Empower your business operations with process visibility and process-aware analytics when needed the most – in real time.

Overview

SAP Operational Process Intelligence powered by SAP HANA enables line-of-business users to gain process visibility across their end-to-end business processes with a clear focus, improving the operational decision making to achieve better business outcomes.

As we all know, end-to-end business processes can span multiple systems (SAP, non-SAP), can be either modeled (as in SAP Business Workflow and SAP NetWeaver Business Process Management) or built-in (as transaction or programmed in SAP Business Suite).

In addition, end-to-end processes can span between on-premise and on-demand systems. And at the same time deal with structured data as well as streaming data from social media feeds, internet of things (RFIDs, sensors etc.) and clickstreams.

In short, we have a variety of high volume and high velocity data from many sources – now’s the question: How can we make sense of all of this in our end-to-end processes in a focused and tailored way; provide business relevant information on performance, KPIs, trends and ensure process stays on track?

SAP Operational Process Intelligence powered by SAP HANA brings the answer.

Using the SAP HANA platform to correlate and contextualize operational data - i.e. data from implemented end-to-end processes (process logs, transaction logs, business object data etc.) into a business scenario, business users will be able to get the right information on their processes in real-time.

Take a closer look and explore our blogs and further content on this hot topic – you will love it!

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Resources

Blogs on SAP Operational Process Intelligence

• The New Frontier – SAP Operational Process Intelligence powered by SAP HANA
• Watch it - SAP Operational Process Intelligence powered by SAP HANA on YouTube
• SAP Operational Process Intelligence powered by SAP HANA now in Ramp-Up
• Test Drive SAP Operational Process Intelligence, powered by SAP HANA
• Tame BIG Processes with SAP Operational Process Intelligence, powered by SAP HANA - Part 1
• Tame BIG Processes with SAP Operational Process Intelligence, powered by SAP HANA - Part 2
• Tame BIG Processes with SAP Operational Process Intelligence, powered by SAP HANA - Part 3
• Last call ASUG members! Join Monday webcast on SAP Operational Process Intelligence
• Bipedal Process and Data Intelligence.... Stop Hopping.... RUN!
• Attending SAPPHIRE NOW? Catch up with Process Orchestration & Operational Process Intelligence Champions!
• Meet SAP Operational Process Intelligence, Workflow and BPM Champions at ASUG Annual Conference

Additional Information

• Documentation on SAP Help Portal
• SAP Operational Process Intelligence on sap.com

Related SCN Spaces

• Process Orchestration

This document is prepared based on version HANA 1.0 SPS 05 revision 46.

While creating the new user in HANA studio, we have three types of Authentication.

• Password
• Kerberos (Third-party authentication provider)
• SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language)
  

                                                             Exhibit: 1                                                                 

Every database user is identified with in the database by Authentication based on username and password.

In this document we will be concentrating on password and its policy parameters.

Passwords are subjected to security rules and are configured using the parameters in system properties files indexserver.ini. To have a look, let us open the "Administration Console" perspective -> Configuration tab -> Expand Indexserver.ini -> Expand password policy and you find 11 parameters in it.                                                     

                                  Exhibit: 2

We will focus on all the 11 parameters and referring to this Exhibit 2 many times in this document.

First let us create a new user in HANA studio (Security -> Users -> right click -> New user) and click on  as shown below:

                                    Exhibit: 3

The information it is showing as "Password must have at least eight characters" in the first line, refers to the default value (8) in the minimal_password_length of parameter 7 in Exhibit 2. "meet the rule: '"upper-case", "lower-case", "digits"' in the second line, refers to the default value 'A1a' in the password_layout of parameter 10 in Exhibit 2.

One interesting point to know is the default value 'A1a' derives A(upper-case), 1(digit), a(lower-case) which means the password must contain at-least 1 upper-case, at-least 1 digit and at-least 1 lower-case.

This default value is equivalent to 'B2b' or 'C3c' or 'Z1c' etc. as all of these contains upper-case, digit, lower-case. In all of these, special characters (_ , -, etc.) is optional.

In order to include special character as must in password, just include any special character in the default value, example E8s*

Now let us change these two parameters: length as 6 and also include one special character as must in password.

                                          Exhibit: 4

Now let us go back to user creation and click on and we observe that these changes are reflected.

