to BW7.4 SP11, HANA DB.
This document only discusses about the actions taken for the resolution of this Issue.

Please note:
Experts and Gurus please excuse me for the actual cause behind
this issue is still being analyzed as HANA DB being new to us!! 

Issue description:

The model design for the BEx Query is shown below. It was throwing dump while we used to drag 0DEBT_CCTR Info Object in the drill down of the report. The Query was on top of Composite Provider (ZPT_CP04) underlying of which was the ADSO (ZPT_AD04) and IO (ZEMP_2001) as below screenshot.

Error Description/Messages:

As we can see here, in RSRT the error message mentions about Info Object 0COSTCENTER and the CP (ZPT_CP04). The Query goes into Debugger Mode on dragging 0DEBT_CCTR in the drilldown. Here must to mention, 0DEBT_CCTR actually refers 0COSTCENTER.

What we wanted to achieve:

The data preview on Composite Provider (TC-Listcube).

This is what we want to achieve at report level.

Resolution:

Initially we tried to rebuild index on the particular IO 0COSTCENTER , then 0DEBB_CCTR and our ADSO and also CP involved using the program RSDDB_LOGINDEX_CREATE as recommended by SAP. Yet the problem persisted and didn’t help (for earlier such a case it  did work of course).

So we brought changes at composite provider level for that InfoObject 0DEBB_CCTR as below screenshot.

We changed the default Reporting Properties Only posted values for Navigation to Only Values in InfoProvider

And Bingo!!

Thus we can see the Query started working as desired giving us the exact output we saw at CP level:

Please note:

The setting inside CP for the reporting properties on a particular InfoObject  becomes effective at Query Designer Level as well automatically. Meaning thereby is the screenshot of CP for Debitted Cost Center settings  can be seen when you open up the Query Designer.

Thanks,

Aparajit

Dear All,

We have BW 7.5 SP1 installed on HANA.

I installed HANA studio, ABAP in Eclipse and BW Modeling Tools. However, I am not able to create or maintain InfoObjects in HANA studio.

I suppose this function has been supported since 7.5 SP0(according to InfoObject (New) - What's New in SAP NetWeaver 7.5 (Release Notes) - SAP Library).

Below is the system environment and related support package versions.

Am I forgot to install something?

Thank you for your help!

Update:

Thanks for Pieter's help, the InfoObject Maintenance works in studio after installing the related tools via link https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/mars.

The latest version of BW Modeling Tools does not contain it(no idea why).

Regards,

Carina

SAP's Overall Data Warehousing Strategy

SAP HANA Data Warehousing summarizes SAP's offering for highly flexible and agile Data Warehousing. It mainly consists of an application driven approach based on SAP BW powered by SAP HANA and in addition of  an SQL driven approach also based on SAP HANA and additional SAP tools like SAP Power Designer, SAP DW Foundation, SAP Information Steward etc. Of course both approaches can also be combined with each other.

SAP HANA  Data Warehousing

This presentation introduces the SAP DW Strategy, its components and the roadmap.

HANA Data Warehousing: The HANADW

With this blog Thomas Zurek sheds some light into the direction that SAP is taking towards a unified offering for building a data warehouse on top of HANA. The unofficial working title is the HANA DW. The blog is divided into 3 sections, each addressing the most pressing questions  from customers who have already seen flavours of this.

This document is valid  for SAP BW on HANA 7.4 installed on the server with packages sp5 and above:

In the current era of advance versions of  BW on HANA or native HANA , we may not find the old BW objects like Infocubes, Standard DSO, Infobject etc. anymore in  future days of  data modeling . But until all SAP BW projects move to BW on HANA 7.5 ( or above)  we have the relevance of consuming those BW objects in SAP HANA .

This document is  more pictorial self-explanatory presentation

From BW on HANA 7.3 release we have the feature of consuming BW objects into SAP HANA directly.

From BW 7.4 onwards automatic HANA view creation is also available from SAP BW workspace.

There is automated way to get all info providers to be available in HANA studio as views, we need to just enable the check box as shown in below screen shots.

