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March, 2012

AGENDA

 Introduction into SAP NetWeaver BW Powered by SAP HANA
 Business Benefits
 IT Benefits
 Summary

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AGENDA

 IT Benefits
 Summary


SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse
Enterprise Data Warehouse Application

Integrated, scalable Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) platform
EDW = Database + X

Fast, sustainable implementation:
Business
 Modeling patterns
Content
 Business content

Load any data with trust and quality:
Reliable  Out-of-the box integration for data originating in SAP systems
Data Acquisition  Integrated with SAP BusinessObjects Data Services (Data Integrator and Data Quality Management)

Efficient, streamlined data management:
Streamlined  Management of data consistency
Operations  Sophisticated security, authorization and identity handling
 High availability

Sophisticated life cycle management at different levels:
Life Cycle  System
Management  Metadata
 Data (nearline storage, archiving)


SAP NetWeaver BW
Stable Product, Large Installed Base, Constant Growth

Productive SAP NetWeaver BW systems – constant growth

16,000
 Adoption of SAP NetWeaver
BW constantly growing at 200+ 15,500
new installations each month
15,000

 13,000+ customers referring to 14,500
more than 16,000+ productive

16, 054
15, 883
15, 685
systems 14,000

15, 533
15, 243
14, 952
14, 693
13,500
 More than 1000 customers

14, 450
14, 217
already moved to BW 7.3 13,000

12,500

12,000
Q4 09

Q1 10

Q2 10

Q3 10

Q4 10

Q1 11

Q2 11

Q3 11

Q4 11

SAP NetWeaver BW Running on Classical DB
Typical Challenges

Classical DB Approach

Reporting Performance Query performance not optimal to meet needs of business users

Real-Time Data Access Traditional latency issues with getting timely information

Planning speed slow due to bottleneck of reading & writing data to/from a
Planning Performance classical database

Challenging loading windows; loading and consolidation of data not
Loading Performance optimal

Performance Requires management of database like indexes, aggregates and DBA
Optimization operations as well as management of BWA

High IT workloads, restricted self-service capabilities, complex modeling;
IT Involvement IT becomes the bottleneck


Evolution of SAP NetWeaver BW

BW 7.3x, SP5
BW 7.3/BWA 7.2
 BW running on HANA
 Major step on as the underlying In-
BW 7.0 EhP1 (7.01) Enterprise Data Memory DB Platform
BW 7.0/BWA 7.0 Warehousing scalability
 In-Memory for
 Go-to release and flexibility
Enterprise Data
for integration  BW Accelerator: Warehousing
 Major release with SAP Additional performance
 BW Accelerator BusinessObjects BI  Integrated Planning
 Integration In-Memory enabled
 New features and improvements with
improvements across SBO Data Services
all components

2010 2011 2012
2006 2009


SAP HANA Introduction

SAP HANA is: SAP BusinessObjects Other Reporting Tools

• A flexible, data source agnostic in-memory analytic
appliance to quickly process and analyze large
volumes of non-aggregated transactional data in SAP HANA

real-time SAP HANA Studio

SAP HANA Database
• A modern platform that serves as the foundation to
Calculation and Row & Column
develop a new class of real-time applications Planning Engine Storage

• In-memory database that runs under SAP and non- Real-Time Data
SAP Business
Objects Data
Replication (SLT)
SAP Applications as a high-performance data Services

foundation

Non SAP Data
SAP Applications
Sources


SAP HANA Today
Analytic Appliance and Platform For New Applications

TODAY
SAP HANA 1.0

ETL
SAP ERP
SAP NetWeaver
BWA
High-Performance Analytics
BW
 SAP Operational data in traditional
database is replicated into memory for
operational analytics
 Bring in non-SAP data for high
RDBMS SAP performance analytics across the
BusinessObjects enterprise
BI  Combine SAP and non-SAP data (OS,
RDBMS
CDR etc) for agile modeling and reporting
SAP HANA
SAP
Applications

Non SAP
Data sources


SAP NetWeaver BW Powered by SAP HANA
Supercharged BW Applications

Q2 2012
SAP HANA 1.0 SPS3

SAP HANA - Primary Database
ETL
SAP ERP
SAP NetWeaver for SAP NetWeaver BW
BW
 In-Memory database used as primary
SAP persistence data layer for BW
BusinessObjects
BI
 BW manages the analytic metadata and the
EDW data provisioning processes
 Detailed transactional data replicated from
applications is the basis for all processes
RDBMS SAP HANA  SAP HANA provides the functionality of SAP
BWA
SAP
Applications