                                        Exhibit: 5

Now let us create the user, say USER1 and when this user log on for the first time, it will ask you to change the password which refers to default value 'true' in force_first_parameter_change of parameter 1 in Exhibit 2.

                                       Exhibit: 6

If this parameter changed to false then when the user log on for the first time, it will not prompt to change password.

Note: Administrators can force a user to change password at any time with SQL command ALTER USER user_name FORCE PASSWORD CHANGE;

What happens when the user forgot his/her password and how many attempts can one make. It depends on the default value (6) in the maximum_invalid_connect_attempts of parameter 3 in Exhibit 2. Let us change this value to a small number, say 3 and give all the invalid passwords for the user USER1.

                                  Exhibit: 7               

Now the user is locked until some time and this refers to the default value (1440) in the password_lock_time of parameter 11 in Exhibit 2. The value 1440 is in minutes which is equal to (24 * 60 hrs = 1 day). This value can be changed, say 2 hrs (120 min).

                                       Exhibit: 8

The locked passwords can be reset by administrators with SQL command and/or can assign new password.

ALTER USER user_name RESET CONNECT ATTEMPTS;

Now the user can have the new password but cannot use the previous passwords and this refers to the default value (5) in the last_used_password of parameter 2 in Exhibit 2.

The new password can be subjected to rule of using for minimum and maximum number of days and this refers to the default value (1) in the minimum_password-lifetime of parameter 8, default value (182) in the maximum_password-lifetime of parameter 4 in Exhibit 2 respectively.

These values can be changed, say 3 for last_used_password, 2 for minimum_password-lifetime, and 30 for maximum_password-lifetime respectively.                   

                     Exhibit: 9

It is possible to remind the user before the password expiration, and can be done through password_expire_warning_time of parameter 9 in Exhibit 2. The default value is 14 days and can be changed.

When the user has assigned password for the first time, he/she should log in with in a specific number of days and this refers to the default value 28 of  maximum_unused_initial_password_lifetime of parameter 5 in Exhibit 2.

If the user was logged in within the maximum_unused_initial_password_lifetime and not used for a while then there is a restriction that one has to re-log-in and this refers to default value of 365 days of parameter maximum_unused_productive_password_lifetime in Exhibit 2.

Now let us change these values:

password_expire_warning_time to 7 days

maximum_unused_initial_password_lifetime to 15 days

maximum_unused_productive_password_lifetime to 30 days respectively.

                                  Exhibit: 10

However password lifetime check can be disabled by using SQL

ALTER USER user_name DISABLE PASSWORD LIFETIME;

Conclusion:The default values provided by SAP are the best and this document only shows how to change these values.

To reset all the change parameter values, just double click on the parameter  and click "Restore Default" and save it.

                         Exhibit: 11

We can also query the parameter values of password policy using below SQL's and produce the same result:

SELECT KEY, VALUE FROM M_INIFILE_CONTENTS

WHERE FILE_NAME = 'indexserver.ini'

  AND SECTION = 'password policy' ;

              OR

SELECT * FROM M_PASSWORD_POLICY;

That's it, we are now aware of different password policy parameters, to view current values, and to change, if necessary

Thank You.

Enter SAP Enterprise Cloud

Last week, SAP announced the SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud service. SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud empowers you to deploy SAP Business Suite, SAP NetWeaver BW, and custom HANA applications to support real-time business. Learn more in the blog by executive board memberVishal Sikka and watch the replay of the press event.Then read Siva Darivemula’s blog Adding a New On-Ramp to the HANA Highway for more insight. May 8, 2013

SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud: “Instant Value without Compromise”

SVP Mark Yolton describes what the new offering can do for customers, shares his take on the announcement as well as some early reactions from the media. His blog is also filled with HANA resources. May 8, 2013

SAP HANA Cloud Integration Now Available

SAP HANA Cloud Integration, now available for customers and partners, is an integration platform hosted in SAP HANA Cloud that facilitates the integration of business processes spanning across different departments, organizations, or companies. Mariana Mihaylova explains and provides resources in this document. May 8, 2013

Cloudy on the terminology? Check out the blog by Bjoern Goerke in which he clarifies recent branding around cloud.