View would be generated in hana studio in "System-local--> BW2HANA>>BW Package.

There are 2 ways to use BW objects in HANA studio

1) By Enabling the checkbox of External HANA View in  BW object Settings

2) By Manual import  of the objects in  HANA Studio

This document will depict  step by step approach , how we can achieve that

1)      By Enabling the  checkbox of External HANA View in  BW object Settings:

a)      Infoobject:

External SAP HANA view for master data :  To generate Attribute view

        External sap HANA view for Master Data Infoprovider  :  To generateAnalytic view

Infoobject as Master Data:

Go to the Master Data tab of Infoobject

Infoobjet as Infoprovider:

Test infobject is appeared as Attribute view in  "System-local--> BW2HANA>>BW Package under the Attibute View.

When Infoobject is used as Infoprovider it will appear under Analytic Vie folder

b) DSO :

• For DSO and Infocube a new checkbox is made available in  the settings tab “External SAP HANA view for reporting”. If this flag is set accordingly, an external SAP HANA analytical view is generated automatically with the activation of DSO.

c)       Composite provider:

At the time of creating Composite Provider from SAP BW modeler perspective of HANA Studio , we have to tick the check box of external SAP hana view . A calculation view will be created automatically .

d)       Infocube:

Same as DSO - Analytic view will be created under the Analytic folder in HANA .

Below settings we need to do in BW

e) BeX Query:

You can expose the Query directly as a SAP HANA view, no need for replication.

Goto TCODE :RSDDB Choose  Quey as infoprovider ,

click on  Release Query as infoprovider

then  create

go to SAP HANA/BWA Settings Tab

and  enable the External HANA Repository view  , then Activate and fill index.

2)      By Manual import  of the BW objects in  HANA Studio:

We can directly import the BW objects directly in HANA Studio.

At the time of importing the Info cube  we  need to choose any  Package whatever available in HANA . It will create one  Calculation View and one  Analytic view in the respective folders for Analytic view and Calculation view.

In case of DSO if we import from BW it will create Analytic view only.

If it is Infoobject it will create an Attribute view after importing into HANA

Without importing the BW objects in  BW-HANA Modeler perspective, we can also directly add  any BW objects into any of the Views ( CALC, AN, AT ..) See below in the plus sign marked in the canvas. We will get all available BW objects in the form of tables.

We have to add the BW objects as ( P-table, A-table( Active Data table), F-table, D-Table….)

If you add the P tables, A tables etc. you need to maintain the text description manually using joins with other required text tables.

Hi,

In Implementation or Support projects we all will have requirement where we might need to derive the Update mode in the Transformation.

Below is the code which would give the update mode.

DATA: LV_UMODE TYPE RSUPDMODE.

     CALL METHOD P_R_REQUEST->GET_UPDMODE

       RECEIVING

         R_UPDMODE = LV_UMODE.

LV_MODE now will hold F or D based on the Which DTP we execute.

Finding the Request ID of the Current load, we can use below code.

   DATA: N_REQUID TYPE RSBKREQUID.

    CALL METHOD P_R_REQUEST->GET_REQUID

      RECEIVING

        R_REQUID = N_REQUID.

N_REQUID will store the Request ID

Hope it helps.

Thanks,

Bhaskar Shanthi.

Real-time Reporting in SAP HANA using Calculation View, Open ODS and Bex

Introduction:

There is always a need to have real time reporting within SAP HANA transaction system. HANA calculation view in combination with any reporting tool is an obvious choice to meet this requirement. But when you do not have third party reporting tool that can integrate with HANA then it’s hard. Thanks to SAP’s inbuilt Bex functionality and Open ODS which can become your front end for real time reporting.

Scenario:

You have a requirement to develop a report to show FIGL line item level postings for a specific fiscal period. This is an ad-hoc real time reporting requirement. This can be achieved within SAP ECC HANA system by building calculation view on the basic table ACDOCA or BSEG. Then by building a semantic layer using open ODS and Bex query on top of this calculation view, you can build a nice reporting environment for ad-hoc real time reporting within SAP ECC HANA system.

