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SAP HANA 1.0 OnlineTraining

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SAP HIGH PERFORMANCEANALYTICAL APPLIANCE

(SAP HANA 1.0)

SAP HIGH PERFORMANCE ANALYTICAL APPLIANCE (SAP HANA 1.0)January

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PART – ONE

Fundamental Manual

SAP HANA is that technology which allows theprocessing of

huge quantities of real time datain the ‘main memory’ of a server

to provide near time resultsfrom transactions..


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LESSON 1: OVERVIEW

SAP In-Memory Appliance (SAP HANA)

SAP HANA is a hardware and software combination that integrates a number of SAPcomponents including the SAP In-memory database, Sybase Replication technology and SAP®LT (Landscape Transformation) Replicator.

The SAP in-memory database is a hybrid in-memory database that combines row-based,column-based, and object-based database technology. It is optimized to exploit parallelprocessing capabilities of modern multi core/CPU architectures. With this architecture, SAPapplications can benefit from current hardware technologies.

SAP HANA contains the following components and tools:• SAP® In-Memory Computing Engine (IMCE) Server 1.0• SAP® IMCE Clients 1.0 – The IMCE clients are the interfaces by which the IMCE cancommunicate with other components. The following subcomponents are included:

o IMCE ODBO 1.0 (OLE DB for OLAP)

o IMCE ODBC 1.0 (Open Database Connectivity)

o IMCE JDBC 1.0 (Java Database Connectivity)

o IMCE SQLDBC 1.0 (SQL Database Connectivity)• SAP® IMCE Studio1.0 (includes SAP HANA Modeler)• Sybase Replication Server 15 + Sybase Enterprise Connect Data Access (ECDA)• Sybase Replication Agent• SAP® HANA Load Controller 1.0 (includes R3Load, RepServer De-cluster Add-On)• SAP® Host Agent 7.20

SAP HANA software is available in 3 different editions:

1. SAP HANA appliance software PLATFORM EDITION2. SAP HANA appliance software ENTERPRISE EDITION3. SAP HANA appliance software ENTERPRISE EXTENDED EDITION


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1. PLATFORM EDITION is for customers who already have a license for SAP Business

Objects - Data Services. Following are the sub-components:

SAP HANA database SAP HANA studio SAP HANA client SAP Host Agent 7.20 SAP HANA information composer

2. ENTERPRISE EDITION is for customers who do not already have all necessary licensesfor SAP Business Objects - Data Services. Following are the sub-components: SAP HANA database SAP HANA studio SAP HANA client SAP Host Agent 7.20 SAP HANA information composer LT Replication AddOn LT Replication Server SAP Business Objects Data Services 4.0

3. ENTERPRISE EXTENDED EDITION is for customers who want to use the full potentialof all available features. Following are the sub-components: SAP HANA database SAP HANA studio SAP HANA client SAP Host Agent 7.20 SAP HANA information composer LT Replication AddOn LT Replication Server SAP Business Objects Data Services 4.0 Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 15.5 Sybase Replication Server 15 (incl. ECDA) Sybase Replication Server Agent 15 SAP HANA load controller


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Background:Technological Innovations driving the In-Memory Computing

RESULT: Transferring ONLY the results onto the Application Layer (Faster Response Time!!!)


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LESSON 2. PRODUCT AVAILABILITY MATRIX (SUPPORTED H/WVENDORS PLATFORM)

Below are the supported Hardware platforms- Vendors’ technical config. available.