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Register for a new online course: "Introduction to Software Development on SAP HANA." Over six weeks’ time, you’ll get an overview of the native programming capabilities of SAP HANA. Dr. Markus Schwarz, SVP SAP Education, says, "We want to give learners choice. With the new course we can reach even a broader audience." May 1, 2013

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SLT Suggestions for SAP HANA

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New Publications from SAPinsider:

A Look Under the Hood of SAP HANA

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SAPinsider: SAP HANA One Illuminates New Possibilities

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Pairing the Power of SAP HANA with the Innovative Agility of a Startup

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Best Practices for SAP HANA Data Loads

As SAP Mentor John Appleby says, “you can take the best technology in the world, create a bad design, and it will work badly. Yes, even SAP HANA can be slow.” With that in mind, check out his best practices for HANA data loading. April 10, 2013

Performance Guidelines for ABAP Development on the SAP HANA Database

If you’re an experienced ABAP developer, you’re probably familiar with the classic performance guidelines for using Open SQL. This begs the question of what changes are there to the guidelines in the context of SAP HANA. Eric Westenberger tackles that question.  April 10, 2013

Experience the Magic: How to Setup Your Own ABAP on HANA in the Cloud

Are you an ABAP developer who can’t wait to explore the intricacies of ABAP on HANA coding? Do you want to set up a sandbox environment where you can try out things such as consuming HANA Calculation Views or Stored Procedures from ABAP programs, and learn how to accelerate your ABAP applications with HANA or build entirely new ones? Then SAP Mentor Thorsten Franz wrote this for you. April 10, 2013

Tame BIG Processes with SAP Operational Process Intelligence, Powered by SAP HANA

Read the three-part series by Harshavardhan Jegadeesan, in which he walks through "big processes," the challenges they pose, and how SAP Operational Process Intelligence, powered by SAP HANA can help businesses overcome them. Then see how to test drive #SAPOPInt in this post. March 22, 2013

Get your hands on this HANA stuff:

• HANA One - Get $120 to start your experience with the SAP HANA platform, available in the cloud.
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• SAP Operational Process Intelligence powered by HANA - Test drive it today.

March 13, 2013

Migrating Java Open-Source Application from Oracle to SAP HANA

The purpose of this document is to guide the process of migrating OLTP systems from a source ORACLE database to a target SAP HANA database. The Java Open-Source mvnForm is used in this guide to simulate the example of an OLTP system on the source Oracle database. March 7, 2013

When SAP HANA met R - What's new?

Last year’s ”When SAP HANA met R - First kiss” blog has some people wondering what’s new the integration of the SAP HANA database with R. Blag responds in his recent blog. March 4, 2013

Webinar: SAP Business Suite Powered by SAP HANA

On January 10, 2013, SAP announced the availability of the SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA – built to deliver an integrated family of business applications unifying analytics and transactions into a single in-memory platform. Join an exclusive webcast on March 14, at 15:00 CET and learn how to become a real-time business.

Engage with SAP HANA through Hours of Free Videos and Projects

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When Suite runs on HANA, BW runs on HANA, and assorted data marts run on HANA - what would be different for a business user? After talking to several customers, Vijay Vijayasankar thinks it’s the "ease of answering the second question" that is the most value adding scenario for a business user. What is your "second question"? March 4, 2013

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The OLAP Compiler in BW on SAP HANA

Thomas Zurek blogs about a functionality he considers one of the “crown jewels” of BW on HANA.February 21, 2013

SAP HANA Certification Pathways

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This white paper, developed at SAP Co-Innovation Lab,  explores how IT organizations can use solutions from SAP and our partners to harness the value of large volumes of data stored in Hadoop, identify salient entities from unstructured textual data, and combine it with structured data in SAP HANA to leverage meaningful information in real-time. February 13, 2013

New SAP TV Videos on SME Customers Using SAP HANA

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Besides providing an overview of the January 10 announcement, SAP Mentor and SCN Moderator Luke Marson outlines customer benefits and his thoughts on what it all means. Of course there are still questions, as summarized in Carsten Nitschke’s candidly-titled “What I did not learn” blog. Don’t miss the discussion that follows.