Step By Step Procedure:

The environment discussed in the current context is SAP ECC HANA. Document is showing high level concept and not going through details of creating HANA views, Open ODS and Bex Query. It is assumed that developer is experienced with this development.

Step 1: Create new calculation view using analytic view and attribute view to combine data from various other tables within ECC HANA system. Your calculation view should have all the fields required and all the business logic needed. This development can be done in HANA Studio or Eclipse under SAP HANA Modeler perspective. You need to have HANA Modeling access for this development.

Step 2: Create Open ODS:

You need to switch to BW Modeling perspective within HANA studio for this development.

Right click on the infoarea and choose newàOpen ODS view

In the next window provide the details as below:

BW Project and Infoarea will be pre-filled

Give meaningful name and Description to your Open ODS

Choose Semantics as “Facts”

Choose Source Type as “Database Table or View”

Choose DB Object Schema as _SYS_BIC

Source system will be populated as “_SYS_BIC00”

Enter or Choose DB Object Name as you Calculation view created in the STEP 1 above.

Click FINISH

Step 3: Field assignment in Open ODS:

Next you need to drag and drop required fields from “Source Field” window to “View Fields” window

Also make required fields as Characteristics (Key).

Where ever necessary assign Infoobject to fields in General tab. This is important if you want to create selection variable on certain fields. Variable cannot be created directly on the field, you need to assign infoobject to that field. Then activate Open ODS

Step 4: Bex Query development on Open ODS:

Right click on your Open ODS and choose BW Query as below. Then build you query structure as per the requirement. This development is same as any Bex development in HANA Studio or Eclipse. I expect developer to know the steps of building Bex Query.

Step 5: Running Bex Query on SAP Portal or Fiori using UIBB (User Interface Building Blocks)

UIBBs are the interface views of a Web Dynpro ABAP component (the Web Dynpro windows). You can host this report URL either on SAP Portal or Fiori as below. You need to determine URL of the report by using ABAP Communication log.

Fiori tiles:

SAP Portal Links:

To execute this report you can double click on tile or link. Report output will look like as below.

Enhance technical content with BEx 7.x Bookmark calls

Scope

The scope of the document is to show a possible way to track BEx 7.x Bookmark execution and integrate the results into the technical content. Integration is done with the help of quite new SAP BW objects, like Open ODS View or Composite Provider.

Tracking bookmark execution could be very helpful in case of housekeeping and/or invalid bookmarks due to query changes.

General

The implementation was done on a SAP BW 750 system SP 2 on a HANA DB Release 1.00.102.02.1446663129. The implementation can also be done on SAP BW 7.X with a classic data source on custom table and/or a virtual provider.

Result

The result of the step-by-step instruction will be a technical content query showing the executed bookmarkid in the technical content session in which it was executed.

Step by Step

The following step-by-step instruction will lead you the the result shown described above in chapter Result.

STEP 1: Create Bookmark InfoObject

Create InfoObject with the help of transaction rsd1 with the technical name ZPA_DATA, which will store your bookmark id.

• Technical Name
  • ZPA_DATA
    
• Texts
  • Bookmark ID
• Type
  • CHAR 30
  • NO ALPHA Conversion
• No Masterdata
• No Texts

STEP 2: Create Bookmark Content Table

Create database table ZPA_TCT_BOOKMARK with the help of transaction se11

• Technical name
  • ZPA_TCT_BOOKMARK
• Short Description
  • Technical Content for Bookmark
• Delivery Class
  • A

Fields

• ZPA_DATA       
  • /BIC/OIZPA_DATA
  • Key
• TCTTIMSTMP       
  • /BI0/OITCTTIMSTMP
  • Key
• TCTSESUID       
  • /BI0/OITCTSESUID
  • Key
• TCTSTEPUID       
  • /BI0/OITCTSTEPUID
  • Key
• TCTSYSID       
  • /BI0/OITCTSYSID
• TCTUSERNM       
  • /BI0/OITCTUSERNM
• CALDAY       
  • /BI0/OICALDAY

• Technical Settings

STEP 3: Create Open ODS View

Open Eclipse Mars and create a new Open ODS View within the technical content InfoArea 0BWTCT.