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LESSON 3. ARCHITECTURE

3.1 SAP HANA Appliance Architecture View


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3.2 SAP HANA Database Engine View


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3.3 SAP HANA Data-Loading View

3.4 SAP HANA Data-ModelingView


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3.5 SAP HANA Reporting View

3.6 SAP HANA Administrator View


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LESSON 4. SAP HANA SYSTEM LANDSCAPING

*** Implementing SAP HANA can be performed by using the following 3 options ***

Choice 1 (For customers with SAP ERP 4.6c or SAP ECC 6.0 on a NW release below NWABAP 7.02)

For any customers on SAP ERP 4.6c, utilizing SLT will require setting up an intermediary systemwith at least NW ABAP 7.02 load controller for replication into HANA For example, a SOLMAN system could be used for the SLT Add-on

Supports Non-Unicode or MDMP systems for SAP ERP as long as SLT is installed on a NW 7.02Unicode system

Choice 2 (For customers with SAP ECC 6.0+, running on at least NW ABAP 7.02)

For any customers on SAP ECC 6.0+ running on NW ABAP 7.02 (must be fully Unicode), utilizing

SLT can be done directly for replication into HANA


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Landscape Transformation (LT) Replication Concept

Or, Choice 3 ( Any source, SAP or Non-SAP) Using SAP BO Data Services jobs.


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** What is installed on the SAP HANA Server? **

Operating System: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SAP HANA Database Software Additional SAP software, e.g. SAP Host Control 3rd party programs/agents, e.g. monitoring agents, backup agents, …

HANA Appliance Server Configurations:-

A. Scale Up Config.B. Scale Out Config.

A. Scale Up Config.

B. Scale Out Config.


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LESSON 5. SAP HANA SYSTEM SIZING GUIDELINES

HANA Appliance T-Shirt Sizes

Larger Organizations (T-Shirt Sizes):


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LESSON 6. DATA PROVISIONING

SAP HANA data provisioning can be performed using the following ways:-

1. SAP Business Objects- Data Services

2. SAP LT Replication Server

6.1 VIA DATA SERVICES

We know,

SAP BO Data Services can connect HANA to either/any SAP or Non-SAP systems.

Connectivity options already available in SAP BO Data Services 3.x

ABAP Dataflowo Generates and executes an ABAP program on the SAP Application Server that

reads data from an SAP table and outputs that data to a staging file. This filemust be accessible to Data Services, which requires the configuration of anaccess/transfer mechanism (shared directory/FTP)

o For all datasets Remote Function Call (RFC) Read Table

o An RFC is made to read the contents of an SAP tableo For very small datasets only (<1000 records)

RFC/BAPI function callso For lookups, not for mass data transfero For very small datasets only

IDOCs


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What’s new in SAP BO Data Services 4.0

Business Content Extractors (Data Sources)o Originally designed for SAP BW to consume SAP Business Suite data

Covers transactional (TRAN) and master data (ATTR, TEXT) extractors Table, view or function module based

Function Module based extractors have logic/transformations toproduce “logical” records that can be used for reporting purposes

Some extractors have delta recognition

So, with the new SAP BO DS 4.0 we now can utilize Business Content Extractors to acquire datainto HANA.

There are two ways:-

1. Without the Operational Data Provisioning(ODP) Data Replication API

Works with all SAP ERP versions Only works with TRAN (transactional data) and ATTR (master data attributes) – TEXT

(master data text) and HIER (master data hierarchies) aren’t supported Must be used in an ABAP Dataflow

o An ABAP Dataflow generates and executes an ABAP program on the SAPApplication Server that reads data from any SAP table and outputs that data to afile. This file is then consumed by Data Services, which requires the configurationof an access/transfer mechanism (shared directory/FTP)

No delta recognition – FULL LOAD only


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2. With the Operational Data Provisioning (ODP) Data Replication API

Can be used directly in a Dataflow, no ABAP Dataflow requiredo Data from ODP enabled extractors is streamed directly to Data Services

Delta recognition for those Business Content Extractors that support it HIER (master data hierarchies) extractors aren’t supported Works with SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) 6.0. Additional SAP Notes reqd.

o https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1521883 Access to a limited number of officially released extractors

o https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1558737o All released extractors are fully supported by SAP

Hence, from practical point of view for HANA System Integrators, it’s advisable to use ‘WithOPD’ method in favorable scenarios.