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SAP just announced availability of the SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA. SCN’s own Siva Darivemula summarizes the announcement, including a blog post by SAP CTO Vishal Sikka and overview video. January 10, 2013

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SAP HANA is the fastest growing product in SAP's history, with over 400 customers after just 12 months, and there will be an unprecedented demand for SAP HANA resources. With this comes the need to understand the level of experience of a HANA engineer and their areas of expertise. The Distinguished Engineer program is an SAP-sponsored, community-led effort to address this perceived skills gap in the HANA technical community, and to recognize those with a high level of technical skills, as well as embracing those who are learning and are on their way to gaining skills. Learn more. January 3, 2013

New from SAPinsider Magazine:

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2012

HANA Videos from SAP TechEd Live

Replay these interviews from Madrid for a variety of insights into SAP HANA:

• SAP HANA Petascale Perfomance Test
• Developer Deep Dive on SAP HANA, Part II
• SAP HANA Cloud - Where In-Memory Computing Meets the Cloud
• In the Cloud and on SAP HANA with SAP Business One
• How SAP HANA Helps Startups Achieve the Impossible
• How Startups are Transforming their Businesses by Building their Solutions on SAP HANA

Find more interviews in the catalog of HANA interviews from Las Vegas. November 28, 2012

SAP HANA One Innovative App Contest

Build your most innovative app on HANA One in AWS Cloud. Register by December 12, 2012. Learn more. December 3, 2012

More HANA from SAP TechEd Live!

Replay these interviews from Madrid for a variety of insights into SAP HANA:

• SAP HANA Petascale Perfomance Test
• Developer Deep Dive on SAP HANA, Part II
• SAP HANA Cloud - Where In-Memory Computing Meets the Cloud
• In the Cloud and on SAP HANA with SAP Business One
• How SAP HANA Helps Startups Achieve the Impossible
• How Startups are Transforming their Businesses by Building their Solutions on SAP HANA

Find more interviews in the catalog of HANA interviews from Las Vegas. November 28, 2012

New Space: SAP NetWeaver BW powered by SAP HANA

Follow the new space dedicated to releases of SAP NetWeaver BW on SAP HANA. November 26, 2012

How to Configure SAP HANA for CTS

Learn how to use the Change and Transport System (CTS) together with SAP HANA. November 26, 2012

SAP HANA Installation Guide – Trigger-Based Data Replication

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The Road to HANA for Software Developers

Developer Whisperer Juergen Schmerder published this helpful guide for developers interested in HANA to help find their way through the jungle of documents out there. October 31, 2012

Preparing for HANA: How to Achieve SAP Certified Technology Associate Certification

How do you prepare for the actual certification? In this blog, SAP Mentor Tom Cenens provides some helpful information on the certification and how to pass. October 31, 2012

Hit “Replay” on SAP HANA! Visit SAP TechEd Online

The SAP TechEd Live studio in Las Vegas featured interviews about SAP HANA One (productive HANA on AWS), SAP HANA Academy, RDS for HANA, the HANA Distinguished Engineer program, how startups are using HANA, and a deep dive on SAP HANA development. Check outall these and more interviews. October 26, 2012

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This week at SAP TechEd, we announced the launch of the SAP HANA Academy. Access videos and exercises about everything from security, to working with data in SAP HANA Studio and SAP BusinessObjects Data Services, to integrating SAP HANA with Mobile or Analytics. Also, see the related SAP TechEd Online video. October 23, 2012

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Join the first Google+ HANA Hangout!

Hang out with SAP HANA experts on Monday, October 29 at 9 am PT for a live, streamed chat about SAP HANA and big data. Participants include Aiaz Kazi, Head of Technology & Innovation Marketing for SAP, and Amit Sinha, Head of Database & Technology Marketing at SAP and special guest Irfan Khan, CTO of Sybase. October 26, 2012

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“Fujitsu and SAP’s  history of co-innovation and collaboration have now provided both very large and small customers with a scalable in memory appliance that can quickly be implemented to dramatically increase data processing and real time information analytics for decision making,” says Rolf Schwirz, CEO Fujitsu Technology Solutions. Read more in SAP In-Memory Computing - Procter & Gamble Customer Testimonial, SAP HANA Helps Federal Mogul to Improve Performance, SAP HANA Helps Booan Run Better, Hilti Customer Testimonial and Charite Improves Lives with SAP HANA. October 5, 2012

First Experience with ABAP for HANA – Evolution or Revolution?