Non SAP
Data sources Currently in
Ramp-up since
November 7th 2011

SAP NetWeaver BW powered by HANA

BWA SAP NW BW SAP NW BW

RDBMS DB Migration HANA SAPSAP
Applications
Applications

HANA as the Primary Database for BW and Foundation for new Applications
 In-Memory database used as primary persistence for BW
 BW is becoming a HANA optimized EDW
 BW continues to manage the analytic metadata and the data provisioning processes
 HANA provides all the functionality of BWA and more
 High-performance foundation for new SAP applications

Migration without reimplementation - no disruption of existing scenarios


Customer Value of BW Powered by SAP HANA

1. Supercharged BW with Dramatically Improved Performance
 Business: Improved decision making, faster reporting and the most up to date information
 IT: Faster data loading and decreased data latency

2. Simplified Administration and Streamlined Landscape
 Business: Reporting requests executed faster and minimal IT involvement
 IT: Reduced administration and lower TCO

3. Unlock The Power of Your Data Across The Enterprise
 Business: Self service access to all information at the most granular level
 IT: Simplified IT workload with easy access to operational data marts

4. Preserve Your BW Investment without Disruption
 Business: Minimal training impact to business users and administrators
 IT: Migration without disruption of your BW application


AGENDA

 IT Benefits
 Summary


Supercharged BW with Dramatically Improved Performance
Improved decision making, faster reporting and the most up to date information

Respond More Quickly
Reporting / Analysis
• Faster queries means faster analysis

• HANA Optimized InfoCubes and DataStore Objects (DSO)

• Acceleration via in-memory column storage
BEx Query

Real-Time Insight As Business Happens Data Modeling

• Real-time access to HANA Analytic Views and Calculation Views SAP BW
• Faster data loading means information loaded more frequently
enabling near real-time reporting
DSO Activation

Faster Planning In-Memory
Planning
• HANA enabled planning for shorter planning cycles

• Planning logic pushed down to SAP HANA SAP HANA


Simplified Administration and Streamlined Landscape
Reporting requests executed faster and minimal IT involvement

IT Empowered to Respond More Quickly
• Changes in business requirements can be handled more efficiently and with quick
turn around

• Faster data loads and simplified IT tasks

• No special efforts required (indexes, statistics, etc…) means faster reporting on
any data base object

Flexible Data Modeling For Business Relevant Information
• Building and maintaining BW data models is simplified using flattened HANA
Optimized BW structures

• Faster remodeling of structural changes


Unlock The Power of Your Data Across The Enterprise
Self service access to all information at the most granular level

Increase Business Insight
• Greater breadth of data, look across all data sources to better
monitor business conditions

• Greater depth of data, look at the most granular level to better
understand details of business

• Combine BW data with non-BW data for a 360 degree view

Empower Self Service
• Self service BI interface means reduced reliance on IT

• Business friendly data modeling by using BW Workspaces and
Information Composer

• Extend the reach with analysis on any mobile device


Preserve Your BW Investment without Disruption
Minimal training impact to business users and administrators

End Users Do Not Need Retraining
• Same SAP BW application process - just faster queries, updates and reporting!

• Expert users do not need to get retrained

• No disruption to current use of SAP BusinessObjects BI or other frontend tools

System Operation Stays as it is
• No need to change familiar business processes inside SAP BW

• Process chains do not need to get remodeled

Security Remains Intact
• Supports BW Analysis Authorization Concept

• Integrated with NetWeaver Identity Management


AGENDA

 IT Benefits
 Summary


Supercharged BW with Dramatically Improved Performance
Faster data loading and decreased data latency

HANA Optimized Infocubes
MD MD
• Simplified structures for optimizing data loads into InfoCubes MD MD
D E
F
• Creation of DIM IDs no longer required Conversion F
Facts Facts
• InfoCube load time reduced significantly
D

MD MD MD MD

HANA Optimized DSOs
• Delta calculation completely integrated in HANA
• No round trips to application server needed User interface User interface
Layer Layer
• HANA optimized data structures for faster access Presentation Presentation

SAP NW BW SAP NW BW
• Speeds up data staging of DSOs by factor 7-10
Application DSO Objects Application DSO Objects
Layer Layer

HANA Optimized Planning Functions SAP NW BW
Activation
SAP NW BW

• Performance boost for planning capabilities like: Aggregation,
Database Database Activation
Layer Layer
Disaggregation, Conversions, Revaluation, Copy, Delete, Data
SAP
Data
xDB
Set value, Repost, FOX and for plan/actual analysis HANA