With the Operational Data Provisioning (ODP) Contd…

Let’s see the Customer Benefits as follows.

Non-SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (BW) customers Get access to the Business Suite Extractors without having to go through SAP

NetWeaver BW There is no need for an ABAP Dataflow and therefore no ABAP program, no staging file,

and no configuration to access the staging file

SAP NetWeaver BW customers Can easily apply transformations when loading SAP NetWeaver BW Can now use one single tool to define all extraction, validation, and cleansing rules to

load all data (SAP and non-SAP) into SAP NetWeaver BW


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***Important Note***

The ODP Data Replication API is delivered via the SAP NetWeaver platform on which the SAP ECCsystem runs. Please note that you can’t just upgrade the SAP NetWeaver platform, you MUST upgradethe SAP ECC instance to a Support Pack (SP) level that corresponds to the required SAP NetWeaver SPlevel.

At present Approx. 200 extractors has been released for Data Services by the SAP.Please check https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1558737Also, please advice Data services team to check ROOSATTR table to check Extractors list.

PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM : SAP HANA & SAP BO DATA SERVICES


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1. Create a connection to an SAP Target System in Data services.

2. Import SAP Metadata into Data Services.


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3. Import SAP Metadata into HANA via Data Services

4. Import HANA Metadata back into Data Services


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5. Create Data Services job to Load HANA


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6. Execute Data Services job to Load HANA

7. Preview uploaded data in HANA


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6.2 VIA LT (LANDSCAPE TRANSFORMATION) REPLICATION

We remember, LT Replication is for customers with SAP ERP 4.6c or SAP ECC 6.0 on a NW releasebelow NW ABAP 7.02)

Configuration for LT Replication :

A Schema defines the Config. of data replication parameters for a source system.


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Next,Setting up of Data Replication in SAP HANA System

Finally, Loading of data

N.B For customers/system integrators opting for LT REPLICATION, kindly undergo a Specialized Step-By-Step guide course for just 5 Hrs !Topics viz., Installation & Configuration, Architectures & Building blocks, Trigger based approach, Declustering tables, Performanceaspects, Data processing & Transformation, Implementation Rules, Tables & Table structures, Fields, Event based rules, Filter & Conditions,Multi system support, Modeler & finally Replication from Non-SAP systems. Contact: [email protected]


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LESSON 7. SAP HANA STUDIO VIEW

HANA Studio- Administrator View:


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HANA Studio- Features:

Modelingo Information Models

Information models are used to create multiple views of transactional data thatcan be used for analytical purposes.

o Attribute View, Analytic View, Calculation View , Calculation View enhanced withAnalytical View

Data Previewo Physical tableso Information Models

Import/Exporto Modelso Data Source schemas (metadata) – mass and selective loado Landscapes

Data Provisioning (both initial load and replication) Analytic Privileges / Security Troubleshooting / Trace / Logs

Important HANA Studio Terminologies:

Datao Attributes – descriptive data (known as Characteristics SAP BW terminology)

Calculated Attributeso Measures – data that can be quantified and calculated (known as key figures in SAP BW)

Calculated Measures & Restricted Measures Views

o Attribute Views – i.e. DIMENSIONSo Analytic Views – i.e. CUBESo Calculation Views – similar to virtual provider with services concept in BW

Graphical Script (SQL Script, CE Functions)

Procedureso Functions – re-usable functionality

Analytic Privilege – security objecto Analytic Privileges


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LESSON 8. SAP HANA MODELING

Levels/Steps of Modeling:

1. Attribute View2. Analytic View3. Calculation View

We know,Attribute View is equivalent to Dimensions & Analytic View is equivalent to Cubes

1st Step: Attribute View (Dimensions)

– Build the needed master data objects as ‘Attribute Views’

– Join text tables to master data tables


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2nd Step: Analytical View (Cubes)

– Create Cube-like view by joining attributes view to Fact data– Build a ‘Data Foundation’ based on transactional table– Selection of ‘Measures’ (key figures) ...– Add attributes– Join attribute views to data foundation

3rd Step: Calculation View(These are used when the Joins are NOT sufficient.)(They look like a View & has SQL Script inside.)