• Technical name
  • ZTCTO101
• Description
  • Bookmark Statistics
• Semantics
  • Facts
• DB Object Name
  • ZPA_TCT_BOOKMARK

Now go to the facts area of the editor and accociation Fields to InfoObjects. In case of 0TCTUSERNM you have also to maintain the compounding with InfoObject 0TCTSYSID.

STEP 4: Copy MultiProvider 0TCT_MC01 to CompositeProvider ZTCT_MC01

Copy the MultiProvider 0TCT_MC01 to CompositeProvider ZCTC_MC01 with the help of migration report RSO_CONVERT_IPRO_TO_HCPR,

• Execute Report RSO_CONVERT_IPRO_TO_HCPR in transaction se38
  • Source 0TCT_MC01
  • Target ZTCT_XC01
  • Optional copy Quer with prefix ZTCT_XC01
  • Execute in simulation mode

• Now execute with transfer InfoProvider and copy Queries option and choose query 0TCT_MC01_Q0501 and rename it

• Check log due to errors

• For the last check execute your new query in transaction rsrt

STEP 5: Enhance CompositeProvider

Open CompositeProvider in Eclipse, remove the virtual provider and add new Open ODS View ZTCTO101 with left outer join.

STEP 6: Enahce Query with new characteristic ZPA_DATA

Enhance new query ZTCT_XC01_Q0501 in Eclipse and add ZPA_DATA to the free characteristics.

STEP 7: Enhancement point to fill ZPA_TCT_BOOKMARK

Now we create an enhancement point in oder to fill the new technical content bookmark table ZPA_TCT_BOOKMARK. Open transaction se80 and open class CL_RSWR_DB. Create an enhancement point at the end of the method DATA_GET with the following coding.

*declare

   DATA: LV_TIMESTAMP     TYPE TZNTSTMPL.

   DATA: LS_TCT_BOOKMARK  TYPE ZPA_TCT_BOOKMARK.

   DATA: LV_TCTSYSID      TYPE /BI0/OITCTSYSID.

*prepare

   GET TIME.

   GET TIME STAMP FIELD LV_TIMESTAMP.

   CONCATENATE sy-sysid sy-mandt INTO LV_TCTSYSID.

*Save data into  ZPA_TCT_BOOKMARK

   LS_TCT_BOOKMARK = VALUE #(

      ZPA_DATA      = i_id

      TCTTIMSTMP    = LV_TIMESTAMP

      TCTSESUID     = cl_rsdd_statolap=>n_sessionuid

      TCTSTEPUID    = cl_rsdd_statolap=>n_stepuid

      TCTSYSID      = LV_TCTSYSID

      TCTUSERNM     = sy-uname

      CALDAY        = sy-datum

      ).

  MODIFY ZPA_TCT_BOOKMARK FROM LS_TCT_BOOKMARK.

  CALL FUNCTION 'DB_COMMIT'.

Activate the enhancement point. From now on your bookmark calls are tracked,

Check

To check the result create a bookmark in BEx 7.x Webtemplate and call it.

Check entries in the custom table if your call was tracked.

Check if your call also can be seen in the new query result.

Conclusio

This is only one way to track bookmark execution with the help of the technical content. Enjoy the solution.

The end-2-end Guide is especially designed for the technical oriented people in a BW on HANA project to ensure that all relevant Information also find their was to the most neuralgic group of people: the technical Administrators.

The e2e Guide should be the first document on everybody's desk, before reading a countless amount of notes and documents.

For the detailed steps of the Installation/Migration we created a "SAP First Guidance" Document to answer´s  questions, issues and shows workarounds,  in addition to  the standard guides and SAP notes.This Guidance document has no claim of completeness and it is the most complete starting point for a successful implementation.

The Software Provisioning Manager 1.0 (SWPM) should be used to install NetWeaver based System from 7.30 onwards.

