Unit 1: Value Proposition of
SAP BW/4HANA
Value Proposition of SAP BW/4HANA
Covered in this unit
Content
 SAP BW/4HANA – the next generation
business warehouse
 SAP BW/4HANA vs SAP BW powered by
SAP HANA
 Design principles of SAP BW/4HANA
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Value Proposition of SAP BW/4HANA
The next generation business warehouse
SAP BW 7.3
powered by
SAP HANA
Performance
optimization
SAP BW 7.4
powered by
SAP HANA
Simplification
and virtualization
SAP BW 7.5
powered by
SAP HANA
Simplification,
SAP HANA
platform
integration
Big Data
scenarios
SAP BW/4HANA
Starter Add-On
For SAP BW/4HANA
customers only
Use transfer tools
to make system
ready for
SAP BW/4HANA
Introducing SAP BW/4HANA
The next generation data
warehouse application
Requires SAP BW
7.5, SP 4 or higher
2012
2013
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Value Proposition of SAP BW/4HANA
How is SAP BW/4HANA different from SAP BW powered by SAP HANA?
SAP BW/4HANA
However, SAP BW/4HANA
 Is the logical continuation of SAP BW
powered by SAP HANA
 Is a new SAP product – not part of
SAP NetWeaver
 The fundamental principles of SAP BW
continue to apply
 Is a new innovation code line running only on
the SAP HANA database
 Supports only SAP HANA-optimized objects
SAP BW/4HANA
Scheduling &
Monitoring
Modeling
Planning
Simplicity
OLAP
Lifecycle
Management
SAP HANA
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Openness
ETL
Modern
Interface
High
Performance
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Value Proposition of SAP BW/4HANA
Design principles – Simplicity
 Only 4 main modeling objects
Virtualization
Modeling Objects
Virtualization
 Less persistent layers
 Leaner and more flexible
architectures
Persistency
Architecture
 Reduced development effort
1
2
3
4
MultiProvider
5
Transient Provider
6
7
8
9
1
0
InfoCube
InfoSet
CompositeProvider
1
CompositeProvider
2
Open ODS View
Virtual Provider
DataStore Object
Hybrid Provider
Data
Marts
Integrated
DWH
Raw DWH
Staging
3
Advanced DataStore Object
Source
PSA Table
InfoObject
4
InfoObject
SAP HANA
Operations
 Smarter data lifecycle management
 Cloud deployment
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Master
Node
Slave 1
Slave 3
Slave 2 Standby
Extension
Slave 1
Extension
Slave 2
Extension
Slave 3
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Value Proposition of SAP BW/4HANA
Design principles – Openness
Exposing data for SQL consumption
Integrating data from any source
SAP BW/4HANA
Query
Automatically
Generated
CompositeProvider Automatically
Generated
aDSO
InfoObject
ODP Source System
SAP HANA Source System
Automatically
Generated
Automatically
Generated
Calculation
View *
Calculation
View
Calculation
View *
Calculation
View
Calculation
View *
SAP HANA
View/Table
Calculation
View *
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SAP HANA
EIM – Smart Data Integration (SDI)
real-time replication
Sources
Adapter
SQL
access to
front end
tools
direct access
ASE, ECC,
SAP HANA
Hive
Facebook
Excel
3rd Party
RDBMS
Files
Twitter
SOAP
RDBMS
Social
Text
Structured
/Hadoop
Media
full/
delta loads
ODQ
Extractor logic
SAP Sources
@
Email
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Value Proposition of SAP BW/4HANA
Design principles – Modern user interfaces
SAP BusinessObjects for Business Users
 SAP BusinessObjects Cloud
 SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
 SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
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Modern User Interfaces for Modeling and
Administration
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Value Proposition of SAP BW/4HANA
Design principles – High performance
SAP BW/4HANA
SAP BW on AnyDB
 Planning
Data Modeling
Process
Orchestration
 OLAP
Data Modeling
Process
Orchestration
Pushdown of computations
OLAP
Data Management
SAP HANA
Any DB
Integration of SAP HANA Platform Capabilities
Data Management
Planning
Planning
 Data Management
OLAP
Pushdown
SAP BW/4HANA
Source
Target
Transform
 SAP HANA Models
 Data Integration and Transformation
 Libraries and Algorithms (Data Mining, Predictive, etc.)
SAP HANA
InfoProvi
InfoProvider
der
/View
HAP
InfoProvider
HAP
AFL
R-Script
Procedure
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Value Proposition of SAP BW/4HANA
What you’ve learned in this unit
Key takeaways
 Not a legal successor of SAP BW, but a
“logical” successor
 Focus on SAP HANA only
 Enables you to build flexible data warehouse
architectures
 Simplifies data warehouse modeling and
administration
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In particular, SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation, or to develop
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Unit 2: Functional Overview
Functional Overview
Covered in This Unit
Content
 Data Flow Modeling Tool
 Dynamic Multi-Temperature Data Management
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Functional Overview
Data Flow Modelling Tool
Graphical Data Flow Modeler
 Central entry point for all modeling tasks
 Intuitive drag&drop modeling
 Model new or explore existing data flows
 Navigate to object editors or maintenance UIs
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Functional Overview
Dynamic Data Lifecycle Management
Extension Node Concept
 based on scale-out architecture
 allow to overload extension nodes with
either 100% or 200% of capacity
 supports all SAP HANA features for
operations, updates and data
management
Flexible Dynamic Tiering for ADSOs
 on object level
 on partition level
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Functional Overview
System Demo
Graphical Data Flow Modeler
 Create a new graphical data flow
 Browse an existing data flow
graphically
Multi Temperature Data Management
 Dynamically determine data
temperature on ADSO partition level
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Functional Overview
What You’ve Learned in This Unit
Key takeaways
 SAP BW/4HANA comes with a new data
flow modeling environment
 SAP BW/4HANA simplifies management of
large data volumes with a flexible dynamic
tiering concept
 … and of course there is much more on the
roadmap :)
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or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SE’s or its affiliated companies’ strategy and possible future
developments, products, and/or platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time
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Unit 3:
Migration to SAP BW/4HANA
Migration to SAP BW/4HANA
Covered in this unit
Content
 Paths to SAP BW/4HANA
 Tool Support
 Outlook – Future Conversion Support
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Migration to SAP BW/4HANA
Paths to SAP BW/4HANA
Step 1:
Classic DB migration and
upgrade to latest SAP BW
release using SAP DMO
SAP BW
on xDB
Step 2:
Implement add-on, use transfer
tools to make system ready for
SAP BW/4HANA
SAP BW
powered by
SAP HANA
Prerequisites for moving to SAP BW/4HANA
 Only use SAP HANA-optimized objects
 Only use ODP, HANA and FILE source systems
 No 3.x data flows
 No BEx front-end tools – BEx/BW Query stays
 No NLS partner solutions
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SAP BW 7.5
powered by SAP HANA
+
SAP BW/4HANA
Starter Add-On
Step 3:
“Conversion” – like an
upgrade
SAP BW/4HANA
Current limitations of SAP BW/4HANA
 Planning (IP/PAK and BPC) not yet supported
 No add-ons supported
SAP BW/4HANA Starter Add-On provides tools
for migration
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Migration to SAP BW/4HANA
Tool Support
Data flow transfer tool
SAP BW
 Copy complete data flows
 Automatic generation of SAP HANAoptimized SAP BW objects
CompositeProvider
TRANSFER
Advanced
DSO
TRANSFER
Advanced
DSO
Standard
DSO
DataSource
SAP HANA
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Migration to SAP BW/4HANA
System demo
Data Flow Migration Tool
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Migration to SAP BW/4HANA
Outlook – Conversion Support – In-Place Conversion
 Select scope
DEV
 Convert classic objects – including data –
and adjust DTPs/Transformations
SAP BW
powered by
SAP HANA
 System is ready for conversion? 