– Composite view of other views (tables, re-use join)– Consists of a Graphical & Script based editor


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Extra Info.:Analytic Privileges

– Analysis authorizations based on attributes in analytic views are used here.

Ok, now lets discuss each Modeling View in detail as follows !


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8.1 Attribute View

They are reusable dimensions used for analysis. (Time, Account, Product)…

– Can be regarded as Master Data tables/Dimensions– Can be linked to Fact tables in Analytical Views

Process flow within Attribute View:


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1. Table Selection: An Attribute View is a JOIN of several tables.

2. Table joins & Properties: Defining the JOIN properties.


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JOINS Definitions/Meaning:

3. Selecting Attributes:


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4. Create/Select Hierarchy

Set output-field property “Hierarchy active” to “true”

Next, you can define a Hierarchy level.


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5. Save & Activate

6. Data Preview


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8.2 ANALYTIC VIEW

Analytic View can be regarded as a “Cube” / “Data Foundation”

Process flow within Analytical View:


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1. Set Parameters

2. Table Selection


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3. Table joins & Properties:

Analytical View Editor:

4. Select Attributes & Measures :


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5. Defining Calculated Measures

Note: Remember Calculated Key-Figures (CKFs), its renamed here as Calculated Measures !


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6. Defining Restricted Measures

Note: Remember Restricted Key-Figures (RKFs), its renamed here as Restricted Measures !


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7. Save & Activate View


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8. Data Preview


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8.3 CALCULATION VIEW

They are used to create your own data foundation using database tables, attribute views,analytic views and calculation views to address a complex business requirement.

It is the View visible to Reporting tools.

There are 2 types of Calculation Views:

Let’s dive little deeper into these 2 types of Calculation Views.


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A. Graphical Calculation View:

We can Select Fields/ or use Filters, Add Attributes/Measures to Output.


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We can Combine data from Tables/Projections & define the UNION.

This UNION modeling concept is very much similar to Multiproviders. There you go BW guys!


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B. Script Calculation View:

Used for more customizing requirements.

SQL or SQL Script required to write the code.

The SELECT statements support the full range of SELECT statements

To use the content of a variable as input, the variable name is pre-fixed and post-fixed by ‘@’


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Side-effect free re-usable code sections.

Allows the creation of new Table types dynamically.


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Script Calculation View Contd./-

Build-in Functions:

Familiarizing some Build-in functions


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8.4 EXPORT & IMPORT

We can export & import Information Models between systems, if required.

Let’s know understand the Process Flow for Exporting & Importing Information Models.

But, first we need to create Delivery Unit.

We use a delivery unit to create a group of transportable objects for content delivery and toexport information models from source system to target server.

Steps:

Step 1: From Quick Launch -> Click ‘Delivery Units’ under ‘Setup’.


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Step 2: Click ‘Create’ from ‘Manage Delivery Units’

Step 3: Provide your Delivery Unit details & click ‘OK’.


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Step 4: Assign Package to Delivery unit.

Now, the Delivery Unit is create, we can start with the Process flow of Export & Import Info.Models.

There are the following modes of Export & Import:

A. Exporting Models(Server)- Export models that use content delivered by SAP

B. Importing Models(Server)- Import models that use content delivered by SAP

C. Exporting Models(Client)- Export models that use user-defined content

D. Importing Models(Client)- Import models that use user-defined content.


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Export Information Model:

After creating the Information model, we can click on Menu-> File->Export.


