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BI2014 Berg Deepdiveintoleveraging BW 7-4
BI2014 Berg Deepdiveintoleveraging BW 7-4
BI2014 Berg Deepdiveintoleveraging BW 7-4
In This Session
You will learn what is new in SAP NetWeaver BW 7.4 and how
you can leverage it in your organization
We will look at the SAP NetWeaver BW 7.4 on HANA capabilities
as well as the non-HANA functionality
We will show a demo of a very large dataset in SAP NetWeaver
BW 7.4 on HANA through SAP BusinessObjects and see new
font-end capabilities
At the end of the session you will have a very good understanding
of the new capabilities and how you can use it in your company
BW 7.4 was available as of May 2013 and has been well tested
You can leverage the concept of Workspaces in both SAP NetWeaver BW 7.4 as well as in
SAP BusinessObjects 4.x for increased agility for developers located in the business units
This means that data activations are done much faster at the HANA
database layer
The change log is no longer a calculated view, it is now a DB table
In SP6, we see even more movement of OLAP functionality to the DB. This
includes exception aggregations of formulas, advanced hierarchy handling,
and the treatment of non-cumulative key figures at the database server level.
Consider using cache mode D for the most frequently used queries that require calculations and
are relatively slow. In this mode, the use of aggregates (for non-HANA systems), is not needed.10
Many companies have multiple reporting systems that they want to integrate without writing
ETL programs and moving data. SAP NetWeaver BW 7.4 on HANA can help you avoid this.
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Using the new Operational Data Provisioning (ODP) we can also remove the need
for PSAs, thereby simplifying data architectures and reducing data latency
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With the new DBA cockpit you can now see memory
consumption and disk size for row tables. Before you
could only see column tables.
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Many companies have developed standalone HANA systems and are now
moving their BW systems to HANA
With the Open DataStore layer, these customers can link HANA views,
tables, and BW DSO data to create models for simplified querying
Using virtual tables and HANAs Smart Data Access (SDA) methods, you can
also include data from external systems
SAP is currently piloting field-based modeling in OpenODS Views
(for updates on this, see SAP Note 1922533)
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In the past, BW had been criticized for the complexity to integrate non-BW data in an EDW.
The new Open ODS view and the new CompositeProvider solves most of these issues.
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Enhanced CompositeProviders
The enhanced
CompositeProvider allows
you to consolidate BW
MultiProviders, HANA-based
Virtual and Transient
Providers, and InfoSets
You can also use the
CompositeProvider join data
from other HANA DataMarts
and applications
There is also new support for
non-cumulative key figures
(i.e., inventory numbers)
Note: VirtualProviders and InfoSets are currently planned for BW 7.4 SP6
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Building a CompositeProvider
In this example from SAP, data from two InfoCubes and One DSO is joined in
a CompositeProvider using the graphical view (there is also a form view)
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The tiles displayed to a user depend on the role assigned. Users can also
personalize their interface by selecting from any published ready-to-use
tiles from the tile catalog.
The Fiori Launchpad is basically a shell with search and organization
capabilities back to applications, reports, and analytical objects
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A cool new feature is that if you flag a BEx Query as Easy Query
and as interfaced by OData, you get a planning and reporting
interface you can deploy to mobile devices
After you flag the Query in BEx Query Designer as Easy Query under advanced
properties, go to the Easy Query Manager, use the transaction code: EQMANAGER
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You can also save all dataflows as a web page and place it on a portal
(i.e., SAP portal, SharePoint) and use it for accessible documentation
that is easy to maintain
DB Connect can be used to replicate data to BW
from any schema in the SAP HANA database
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Currently, transformations
include conversions, master data
reads, formulas, data mapping,
and SQL scripts using most
InfoProviders and loading to a
DSO
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A cool feature is that a query can now be used as the data source
of a data transfer process (DTP) of type full
This means that you can use the extraction of query data and
the subsequent data distribution to an OpenHub Destination
You can also send data using a query provider on an ad-hoc basis
and OpenHub can be used to send data to other HANA systems
It is even possible to create delta data movements for
DataSources and InfoProviders, making OpenHub a key
technology in any EDW landscape
With OpenHub, SAP BW is not a data jail and data can easily be
integrated between platforms and other reporting systems
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Currently, there are DBSL-based direct connections to Sybase IQ version 15.4 for very large
databases (VLDB) and large binary objects (LOB). Platforms supported include Sybase IQ
ODBC NLS client for BW Application Server on Windows and Linux (x86 64 bit).
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Do not turn on read access monitoring for all fields and users in
large active BW systems. If you do so, the logs can get very large.
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For even more restrictive access and control, there are five new
Authorization Objects in BW 7.4
1. S_RS_ODSV: Open ODS view
2. S_RS_ODSP_H ODP: Extraction from SAP HANA
3. RSHAAP for HANA analysis process
4. RSHAOT for HANA analysis elements
5. S_RS_HCPR SAP HANA for CompositeProvider authorizations
For those on obsolete BW 3.5, or those who has not done a security
conversion in 7.0, the new amortizations have to be activated
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For Integrated Planning on BW 7.4, you can now push some of the logic down to HANA
script and you can now also delete DSO records instead of just removing values
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For Integrated Planning on BW 7.4 you can now push some of the
logic down to HANA script and you can now also delete DSO
records instead of just removing values
The Analytical Manager in BW has also been improved for faster
calculations for MTD, YTD, exception aggregation, period
comparisons, and rolling averages
You can now also get more than 60 Characters in BW. The new
attribute and output length can be up to 250 characters and longtext for Characteristics can now be stored as CHAR 1333.
Some of
the
features
in BW 7.4
are HANAspecific
Others are
available
for
traditional
RDBMs
This is an
overview
of what is
available
for HANA
and nonHANA
BWs
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http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-35096
SAP Community Network SAP NetWeaver Business
Warehouse 7.4
http://help.sap.com/nw_platform
SAP Help Portal SAP NetWeaver BW 7.4
www.stechno.net/sap-notes.html?view=sapnote&id=153967
SAP Business content release note 153967 for BW 7.4
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