• SCN content: Up-To-Date Installation

The BW Basis customizing tasks which can be found here: BW Basis Customizing 7.x

and in the online Help - Performing Wizard-Based Basic Configuration for BW ABAP

New

SAP First Guidance - complete functional scope (CFS) for SAP BW 7.50 SP03

This SAP First Guidance Document put´s is emphasize to the complete functional scope (CFS) to ensure the full functionality right from the start of the Implementation of SAP BW 7.50 SP03 and higher.

It is now possible to install also the ABAP CI of the BW system on the HANA appliance

Note 1953429 - SAP HANA and SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP on one Server

You have now also a new option to install the HANA client as described here
Note 1943235 - SAP HANA client installation

SAP First Guidance - Business Warehouse on SAP HANA Installation
(also valid for installation of an export provided by a hom/het system copy)

Automated Initial Setup of ABAP-Based Systems

Note 2016657 - Task Manager for Technical Configuration (9. Improvements)

Note 2139341 - Initial Setup: Automated Configuration

Note 2157126 - Initial Setup: Automated Configuration (1.Improvement)

Note 2000003 - FAQ: SAP HANA

Note 2186744 - FAQ: SAP HANA Parameters

Note 2000000 - FAQ: SAP HANA Performance Optimization

Note 2056106 - InfoObject 0IOBJNM not active after installation of NW 7.40 SR2 or BW 7.40 SP08

Note 1944352 - UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION CX_RSR_X_MESSAGE

Note 2140419 - P14; BATCH: Max. 293 WPs, no BTC jobs started

Note 2046334 - Distribution of TMS configuration ends with an error

Note 2149920 - Error EA444 when Create Source System Connection

Creating a proper Source System connection - Re: Create an ODP - SAP Source System - BW 7.4 on Hana SPs09

For the BI-JAVA configuration follow the Blog here - BI-JAVA, BEx Web and EP: the real connection ...

You can get a list of new transactions in BW 7.3 here:

http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/New+Transaction+codes+in+SAP+BW+7.3

current SAP Solution Manager 7.1 Roadmap

http://service.sap.com/~sapidb/011000358700001435482012E.pdf

Roland Kramer, PM SAP BW/In-Memory

Introduction

Improve decision-making capabilities by bringing unprecedented performance to SAP  Business Warehouse with SAP HANA for current data and SAP Sybase IQ for historical data - achieving the perfect balance of cost and performance. The adapter for SAP/Sybase IQ as a near-line solution is delivered with the BW system. Integration of SAP/Sybase IQ makes it possible for you to separate data that you access frequently from data that you access rarely, thus making less demand on the resources in the BW system. The near-line data is stored in compressed form. You can thus reduce the costs incurred by data that is accessed less frequently. Please note that the SAP-NLS Solution can be used with all supported database versions supported by SAP BW 7.3x.

For introduction and positioning please have a look to the presentation 

SAP BW Near-Line Storage (NLS) Implementation for SAP IQ

and checkout the SCN page - SAP BW Near Line Storage solution (NLS) based on SAP IQ

SAP-NLS Solution - Update Q2/2016

see the latest enhancements for the SAP-NLS solution

SAP BW customers using Datavard's Outboard product should review OSS note 2201399

Find the SAP IQ as a Near-Line Storage Solution in the SAP online documentation:

• Sybase IQ as a Near-Line Storage Solution
• Configuring Sybase IQ as a Near-Line Storage Solution

Additional details are presented in the recorded Live Expert Session (LES)
(Please note that RKT Live Expert Sessions (LES) are subjects of license fee. Please contact RKT@sap.com )

For some practical experience watch how Clint Vosloo and guest Ethan Jewett sit down to walkthrough the
new Near Line Storage capabilities of SAP Business Warehouse to leverage Sybase IQ.

