What’s the Difference Between a Classic #SAPBW and #BWonHANA?
This is yet another question that I get from all angles, partners, customers but even colleagues. BW has been the spearhead SAP application to run on HANA. Actually, it is also one of the top drivers...
View ArticleBW on HANA - Performance Comparison of Different Exception Aggregations
This article compares the performance of three different ways of doing a simple exception aggregation in a BW on HANA scenario. The goal is to see what design will give best performance for a BEx...
View ArticleHow to create Composite provider on top of Multiprovider and SPO (Semantic...
Hi All, Could you please let me know how to create Composite provider on top of Multiprovider and SPO (Semantic Partitioned Object build based on Info Cube) in SAP BI7.3. Regards,Raghavendra
View ArticleSAP HANA optimized Transformation – Part 1
While exploring the features of BW on HANA, I came across HANA optimized transformation. I believe everyone would aware of this already. I just wanted to share my observations on...
View ArticleMigrating to BW on HANA - Real Life Lessons - ASUG Webcast
The other week Paul Townsend of Johnsonville Sausage provided this webcast. He is also presenting an ASUG session at SAP TechEd && d-code Las Vegas next month as well: Learn How to...
View ArticleSecurity Unification - BW on HANA
This blog explains on security unification in BW on HANA. In older versions (i.e BW on traditional DB) if we create a user in SAP system, data security restrictions are confined to only that...
View ArticleBoost lead generation with the Blitz Days in a Box for SAP Business Warehouse...
Now live on Virtual Agency, the “Blitz Days in a Box for SAP Business Warehouse powered by SAP HANA” helps accelerate demand generation for SAP Business Warehouse powered by SAP HANA in the SME space....
View ArticleWhat’s new in SAP NW BW 7.4 SP8
Recently, SP8 for SAP BW 7.4 has become generally available. This new release of SAP BW brings a number of important changes to the SAP BW landscape from a modeling perspective. Introduction of the...
View Article#BWonHANA: Extended Storage and Dynamic Tiering
There is a bit of confusion around the terminology of extended storage and dynamic tiering within HANA. This short blog attempts to resolve this. Details can be found in a PDF presentation attached to...
View ArticleComposite provider @ BEx Report Part - 1
Hi Friends, I just experienced strange thing with Composite Provider in BEx report.In general while doing reporting on virtual infoproviders (Muliprovider,Composite provider etc.). We can see extra...
View ArticleSAP BW on HANA Enterprise Cloud - "relocation without disruption"
This was an SAP webcast. How to consume BW through HANA Enterprise Cloud and Cloud Lifecycle Management, combining three topics into one sessionFigure 1: Need to replicate data The SAP Speaker read...
View ArticleSAP Business Warehouse powered by SAP HANA: New openSAP Course
To support your company’s analysis, reporting and other business intelligence functions, a data warehouse acts as a central entry point and single point of truth for various data sources. It...
View ArticleBW on HANA scaleout Migration Part 1: Preparation Checklist and known issues
I recently worked on a BW on HANA Scale out Migration Project and in this Blog I would like to describe the preparation that was done for the Migration and in particular problems that came up that you...
View ArticleBW on HANA scaleout Migration Part 2: Migration process and issues encountered
For a BW on HANA Scale out proof of Concept that we recently worked on I would like to discuss the migration process and the issues we encountered and how we resolved or worked around them. This Blog...
View ArticleBW on HANA scaleout Migration Part 3: Post Migration Activities and issues...
This is the third and final Blog in the series for a BW on HANA scaleout Migration PoC that I worked on. The links to Part one and two are below, part one covers Migration preparation checklist and...
View ArticleVisualising BW Query Usage Statistics on a Globe using HANA, XSJS, SAPUI5 & D3
This blog explains how to expose standard BW business content for consumption on a 3D globe in a browser. The relevant source code and HANA build is available in a GitHub repository. IntroductionSome...
View ArticleSAP BW 7.4 SP8: Advanced DSO: Installation
In my previous blog What’s new in SAP NW BW 7.4 SP8 , I wrote about the Advanced DSO (ADSO) having large potential in the SAP BW modeling landscape. I also wrote about the fact that it unfortunately...
View ArticleOpen ODS View in HANA EDW – The best of BW and HANA combined
Since the introduction of SAP HANA, many customers wish to add more robust features that they are familiar with from SAP BW into HANA. For those customers, now they can adopt BW on HANA, a SQL-oriented...
View ArticleBex Query Designer and HANA views
Hello,This morning I've opened the good old Bex Query Designer after a long time of not opening it and surprise!! All the HANA modeling objects that we developed - Analytical views, Calculation views,...
View ArticleBW on HANA Eclipse Based Modeling:Integration Scenarios -1
This blog contains 2 scenario's a) Integration of BW master data with transaction data which is retrieved from HANA Analytical view via BW composite provider b) Integration of HANA view in BW using...
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