SAP HANA SPS 08 - What’s New? SAP HANA Answers

1. SAP HANA SPS 08 - What’s New?
SAP HANA Answers
SAP HANA Product Management May, 2014
(New Feature in SPS 08)

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Agenda
Overview of HANA Answers
Plugin Installation

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SAP HANA Answers
For HANA users, SAP HANA Answers is the fastest path to
HANA information and expertise in the cloud, directly
accessible from HANA Studio, and optimized for your
current context.
HANA Answers provides a single point of entry into the world
of HANA documentation and collaboration helping you to
learn, implement and troubleshoot all things HANA.

4. Overview of SAP HANA
Answers

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SAP HANA Answers
Accelerate your successful adoption of SAP HANA
What is it?
Knowledge hub for HANA
 Content hub of HANA information
 Context-driven information access and sharing –
Patent Pending
 Crowdsourced knowledge base
 Integrated with HANA Studio
 Collaborate based on interests
 Powered by HANA XS on HANA Cloud Platform
Benefits to Customers / Partners
Improved Experience and Productivity
 Find solutions faster
 Showcase your knowledge
 Discussions
 Notifications
 Answers returned based on your context
 Stay in the flow (in Studio)
 Access all HANA technical information from one
place

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SAP HANA Answers
SCN (HANA
Communities)
SAP Help
SAPHANA.com
SAP HANA
Academy
Web Browser
powered by
HANA Cloud Platform
HANA Studio
ANSWERS PLUGIN
Content
SAP HANA Answers
Videos, Help Files,
Discussions,
Notifications
In-Memory Knowledgebase and Search

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HANA Answers
View
Your source of
valuable content and
your connection to
the HANA network of
experts
Notification
Indicator
Someone has
answered your
question or posted
something of interest
to you
SAP HANA Answers
HANA Studio Integration
Toolbar Menu
Click blue Answers
icon to find content
or ask a question.
Alternatively, press
the F10 key
Contextual
Awareness
Highlighted text as
well as your current
context determine the
recommended
content

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Interact with the HANA Answers community
Stay in Studio
View document and videos
directly in studio
Vote
Vote up/down this document
or post
Follow
Receive notifications
regarding this document or
post
Add value
Provide your feedback / Share
your knowledge
…

9. Plugin Installation

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HANA Answers
Plugin Installation
Install the Plugin for your SAP HANA
Studio!
From HANA Studio:
1. Click on Help->Install New Software
2. In the "Work with" input box, enter
https://answers.saphana.com/updates
3. Click the "Add" button and complete the
wizard
That's all! Now from HANA Studio, highlight some text and press F10 or click the HANA Answers
button.
https://answers.saphana.com/updates

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Disclaimer
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How to find SAP HANA documentation on this topic?
SAP HANA Platform SPS
 What’s New – Release Notes
 Installation
– SAP HANA Server Installation Guide
 Security
 Administration
– SAP HANA Administration Guide
 Development
– SAP HANA Developer Guide
 References
– SAP HANA SQL Reference
• In addition to this learning material, you find SAP HANA documentation on
SAP Help Portal knowledge center at http://help.sap.com/hana_platform.
• The knowledge center is structured according to the product lifecycle: installation, security, administration,
development. So you can find e.g. the SAP HANA Server Installation Guide
in the Installation section and so forth …

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Thank you
Contact information
Mark Hourani
SAP HANA Product Management
AskSAPHANA@sap.com
To get the best overview of what’s new in SAP HANA SPS 08, read this blog.

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