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1. EXPORTING MODELS (CLIENT)

Select Export type


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2. EXPORTING MODELS (SERVER)

Select Export type


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Verify SAP Content export script

Choose your Source System

Select Delivery unit, verify the Export XML File & click on ‘Finish’

**You will require this file path to Import in target system


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Next, let’s study the Import Info. Model Process flow:

3. IMPORTING MODELS (CLIENT)


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4. IMPORTING MODELS (SERVER)

Choose the import type Server

Select target system


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Select the File to Import (Generated from Export Model-Server source system) & Click ‘Finish’

Now, your Information model is imported & ready for use in your Production Environment.


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This brings to the end of PART ONE of SAP HANA training where we tried to explorethe following topics & understood the fundamentals.

Lesson 1. Overview SAP HANA 1.0

Lesson 2. Product Availability Matrix(Supported H/w Vendors Platform)

Lesson 3. Architecture

3.1 SAP HANA Appliance Architecture View

3.2 SAP HANA Database Engine View

3.3 SAP HANA Data-Loading View

3.4 SAP HANA Data-Modeling View

3.5 SAP HANA Reporting View

3.6 SAP HANA Administrator View

Lesson 4. SAP HANA System Landscapes

Lesson 5. SAP HANA System Sizing Guidelines

Lesson 6. Data Provisioning

6.1 Via Data Services

6.2 Via Replication (Landscape Transformation)

Lesson 7. SAP HANA Studio view

Lesson 8. SAP HANA Modeling

8.1 Attribute View

8.2 Analytic View

8.3 Calculation View

8.4 Export & Import Info. Models.


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PART TWO

Topics:

Lesson 9 SAP HANA Reporting

9.1 Client connectivity options

9.2 SAP BO BI 4.0

9.3 MS-Excel

9.4 SAP BO Analysis

9.5 SAP BO Explorer

9.6 Semantic Layer (Universe)

9.7 SAP Crystal Reports ( Enterprise, Dashboards & WebI)

9.8 SAP Crystal Reports 2011

Lesson 10 User Management (SAP BI 4.0 Integration)

Lesson 11 User Management (Single-Sign-on SSO)


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LESSON 9 SAP HANA REPORTING

9.1 CLIENT CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS

HANA 1.0 provides various interface reporting options:

ODBO – OLE DB for OLAP

ODBC – Open DataBase Connectivity

JDBC – Java DataBase Connectivity

BICS – BI Consumer Services


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9.2 SAP BO BI 4.0

The common BI Suite to Put Together Information in User’s required Format are as follows:

SAP Business Object Explorer

WebI (Interactive Analysis)

Xcelsius (Dashboard Design)

Crystal Reports

*** Reporting using HANA is performed through the above tools, hence there’s nothing new in HANAreporting. If you have experienced working with SAP BOBJ Explorer or any of the above tools, then it’s just apiece of cake for you!!


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SAP BOBJ Xcelsius (Dashboard Design)

Consume attractive, personalized dashboards online or offline

Access to personalized, Flash-based dashboards

Secure visualizations anywhere –portal, reports, PDF, MS Office documents

Empower business users with interactive information

Powerful “what-if” analysis with sliders and other controls

Ability to drill-down into details

Pre-built components, skins, maps, charts, gauges, and selectors


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SAP Crystal Reports

Next generation Report Designer experience

Common query design experience across all data sources with new semantic layer Automated report translate on for global deployments


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SAP BOBJ WebI

Intuitive, Web-based interface with offline capabilities

Multi-source access

Interactivity with filtering, ranking, sorting, calculations, etc

Intuitive, business-centric view of information


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SAP BOBJ Explorer

Simplicity and speed of search

Intuitive data exploration and visualization

Fast response across mountains of data anywhere in the organization

Accelerated version with in-memory technologies

Support for heterogeneous data sources


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9.3 MS-EXCEL

Multidimensional reporting is available via Excel Pivot Tables


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Analytic Calculation views (Cubes) are available per your authorizations:

After selecting your “Cube”, save the Data Connection & click on ‘Finish’.

That’s it, you can then start analyzing your information over the MS-Excel.


