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Olivier Demeusy, Center of Excellence EMEA North, SAP Platform

November 2017

SAP BW/4HANARevolutionize the World of Data Warehousing

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Why a platform?

BW/4HANA : the new Data Warehouse application

Agenda


connecting People, Things and BusinessesIntelligently

Digitalization


Data Sources, Access Methods, and Information Need

Information need Real time VisibilityConsoli-

datedAd hoc

Archive and

analysisPredictive Sentiment

Data Source

Architecture

Access method

Real-time

data mart

Operational

data mart

Data

warehouse

Agile data

mart

Near-line

data mart

Predictive

data mart

Unstruc-

tured data

mart

Streams

Direct,

database

replication

ETL and ELT

replication

Federation

and ETL

ELT, ETL and federation of

data and queries

Sensors,

IoT and

events

Trans-

actional

systems

Transactional and

analytical systemsAny Source Social


Hot Data Warm Data Cold or Frozen Data Candidate Data

Data Value


Complexity (number of data models, sources, …)

Data

Volume

Huge

Modest

Modest Huge

Data Warehouses

mix of scenarios with small and

large amounts of data

many (1,000s to 10,000s) of data models

many (100s to 1,000s) different data

sources

Extremely Large Data Warehouses

internet scale business processes

many data models

many different data sources

Data Lakes

Data Marts

data mart or operational

analytics

modest number of tables

modest need for integration

between data models

Very Large Data Marts

internet scale business

processes

modest challenges regarding

semantics, consolidation,

harmonization, etc.

few data sources

Data Warehouse Scenarios


Redefining Systems of Differentiation

Increased Visibility & Better Processes

Accelerate

departmental insight

with Agile Data Marts

Simplify cross

enterprise

transparency

with Modern Data

Warehousing

Extend analytical

context

with Data Lakes

Ensure confident

decision making

with Trusted Analytics


Three Approaches to Data Warehousing from SAP

SAP BW SAP BW

SAP HANA platform

…

SAP HANA platformSAP HANA platform

SAP HANA

application lifecycle

management

SAP HANA smart

data integration and

SAP HANA smart

data quality

SAP HANA data

warehousing

foundation

SAP

PowerDesigner

SAP Web IDE for

SAP HANA

SQL approach Mixed approachSAP BW approach

… …

… …

… …


What is SAP HANA?

Out

In

ACID Compliant

Database

- In-Memory

- Row Store

- Column Store

SQL

BICS MDX

OData

HANA

Cockpit

Smart Data

Integration

HS Bulk

LoaderSLT Replication

DCX

(SAP Data)

Parallel

Calc

Scripting

Engine

Business

Function

Library

Unstructured

(Text)

Predictive

Analysis

Libraries

Views (OLAP)

XSA App

Server

ML

Integration

• Batch Transfer

• SAP & Non-SAP

• Extensive Transformations

• Structured & Unstructured

• Hadoop Integration • Near Real Time

• SAP & Non-SAP

• ODBC / JDBC

• 3rd Party Apps

• 3rd Party Tools

• BICS

• NetWeaver BW

• SAP BOBJ

• ODBO

• MS Excel

• 3rd Party OLAP Tools

• HTTP

• RESTful services

• JSON / XML

• Python

• Go

• “TensorFlow”

Smart Data

Streaming

Smart Data

Access

• External DB

• 3rd Party DB

GeoSpatial

“R” HS

Integration

• “R”