Prerequisites

• SAP IQ Server 16.0 SP04 and SQL Anywhere ODBC driver
  Note 2205476 - SAP IQ ODBC NLS drivers missing from SAP Support Portal
• SAP BW 7.30 SP09 or BW 7.31 SP05 or higher
• SAP IQ 16 Sizing Guide
• Note 1737415 - SAP IQ: Enable remote/secondary connect to SAP SAP IQ
• Note 1796393 - SAP BW near-line solution with Sybase IQ
• Note 1999431 - SIQ: Setting up SSL for connections to IQ

Step-by-step implementation

Find the detailed installation of the SAP IQ as a Near-Line Storage Solution in the
SAP First Guidance - SAP-NLS Solution with SAP IQ

A How to Paper, How to start with DAP in SAP BW:
How to Archive Data from SAP BW to SAP IQ as Near Line Storage

Performance Improvements for SAP-NLS

BLOG: Increasing the SAP-NLS Performance

Further Information

• Certified partners for Nearline Storage
• SAP BW 730: What's New in the SAP BW Near-Line Storage Solution
• https://blogs.saphana.com/2013/05/03/upgrade-and-migration-bw-on-hana/
• Three things to know when migrating SAP  BW on SAP HANA
• SAP BW on SAP HANA & SAP HANA Smart Data Access
• Note 2133194 - Can SAP IQ run in a cloud environment?
• New NLS Solution for SAP BW under SAP IQ
• PBS Nearline Analytic Infrastructure

We recently upgraded and migrated our BW 7..02 to BW 7.40 on HANA platform using DMO successfully. Major emphasize consider from technical front is to get BW system ready for business usage immediately after all SAP Basis and BW/HANA post DMO activities completed.

This is a challenging and required expertize on SAP Basis and BW front and understanding of all reporting and tools available in BW 7.40.

In each step mentioned in our step by step technical sheet consolidated and created by mutual effort of Basis and BW/HANA teams as a combined template for each post DMO effort.

Note, these steps are generic steps for Post BW Migration using DMO., consider it as template only.

Check out the listed SAP BWNews notes to see what is delivered with the according Support Package.

SAP BWNews Notes

Further Information

Please note:  

After upgrading to SP04 we stronly recommend to apply additional SAP notes

For full list of recommended notes please check SAP note 2203650.

Important SAP Notes for SAP BW 7.50

• can be found in Note 2203650 (for the Initial Version 7.50 SP00)

The Release Dates for SAP BW 7.50 SP's

• Support Package Stack Schedule(SMP login required)
  Please note: SAP BW 7.50 SP's are delivered with the SP Stacks of SAP NetWeaver 7.50

Changes

• Blog from Marc Bernard to find out about the  changes with a new SAP BW release or what features were introduced with certain support packages Simplified: SAP BW 7.4 and 7.5 Release Notes:
• Documentation/Release note information for SAP BW 7.50 support packages will be provided short before release of the according Support Package in the SAP Library (HELP login required):  http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw75/helpdata/en/25/e9e743e5e9465caf45dbf17741b743/content.htm?frameset=/en/1b/1f1c6e3de24c37899e2369386febed/frameset.htm

Download

• Download support packages for SAP BW 7.50 via Support Portal: https://support.sap.com/software/patches/a-z-index.html
  Select: Support Packages and Patches -> "N" ->SAP NETWEAVER ->SAP NETWEAVER 7.50 -> Application Server ABAP
• Please note that after implementing a support package, you are usually required to perform additional maintenance in transaction SNOTE. SAP Notes that are already installed may become inconsistent. This can lead to function errors or syntax errors. Go to transaction SNOTEand reimplement the SAP Notes that are no longer consistent. Your BW system is only operable and consistent after you have reimplemented these SAP Notes.

Regular Updates

• For regular updates please subscribe to the notes above as follows: You need to display the note on the service marketplace page. Use the direct links above or use SAP notes search and enter the note number directly. To subscribe to this special note activate the "subscribe" button (left hand above the title line of the note page). Also make sure that your E-Mail notification is activated (for activation see note 487366).

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HANA Data Warehousing: The HANADW

With this blog Thomas Zurek sheds some light into the direction that SAP is taking towards a unified offering for building a data warehouse on top of HANA. The unofficial working title is the HANA DW. The blog is divided into 3 sections, each addressing the most pressing questions  from customers who have already seen flavours of this.