Simplified Administration and Streamlined Landscape
Reduced administration and lower TCO

Reduction in Layers
• Compression due to columnar technology and elimination of
redundant data shrinks database size dramatically

• Reorganize BW layer with reduced complexity and redundant data
persistence in different aggregation level

• Database and SAP BWA merging into one instance for lower TCO
and reduced admin tasks

Simplified Infrastructure & Reduced IT Activities
• Eliminate the need for indexes and aggregates

• Simplified administration via one set of admin tools

• One single platform for all types of analytics and data marts


Unlock The Power of Your Data Across The Enterprise
Simplified IT workload with easy access to operational data marts

Simplified Access to All Data
Reporting & Analytic Tools
• Transparent use of operational data from SAP HANA

• Run HANA operational data mart and BW on same HANA
SAP BW
landscape
Query Query
• Data integration between SAP BW and non-BW data can be
achieved in a simple and efficient manner
CompositeProvider

BW Data Model Changes Made Easy Transient
InfoCube InfoProvider
• Changes in business requirements can be met quickly without
significant remodeling and reloading data

• Additional modeling flexibility by combining ad-hoc SAP HANA
BW Schema Non-BW data
data with consolidated data in BW

• Add and remove dimensions to InfoCubes without remodeling

SAP HANA


Preserve Your BW Investment without Disruption
Migration without disruption of your BW application

Migration without Re-Implementation
• Database migration only – No need to re-implement your SAP BW system
• All existing BW queries, reports, transformation logic and data models continue to work as before
• No reload of data required or additional remodeling
• No loss of existing BW functionality (queries, reports, security, administration etc.)
• Migration of HANA Optimized InfoProviders via mass conversion

BWA SAP NW BW SAP NW BW

RDBMS DB Migration HANA


AGENDA

 IT Benefits
 Summary


Feedback from Early Customers

10x Faster Data 100x Faster
Loading Reporting

20% Reduction in Admin &
Maintenance FTE
Estimated by customer. Customer plans on re-deploying FTEs to BI projects


SAP NetWeaver BW Powered by SAP HANA

Business Benefits IT Benefits


Classical Approach v/s SAP BW on HANA Approach

Classical Approach In-Memory Approach
(SAP BW on Oracle Exadata) (SAP BW on HANA)
Reporting Requires BWA to deal with performance Fast Reporting Access on All SAP
Performance acceleration of queries BW data without BWA

Real-Time Data Traditional latency issues with getting Leverage Real-Time Replication to
Access timely information get up to the minute insight
Planning requires reading data from
Simulate More and Planning performs calculations in-
Exadata and writing back to Exadata
Plan Faster! memory!
(calculations in ABAP)
Superior Loading Loading and consolidation occurs in ABAP Loading Performance pushed into
Performance (Exadata only used for read and write) HANA natively!
Requires DB management of Exadata
Simplified (indexes, statistics, DBA operations) as well No indexes, statistics, or DBA
Maintenance as management of BWA to get good maintenance required!
performance
Modeling Cannot add/remove dimensions without re- Flexibly remodel cubes quickly and
Flexibility modeling toolkit (very costly operation) reduce materialized layers!


Plus NW 7.3 Has Additional Enhancements
New features of BW 7.3 (Without HANA)

1. Semantic Partitioning increases scalability, flexibility, reduces development &
maintenance overhead
2. Graphical Data Flow Modeling simplifies BW modeling to a large extent
3. Automated Tools to reduce development efforts
4. Numerous optimizations to Data Store Objects to support database partitioning by time
characteristics, activation by single look ups etc.
5. Accelerated data loads for Master data by using mass lookup instead of single look up
6. Tight integration with Sybase IQ as a Near-line storage including process delegation
7. Real-time data access at runtime using Hybrid Provider
8. End-to-End Data lineage & impact analysis using Metadata Management & Information
Steward
9. Optimizations to Integrated planning to reduce TCO associated with BW based
planning applications


Benefits of SAP NetWeaver BW on SAP HANA
above and beyond SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator

BWA BW on HANA

Only subset of On All of BW
Superior Reporting Performance BW data Data
Business
Benefits Real-Time Data Access

Simulate More and Plan Faster!

Superior Loading Performance

IT Benefits No Aggregates
Simplified Maintenance where BWA is
used

Modeling Flexibility


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