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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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How to Copy HANA CompositeProviders
SAP BW 7.x SP8 has added more capability into the new type of CompositeProviders (loosely called HANA CompositeProviders). Hence, we're seeing these type of CompositeProviders getting used more...
View ArticleBW on HANA Useful Design Patterns
When you use BW on HANA, there are more options avaiable to you for data modelling. There are design patterns available that are not possible in BW on non-HANA scenarios. Some of these have been...
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S/4HANA and #BWonHANA
For many years, the absence of powerful analytic modeling and processing within SAP's R/3 and Business Suite applications led customers to install an instance of Business Warehouse (BW) next to such a...
View ArticleBW on HANA Useful Design Patterns
When you use BW on HANA, there are more options avaiable to you for data modelling. There are design patterns available that are not possible in BW on non-HANA scenarios. Some of these have been...
View ArticleSAP HANA enables Dairy Farm to make better business decisions
Some BW on HANA projects start with a narrow focus on improved performance. Pan-Asian retailer Dairy Farm took a much broader approach, incorporating their BW on HANA projects into a focus on process...
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Find ASUG BW HANA Content and more - at ASUG Annual Conference
Here is a Spring update from our ASUG EDW/BW SIG which is lead by ASUG Volunteers Allison Levine and Steve Ruggiero.In this issue:Upcoming: SAP HANA and BW related webcastsASUG Annual Pre-Conference...
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 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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Query Performance Optimisation Tips in BW 7.3
This post is to share my experiences on Query optimisation tips in SAP BW 7.3. 1. From BW 7.3, there is a newly implemented OLAP cache mode called “Query Aggregate Cache” which is recommended to be...
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Query Results position - When there is a Characteristic in "Columns" Axis and...
Usually, when Defining a BW Query we would have the Characteritics in Rows and Key Figures in Columns However, it is quite possible that there is a need to have a characteristic in the Column...
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We migrated SAP BW to HANA.. Now what?
Many organizations (prepare to) migrate their existing SAP BW landscape to SAP HANA. A migration to SAP HANA is always ‘non-disruptive’, meaning you can migrate to HANA as-is, unlocking many benefits...
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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...
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What's in store for BW 7.4 at ASUG Annual Conference | SAPPHIRE NOW 2015
At ASUG Annual Conference 2014, I along with Bhanu Gupta had the wonderful experience of presenting a session on BW Workspaces - An Agile BI Environment That Empowers Users to Enhance and Enrich...
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We migrated SAP BW to HANA.. Now what?
Many organizations (prepare to) migrate their existing SAP BW landscape to SAP HANA. A migration to SAP HANA is always ‘non-disruptive’, meaning you can migrate to HANA as-is, unlocking many benefits...
View ArticleDeciding factors for BW on HANA, Enterprise HANA and HANA Live
I am sure most of us have been asked to choose one or combinations of the following tools to build an Enterprise Data Warehouse.(1) BW on HANA(2) Enterprise HANA(3) HANA Live It's an interesting topic...
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