SAP BW/4HANAThe Next Generation Data Warehouse

First in-memory

Database

High Performance Data

Warehousing

Strategic Planning

Scenarios

Operational Reporting

Data warehousing

Initial Release for

SAP Reporting

20122011 20161998 …

SAP BW

Any DBSAP HANA

SAP BW on

HANASAP BW

1.0

2013 20152012

SAP BW 7.5powered by SAP HANA

Performance

optimization

Simplification and

Virtualization

Simplification,

HANA platform

integration

Big Data scenarios



SAP BW/4HANAStarterAdd-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

Introducing SAP BW/4HANA

The Next Generation Data Warehouse

Built for Cloud and on premise

Logical Data Warehousing

Internet of Things

Integrates with Big Data

BW/4HANA


SAP BW/4HANA…• is a new data warehouse solution

• is highly optimized for SAP HANA

• solves analytics problems in seconds that take other systems days

• accelerates solution development

• means you have one version of the truth

• is ready for the internet of things at petabyte scale

The transition from standard SAP BW to SAP BW/4HANA can be compared with the transition of the SAP Business Suite to SAP S/4HANA. As part of this transition, SAP BW/4HANA will drastically reduce the number of data objects to be stored and maintained, similar to the elimination of aggregates in SAP S/4HANA.

Simplicity Openness

Modern Interface

High Performance

SAP BW/4HANA

Design Principles

THE NEXT GENERATION DATA WAREHOUSEANNOUNCING SAP BW/4HANA


Business Agility

The flexibility to compete in real time

Cloud Ready

Prototype new ideas on a Cloud that grows with

your business

Modern Data Warehouse

High performance, future-proof platform for

all new challenges

SAP BW/4HANA

Benefit from SAP Modern Data Warehouse Capabilities


Simplicity –Openness

Modern Interface High Performance

• Simplified Data Structures

• Simplified Data Flows

• Data Lifecycle Management

• Native SQL access

• Simplified Data Integration

• Consolidated Source Systems

• New Business User UX

• New Modeler UX

• New Administrator UX

• In-Memory Data Warehousing

• Algorithm Pushdown

• Advanced Analytics

SAP BW/4HANA Highlights


Simplicity: Faster response through enhanced agility & flexibility

Reduced Number of Modelling

Object TypesAutomated Tiered Data Storage

• Speed up Change

Requests

• Reduce Implementation

Cycle Time

• Improve Business User

Productivity

• Reduce Development

Spend

Simplified Data Flows


Openness: Enabling broader business insights

Opened up Native

SQL Access

Simplified (Big) Data Integration

• Reduce Data Integration Cost

• Reduce ETL Spend

• Reduce Advanced Analytics Software

Maintenance Cost

• Reduce User Training Cost

• Improve Business User Productivity

• Reduce On-prem infrastructure cost

Offer New Deployment

Options


Modern Interface - faster to learn, easier to use

• Improve Business

User Productivity

• Reduce User

Training Cost

• Improved User

Adoption


Fast Insights to Action

Significant performance gain

through push-down of

operations/calculations

• Reduce Data

Handling Wait Time

• Reduce Shadow

Analytics

No Aggregates or Roll-up Processes

No Performance-Specific Objects

Fewer Indexes

Faster Loading and Processing


Native HANA-based

Data WarehouseSAP BW/4HANA

Data Warehouse

Packaged DW application

built on top of SAP’s modern

data platform

DW tools and services

SAP HANA

Platform (SQL-driven) approach

A combination of tools used to build

the data warehouse

IT-centric, SQL-driven = extreme

flexibility

Goes beyond core SAP data into

mixed SAP and non-SAP scenarios.

Fully flexible, data-oriented system.

Competes with traditional vendors

such as Teradata, Oracle, Microsoft,

IBM and others.

SAP Modern Data Warehouse

The DDM win:win A&I

FLEXIBLE |SCALABLE | CONSISTENT | ROBUST | AGILE

Application-driven approach

Offers all required data warehousing

services in one integrated package.

Easily integrated with SAP Solutions

including SAP S/4HANA, Big data

and all other sources

Key user self service for virtual data

modelling

Application-oriented system

(modelling and ETL/ELT via

application only).

Unique approach (no similar offering

from competitors).

