SAP BW on SAP HANA: Implementation Guide, BW on HANA Migration

✍ Scribed by Matthias Merz, Torben Hügens, Steve Blum

• Publisher: SAP Press
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 481
• Series: SAP Press
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

If you're making the leap from SAP BW to SAP HANA, this book is your indispensable companion. Thanks to detailed pre-migration and post-migration steps, as well as a complete guide to the actual migration process, its never been easier to HANA-ify your SAP BW system. Once your migration is complete, learn everything you need to know about data modeling, reporting, and administration. Are you ready for the next generation of SAP BW?

* Explore your SAP BW on SAP HANA implementation options
* Get step-by-step instructions for migration, including pre- and post-steps
* Learn how SAP HANA changes data modeling, reporting, and administration for an SAP BW system

The Complete Migration Process
Learn all the steps in an SAP BW to SAP HANA migration, from readying the system to the details of the post-migration processes.

Data Modeling and LSA++
Find out how SAP HANA and LSA++ changes data modeling in an SAP BW system.

New Reporting Options
With your new system, you have reporting options you never had before. Learn about SAP HANA Views and SAP Lumira.

* In-memory technology
* Implementation options
* LSA++
* Migration steps
* Data modeling in SAP HANA Studio
* In-memory optimized InfoCubes
* Process chains
* Hot/warm/cold data
* Administration in SAP HANA Studio
* SAP HANA Views
* SAP Lumira

✦ Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction The Business Scenario: ABCD Corp. Marketing Network The Sales and Billing Process Business Intelligence Requirements The Business Planning Scenario Summary Overview of SAP Business Warehouse Evolution of SAP BW SAP BW Layers Basic Navigation The Data Warehousing Workbench Functions Activation of SAP Business Content Implementation and Architecture Options Additional Resources Summary InfoObjects and Master Data Types of InfoObjects Creating an InfoArea Creating an InfoObject Catalog Creating a Custom Characteristic InfoObject Configuring a Characteristic InfoObject Creating a Key Figure InfoObject Configuring a Key Figure InfoObject Creating a Unit InfoObject Summary DataStore Objects Introduction to DSOs Architecture of the Standard DSO Designing a DSO Configuration of the Standard DSO Configuration of Write-Optimized DSOs Configuration of Direct-Update DSOs Usage Scenarios for DSOs Summary InfoCubes Modeling InfoCubes Types of InfoCubes Creating an InfoCube Provider-Specific Properties Summary InfoProviders MultiProviders InfoSets VirtualProviders Semantically Partitioned Objects (SPOs) HybridProvider Transient Providers Analytical Index CompositeProvider Open ODS View Summary Extraction, Transformation, and Loading Introduction to ETL Loading Master Data from a Flat File to an InfoObject Loading Transaction Data from a Flat File to a DSO Loading Data from a DSO to an InfoCube Query as DataSource Temporary Storage Areas and Error Stacks Graphical Modeling Special Topics for SAP HANA Summary Data Extraction from Source Systems Configuring an SAP Source System for Extraction Using SAP Business Content for Extraction: Logistics DataSources Using Generic DataSources for Extraction Data Extraction from Non-SAP Systems Introduction to Operational Data Provisioning/Operational Delta Queue SAP LT Replication Server for SAP BW Summary Creating Queries Using BEx Query Designer BEx Tools Landscape Introduction to BEx Query Designer Creating a Simple BEx Query Introduction to OLAP Variables Creating OLAP Variables Using the Variable Editor Creating Filters Creating Structures Creating Selections and Formulas Creating Key Figures Properties of Query Elements Creating Conditions Creating Exceptions Configuring Report-to-Report Interfaces Summary Reporting and Analysis Tools Running Queries in BEx Analyzer Performing Information Analysis in BEx Analyzer Local Properties and Formulas in BEx Analyzer Saving and Reusing Workbooks in BEx Analyzer Building an Analysis Application in BEx Analyzer Running Queries in BEx Web Analyzer Performing Information Analysis in BEx Web Analyzer Analysis Filters and Settings in BEx Web Analyzer Information Broadcasting Using BEx Web Analyzer Information Broadcasting in BEx Web Analyzer Maintaining Broadcasting Settings on Different BEx Objects Creating a New Setting in BEx Broadcaster BW Workspaces Summary Creating Applications Using BEx Web Application Designer BEx Web Application Designer Overview Creating a Simple Web Application Web Items Working with Commands Web Template Properties Summary Creating Planning Applications Introduction to the Integrated Planning Component and Planning Applications Elements of a Planning Application Building Planning Applications Planning Locks Changes to Data in Real-Time InfoCubes Summary Reporting with the SAP BusinessObjects BI Suite Overview of SAP BusinessObjects BI Products The Unified Semantic Layer and the Information Design Tool SAP Crystal Reports SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards SAP BusinessObjects Analysis SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio SAP BusinessObjects Explorer SAP Lumira SAP BusinessObjects BI Launch Pad Summary Administration and Monitoring DataStore Object Administration and Maintenance InfoCube Administration and Maintenance Aggregates Compression Process Chains Analysis Authorizations Other Administration and Maintenance Tasks Summary Advanced Features Open Hub Analysis Process Designer Remodeling SAP HANA Analysis Process (HAP) Summary Appendices ABCD Corp. Case Study Data Definitions of Additional InfoObjects for ABCD Corp. Important Transaction Codes Important SAP Notes The Authors Index

✦ Subjects

SAP Business information warehouse;Business intelligence--Data processing;Data warehousing;SAP Business Information Warehouse 7;Business intelligence -- Data processing