unit 1: value proposition of sap bw/4hana
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Unit 1: Value Proposition of
SAP BW/4HANA
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Content
SAP BW/4HANA – the next generation
business warehouse
SAP BW/4HANA vs SAP BW powered by
SAP HANA
Design principles of SAP BW/4HANA
Value Proposition of SAP BW/4HANACovered in this unit
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SAP BW 7.5
powered by
SAP HANA
Performance
optimization
Simplification
and virtualization Introducing SAP BW/4HANA
The next generation data
warehouse application
Simplification,
SAP HANA
platform
integration
Big Data
scenarios
2013 20152012
SAP BW 7.3
powered by
SAP HANA
SAP BW 7.4
powered by
SAP HANA
2016 +
SAP BW/4HANA
Starter Add-On
For SAP BW/4HANA
customers only
Use transfer tools
to make system
ready for
SAP BW/4HANA
Requires SAP BW
7.5, SP 4 or higher
Value Proposition of SAP BW/4HANAThe next generation business warehouse
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Value Proposition of SAP BW/4HANAHow is SAP BW/4HANA different from SAP BW powered by SAP HANA?
SAP BW/4HANA
Is the logical continuation of SAP BW
powered by SAP HANA
The fundamental principles of SAP BW
continue to apply
However, SAP BW/4HANA
Is a new SAP product – not part of
SAP NetWeaver
Is a new innovation code line running only on
the SAP HANA database
Supports only SAP HANA-optimized objectsSAP BW/4HANA
SAP HANA
Scheduling &
MonitoringModeling Planning
OLAPLifecycle
ManagementETL
Simplicity Openness
Modern
Interface
High
Performance
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Value Proposition of SAP BW/4HANADesign principles – Simplicity
Modeling Objects
Only 4 main modeling objects
Architecture
Less persistent layers
Leaner and more flexible
architectures
Reduced development effort
Operations
Smarter data lifecycle management
Cloud deployment
Virtualization
Source
Staging
Raw DWH
Integrated DWH
Data Marts
SAP HANA
Slave 1
Slave 2 Standby
Slave 3Exten-
sion
Slave 1
Exten-
sion
Slave 3
Exten-
sion
Slave 2
Master
Node
InfoCube6
DataStore Object7
Hybrid Provider8
PSA Table9
InfoObject1
0
Transient Provider5
CompositeProvider3
InfoSet2
MultiProvider1
CompositeProvider1
Open ODS View2
Advanced DataStore Object3
InfoObject4V
irtu
aliz
ation
Pers
iste
ncy
Virtual Provider4
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Value Proposition of SAP BW/4HANADesign principles – Openness
Exposing data for SQL consumption Integrating data from any source
SAP BW/4HANA
aDSO
Query
SQL
access to
front end
tools
Calculation
View *
Calculation
View *
Calculation
View *
Calculation
View
Calculation
View
SAP HANA
View/Table
Composite-
Provider
Automatically
Generated
Automatically
Generated
Automatically
Generated
InfoObjectCalculation
View *Automatically
Generated
Sources
SAP HANA
SAP HANA Source System ODP Source System
EIM – Smart Data Integration (SDI)
Adapter
@RDBMS/Hadoop
Text StructuredSocial Media
ASE, ECC,SAP HANA
Hive Facebook Excel
3rd Party RDBMS
Files Twitter SOAPSAP Sources
ODQ
Extractor logic
full/delta loadsdirect accessreal-time replication
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Value Proposition of SAP BW/4HANADesign principles – Modern user interfaces
SAP BusinessObjects for Business Users
SAP BusinessObjects Cloud
SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
Modern User Interfaces for Modeling and
Administration
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Value Proposition of SAP BW/4HANADesign principles – High performance
Pushdown of computations
OLAP
Planning
Data Management
Integration of SAP HANA Platform Capabilities
SAP HANA Models
Data Integration and Transformation
Libraries and Algorithms (Data Mining, Predictive, etc.)
SAP BW on AnyDB
Data Modeling
Pro
cess
O
rche
stra
tion
OLAP
Data Management
Planning
Any DB SAP HANA
SAP BW/4HANA
Data Modeling
Pro
cess
O
rche
stra
tion
OLAP
Data Management
Planning
Pushdown
SAP BW/4HANA
SAP HANA
HAPInfoProvi
der
R-Script
Procedure
AFL
Source Transform Target
InfoProvider InfoProvider/ViewHAP
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Value Proposition of SAP BW/4HANAWhat you’ve learned in this unit
Key takeaways
Not a legal successor of SAP BW, but a
“logical” successor
Focus on SAP HANA only
Enables you to build flexible data warehouse
architectures
Simplifies data warehouse modeling and
administration
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SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate
company) in Germany and other countries. Please see http://global12.sap.com/corporate-en/legal/copyright/index.epx for additional trademark information and notices.
Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distributors contain proprietary software components of other software vendors.
National product specifications may vary.
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only, without representation or warranty of any kind, and SAP SE or its
affiliated companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials. The only warranties for SAP SE or SAP affiliate company products and
services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services, if any. Nothing herein should be construed as
constituting an additional warranty.
In particular, SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation, or to develop
or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SE’s or its affiliated companies’ strategy and possible future
developments, products, and/or platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time
for any reason without notice. The information in this document is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. All forward-
looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place
undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates, and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions.
Unit 2: Functional Overview
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Content
Data Flow Modeling Tool
Dynamic Multi-Temperature Data Management
Functional OverviewCovered in This Unit
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Graphical Data Flow Modeler
Central entry point for all modeling tasks
Intuitive drag&drop modeling
Model new or explore existing data flows
Navigate to object editors or maintenance UIs
Functional OverviewData Flow Modelling Tool
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Extension Node Concept
based on scale-out architecture
allow to overload extension nodes with
either 100% or 200% of capacity
supports all SAP HANA features for
operations, updates and data
management
Flexible Dynamic Tiering for ADSOs
on object level
on partition level
Functional OverviewDynamic Data Lifecycle Management
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Graphical Data Flow Modeler
Create a new graphical data flow
Browse an existing data flow
graphically
Multi Temperature Data Management
Dynamically determine data
temperature on ADSO partition level
Functional OverviewSystem Demo
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Functional OverviewWhat You’ve Learned in This Unit
Key takeaways
SAP BW/4HANA comes with a new data
flow modeling environment
SAP BW/4HANA simplifies management of
large data volumes with a flexible dynamic
tiering concept
… and of course there is much more on the
roadmap :)
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Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distributors contain proprietary software components of other software vendors.
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These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only, without representation or warranty of any kind, and SAP SE or its
affiliated companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials. The only warranties for SAP SE or SAP affiliate company products and
services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services, if any. Nothing herein should be construed as
constituting an additional warranty.
In particular, SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation, or to develop
or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SE’s or its affiliated companies’ strategy and possible future
developments, products, and/or platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time
for any reason without notice. The information in this document is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. All forward-
looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place
undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates, and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions.
Unit 3:
Migration to SAP BW/4HANA
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Content
Paths to SAP BW/4HANA
Tool Support
Outlook – Future Conversion Support
Migration to SAP BW/4HANACovered in this unit
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Migration to SAP BW/4HANAPaths to SAP BW/4HANA
Prerequisites for moving to SAP BW/4HANA
Only use SAP HANA-optimized objects
Only use ODP, HANA and FILE source systems
No 3.x data flows
No BEx front-end tools – BEx/BW Query stays
No NLS partner solutions
SAP BW
on xDB
SAP BW
powered by
SAP HANA
SAP BW 7.5
powered by SAP HANA
+
SAP BW/4HANA
Starter Add-On
SAP BW/4HANA
Step 1:
Classic DB migration and
upgrade to latest SAP BW
release using SAP DMO
Step 2:
Implement add-on, use transfer
tools to make system ready for
SAP BW/4HANA
Step 3:
“Conversion” – like an
upgrade
Current limitations of SAP BW/4HANA
Planning (IP/PAK and BPC) not yet supported
No add-ons supported
SAP BW/4HANA Starter Add-On provides tools
for migration
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Migration to SAP BW/4HANATool Support
Data flow transfer tool
Copy complete data flows
Automatic generation of SAP HANA-
optimized SAP BW objects
SAP HANA
SAP BW
AdvancedDSO
CompositeProvider
AdvancedDSO
T R A N S F E R
T R A N S F E R
StandardDSO
DataSource
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Migration to SAP BW/4HANASystem demo
Data Flow Migration Tool
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Migration to SAP BW/4HANAOutlook – Conversion Support – In-Place Conversion
Select scope
Convert classic objects – including data –
and adjust DTPs/Transformations
System is ready for conversion?