SAC, Digital Boardroom, BOBJ, Others Planning, Predictive, S/4 Analytical Applications


SAP BW/4HANA and SAP S/4HANAComprehensive Operational + Historical Analytics and Planning Powered by SAP HANA

Natively integrate the embedded analytics models and data in

SAP S/4HANA with those of SAP BW/4HANA, e.g. to compare real-time

actuals with historical snapshots, planning results (from BPC), or external

data.

Both solutions complement each other and can be fully integrated

The combination of embedded analytics and EDW use cases and data

fulfills all analytics requirements in one unified solutionTransact. Tables

SAP

S/4HANA

SAP

HANA

SAP

BW/4HANABW/

OLAP

SAP DWH Data

SAP S/4HANA

embedded

analytics CDS

(VDM)

SAP Fiori SAP Analytics


SAP BPC, version for BW/4HANAUnique Advantages

Openness

• Integrate data from cloud

applications or third party data

store into BPC

• Leverage Big Data to improve

decision-making

Simplicity

• Simplified planning models in

BW/4HANA

• Streamline data loading processes

• ONE product for planning and

consolidation

Modern Interface

• Connect modern analytics

solutions to your BPC data

• Present live BPC data in SAP

Digital Boardroom and SAP

Analytics Cloud

High Performance

• Push down calculations to

HANA for faster planning and

closing cycles

• Improved scalability with

BW/4HANA to plan with

greater details


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Paths to SAP BW/4HANA

BW-on-xDB

SAP BW

on any DB

SAP BW

on SAP HANA

SAP BW 7.5

on SAP HANA+ SAP BW/4HANA

Starter Add-On

SAP BW/4HANA

New System

BW-on-xDB

Greenfield

SAP BW

on any DB

System Carve Out / Brownfield

Path 2b: Remote Conversion

Path 2a: In-place Conversion

Path 1: New Install

Path 3: Landscape Transformation

SAP BW

on any DB

System Consolidation


SAP BW/4HANA

SAP BW/4HANA Transfer Toolbox

Full system conversion of an existing SAP BW

installation (keep same SID)

Step-by-step in-place transfer of classic objects into

their HANA-optimized counterparts

Followed by a system conversion to

SAP BW/4HANA

Minimum start release:

SAP BW 7.5 SP 5 powered by SAP HANA

Start with SAP BW/4HANA as green field installation

(new SID)

Support of carve-out and consolidation scenarios

Transport data models and remote data transfer

(including Unicode conversion)

Risk mitigation due to parallel system

Minimum start release:

SAP BW 7.0 or higher on AnyDB

In-Place Conversion

RemoteConversion

SAP BW SAP BW

SAP BW/4HANA


In-place Conversion

Path to Convert Your System

All SAP BW customers can start NOW

Customers on SAP BW powered by SAP HANA have a head-start

Customers can convert at their own pace – benefiting gradually from HANA-optimizations

Step 1:Classic DB

migration and upgrade to latest SAP BW release

using DMO

Step 2: Implement add-on, use transfer tools to make system

BW/4HANA-ready

Step 3: System

conversion

SAP BWon any DB

SAP BWon SAP HANA

SAP BW 7.5 on SAP HANA

+ SAP BW/4HANA Starter Add-On

SAP BW/4HANA


In-Place Conversion

SAP BW/4HANA Starter Add-On

SAP BW/4HANA Starter Add-on (f.k.a. “SAP BW, edition for SAP HANA”) is prerequisite for In-Place

Conversions. After the installation, the system can be set to the following modes:

Initial mode after SAP BW/4HANA Starter Add-On is installed

Unsupported object types cannot be created

Existing scenarios can continue running as before

Unsupported objects can be changed when adding them to a white list

No imports of unsupported object types and white list is not relevant any more

Only SAP BW/4HANA compatible objects available in the system

System is working with the new objects, but final preparation for the conversion is not done yet

Final preparation is done and system is ready for conversion

Some parts of the systems are not working any more (BPC Virtual InfoProviders, Data Marts, ..)