Using SAP HANA SQL Script in SAP BW Transformations

Are you looking for a way to define custom transformation rules which cannot be implemented using standard BW functionality and want to leverage the power of the SAP HANA database platform? This First Guidance document describes the option to defined custom transformation rules with SAP BW powered by SAP HANA, which are processed completely on the SAP HANA database effectively eliminating the need to move data over the network between database and the application server. Not only does this option provide maximum performance, but also allows to leverage many of the powerful capabilities of the SAP HANA platform.

New Document Tips & Tricks using SAP BW Modeling Tools (BWMT) in Eclipse

Eclipse provides a great set of features out of the box which can used with the SAP BW Modeling Tools. This document summarizes the most important and most valuable tips you should be aware of and will be constantly updated!

Increasing the SAP NLS Performance

With the introduction of smart data access (SDA) especially between SAP HANA and IQ, the data provisioning process can be optimized for the usage of SAP nearline storage as well. This blog consolidates the existing corrections and settings to increase the overall performance of the SAP-NLS connection used by SAP BW.

New: FAQ -SAP BW & Operational Data Provisioning Framework (ODP)

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Unified Solution – SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics & SAP Business Warehouse powered by SAP HANA!

Read about the best-of-breed suite of analytical services and how it enables you to drive your business in real-time on the next generation of platform, SAP HANA. In particular get an overview of the different SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics & SAP BW Data Integration scenarios and understand how to implement them.

FC Bayern Munich meets IT demands with ERP and BW on HANA in the Cloud

Learn from FC Bayern Munich (FCB), one of the most prestigious soccer brands in the world, how migrating their SAP ERP and SAP BW solution to the SAP HANA platform and deploying them in the SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud helps FCB to meet the complex IT demands of a growing midsize business.

SAP BW powered by SAP HANA - Modeling Tools in Eclipse

Since SAP BW 7.4 powered by SAP HANA, we introduced a new modelling experience for BW using eclipse. This toolset provides a common user experience via a central, unified, modeling environment. Learn more about this with the new Video Learning Series on the SAP BW powered by SAP HANA - Modeling Tools in Eclipse page

How to check the SAP BW Query push down to SAP HANA

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Read this blog from Marc Hartz , who  describes how to detect these runtime improvements in your query execution.

The Wienerberger Story

The world's largest producer of bricks and the European leader in clay roof tiles, Wienerberger's business is characterized by strong seasonal fluctuations in demand. But slow IT performance, lack of functionality, and high support costs were making it difficult to improve sales planning, forecasting, and budgeting processes.
The central deployment of the planning applications kit for the SAP® Business Warehouse application powered by SAP HANA® allows Wienerberger to take a more granular, bottom-up approach to sales planning. The solution enables the business to make better, more-aligned decisions and IT to reduce support costs by up to 70% and accelerate the rollout of solution enhancements.

Release of SAP BW 7.4 SP8/9

SAP BW 7.4 SP8/SP9  powered by SAP HANA is the next milestone for enterprise data warehousing with BW on HANA and provides major enhancements in the area of running SAP BW on HANA as the Virtual Data Warehouse with the next level of Open ODS Views and additional CompositeProvider scenarios. In order to provide further simplification the Advanced DataStore object will consolidate DataStore Objects and InfoCubes.  Data modeling as well as query design will be supported via a common user experience. Big Data scenarios will be supported by SAP HANA dynamic tiering and performance enhancements will be provided for data staging as well as for OLAP analysis. Customers focusing on the planning capabilities will benefit from the enhanced Planning application Kit and FOX usability.

Prototyping Your Scenarios with SAP BW7.4-on-HANA in the Cloud  – Piece of Cake with SDATA

You  heard about the exciting new functionality that is offered by BW-on-HANA especially with the latest feature package SAP BW 7.4 SP08(SCN or openSAP course).! And of course, you know of the easy way to get a free trial version of SAP BW7.4 SP08 on HANA! Now the big question is: how can you test your reporting scenarios with your data in such an environment? With the SDATA tool we have made exactly this extremely easy and comfortable!
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