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 overview SAP Notes for OLAP functions, planning features: and BW Modelling Tools:
- SAP Note 2063449 - Push down of BW OLAP functionalities to SAP HANA
- SAP Note 1637199 - Details about availability of pushed down Planning functionality
- SAP Note 1905207 - BW Modeling Tools for SAP BW on HANA
Feature | Type | HANA only | Available since |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANA-optimized BW Business Content | Enhancement | Yes | BW 7.3 SP5 |
| XXL-Attributes (characteristics values <= 255, long texts with 1333 char) | Enhancement | No | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| High-Cardinality InfoObject (SID-less InfoObject) | Enhancement | Yes | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| BW Modeling Tools in Eclipse (Composite Provider, Open ODS View… ) | New Feature | Yes | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| Availibity of the new CompositeProvider 7.4 | New Feature | Yes | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| HANA Model Generation for BW InfoProvider | New Feature | Yes | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| Virtual Master Data (InfoObjects based on Calculation View) | New Feature | Yes | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| Inventory Keyfigures for DSO, VirtualProvider, CompositeProvider | Enhancement | Yes | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| OLAP: Calculation push-down | Optimization | Yes | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| OLAP: Stock coverage keyfigure | New Feature | Yes | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| OLAP: FIX operator | New Feature | No | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| OLAP: Multi-dimensional FAGGR | New Feature | No | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| OLAP: Current Member | New Feature | No | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| PAK enhancements & optimizations | Optimization | Yes | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| Planning on local provider in BW Workspace | New Feature | Yes | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| Planning function push-down | Optimization | Yes | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| Planning: ODATA & Easy Query extensions | New Feature | No | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| Planning: Support of HANA views for facts and master data | New Feature | Yes | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| Availibilty of Open ODS Views | New Feature | Yes | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| Availibilty Support of Smart Data Access | New Feature | Yes | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| Availibilty HANA Analysis Process | New Feature | Yes | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| HANA optimized Transformations | New Feature | Yes | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| Open Hub: Push data into a connected database | New Feature | No | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| Operational Dataprovisioning - PSA becomes optional | New Feature | No | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| Operational Dataprovisioning - ODQ for SLT | New Feature | Yes | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| Operational Dataprovisioning - DTP for HANA Views | New Feature | Yes | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| Operational Dataprovisioning – Data Services Integration | New Feature | No | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| Data request housekeeping and monitoring | Enhancement | No | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| Monitoring integrated in DBA cockpit for Sybase IQ | Enhancement | No | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| Optimized Query-access to NLS data in Sybase IQ leveraging SDA | Optimization | No | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| BW Workspace enhancements: Data Cleansing | New Feature | Yes | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| Re-Modeling Toolbox Enhancements | Enhancement | Yes | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| New WebDynpro-based Masterdata Value Maintenance | Enhancement | No | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| HANA-optimized BW Business Content (Data flow optimizations) | Enhancement | Yes | BW 7.4 SP5 |
| New source object types for OpenODS Views (Transformations, ADSO) | Enhancement | Yes | BW 7.4 SP8 |
| Automated Data Flow generation for OpenODS Views | Enhancement | Yes | BW 7.4 SP8 |
| Support for UNION CompositeProviders in BW-IP scenarios | Enhancement | Yes | BW 7.4 SP8 |
| Stacked UNION CompositeProvider | Enhancement | Yes | BW 7.4 SP8 |
| CompositeProvider Joins with OpenODS Views | Enhancement | Yes | BW 7.4 SP8 |
| Availiblity of Advanced DataStore Objects (see also SAP Note 2070577 for more details about functions and gaps) | New Feature | Yes | BW 7.4 SP8 |
| HANA model generation for BW Queries | Enhancement | Yes | BW 7.4 SP8 |
| Generated SAP HANA model able to read the data from Nearline Storage | Enhancement | Yes | BW 7.4 SP8 |
| ABAP managed database procedure (AMDP) in Transformations | New Feature | Yes | BW 7.4 SP8 |
| Availiblity of SAP HANA dynamic tiering for SAP BW | New Feature | Yes | BW 7.4 SP8 |
| Enhanced NLS operations (Archiving Proposals, Automated DAP generation, NLS DBA Cockpit integration) | Enhancement | No | BW 7.4 SP8 |
| Query pruning for NLS InfoProvider | Enhancement | No | BW 7.4 SP8 |
| NLS support for non cumulative Key Figures | Enhancement | No | BW 7.4 SP8 |
| XXL – Attributes (Mime Types, long strings) | Enhancement | No | BW 7.4 SP8 |
| BW Search (new eclipse UI, optimized for HANA) | Enhancement | Yes | BW 7.4 SP8 |
| ODP Support of hierachy loads | Enhancement | No | BW 7.4 SP8 |
| Re-modelling Tool Box support of SPOs | Enhancement | No | BW 7.4 SP8 |
| Process Chain Monitor (SAP UI5 mobile app) | New Feature | No | BW 7.4 SP8 |
| Query in BWMT in eclipse | New Feature | Yes | BW 7.4 SP9 |