Should be planned in a way that this step is entered right before the system conversion

System works like regular SAP BW system without restrictions

Same as SAP BW/4HANA Starter Add-On not installed

Compatibility Mode

B4H Mode

Ready-For-Conversion

BWMode


In-place Conversion to SAP BW/4HANA

Conversion Process

Select scope

Convert classic objects – including data –

and adjust DTPs/Transformations

System is ready for conversion?

Convert to SAP BW/4HANA

Transport changes

Import transport – moving data to new objects

System is ready for conversion?

Convert to SAP BW/4HANA

DEV

PROD

SAP BW

powered by

SAP HANA

SAP BW

powered by

SAP HANA


Remote Conversion to SAP BW/4HANA

Conversion Process

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


Swisscom: Creating a Central, Agile Data Warehouse to

Speed Up Processes and Better Serve the Business

CompanySwisscom AG

HeadquartersIttigen, Switzerland

IndustryTelecommunications

Products and ServicesFixed-line and mobile telephony and Internet services

Employees21,200

RevenueSFr12 billion (US$12 billion)

Web Sitewww.swisscom.ch

Business challenges Design a data warehouse (DW) with a modern, simpler architecture as a single source of

truth for the business Standardize business reporting processes to make them faster and more flexible, provide

self-service capabilities, and react faster to market developments

Technical implementation Implemented SAP® Business Warehouse powered by SAP HANA® with mixed modeling and

real-time data provisioning Consolidated the three DWs into one SAP HANA platform while ensuring regulatory

compliance for data access and interfaces Implemented SAP BusinessObjects™ Analytics solutions Consolidated real-time interfaces to SAP and non-SAP systems Provided self-service analytics on an integrated data set

Key benefits Optimized DW interfaces with a standardized setup for easy maintenance Created a common, standard data foundation Achieved near real-time access to financial figures

80%Reduction in the number of

reports

1–2 TBData warehouse size, down from

8 TB

60 hoursTo completely reload the data

warehouse, not months

250Use cases for which IT has set up

master queries

DaysTo introduce new data sources,

not weeks or months

“Our biggest accomplishment is that we have created a single central data warehouse that is

adaptable as situations change. It allows us to work nimbly with the business to react to

market developments.”

Omar Bumann, Head of Business Process Solutions Telco and SAP System Owner, Swisscom AG

49635 (17/05) This content is approved by the customer and may not be altered under any circumstances.

http://www.swisscom.ch/


More Information about SAP BW4/HANA

SAP BW/4HANA Landing Page

http://sap.com/bw4hana

SAP BW/4HANA Community / Product Page

http://sap.com/bw4hana10

SAP BW/4HANA Documentation

http://help.sap.com/bw4hana10

SAP BW/4HANA FAQ

SAP BW/4HANA Blogs

SAP BW/4HANA Events

SAP BW/4HANA on Twitter

SAP BW/4HANA and SAP HANA Data Warehousing YouTube Channel

Why SAP #BW/4HANA?

SAP First Guidance – SAP BW/4HANA complete functional scope (CFS)

http://www.sap.com/bw4hana

http://sap.com/bw4hana10

http://help.sap.com/bw4hana10

http://go.sap.com/documents/2016/08/c4458a08-877c-0010-82c7-eda71af511fa.html

https://www.sap.com/community/tag.html?id=73554900100800000681&tag=type:blog

https://www.sap.com/about/events/finder.html?search=bw/4hana&sort=upcoming

https://twitter.com/hashtag/BW4HANA?src=hash

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqdsQWMLxupXFb5IfGL4epQ

http://scn.sap.com/community/bw-hana/blog/2016/09/05/why-bw4hana

http://www.sap.com/documents/2016/09/b001a9de-8a7c-0010-82c7-eda71af511fa.html

Dank U Wel! Merci!

Contact information:

Olivier Demeusy

Director, Center of Excellence, EMEA North, SAP Platform

[email protected]

+41 58 871 6331

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