General feature comparison of runtime edition versus enterprise edition

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SAP applications on SAP HANA,

Advanced capabilities of SAP HANA SAP applications on SAP HANA, runtime edition
enterprise edition
Smart data access Only via application layer Unrestricted
Only via application layer (restricted to loading data into
Smart data integration and data import Unrestricted
SAP HANA only in application-generated structures)
SQL-based enterprise data warehouse (EDW) or native
Not permitted Unrestricted
extensions
Predictive analysis library (PAL), R integration Only via application layer Unrestricted
Spatial, graph, text analysis and search, and series data Only via application layer Unrestricted
Use of SAP-delivered AFL functions Only via application layer Unrestricted
Use of partner- and custom-delivered AFL Not permitted Unrestricted
Development with SAP HANA extended application
services or SAP HANA extended application services, Not permitted Unrestricted
advanced model
Streaming analytics Not permitted Unrestricted
Only via application layer and subject to indirect static Via application or database layer
Data export
read policy subject to indirect static read policy
Replication (SAP Landscape Transformation Replication Only via application layer (restricted to replicating data Unrestricted for inbound replication
Server) into SAP HANA only in application-generated structures) to SAP HANA
Data privacy option – masking, anonymization,
Only via application layer Unrestricted
encryption
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Administration and operation

Scenario SAP HANA, runtime edition SAP HANA, enterprise edition
Can I run SAP applications? Yes Yes

Can I run 3rd-party applications? No Yes

Can I create multiple database instances? Yes Yes

Can I manage and create database tables within the Yes

No
SAP HANA studio or SAP Web IDE?

Can I load data from non-SAP solutions? Yes – only via application layer Yes

Yes – only via application layer

Can I export static data?
(exception – export into full use of Yes
* See definition for indirect static read below
SAP HANA is allowed)

Can I use the data quality management functionality

Yes – only via application layer Yes
(smart data quality)?

Can I use streaming analytics? No Yes

Can I conduct performance tuning? Yes Yes

Can I use data privacy options? (masking,
Yes – only via application layer Yes
anonymization, encryption)
“* Indirect access guide” and hotlink it to https://news.sap.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/Indirect_Access_Guide_for_SAP_Installed_Base.pdf

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Analytics
Scenario SAP HANA, runtime edition SAP HANA, enterprise edition

Can I create views in SAP HANA studio or SAP Web IDE? Yes – strictly limited to use for reporting purposes Yes

Can I create and modify tables or virtual tables (smart data

No Yes
access) in SAP HANA studio or SAP Web IDE?

Yes – only via the application layer or against Yes

Can I do reporting on data* in SAP HANA? views in SAP HANA

No – data stored in SAP HANA must be within the

Can I use SAP HANA as a data mart or data store? context and under control of the application Yes
running on SAP HANA.

Can I use SAP-delivered AFL functions? Yes – only via application layer Yes

Can I create custom AFL or PAL library functions? No Yes

Can I use the graph, spatial, text analysis, and time series
Yes – only via application layer Yes
processing engine?

* SAP user licenses may be required for accessing SAP application data (SAP Business Warehouse and SAP ERP applications or SAP S/4HANA).

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Development
Scenario SAP HANA, runtime edition SAP HANA, enterprise edition

Can I create views in SAP HANA studio or SAP Web IDE? Yes – strictly limited to use for reporting purposes Yes

Can I create and modify tables or virtual tables (smart data

No Yes
access) in SAP HANA studio or SAP Web IDE?
Can I build SAP HANA extended application services or
SAP HANA extended application services, advanced model No Yes
applications?

Can I create custom AFL or PAL library functions? No Yes

Can I use SAP HANA rules framework, tasks, and

Yes – only via application layer Yes
workflows?

Can I use SAP Operational Process Intelligence software? No Yes

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 ✔ full unrestricted use

Enterprise data warehousing ❗

limited use (either via application or based
on application generated structures)

Runtime edition versus enterprise edition ✘ no use allowed

SAP BW/4HANA and SAP SQL Data

SAP BW/4HANA on SAP HANA,
SAP HANA software capability Warehouse on SAP HANA,
runtime edition
enterprise edition
SAP and non-SAP data acquisition ❗ ✔

Smart data access ❗ ✔

Smart data integration ❗ ✔

Automatic generation of SAP HANA calculation views based on
✔ ✔
modeling objects in SAP BW/4HANA
Creation of views using SAP HANA studio or SAP Web IDE ❗ ✔
Predictive analysis library (PAL), automated predictive library (APL),
❗ ✔
external machine learning library (EML), and R Integration
Use of SAP-delivered AFL functions ❗ ✔

Spatial, graph, text analysis, search, and series data ❗ ✔

Use of partner- and custom-delivered AFL ✘ ✔

Development with SAP HANA extended application services or SAP
✘ ✔
HANA extended application services, advanced model
Streaming analytics ✘ ✔

Data export ❗ ✔

Data privacy option (masking, anonymization, encryption) ❗ ✔

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