Simplicity, Agility and Flexibility – SAP BW 7.4 powered by SAP HANA. sitNL presentation by Ulrich Christ

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Dr. Ulrich Christ / Product Management SAP EDW (BW/HANA)
Simplicity, Agility and Flexibility –
SAP BW 7.4 powered by SAP HANA

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SAP HANA
SAP BWSAP HANA Schema
Open Operational DataStore Layer
SAP HANA Models DataStore Objects
Transformations
Agile
Data Marts
Architected Data Mart
Layer
EDW Core Layer
Transformations
Corporate
Memory
BI Tools
Virtualization Layer
SAP BW Schema
Simplicity, Agility and Flexibility
Overview of LSA++

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Flexible Data Warehouse Architecture
Open ODS Layer for Data Integration
Fast and simple integration of new data
 Avoiding unnecessary data replication
 Integration of federated data via SAP HANA Smart Data Access
 Simplified, lightweight modeling without InfoObjects
 Full integration into advanced BW functionality (Security, OLAP, Data Warehouse
Management)
New SAP BW Objects
• Open ODS View
• Advanced DataStore Object

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Flexible Data Warehouse Architecture
Open ODS Layer for Data Integration
Demo
• Virtual integration with Open ODS Views
• Combination with BW Master Data
• Physical integration with Advanced
DataStore Objects

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Flexible Data Warehouse Architecture
Virtual Data Marts
Flexible modeling of virtual data marts
 JOIN and UNION of SAP BW InfoProviders
 Query execution optimized for SAP HANA
 Further reduces the need to create presistent data marts
New SAP BW Object
• CompositeProvider

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Flexible Data Warehouse Architecture
Virtual Data Marts
Demo
• JOIN and UNION of BW InfoProviders
in CompositeProviders