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9.4 SAP BO ANALYSIS

Did you know, MS-Excel 2010 or MS-Powerpoint 2010 can be enhanced with HANA Information modelsby using ODBC Connection ?

Let’s do it !

Just insert HANA datasource.

And, you’ll see new Menu called ‘Analysis’ as below:

There you go, you can view your information using MS-Excel 2010.


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9.5 SAP BO Explorer

Search Engine ‘on-the-fly’ Searches across all data sources Any universe accessible source And of course any accessible HANA system


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9.6 SEMANTIC LAYER (UNIVERSE)

Enables the business users to freely and securely access, analyze, enrich and share informationusing familiar business terms.

Common semantic layer = one unified approach for meta-data support


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***Advanced topic ( Extra Know-How)Reporting off HANA 1.0 from a Relational Universe !

Information Design ToolSteps to create a Universe:

Step 1: Create a local Project


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Step 2: Create a Connection

Step 3: Select your Driver (JDBC or ODBC ?)


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Step 4: Define Parameters

Step 5: Provide additional connection detailsNote: recommended to select the “Disconnect after each transaction”


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Step 6: Create Data Foundation

We know,Data Foundations can be single or multi-source , maps tables and views the universe,

defines joins, reporting contexts.Next,

Select “Single Source” if HANA is the unique data source for the reporting needs Select “Multisource-Enabled” if data from HANA must be combined with other sources

Then,Once Data Foundation is built, we can start HANA reporting from the relational universe.

Hence, we can have a Semantic Layer (Universe) for HANA reporting requirements.


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9.7 SAP CRYSTAL REPORTS ( ENTERPRISE, DASHBOARDS & WEBI)

Pre-requites: Semantic Layer (Relational Universe)Quick view screenshots as follows for Universe queries, WebI etc.

Universe queries


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Crystal reports for Enterprise 4.0

WebI


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9.8 SAP CRYSTAL REPORTS 2011

Crystal Reports 2011 (CR2011) can used in IMCE through (SQL) via the ODBC or JDBC driverClient drivers must be installed on the machine where CR2011 is running

CR2011 is a 32-bit application, therefore uses the 32-bit ODBC driver for IMCE A DSN entry must be entered from the ODBC 32-bit Administrator tool

Then, create the Connection by clicking on ‘Database Expert’ icon in CR 2011


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IMCE appears as a Catalog like any other relational databaseTables and Views can then selected from the Catalog for reporting

Then, begin you report design in CR 2011

That’s all folks !

We had finished PART TWO, where in we have discovered that reporting off HANA is throughSAP BOBJ reporting tools & a few tips on creating Semantic Layer (Universe).


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ADDITIONAL LESSONS (HANA training freebies)

LESSON 10 USER MANAGEMENT (SAP BI 4.0 INTEGRATION)

IMCE User Credentials Mapping in BI 4Each individual BI 4 user can be assigned IMCE credentials from the CMC

*** I’m sure SAP BO Dataservices 4.0 guys must be aware of CMC (Central Management Console) operations.***Please make sure the option “Synchronization of Credentials” is UNCHECKED to avoid the credentialsmapping being overwritten.


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Once, the connection is configured, Test your connection after providing the correct AuthenticationMode.

When, the Test Connection is successful, then IMCE User Management is connected with BI 4.0


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LESSON 11 USER MANAGEMENT (SINGLE-SIGN-ON SSO)

Configuring the SSO

Step 1: Create the Service User in Active Directory/Domain Controller

Step 2: Provide login credential


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Step 3: Create Externally Identified User in SAP HANA Studio


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Step 4: Add system in HANA Studio


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Step 5: Set connection propertiesUser should now be able to log on to Studio (and DB) without further authentication

Hence, the SSO is been successful setup for IMCE User Management environment.Finally, we have explored the additional topics on User Management BI 4.0 Integration & SSO!

This, brings me to the end of my SAP HANA Online

training !

Thank you for your patience !

And, thank you once again for your esteem interest inlearning sap hana. All the best my friends !!!