Upgrade to SAP BW/4HANA
Transport changes
Import transport – moving data to new objects
System is ready for conversion?
Upgrade to SAP BW/4HANA
DEV
PROD
SAP BW
powered by
SAP HANA
SAP BW
powered by
SAP HANA
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Migration to SAP BW/4HANAOutlook – Conversion Support – Remote Conversion
SAP BWSAP
BW/4HANA
Transport selected objects
conversion during import in SAP BW/4HANA
Transfer data of selected objects
SAP
BW/4HANATransfer data of selected objects
Transport of converted objects
DEV
PROD
SAP BW
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Migration to SAP BW/4HANAWhat you’ve learned in this unit
Key takeaways
All data flows have to be migrated to
SAP HANA-optimized objects
SAP BW 7.5 powered by SAP HANA
provides an “SAP BW/4HANA Starter
Add-On” with migration tools
In future, additional conversion tools will
be offered to support migration to
SAP BW/4HANA
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Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distributors contain proprietary software components of other software vendors.
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These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only, without representation or warranty of any kind, and SAP SE or its
affiliated companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials. The only warranties for SAP SE or SAP affiliate company products and
services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services, if any. Nothing herein should be construed as
constituting an additional warranty.
In particular, SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation, or to develop
or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SE’s or its affiliated companies’ strategy and possible future
developments, products, and/or platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time
for any reason without notice. The information in this document is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. All forward-
looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place
undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates, and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions.
Unit 4: Development Roadmap
for SAP BW/4HANA
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Upcoming Features of SAP BW/4HANA
Development Roadmap for SAP BW/4HANACovered in This Unit
Simplicity Openness
Modern
Interface
High
Performance
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Development Roadmap for SAP BW/4HANASimplicity
Initial Release
Feature Pack
Feature Pack
Feature Pack
Multi Temperature Data
Management
Cloud Deployment Options
(SAP, Amazon, Microsoft)
SAP BW/4HANA Optimized
Business Content
Automated Data Lifecycle
Management
• based on partition and
temperature definition
• automatic data placement
to extension nodes or
NLS (SAP IQ, Hadoop)
Integration with
SAP’s Cloud Offering
• SAP SuccessFactors
• SAP Ariba
• …
BPC support
(standard/embedded)
Leverage Machine
Learning in BW/4HANA
administration
Q3 2016 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 2017+
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Development Roadmap for SAP BW/4HANAOpenness
Q3 2016
Initial Release
Q1 2017
Feature Pack
Big Data / Data Lake
• New Big Data source
system type for Hadoop
• Spark SQL adapter for
data integration
scenarios with Hadoop
• Direct access and
staging
Interoperability with native
DW approach
• HANA native DataStore
Object
• HANA Views for Queries
with Hierarchy filters
Feature Pack
Q2 2017
Big Data / Data Lake
• HANA Analysis Process
with Spark/Hadoop based
execution
Enhanced SAP HANA EIM
integration
• Delta and Real Time
Streaming support for
HANA native tables
Interoperability with native
DW approach
• HANA View generation
for Open ODS Views
2017+
Feature Pack
Big Data / Data Lake
• Automation of complex
Big Data flows with
SAP BW/4HANA
• Tight coupling
between Hadoop and
SAP BW/4HANA
processes
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Development Roadmap for SAP BW/4HANAModern User Interface
Initial Release
Feature Pack
Feature Pack
Feature Pack
Q3 2016 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 2017+
DataFlow Modeler
• Easy and intuitive
creation of end to end
data flows
• Enhanced visualization
and usability
• Replacement of DW
workbench Modelling
perspective
Web based administration
Transformation Modeling
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Development Roadmap for SAP BW/4HANAHigh Performance
Initial Release
Feature Pack
Feature Pack
Feature Pack
Q3 2016 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 2017+
High frequent data loads for
all load processes
• Attributes, Hierarchies,
Texts
• OpenHub
Parallel loads for master data
• Based on ADSO-like data
structures
Further OLAP push down
• Exception aggregation
with currency and unit
conversion
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Development Roadmap for SAP BW/4HANAWhat You’ve Learned in This Unit
Key takeaways
The short term roadmap of SAP BW/4HANA
focusses on
Integration with Big Data Scenarios
Streamlined Data Management
Planning Capabilities
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or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SE’s or its affiliated companies’ strategy and possible future
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for any reason without notice. The information in this document is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. All forward-
looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place
undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates, and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions.