SAP BW/4HANA Technical Overview (L2) : Product Management, SAP Data Warehousing May 2020

SAP BW/4HANA Technical Overview (L2)
Product Management, SAP Data Warehousing

May 2020
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What is an Enterprise Data Warehouse?
Functions of the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)
Characteristics
§ Consolidates data across the
Analytics enterprise
Business Intelligence, Augmented BI, Planning § Standardized data model
§ Supports decision making
Feeding
external
systems
Main Tasks
Big Data Data Warehouse § Define common semantics
Hadoop “Single Point of Truth”
Planning & § Harmonize data values
Forecast
§ Establish a ‘single version of truth’
Streaming Virtual Access Batch (ETL) Real-time § Provide a single, comprehensive
source of current and historical
Data Sources information
SAP, non-SAP, On premise, Cloud § Keep copy of source data to
ensure independency of source
and support the unknown
Modern Challenges for Enterprise Data Warehouses
Data
§ Different Locations – cloud, data lakes

§ Additional Types – behavioral data, IoT
(Structured and Unstructured)
§ Higher Volumes – > 40% growth YoY
People
§ Better Performance – real-time results

§ Greater Scope – predictive, agile analytics
§ Added Value – new & unused data (>
85%)

SAP Data Warehousing
Statement of Direction
SAP continues to innovate industry leading data warehousing technologies with SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, SAP SQL
Data Warehousing, and SAP BW/4HANA to enable the Intelligent Enterprise. SAP Data Warehouse Cloud will not replace
any on-premises SAP Data Warehousing solution, but complements the existing data warehouse portfolio of SAP.
SAP SQL DATA SAP BW/4HANA SAP DATA WAREHOUSE CLOUD

WAREHOUSING
SAP HANA CLOUD

SAP HANA
ON-PREMISES HYBRID CLOUD
SAP BW/4HANA and SAP SQL Data SAP Data Warehouse Cloud extends SAP Data Warehouse Cloud is the
Warehousing are the strategic solutions for on- your existing data warehousing strategic public cloud product offered as
premises and private cloud data warehousing. investment to support hybrid cloud. a software service managed by SAP.

SAP Business Warehouse - Today
Vast majority use SAP BW as central EDW,

17.000+ harmonizing many source systems
SAP BW Customers
Embedded into mission critical business
10.000+ processes
SAP BW 7.3 / 7.4 / 7.5 Customers
Continuously growing SAP HANA adoption
5.000+
SAP BW on SAP HANA Customers Strategy to run simple with SAP BW
700+ 250+ Record

SAP BW/4HANA SAP BW/4HANA Adoption
Live Customers Projects Rate
SAP BW/4HANA – The Next Generation Data Warehouse
SAP BW 7.3 SAP BW 7.4 SAP BW 7.5 SAP BW/4HANA

powered by powered by powered by Starter
SAP HANA SAP HANA SAP HANA Add-on
Performance Simplification and Simplification, For SAP BW/4HANA Introducing SAP BW/4HANA
improvements Virtualization HANA platform customers only The Next Generation Data Warehouse
integration Use transfer tools Built for Cloud and on premise
Big Data to make system ready for
SAP BW/4HANA Logical Data Warehousing
scenarios
Requires SAP BW 7.5 Internet of Things
SP 5 or higher Integrates with Big Data
2012 2013 2015 2016

SAP BW/4HANA – The Evolution From SAP BW/4HANA 1.0 to 2.0
§ The next generation data warehouse § Enhanced Data Tiering Optimization § Unified UI for all SAP BW/4HANA § SAP's vision for a modern § SAP's vision for a modern
options to reduce TCO Modeling aspects (DTP and packaged data warehousing packaged data warehousing
§ Builds on the innovations of SAP BW solution continued…
Transformation Editor) solution
powered by SAP HANA § Enhanced Master Data Loads
§ SAP BW/4HANA Web Cockpit as § Simplified in every aspect of data § Additional flexibility in data modelling
§ Leaves behind the legacy of SAP BW § Tight integration with SAP Data Hub
single entry point for administration warehousing § Enhanced data integration capabilities
on any DB
§ Analytical Engine Improvements and monitoring
§ Smart integration of all business § Data Protection & Privacy: Deletion of
§ Data Tiering Optimization (DTO) to
§ New Storage Options for Data Tiering applications and modern data sensitive data from SAP S/4HANA
manage hot, warm and cold data tiers
Optimization (DTO) sources Cloud
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

SAP BW/4HANA 2.0 – Mission Statement
Simplified
SAP BW/4HANA 2.0 is…
§ SAP's vision for a modern packaged data warehousing solution

SAP BW/4HANA 2.0
§ highly optimized for SAP HANA Key Values
§ simplifying every aspect of data warehousing
§ capitalizing on all business applications and modern data
sources via smart integration
§ driving innovation with a unified data platform
Open to all data Innovative

Simplification
SAP BW/4HANA – Simplified Data Structures
Classic SAP BW SAP BW/4HANA
§ Number of Modelling object types 1 MultiProvider
reduced from 10 to 4 (60% less) to 2 InfoSet
Virtualization
improve TCO 3 CompositeProvider
1 CompositeProvider
4 Virtual Provider
§ No complex data structures 2 Open ODS View
(extended star schema) 5 Transient Provider
§ Field or InfoObject based modelling 6 InfoCube
7 DataStore Object
Persistency
3
§ Greater control of data persistency 8 Hybrid Provider
DataStore Object
and virtualization
9 PSA Table
§ Support for external, structured, and 10 InfoObject 4 InfoObject
unstructured data

SAP BW/4HANA – Simplified Source Systems
1 DB Connect
Number of Source System types reduced
2 UD Connect from 10 to 4 (60% less)
All Sources
3 SAP Data Services 1 HANA Source System

§ HANA Source System for all database
4 BAPI/Partner
connectivity (non-SAP data)
5 HANA Source System
§ ODP Source System for SAP backend

Big Data
2 Big Data
systems and SLT
6 ODP
§ Big Data Source System
7 Extractor (SAPI) 3 ODP
8 BW § File Source System

Web Services *
(for compatibility with SAP BW)
9
10 File 4 File * Successor is the "Write Interface" for DataStore Objects delivered with SAP BW/4HANA 2.0 – details in
SAP Note 2441826

SAP BW/4HANA – Simplified Data Flows
consumption
§ Only one persistence layer required – Virtualization/ Virtual Data Marts
layer
saving time and data footprint
Architected
§ Data mart possible at any layer of the Data Mart
Data Warehouse, allowing performance optional
bottom up Modelling
top down Modelling
Propagation Layer/
and flexibility in data modeling layers
Integrated DWH
depending on
§ Virtually combine data across layers business
Open ODS Layer/ needs
§ Business and service level driven Raw DWH and required
service level
§ Combining bottom-up and top-down Staging Layer/
modelling approaches allows for agile Corporate Memory
and flexible development
Source

SAP BW/4HANA – Simplified Process Chains
Number of Process Types
18
16
§ Number of process types 14

reduced from 73 to 42
12
(43% less) to improve TCO
10
§ Overall significantly shorter
process chains 8
§ Faster creation and easier 6

maintenance
4
§ Automated adjustment of
existing and removal of 2
obsolete steps using Transfer 0

Toolbox Auxiliary
Objects, No
Data Target
Administration
General
Services
Load Process
and
Other BW
Processes
Reporting Agent
Actual Process Postprocessing

SAP BW/4HANA – Modeling Tools in Eclipse
Delivered Editors in SAP BW/4HANA
Examples
Overview
§ Unified UI for all BW/4HANA Modeling
§ Single point of entry for modeling tasks in
SAP BW/4HANA Source System DataStore Object
Data Flow Object (optimized editor)
§ SAP GUI no longer required for modeling Process Chain
Integration
tools
Benefits Transformation Data Transfer

Currency Translation Type
Process (DTP)
§ Reduced efforts and easy to use
§ Faster time to value
Unit Conversion Type
Document Store
Application
Component
Key Date Derivation Type

SAP BW/4HANA – Web Cockpit
Overview
§ Following SAP Fiori design patterns

§ Single point of entry for administration tasks in
SAP BW/4HANA
§ Unified user experience
§ Extensible for own applications and groups
§ Modifiable for user context and authorizations
Benefits:
§ Single point of entry for administration tasks in
SAP BW/4HANA
§ Unified user experience

Data Protection & Privacy: Data Protection Workbench
SAP ILM
ERP
§ SAP ILM persists events during SAP ILM processes (e.g. deletion of personal data)
ILM archiving-/
§ Mapping of SAP ILM object (e.g. ‚Sales Order‘) to SAP BW/4HANA DataSource
allows identification of relevant data targets in SAP BW/4HANA deletion process
Data Protection Workbench

§ Persist notifications from SAP ILM into a SAP BW/4HANA Data Store Object
§ Seamless integration into Fiori-based SAP BW/4HANA Web Cockpit ILM notification
data
§ Grouping of notifications into worklists according to subject matters to orchestrate the
deletion process BW Extractor
(notifications)
§ Identification of InfoProviders along a data flow containing the data to be deleted BW/4
§ Documentation of worklist processing status (for legal auditing)
Advanced DSO
(notifications)
Benefits
§ Integrated solution to consistently delete replicated data from supported
operational SAP source systems to reduce administration effort
§ Modern UI seamlessly integrated in SAP BW/4HANA Web Cockpit

Data Protection & Privacy: Integration with S/4HANA Cloud
SAP ILM
§ SAP ILM persists events during SAP S/4HANA Cloud processes (deletion of personal data)
§ Mapping of SAP ILM object (e.g. ‚Sales Order‘) to SAP BW/4HANA DataSource
allows identification of relevant data targets in SAP BW/4HANA
Enhancements Data Protection Workbench in SAP BW/4HANA 2.0 SP04

§ Notifications from S/4HANA Cloud can be extracted and processed
§ S/4HANA Cloud provides CDS view for extraction of notifications
§ Notifications are stored in a separate ADSO
§ Support of write-optimized ADSOs without key column
§ Authorization object (S_RS_DPPWL) to restrict usage of Worklists in Data Protection
Workbench
§ Support of Start Routine in a Transformation
Benefits:
§ Extending protection of sensitive data in SAP BW/4HANA to S/4HANA Cloud

SAP BW/4HANA - Architecture
Business User Tools

SAP BW/4HANA is 3rd Party Data
SAP Analytics & Planning Analytics
§ the innovation code line Intelligence
§ independent of SAP
Developer SAP BW/4HANA Application
NetWeaver Tools
§ a ABAP-based application Analytical Manager Workspaces
SAP
on SAP HANA (supporting BW/4HANA
Metadata
repository
BW conversions and Modelling
Tools
Open Hub
Data Warehousing
SAP S/4HANA) ODP
§ running on premise or
hosted in the cloud SAP HANA Platform Archive
ODP
SAP HANA
(HEC/STE) Modelling AFL
Calc
DB SDI SDA SAP IQ/
HADOOP
Tools Eng
SAP
§ the “logical successor” of File Sources
SAP BW powered by Sources
3rd
SAP HANA Party
Non-
SAP Hadoop
ETL

SAP BW/4HANA – In-memory Data Warehousing
Query all data at the speed of SAP HANA:

§ No aggregates or roll-up processes
§ No performance-specific modeling objects
§ Minimized number of database indexes
§ Improved loading and processing

SAP BW/4HANA – Algorithm Push-down
SAP
BW BW Server
on AnyDB SAP BW/4HANA Server Significant performance gain through
push-down of operations/calculations
to SAP HANA
Process Orchestration
Process Orchestration
Data Modelling Data Modelling
OLAP OLAP
§ OLAP Engine, complex query
Data Management Data Management
calculations
(e.g. exception aggregation)
Planning Planning
§ Planning functions
(e.g. disaggregation)
Any DB SAP HANA Pushdown
§ Data management
(e.g. transformation logic)
All processing Most processing
on application server on SAP HANA

SAP BW/4HANA - Which Data Tier Should I Use ?
BW on HANA Suite on HANA

Native HANA
BW/4HANA S/4HANA
In-Memory PMEM PMEM PMEM
Extension Extension
Extension Node Node Node
HANA
Database
Native Storage Extension NSE NSE Data Aging
Extended Store Dynamic

Tiering
BW NLS, ILM Store

Near-Line Storage, SAP IQ DWF/DLM (XSC) BW/4 DTO w/ IQ w/ IQ
External
Store DWF/DLM with BW NLS, ILM/
HDFS, Cloud Storage Spark Controller BW/4 DTO* Archiving
* SAP HANA Data Lake (IQ) for DTO is planned

SAP BW/4HANA Data Pyramid - Multiple storage options to meet your
volume and performance needs
Volume Changes Performance Cost
Working
memory
SAP HANA frequent µs baseline
In-Memory
Persistent
memory
Persistent SAP HANA ms

storage Native Storage Extension or
Extension Nodes
sec
SAP HANA Data Lake (IQ)*
SAP IQ/ Hadoop no min
* planned

SAP BW/4HANA – Scalability with Data Tiering
Data Tiering is the assignment of data to various tiers/storage media based upon data type, operational
usefulness, performance requirements, frequency of access and security requirements of the data.
This tier is used to store mission-critical data for real-time

Hot processing and real-time analytics.
SAP HANA
In-Memory Store
Data
Data is retained in-memory of the SAP HANA database.
This tier is used to store data with reduced performance

Warm SLAs, which is less frequently accessed. Extension Nodes or
Native Storage
Data Data is stored on a lower cost storage tier, managed as a Extension
unified part of the SAP HANA database.
This tier is used to store voluminous data for sporadic or

Cold very limited access. Data is stored on low cost storage
Data Tiering with
Data tiers, like disk or Hadoop, managed separately from the External Storage
SAP HANA database, but still accessible at any time.

SAP BW/4HANA Data Tiering – technology per tier
Hot Store
Persistent Memory (PMEM) extends
DRAM PMEM the in-memory storage capacity for
hot data in HANA.
SAP HANA
In-Memory Warm Store
Native Storage Extension (NSE) is
Native Storage Extension an intelligent, built-in disk extension
for the SAP HANA in-memory
database. It is the primary warm
SAP HANA Extension Node
store option for HANA on-premise
Native Storage Extension or and HANA Service.
Extension node as warm data tier
Extension Nodes will continue to be offered.
NLS IQ (BW only)
Cold Store
SAP HANA Data Lake (IQ)*
SAP HANA cold data tiering
provides persistence capabilities for
SAP IQ / Hadoop HANA cold data in external data
SAP IQ/ Hadoop
SAP Hana Data Lake* stores – SAP IQ and Hadoop.
SAP Hana Data Lake (”IQaaS”) is
* planned planned.
SAP BW/4HANA – Data Tiering Optimization Advantages
One concept for hot, warm and cold data

§ Data Tiering based on Advanced DataStore Object Partitions
§ Partition Temperature as local setting (no transport needed)
§ Using HANA Technology such as SDA, Scale Out and disk
storage in SAP IQ
Easy and central definition and implementation
§ Data Temperature defined in DataStore Object (advanced)
§ No additional configuration of Data Archiving Processes
Displacement of data as simple and periodic housekeeping
activity
§ Single data tiering optimization job that periodically moves data to defined
storages
§ No complex process chain modeling for data archiving
Non-disruptive approach and protection of past investments
§ Seamless conversion to or co-existence with existing SAP BW NLS IQ /
Hadoop approach

Data Tiering Optimization (DTO): Exceptional Updates to cold stores
§ Ability to process updates and

deletes to cold store during cold
activation process
§ Data Store object activation process
detect and handle exceptions on
cold storage locations
§ Available for SAP IQ as cold storage
location
§ All Standard DataStore Objects are
supported
§ This feature will be offered in a first
step on pilot basis
§ See SAP Note
2865304 for additional information

Data Tiering Optimization (DTO): Additional Features
§ SAP HANA Native Storage Extension as warm

storage location
§ Option for SAP HANA single node systems
§ Increase HANA data capacity at low TCO
§ Deeply integrated warm data tier, with full HANA and
BW functionality
§ Data Tiering Automation based on
Temperature Rules
§ Available for DataStore Objects with partitioning
based on time characteristics or date fields
§ Definition of relative (lower, equal, greater) time
condition per data tier (hot, warm, cold)
§ Dynamic Partitioning
§ Automated creation of partitions in data activation
process based on predefined partition granularity
§ Based on time characteristics or date fields
§ Static partition creation no longer needed

BW/4HANA is Cloud-Ready
SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud is the only managed cloud service built to:
Move you to a cloud Synchronize your Embrace any Allow SAP to take Provide guaranteed
subscription model innovation curve combination of sole accountability outcomes through
including BYOL with SAP hyperscaler and for your entire SAP SAP HANA Enterprise
SAP Data Center software landscape Cloud reference
architecture backed by
end-to-end SLAs

BW/4HANA is Cloud-Ready
Many customers want to defer the cost of setup and support of a HANA system in their own IT centers.
A deployment on HEC or hyperscalers is a widely implemented option that allows subscription licensing.
SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud Hyperscalers
Option A Option B
BW/4HANA BYOL (SAP) BW/4HANA BYOL (SAP)
SAP
SAP HANA SAP HANA
Subscription 3rd party
SAP
(SW & Services) Subscription
Subscription
SAP (SW & Services) 3rd party
DC Services
NB: a single-tenant edition (pre-defined t-shirt sizes, running

on HEC) is currently available as well

Capitalize on
all your data
SAP BW/4HANA – Comprehensive Access to all Data
SAP BW/4HANA 2.0

HANA ODP Big Data File
SAP BW/4HANA simplifies data
Source System Source System Source System Source System
integration, offering comprehensive
SAP HANA access to external systems
SAP EIM
Data Intelligence
§ Number of source system types
reduced from 10 to 4 to improve
real-time direct data Streaming
replication access load TCO
Big Data
§ Replicate data in real-time
Non-SAP Data SAP Data File Cloud File
ODQ
HIVE SPARK Storage/Data (HANA SDI or ODP-SLT)
Text RDBMS Lakes
Email /Hadoop
Extractors SLT
ABAP
CDS
Hadoop
File S3, GCP, …. § Access data virtually
BW Business
Social Media Structured ByDesign
§ Load data using optimized

Data Sources processing in SAP HANA
SAP, non-SAP, On premise, Cloud

SAP BW/4HANA – Operational Data Provisioning (ODP)
Flexible ODP based data distribution via OData

ABAP CDS § Providing consistent and scalable (delta) distribution of
BW data to external recipients based on the OData
OData protocol, e.g. to exchange data between cloud based
apps.
SLT
§ Generation of SAP Gateway Service based on an
Consumer
Provider
Extractors
Data Operational Data Provider (ODP). This service (URL) is
Services
(SAPI) Operational called from an external application via OData / HTTP
Delta Queue
§ Allowing for provisioning of delta data where source ODP
Business
ByDesign BW
allows (e.g.: Advanced DataStore Object in BW)
Operational Data as target
Provisioning § Complementary to the existing BW OpenHub Interface
Framework
HANA Views
sharing the same license model
HANA SDI § ODP 2.0 - SAP Note 1931427

BW § ODP FAQ and ODP Wiki
as source
§ Logistics Extraction with ODP Framework
SAP BW/4HANA – ABAP CDS as a Source
Access ABAP CDS as a source in SAP BW/4HANA
§ Supports direct access or data

extraction
SAP Data Sources SAP BW/4HANA
§ Supports Delta extraction including
Direct
deleted records ABAP CDS
Access
Open ODS
ODP Source System

Tables / DataSource
Views View View
ODP Queue
§ Leverages standard CDS* delivered
as part of the Virtual Data Model in
SAP S/4HANA
Full/Delta
Tables / ABAP CDS DataStore
DataSource
Views View * Object
§ For more information see How-to Real-time
Streaming
Guide
Note: New SAP content extractors in

SAP S/4HANA will be based on CDS
delta extraction technology
* Extraction enabled CDS views
Data Integration to SAP BW/4HANA
Overview on new (push) integration options since SAP BW/4HANA
Feature Description Data Integration Scenarios

§ New DataStore Object setting “Write
Interface Enabled“ to write directly into SAP BW/4HANA
Inbound Queue HANA Source System ODP Source System
File
Source System
§ Support for Standard- and Staging
DataStore Objects SAP HANA
HANA Smart Data Access
SAP NetWeaver
Push
§ Integration for: HANA Smart Data Integration
• SAP Data Services
ODQ
- SAP Data Services real-time • SAP NetWeaver PI
- SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI) Sources

replication •
• SAP Cloud Platform
*
SAP Data Intelligence
Integration (CPI)
- SAP NetWeaver PI Based on ODBC & Adapters
• 3rd party Tool
- SAP Data Intelligence*
RDBMS Structured Text Social Media SAP sources
§ Blog How To Integrate Cloud Data with Non-SAP sources
SAP BW/4HANA 2.0 is available •

•
ODP SAP Extractors (ERP)
ODP ABAP CDS Views (ERP & S/4HANA)
Any Source
• ODP BW Objects (BW, BW/4HANA)
§ Successor for SAP Web Service and • ODP HANA Calculation Views
SAP Data Services Source System • ODP LT Replication (SLT)
(manual conversion)
* Planned for future release

Data Integration: SAP Cloud Data Integration to SAP BW/4HANA*
SAP BW/4HANA
ODP Source System SAP HANA Source System
Connection via SAP SAP Data Services,

Connection via Connection via Connection via SAP HANA
HANA SDI Cloud Data SAP NetWeaver PI,
ODP_CDS ODP_BYD SDI OData Adapter,
Integration Adapter SAP Data Intelligence**,
(HTTP/SOAP Connection) (HTTP/SOAP Connection) incl. BW/4HANA Content
(Planned) SAP Cloud Platform
Integration (CPI),
3rd party ETL Tools
SAP SAP
S/4HANA Cloud Fieldglass
SAP C/4HANA SAP C/4HANA SAP SAP SAP / non-SAP

Marketing Sales / Service SuccessFactors Concur Source
* Read this blog for details

** Planned for future release

Integration of SAP BW/4HANA with SAP Data Intelligence
Benefit for Benefit for
BW & Analytics team: Data Science Team:
ML INSIGHT
CONSUME
SAC 3rd Party
SAP BW/4HANA BW/4HANA & SAC Result of algorithms

provide the ML are accessible to a
consumption platform wide audience
SAP BW/4HANA SAP Data
for everyone
BW Process Chain
Intelligence
ML MODEL
DEPLOY
ML as an extension of IT can productize
BW
Query
aDSO Python R TF established SAP ML code, and
BW/4HANA integrate it with their
processes live systems
Jupyter R
SAP S/4 SAP
ML MODEL
ML
SAP ECC BW/4HANA Experiment BUILD Controlled data Easy access to
BW SAP Data
exchange and good data for ML
Extractors Intelligence continued trust in experiments using
EDW data ML tools of choice
Innovate
Maximize business adoption with SAP Analytics for SAP BW/4HANA
SAP Analytics Cloud SAP Analysis for MS Office

§ Make end-to-end business decisions by accessing all
analytics capabilities in one place with a single user
§ Analyze large data sets to
experience.
discover in-depth business
§ Scale to meet the needs of your business and diverse
insights and forecast business
users across all decision types (strategic, operational,
drivers
and tactical)
§ Leverage SAP Business
§ Live connectivity to SAP BW/4HANA, SAP Data
Warehouse and SAP HANA to
Warehouse Cloud, SAP HANA & universes
power real-time analytics
SAP Web Intelligence
§ Formatted, interactive
reporting and self-service
dashboarding; automated
publishing & scheduling

SAP Analytics Cloud - Value Proposition for BW Customers
SAP’s analytics vision centres around SAP Analytics Cloud
§ Complete self-service capabilities for analysts

– Business Intelligence, Predictive Analytics, and Planning in one
place
– Build analytics applications in the same tool
§ Augmented BI capabilities
– Time series forecasting
– Search-to-insights using natural language processing
§ Beautiful dashboards with BW live data out-of-the box
– Can be created by end-users in a self-service fashion without
help from IT and without scripting / coding
– Linked Analysis: Simply define filter relations between charts and
tables without scripting
– Use powerful visualizations not available in on-premise clients,
e.g. time-series charts, in-line charts in tables (sparklines)
§ Powerful options to enrich BW Query data, e.g.
– Blending of live BW Query data with local / acquired data
– Restricted Measure calculations on-the-fly

Connectivity Options with SAP Analytics Cloud
Live Connectivity: Direct. Deep. Secure. Simple. Import Connectivity
§ No data replication § Import BW Query data into SAP Analytics Cloud local models
§ Always report on latest information in BW § Use all SAP Analytics Cloud features that are available with local
§ Leverage all data authorizations from BW models (e.g. Smart Assist features)
§ Leverage all investments in BW Queries and other meta data § Might provide a performance edge for overview dashboards with
such as hierarchies highly aggregated data and limited in-dashboard drill-down (drill-
through to dashboards with live connectivity possible)
§ Seamless drill-down from aggregated data to lowest data
granularity in BW
§ Best-in-class query interface to SAP BW: Access SAP BW
features that cannot be accessed through standard SQL or
MDX query interfaces
§ When connecting from the corporate network, data is kept
behind your firewall. No sensitive data will be moved to the
Internet
§ Support of BW Queries with two structures and cell calculations
§ Support of all BW variable types
§ Support of multiple BW parent-child hierarchies
§ Parallel execution of BW Queries

SAP BW/4HANA – Performance improvements trough Push-down*
Overview Analytic Engine
§ Automated Query Execution Mode Optimizer including
machine learning
§ Conditions calculated in SAP HANA (push-down)
- TopN, BottomN, LessThan, GreaterThan, NotBetween, …
§ Variable Type BRF+ (used for customer defined
validations, derivations and calculations)
§ Read Access Logging (RAL) integration for advanced
auditing
§ Custom Exception Aggregation and IF Operator for
Analysis Office and SAP Analytics Cloud
§ SAP Analytics Cloud adoption through SAP BW Live
Connection including new Chart Support
§ (Local) formulas possible in selections
§ Current member operation pushed down to SAP HANA
Benefits
§ Higher Performance due to push-down to the SAP Hana
database
§ More flexibility in variable definition
* Read this blog for details
SAP Business Explorer (BEx) - Recommended Transition
SAP
Business
Warehouse
SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP BEx Analyzer SAP Analysis for Office

Transition
SAP BEx Web
SAC Analytics Designer
Application Designer
Pilot Program*
BEx Query Designer BW Query Designer

Conversion
Data Warehouse Data Warehouse
Application Application
SAP BW/4HANA
© 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC *for more details, see SAP Note 2496706 43
SAP BEx Analyzer transition to SAP Analysis for Office
Semi-automated transition of BEx Analyzer Support for MS Office 365

Workbooks to SAP Analysis for Office
available as a service offering Combine analysis and planning
Maintenance of Business Explorer is limited
to Microsoft Office 2016
SAP Analysis for Office: One Product – Two Editions
SAP Analysis for Office

SAP Business
Standard Edition for SAC SAP Analytics
Intelligence
Edition License License Cloud
Platform
Connections Store Connections Store

(optional) (mandatory)
SAP BW/4HANA
SAP HANA

SAP Analysis for Office - Version comparison
Standard Edition Edition for SAC
Included with license for

SAC Subscription
BusinessObjects and BPC
Live connectivity to BW4/HANA, S/4HANA, HANA, BPC

via SAP Logon or BI Platform
P X
Live connectivity to BW4/HANA, S/4HANA, HANA

via SAC connection
P P
Planning and Analytics on SAC models with acquired data P P
BI platform / BW repository (storage) P X
Both versions provide the same functionality, however

• Each have a specific Product Availability Matrix (PAM)
• AO Edition for SAC does not offer BEX conversion capability

SAP BEx WAD transition to SAP Analytics Cloud
Analytics
Designer
Creating
analytical
applications
Data
Analyzer
Self-service
analytical
exploration

Analytics Designer
Meet sophisticated requirements by developing applications

that behave according to user expectations.
Combine standard widgets with scripting capabilities to achieve

customized behavior in dashboards
§ Develop centrally governable analytic content, ranging from

stories via guided analytics to sophisticated planning
§ Rich set of capabilities for professional designers of analytic

applications to meet sophisticated business requirements
§ Integrate with business applications and leverage bi-directional

communication via scripting APIs
§ Extend applications via custom widgets and APIs

Data Analyzer
Dive deep into your SAP data and get the insights you need by
slicing, dicing and exploring your data in your preferred environment.
Connect to live BW and HANA connections or SAC import models from

Excel and analyze BW queries with the SAC Data Analyzer.
§ Analyze and plan in Excel using SAP plug-ins for Microsoft Office
connecting to SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP BW and SAP HANA.
§ Dive deep into your data using the Data Explorer and flexibly build
charts and widgets that can be added to a story.
§ Leverage the predefined pivot table analysis that enables users to

navigate and filter live SAP BW data instantly in Data Analyzer

SAP BEx Query Designer transition to SAP BW/4HANA modeling
SAP BW/4HANA Modeling Tools

integrated with SAP HANA Studio (Eclipse) with
increased feature set
Conversions support fully automated

transition of BW queries

SAP BW/4HANA enables the mixed scenario with SAP HANA Enterprise
SAP BW/4HANA SAP HANA
Deliver analytical applications

Query Calculation tailored to your unique business
View
requirements
Custom SAP BW/4HANA logic and data

Composite Calculation
Provider View
Calculation Analytics can be exposed to SAP HANA
Views
through automatically generated
HANA views allowing:
DataStore Calculation
View
§ SQL logic on top of generated
Object
views
HANA § Combined data from native
Calculation
InfoObject View
Tables/ Views SAP SQL Data Warehouse
§ SQL access for front-end tools

Unlimited
Restrictedaccess
accessto
toall platform
platform features
features
Versatile technologyfor
Limited technology fordigitalization
digitalizationand
andinnovation
innovation
Select SAP HANA software license type:

SAP applications Custom applications 3rd Party applications
SAP HANA, runtime edition [including SolEx products]
SAP HANA, enterprise edition

SAP HANA platform
SAP
SAPHANA,
HANA,enterprise
runtime edition
edition
Application development Advanced analytical processing Data integration and quality
§ The advanced capabilities of the
§ The advanced capabilities of the
SAP HANA business data
SAP HANA business data
platform are only available by and
platform are available for use
through the licensed SAP
either via an application layer
application with the only exception
(SAP, 3rd Party, or Custom) or Web server JavaScript SAPFiori
SAP Fiori UX
UX Spatial Graph Predictive Search Data virtualization ELT and
being the use of the graphic replication
directly via the data platform.
modeler to build views to be used
Direct
§ only fordata platform
reporting connection is
purposes.
available via open standards by
§ Direct data platform connection is Series Document
any tool. Graphic Application lifecycle Text Streaming Series Business Document Data Quality
quality Hadoop and Spark
limited to SAP or certified 3rd-party modeler management analytics analytics data
data functions Store
store Integration
integration
Data extraction
§ business may be
intelligence performed
tools only.
either via an application layer or
§ All data extraction must occur via Database management
directly from SAP HANA platform.
the application layer.
SAP HANA, enterprise edition, can be

SAP for
used HANA, runtime edition,
any application (SAP, 3can only
rd Party,
Columnar OLTP Multicore and Advanced Multitenancy Multitier storage Data modeling Openness Admin and High availability
High availability and
and
be used by applications from SAP. + OLAP parallelization compression security disaster recovery
disaster recovery
or Custom)

SAP Data Warehouse Cloud & SAP BW/4HANA: Positioning
Ad-hoc data Powerful Intelligent Business

exploration visualization SAP Analytics augmentation planning
SAP Data Warehouse Cloud SAP BW/4HANA

HYBRID
Data Layer Business Layer § Public cloud, in-memory Data § EDW application approach on-prem
Warehouse service § Tight integration of on-prem and private Cloud
§ Self-service data modeling scenarios like SAP S/4HANA § Agile Data Mart for LoB users in
capabilities or SAP BW/4HANA conjunction with SAP Data Comprehensive,
§ Extend on-prem data with Warehouse Cloud integrated and
§ Extend and adapt enterprise packaged EDW
data models cloud data to enhance models § A pre-packaged data warehousing toolset
with local data for broader solution
§ Leverage SAP BW/4HANA insights
meta data objects and § Acting as enterprise-wide ‘single-
semantics version of the truth’
SAP S/4HANA
SAP SuccessFactors MS Azure Data Lake

SAP Data Warehouse Cloud Use Cases
Empower business users with self-service, top-down driven analytics

Self-Service Data in an IT governed environment. Instant access to business application
Modeling & Analytics via pre-built adapters to integrate any type of data from any source Out-
Empowering LOBS / Business Analysts
of-the-box integration with SAP and non-SAP data sources, on-prem
and in the cloud
Accelerate time-to-insight via in-memory processing and rapid

Real-time Analytics onboarding of resources. Lower adoption barrier by abstracting data
for the Enterprise layer from underlying physical data sources. Reduce complexity and
Empowering CFO / CDOs deliver enterprise-wide collaboration to support end-to-end decision-
making.
End-to-End Data Centrally manage connectivity, data collection, integration, governance,

Warehousing harmonization, historization and dynamic Data Life Cycle Management.
Empowering IT / EAs Provide a consolidated view of data across the enterprise via virtual
access, remote source replication, local file upload and open SQL schema

Data Sources & Ingestion: SAP BW Integration Overview
§ Two different ways available for integrating SAP

BW & SAP BW/4HANA systems:
– Federated/replicated data consumption scenarios via
▫ Operational Data Provisioning framework (SAP ABAP SAP Data Warehouse Cloud
connection)
▫ External SAP HANA Views (SAP HANA connection) Business View
SAP BW/4HANA Model Transfer Connection

– Federated/replicated business semantics integration
scenarios via SAP BW/4HANA Model Transfer
connection* Remote Table Remote Table Remote Table
cloud
§ Differences in support of consumable entities,
on-premises SAP ABAP Connection SAP ABAP Connection SAP ABAP Connection
supported entity features, federated or replicated
scenarios, location & usage of calculation engine Query as Query as Query as BW
InfoProvider InfoProvider InfoProvider Query
SAP HANA Connection

SAP HANA Connection
§ Remote or replicated data consumption scenarios
InfoProvider InfoProvider InfoProvider
supported with SAP BW & SAP BW/4HANA
InfoObject InfoObject InfoObject
§ Business semantics migration support for
SAP BW/4HANA only via SAP BW/4HANA Model
Transfer connection* BW BW BW/4HANA
Business Layer HANA HANA

Any DB
External HANA Views External HANA Views
Data Layer
SAP BW Integration: Data Consumption Scenarios
§ Federated and replicated data access

available for InfoObject characteristics,
InfoProviders, Query as InfoProviders SAP Data Warehouse Cloud
(subset of OLAP capabilities), generated
external SAP HANA views
§ Connection via SAP ABAP adapter

(Operational Data Provisioning framework) Remote Table Remote Table Remote Table
or SAP HANA connection cloud
on-premises SAP ABAP Connection SAP ABAP Connection SAP ABAP Connection
§ Usable with any BW system that either
supports the minimum Operational Data Query as Query as Query as
Provisioning framework requirements InfoProvider InfoProvider InfoProvider
SAP HANA Connection

SAP HANA Connection
(ABAP connection) or runs on a SAP HANA InfoProvider InfoProvider InfoProvider
database (SAP HANA connection)
InfoObject InfoObject InfoObject
§ Replicated data consumption on data layer
level, no migration of existing BW metadata
to Data Warehouse Cloud native entities BW BW BW/4HANA
§ Calculation engine calculations (BW OLAP)
HANA HANA
done on BW side Any DB
External HANA Views External HANA Views
Data Layer

SAP BW Integration: SAP BW/4HANA Model Transfer Connection
§ Provide SAP BW/4HANA business semantics

to SAP Data Warehouse Cloud*
SAP Data Warehouse Cloud
§ Enable staging scenarios for SAP
BW/4HANA data & virtual models* Business View
SAP BW/4HANA Model Transfer Connection

§ Transfer BW Query as native DWC entity
(KPI, analytic model)* Remote Table
§ Support BW Analysis Authorizations in SAP cloud

Data Warehouse Cloud* on-premises SAP ABAP Connection
Query as BW
§ Hierarchy Support Query
InfoProvider
(virtual, available via semantics, native SAP
SAP HANA Connection

Data Warehouse InfoProvider
Cloud dimension with hierarchies)* BW BW
InfoObject
§ SAP BW/4HANA system only acts remote data
source, calculation engine execution (via MDS)
happens in SAP Data Warehouse Cloud BW/4HANA
HANA
Business Layer Any DB HANA
External HANA Views
Data Layer
Conversion
New Installation
In-place, Remote and Shell Conversion
Landscape Transformation
Tool-Based
SAP BW/4HANA - Removed Legacy Functionality Manual
Semi-Automated
SAP BW SAP BW/4HANA
BEx Analyzer, BEx Web Templates, BEx Tools SAP Analytic Cloud or SAP BusinessObjects Clients & Tools
BW Query (BEx Query Designer) BW Query (BW Modeling Tools Query Designer)
Classic Object Types (InfoCube, DSO, MultiProvider, InfoSet, …) New Object Model: DataStore Object (adv.) & CompositeProvider
SAPGUI Modeling & Workbench SAP HANA Studio based BW Modelling Tools
Source System types DB Connect, Extractor (S-API), BW Consolidation to new HANA Source System & ODP
Source System types UD Connect, Data Services, Partner ETL Consolidation to new HANA Source System
BI Content Packages New HANA-optimized SAP BW/4HANA Content Packages
PSA / InfoPackages Operational Delta Queue, field-based DataStore Object (adv.)
Easy Query OData Query
Analysis Process Designer Process Chains
Virtual InfoProvider HANA Calculation Views, Open ODS View
Near-line Storage Partner Solutions New HANA-based Data Temperature Management (Data Tiering
Optimization, DTO) with SAP IQ & Hadoop
SAP BW/4HANA - Simplification List
§ Consolidated list and description of delta between

SAP BW (as of 7.0) and SAP BW/4HANA 2.0
§ Each Simplification Item is documented in an SAP

Note which includes recommendations on how to
handle the change
§ Goal is to allow customers better planning and

estimation of their way to SAP BW/4HANA
§ List is published on help.sap.com as PDF and in XLS

format attached to SAP Note 2421930 (which links to
all available Simplification Notes)
§ List is foundation for other tools:

SAP Readiness Check , Maintenance Planner, Pre-
Checks, Custom Code Analysis

SAP BW/4HANA – Conversion Paths to SAP BW/4HANA 2.0
Path 1: New Install

New System
Greenfield
SAP BW 7.5 SAP BW 7.5

Classic SAP BW on SAP HANA SAP BW/4HANA
powered by
on any database + SAP BW/4HANA Starter 2.0
SAP HANA Add-On
Path 2a: In-place Conversion / Full System Conversion

Classic SAP BW Path 2b: Remote Conversion
on any database
System Carve Out / Brownfield
Classic SAP BW
Path 2c: Shell Conversion
on any database
Accelerated Greenfield
BW-on-xDB
BW-on-xDB
Path 3: Landscape Transformation
Classic SAP BW
on any database System Consolidation
SAP BW/4HANA Conversion
SAP BW/4HANA
In-Place Remote
Conversion Conversion
SAP BW SAP BW/4HANA
SAP BW
§ Full system conversion of an existing SAP BW § Start with SAP BW/4HANA as green field installation (new
installation (keep same SID) SID)
§ Step-by-step in-place transfer of classic objects into § Support of carve-out and consolidation scenarios
their HANA-optimized counterparts § Transport data models and remote data transfer (including
§ Followed by a system conversion to Unicode conversion)
SAP BW/4HANA § Risk mitigation due to parallel system
§ Minimum start release: § Minimum start release:
SAP BW 7.5 SP 5 powered by SAP HANA SAP BW 7.3 or higher on any DB or SAP HANA
§ Similar to Remote Conversion but without data transfer

Shell § Accelerate greenfield approach by transferring and converting data
Conversion models and flows
SAP BW SAP BW/4HANA § Minimum start release: SAP BW 7.0 or higher on any DB or SAP
HANA
Availability Matrix
SAP BW 7.0 7.01 7.02 7.3 7.31 7.4 7.5

Preparation
(Checks,
Operating Released (General Availability)
Modes)
Released
In-Place (General Availability)
Conversion
Released (General Availability)

Remote
Conversion
Released (General Availability)

Shell
Conversion
Preparation: Install via SAP BW Note Analyzer (SAP Note 2383530)

In-place + Shell Conversion: Install via SAP BW Note Analyzer (SAP Note 2383530)
Remote Conversion: Install via SAP BW Note Analyzer (SAP Note 2383530) and DMIS Add-on (SAP Note 2513088)
In-place Conversion
SAP BW/4HANA – In-place Conversion
Step 1:
Step 2:
Classic DB
Implement add-on,
migration and Step 3:
use transfer tools to
upgrade to latest System conversion
make system
SAP BW release
BW/4HANA-ready
using DMO
SAP BW 7.5 SAP BW 7.5

Classic SAP BW on SAP HANA
powered by SAP BW/4HANA
on any database + SAP BW/4HANA
SAP HANA Starter Add-On
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

SAP BW/4HANA - In-place Conversion
SAP
Business
Warehouse
Release Upgrade, Install Add-on, SAP BW/4HANA Modeling Tools

Any UI
Technical
System Tasks
Conversion SAP BusinessObjects Suite or Cloud
SAP BW / SAP BW powered by SAP HANA SAP BW/4HANA 2.0

Pre-Checks, Transfer Cockpit,
Custom Code Adjustments
Any Database / SAP HANA SAP HANA 2.0
What
§ Migrate and/or upgrade to SAP BW 7.5 powered by SAP HANA (if necessary), install SAP BW/4HANA
Starter Add-on, transfer data models and data using transfer tool, adjust custom code, check prerequisites
and perform system conversion
How
§ SAP BW/4HANA Transfer Cockpit, Custom Code Analysis, SPAM/SAINT

In-place Conversion - Basic Sequence
Discover / Prepare Phase Explore / Realize / Deploy Phase
t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t6 t7 t8
Post
System Maintenance Pre- Custom Code In-place System Go-
Conversion
Requirements Planner Checks Check Conversion Conversion Live
Tasks
SAP BW Simplification List for Starter
SPAM/SAINT
Note Analyzer SAP BW/4HANA Add-on
Transfer
SAP Readiness Check Cockpit
Custom Code
Adjustments
SAP BW powered by SAP HANA Downtime SAP BW/4HANA
t6 Point in time when SAP BW/4HANA license is required

Remote Conversion
SAP BW4/HANA - Conversion Cockpit for Remote Conversion
§ Convert classic SAP BW system to SAP

BW/4HANA system
SAP BW 7.3 or higher § Convert from start release greater or equal to SAP
on any DB SAP BW/4HANA
BW 7.3 (including SAP BW 7.5) on any DB
(including SAP HANA)
§ Pick and choose dataflows to build a clean SAP

BW/4HANA system
§ Consolidate BW objects into the newly installed

SAP BW/4HANA system. Multiple persistent BW
objects like InfoCubes, classic DataStore objects
and PSAs are replaced by DataStore objects
(advanced)
§ Monitor and troubleshoot the status of the

conversion from the cockpit

SAP BW/4HANA – Remote Conversion Basic Sequence
t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t6 t7 t8
Post
System Maintenance Pre- Custom Code System Remote Go-
Conversion
Requirements Planner Checks Check Provisioning Conversion Live
Tasks
SAP BW Simplification List for DMIS
Installation Add-on
Note Analyzer SAP BW/4HANA
Conversion
SAP Readiness Check Cockpit
Custom Code
Adjustments
SAP BW on Any Database
SAP BW/4HANA

Remote Conversion - Process Flow
Post processing activities
Create new
conversion project Generation phase System settings post migration
Setup phase Migration Phase Validation Phase
Package Settings Pre processing activities

SAP BW/4HANA – Remote Conversion
System Landscape
1. Original Landscape 2. Project Landscape 3. Target Landscape
(parallel run)
SAP BW SAP BW/4HANA SAP

SAP BW (Original/Sender) (Target/Receiver) BW/4HANA
Transports
for config
RFC
for data
RFC / HTTP RFC / HTTP RFC / HTTP
Source Systems Source Systems Source Systems

Shell Conversion
SAP BW/4HANA – Description of Shell Conversion
§ Shell Conversion works very similarly to Remote Conversion
§ Requirements for original SAP BW system:

▫ SAP BW 7.0 to 7.5
▫ Independent of database platform
▫ Installation of SAP BW/4HANA Transfer Cockpit using support package or SAP Notes
▫ No DMIS add-on installation on source system required
§ New SAP BW/4HANA system requires additional hardware
§ Data models and flows are transferred to target SAP BW/4HANA system using transports
§ Neither master nor transaction data are transferred, just metadata

SAP BW/4HANA - Shell Conversion
SAP
Business
Warehouse
Installation of SAP BW/4HANA, SAP BW/4HANA Modeling Tools

Any UI
Transport of Custom Developments SAP BusinessObjects Suite or Cloud
SAP BW 7.0 or higher SAP BW/4HANA 2.0

Pre-Checks, Transfer Cockpit,
Custom Code Adjustments
Any Database SAP HANA 2.0
What
§ Install SAP BW/4HANA, transfer data models without data using SAP BW/4HANA Transfer Cockpit, and
transport custom developments (might need adjustments to work with SAP BW/4HANA).
How
§ Software Provisioning Manager (SWPM), SAP BW/4HANA Transfer Cockpit

SAP BW/4HANA – Shell Conversion Basic Sequence
t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t6 t7 t8
Post
System Maintenance Pre- Custom Code System Shell Go-
Conversion
Requirements Planner Checks Check Provisioning Conversion Live
Tasks
SAP BW Simplification List for Transfer
Installation
Note Analyzer SAP BW/4HANA Cockpit
Custom Code
SAP Readiness Check Adjustments
Data Load
(optional)
SAP BW on Any Database
SAP BW/4HANA

After the end of mainstream
maintenance, SAP offers customer-
specific maintenance. What that
SAP End of Mainstream Maintenance Key Dates, BW-related means in detail, you can find here:
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/
#/notes/52505
Product/Solution PAM link EOM date Next release

SAP NetWeaver BW NetWeaver 7.0x, 7.3, 7.31 31/12/2020 BW 7.5
( < SAP BW 7.5) and 7.40
Netweaver 7.5 (Mainstream) 31/12/2027 None

SAP NetWeaver BW 7.5
Netweaver 7.5 (Extended) 31/12/2030 None
SAP BW Accelerator SAP BW ACCELERATOR 7.2 31/12/2027 None
SAP BPC for Netweaver SAP SBOP PC 10.1 FOR SAP NW 31/12/2027 None
(31/12/2020 on BW NW v7.4)
SAP BPC FOR SAP BW/4HANA SAP BPC 11.0 31/12/2021 SAP BPC 11.1
SAP BPC 11.1 31/12/2027 None
SAP BW/4HANA SAP BW/4HANA 1.0 31/12/2021 SAP BW/4HANA 2.0

Support until at least 2040 as per maintenance strategy
update. Major releases (versions) planned, extending SAP BW/4HANA 2.0 31/12/2024 Next Innovation Release
maintenance as per SAP policy
(see roadmap)

More Information about SAP BW/4HANA
Home Page Community / Product Page Documentation Product Roadmap

https://sap.com/bw4hana https://community.sap.com/bw4-hana https://help.sap.com/bw4hana20 https://roadmaps.sap.com
Get Started Watch

Free Learning @ openSAP, Free Trial Demos & Tutorials,
Get Help YouTube Channel,
FAQ, Q&A, Community Wiki, Support, Services, Availability SAP HANA Academy
Read & Learn More Share & Follow

SAP Blogs, Community Blogs, Learning Journey #BW4HANA,
Transition from SAP BW #TheFutureofDW
Blog, SAP Activate Roadmap, SAP Readiness Check
Training & Certification Related Solutions
https://training.sap.com/ SAP HANA, SAP Data Hub, SAP Analytics Cloud
More Information about SAP Data Warehouse Cloud
Find out more at

www.sapdatawarehouse.cloud
§ Onboarding Guide
§ Learning Academy
§ Blogs
§ Community
§ SAP Help Documentation
§ Calculator
§ Sample Content on GitHub
§ Provide your feedback:

Thank you.
Appendix – Certification and Training
Certification for SAP BW/4HANA
This certification exam verifies that the candidate has the

knowledge of implementing and modeling SAP BW/4HANA training@SAP
required by the profile of an SAP BW application consultant.
Topics that may be covered within this certification
§ Getting started with SAP BW/4HANA and SAP HANA
§ Paths to SAP BW/4HANA
§ SAP HANA Modeling
§ Core Modeling Artifacts in SAP BW/4HANA E_BW4HANA200
SAP Certified Application Specialist
§ Running the SAP BW/4HANA Data Warehouse SAP BW/4HANA 2.0, Delta
§ Hybrid Modeling in Mixed Scenarios Certification
§ SAP BW/4HANA Data Lifecycle Management English, 40 questions, 90 minutes
§ Data Provisioning into SAP HANA as well as SAP BW/4HANA

Courses for Preparation:
§ Relevance of SAP S/4HANA to SAP BW
BW462 (BW/4HANA 2.0)
DBW4H (BW/4HANA 2.0)
For details, go to à SAP Training ß

Training for SAP BW/4HANA
training@SAP training@SAP openSAP
BW462
SAP BW/4HANA
DBW4H – Data Warehousing with
BW462 – Data Warehousing with SAP BW/4HANA - Delta from SAP
SAP BW/4HANA - Delta from SAP SAP BW/4HANA in a Nutshell
BW powered by SAP HANA to SAP
BW on any DB to SAP BW/4HANA BW/4HANA
Classroom or Virtual Live Classroom Classroom or Virtual Live Classroom Open Online Course
Material in English; course in local language Material in English; course in local language English
§ 5 days (available in several countries) § 2 days (available in several countries) § 4 Units – 2-3 hours in total
§ Prerequisites: § Prerequisites: § No prerequisites
§ Hands-on experience in data modeling with SAP BW 7.x § SAP BW 7.4 / 7.5 and SAP HANA 1.0 knowledge is necessary § Free participation & certification
§ BW310 (SAP BW Enterprise Data Warehousing non-HANA) § DBW74, BW362, HA100 or HA100e, BW310H
For details, go to à SAP Training ß For details, go to à SAP Training ß For details, go to à openSAP ß
Appendix – Books and Public Assets
Books about SAP BW/4HANA
SAP BW/4HANA: An Introduction – Hardcover – English

by Jesper Christensen, Joe Darlak, Riley Harrington, Li Kong, Marcos Poles, Christian Savelli
SAP BW/4HANA and BW on HANA – E-Book / Paperback

SAP BW/4HANA und BW auf HANA – E-Book / Paperback
by Frank Riesner, Klaus-Peter Sauer
SAP BW/4HANA – Hardcover – German

by Thorsten Lüdtke

Abbreviations
ABAP Advanced Business Application DWaaS Data Warehouse as a Service ODQ Operational Delta Queue
Programming ECC Enterprise Core Component ODS Operational DataStore
ADSO Advanced DataStore Object EDW Enterprise Data Warehouse OLAP Online Analytic Processing
AFL Application Function Library EIM Enterprise Information Management PSA Persistent Staging Area
AGS SAP Active Global Support ELT Extract, Load, Transform RDBMSRelational Database Management
ASE SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise ERP Enterprise Resource Planning System
Database ETL Extract, Load, Transform SDI SAP HANA smart data integration
AWS Amazon Web Services FI,CO,SD,MM,HR Financials, SLO System Landscape Optimization
BAPI Business Application Programming Controlling, Sales & Distribution, SLT SAP Landscape Transformation
Interface Material Management,, Human SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol
BEx Business Explorer Resources SP Support Package
BI Business Intelligence HAP SAP HANA Analytic Process SPS Support Package Stack
BW Business Warehouse HEC SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud SQL Structured Query Language
C4C Cloud for Customers HTML Hypertext Markup Language SUM Software Update Manager
CRM Customer Relationship Management IQ SAP IQ Database SWPM Software Provisioning Manager
DB Database (Connect) IoT Internet of Things UD Universal Data (Connect)
DLM Data Lifecycle Management LSA Layered Scalable Architecture UI User Interface
DMO Database Migration Option LSA++ Layered Scalable Architecture for UI5 SAP UI Development Toolkit for
DSO DataStore Object SAP HANA HTML5
DW Data Warehouse ML Machine Learning UX User Experience
DWH Data Warehouse NLS Near-line Storage
ODP Operational Data Provisioning

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§ Different Locations – cloud, data lakes

§ Better Performance – real-time results

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SAP SQL DATA SAP BW/4HANA SAP DATA WAREHOUSE CLOUD

SAP HANA CLOUD

ON-PREMISES HYBRID CLOUD

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Vast majority use SAP BW as central EDW,

700+ 250+ Record

SAP BW 7.3 SAP BW 7.4 SAP BW 7.5 SAP BW/4HANA

2012 2013 2015 2016

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

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SAP BW/4HANA 2.0 is…

§ SAP's vision for a modern packaged data warehousing solution

Open to all data Innovative

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Classic SAP BW SAP BW/4HANA

§ Number of Modelling object types 1 MultiProvider

reduced from 10 to 4 (60% less) to 2 InfoSet

§ Field or InfoObject based modelling 6 InfoCube

§ Support for external, structured, and 10 InfoObject 4 InfoObject

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3 SAP Data Services 1 HANA Source System

§ ODP Source System for SAP backend

8 BW § File Source System

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§ Number of process types 14

§ Faster creation and easier 6

obsolete steps using Transfer 0

Actual Process Postprocessing

Benefits Transformation Data Transfer

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§ Following SAP Fiori design patterns

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Data Protection Workbench

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Enhancements Data Protection Workbench in SAP BW/4HANA 2.0 SP04

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Business User Tools

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Query all data at the speed of SAP HANA:

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Data Modelling Data Modelling

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BW on HANA Suite on HANA

In-Memory PMEM PMEM PMEM

Extended Store Dynamic

BW NLS, ILM Store

* SAP HANA Data Lake (IQ) for DTO is planned

Persistent SAP HANA ms

SAP IQ/ Hadoop no min

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This tier is used to store mission-critical data for real-time

This tier is used to store data with reduced performance