Upgrade to SAP BW/4HANA
Transport changes
 Import transport – moving data to new objects
 System is ready for conversion? 
Upgrade to SAP BW/4HANA
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PROD
SAP BW
powered by
SAP HANA
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Outlook – Conversion Support – Remote Conversion
DEV
Transport selected objects
conversion during import in SAP BW/4HANA
SAP BW
SAP
BW/4HANA
Transfer data of selected objects
Transport of converted objects
PROD
SAP
BW/4HANA
SAP BW
Transfer data of selected objects
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Migration to SAP BW/4HANA
What you’ve learned in this unit
Key takeaways
 All data flows have to be migrated to
SAP HANA-optimized objects
 SAP BW 7.5 powered by SAP HANA
provides an “SAP BW/4HANA Starter
Add-On” with migration tools
 In future, additional conversion tools will
be offered to support migration to
SAP BW/4HANA
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Unit 4: Development Roadmap
for SAP BW/4HANA
Development Roadmap for SAP BW/4HANA
Covered in This Unit
Upcoming Features of SAP BW/4HANA
Simplicity
Openness
Modern
Interface
High
Performance
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Development Roadmap for SAP BW/4HANA
Simplicity
Initial
Release
Multi Temperature Data
Management
Feature
Pack
SAP BW/4HANA Optimized
Business Content
Cloud Deployment Options
(SAP, Amazon, Microsoft)
Feature
Pack
Feature
Pack
Automated Data Lifecycle
Management
Integration with
SAP’s Cloud Offering
•
•
SAP SuccessFactors
•
SAP Ariba
•
…
•
based on partition and
temperature definition
automatic data placement
to extension nodes or
NLS (SAP IQ, Hadoop)
BPC support
(standard/embedded)
Leverage Machine
Learning in BW/4HANA
administration
Q3 2016
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Q2 2017
2017+
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Openness
Initial
Release
Feature
Pack
Feature
Pack
Feature
Pack
Big Data / Data Lake
Big Data / Data Lake
Big Data / Data Lake
•
New Big Data source
system type for Hadoop
•
•
•
Spark SQL adapter for
data integration
scenarios with Hadoop
Automation of complex
Big Data flows with
SAP BW/4HANA
•
Tight coupling
between Hadoop and
SAP BW/4HANA
processes
•
Direct access and
staging
Interoperability with native
DW approach
•
•
Q3 2016
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HANA native DataStore
Object
HANA Views for Queries
with Hierarchy filters
Q1 2017
HANA Analysis Process
with Spark/Hadoop based
execution
Enhanced SAP HANA EIM
integration
•
Delta and Real Time
Streaming support for
HANA native tables
Interoperability with native
DW approach
•
HANA View generation
for Open ODS Views
Q2 2017
2017+
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Modern User Interface
Initial
Release
Feature
Pack
Feature
Pack
Feature
Pack
DataFlow Modeler
Web based administration
•
Easy and intuitive
creation of end to end
data flows
Transformation Modeling
•
Enhanced visualization
and usability
•
Replacement of DW
workbench Modelling
perspective
Q3 2016
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Q2 2017
2017+
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High Performance
Initial
Release
Feature
Pack
High frequent data loads for
all load processes
•
Attributes, Hierarchies,
Texts
•
OpenHub
Q3 2016
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Q1 2017
Feature
Pack
Feature
Pack
Parallel loads for master data
Further OLAP push down
•
•
Based on ADSO-like data
structures
Q2 2017
Exception aggregation
with currency and unit
conversion
2017+
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What You’ve Learned in This Unit
Key takeaways
The short term roadmap of SAP BW/4HANA
focusses on
 Integration with Big Data Scenarios
 Streamlined Data Management
 Planning Capabilities
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