Check out this excellent blog by SAP Mentor Tobias Trapp, and contribute to the new, dedicated ABAP for HANA space.

Read more about how co-innovation among SAP and SAP Mentors enabled optimization of the ABAP platform for HANA in Sanjay Khanna’sblogAll for One and HANA for All. October 3, 2012

With All the Facts and Information Readily Available, Why Is It So Tough for Some to Speak Truth About SAP HANA?

Mark Yolton, SVP Communities & Social Media at SAP, put together this nice collection of great blogs, videos, articles, and other content that will help you understand the essence and the truth about SAP HANA. Top picks include: What Oracle Won't Tell You about SAP HANA by Steve Lucas, EVP Database & Technology at SAP, and Puneet Suppal's SAP HANA and the Pretenders. October 3, 2012

Turbocharge Your Applications with SAP HANA (Webinar Recording)

In this recording, learn how to add new revenue streams and monetize in-memory computing with new services and offerings, turbocharge your applications with SAP for OEM Partners, and reduce administration costs and do ETL, materialization, aggregation, and summarizing in just one step.

Video Blog: The State of SAP HANA - Debating Killer Apps and Skills Needs

To commemorate the first year anniversary of HANA's General Availability, Jon Reed taped this special Google Hangout with fellow SAP Mentors John Appleby, Vijay Vijayasankar, and Harald Reiter. September 14, 2012

How to Analyze Who Has Access to Particular Objects

Following his blogs on how to analyze security relations in SAP HANA system, SAP Mentor Tomas Krojzl looks at authorization relationship between users and objects. September 14, 2012

New Publication: A Storage Advisor for Hybrid-Store Databases

This paper, published in the Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment by SAP Research, proposes a storage advisor tool that supports database administrators in deciding between row and column data management. September 14, 2012

Spotfire on HANA (and a bit of a comparison)

After a previous blog “Tableau on HANA,” Ronald Konijnenburg of Logica Nederland B.V. got curious again about how a similar third-party application would behave when connecting it to HANA. September 7, 2012

From Online Gaming to Genome Analysis SAP HANA Creates New Business Opportunities

Technology itself does not give your business an edge—how you use that technology does. In her latest blog post, SAP’s Ruks Omar introduces the SAP HANA Use Case Repository, where you’ll find numerous applications for SAP HANA, and a call to share your use case. September 7, 2012

SAPInsider: SAP HANA is a Journey, Not a Destination

Since its release in 2010, SAP HANA has rapidly evolved from an appliance for accelerating analytics to an application platform — and there's still more to come. In this SAPinsider Q&A, hear from Dan Kearnan, Senior Director of Marketing for Data Warehousing and SAP HANA, who discusses this in-memory technology's impressive growth and sheds light on where it's headed. September 7, 2012

Free Course on In-Memory Data Management

Gain deep technical understanding of a dictionary-encoded column-oriented in-memory database and its application in enterprise computing with this new offering from the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI).

The course, guided by Dr. Plattner himself, begins September 3, 2012 and requires about 3 hrs effort per week over 6 weeks. See the course overview on SCN and visit the openHPI web site for complete details. August 14, 2012

Webinar Replay Now Available

Transform Your Business with the Real-Time Power of SAP HANA - According to a study by Oxford Economics, companies that implement real-time systems see an average 21% increase in revenue, and a 19% reduction in IT cost.1 But what does real time really mean? August 24, 2012

Sign up for the August 16 Webinar: Transform Your Business with the Real-Time Power of SAP HANA

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I'm in a HANA State of Mind

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SAP HANA Startup Forum Day - TLV 2012

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HANA and the Future of Personalized Medicine

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SAP Hana Code Jam - Why Code in SAP Hana?

SAP Mentor Tammy Powlas shares her experience at the first SAP CodeJam focused exclusively on SAP HANA. July 30, 2012

New Installation/Import - Including Unified Installer -  for SAP NetWeaver BW Powered by SAP HANA

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Using JPA to Persist Application Data in SAP HANA

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Create Your Own Security Monitoring Tool

SAP Mentor Tomas Krojzl of IBM shows how to create a tool that will give you an overview of user role assignments in your SAP HANA system.Part I | Part IIJuly 18, 2012

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Vistex partnered with SAP and IBM in the SAP Co-Innovation Lab to develop a solution to provide real-time profitability analytics while reducing the overall impact on transactional processing and other business operations. In this blog, Kevin Liu of SAP Co-Innovation Lab introduces the project and resulting white paper.

SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP for HANA

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Does SAP HANA Replace BW? (Hint: No.) - Part 2

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Download the SAP HANA Essentials eBook (It's Free!)

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Announcing the SAP HANA Distinguished Engineer Program

Learn about a new program from SAP that aims to promote and encourage technical expertise in SAP HANA. June 19, 2012

Happy First Birthday, HANA!

On the first birthday of SAP HANA, SAP Mentor Vijay Vijaysankar from IBM reflects on the progress made over the last year and looks forward to challenges and opportunities ahead. June 18, 2012

SAP Insider: Powered by SAP HANA

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Get your own SAP HANA DB server on Amazon Web Services

Get your hands on your own HANA DB server using three different image sizes we made available for you. Check out now and create your own HANA@AWS environment and get started with SAP HANA!  June 1, 2012

Happy Birthday to You, HANA!

On Monday, June 18, SAP HANA turns one year old, and we'd like to you to be a part of the celebration. Bay Area residents may join us in Palo Alto, and everyone's welcome to join in on the virtual birthday party. Festivities start at 10 AM Pacific time. June 14, 2012

Understanding Look and Feel of SAP HANA STUDIO

In this document, Krishna Tangudu discusses the basic navigation for the SAP HANA Sandbox system, with an emphasis on the look and feel of the system. May 31, 2012

Rapid Deployment Solution for Banking Powered by SAP HANA Transforms your Business

To help banks to speed up the adoption of SAP HANA, SAP offers Rapid Deployment Solutions for banking. Susanne Knopp highlights them in this recent blog. May 31, 2012

Getting Started with SAP HANA Developer Center

In this short tutorial, SAP Mentor and Development Expert Alvaro Tejada Galindo covers some HANA Developer Center essentials: Creation of a Developer Center account, CloudShare, creation of row and column tables, upload of CSV file to SAP HANA, creation of Stored Procedure, creation of a view, and graphic analysis using SAP HANA Studio own tools. May 9, 2012

Who's Talking About SAP HANA? Find out on this "Conversation Heat Map"

Chris Kim of SAP Global Marketing introduces a tool for visualizing social media conversations around #SAP #HANA. Check it out. May 10, 2012

Explore Use Cases, Quantify Business Value

In these two blogs, SAP Mentor Rukhshaan Omar previews two new decision-making tools she'll be unveiling at SAPPHIRE NOW Orlando: The HANA use case repository and the business value calculator. May 8, 2012

Developer's Journal: ABAP/HANA Connectivity via Secondary Database Connection

Interested in how to access HANA from your ABAP systems? In his edition of the HANA Developer's Journal, Thomas Jung explains how much can be done today when HANA runs as a secondary database for your current ABAP based systems and what development options within the ABAP environment support this  scenario. April 15, 2012

SAP HANA Technical Overview – An Entry Point to Our Revolutionary Chapter

This blog introduces the latest and greatest technical overview white paper for SAP HANA. This essential document provides a general understanding of SAP HANA as of support package 3 (SP03), and covers database administration, deployment scenarios, data load architecture scenarios, and more. 20 April 2012

SAP HANA Scale-Out Performance Test: Blog Commentary

In his blog SAP HANA - Scale Out Performance Test Results - Early Findings, Sam Bhat of United Software provides general guidelines for people interested in considering new database technologies like SAP HANA. Josh Greenbaum (EAC ) summarizes the data from SAP’s latest HANA scalability test in his blog SAP Ups the HANA Challenge following SAP’s April 10 press conference. 20 April 2012

Visit the SAP Newsroom for more news from the April 10 press conference. 11 April 2012

Inside SAP HANA: Optimizing Data Load Performance and Tuning

SAP Mentor John Appleby outlines seven steps and offers insight into the best ways to optimize data models and load performance in SAP HANA. He covers not only optimizing the data model, but testing load parameters and choosing a partition scheme carefully. 4 April, 2012

Hi folks,

I've seen two use cases and heard of many more where developers need to convert comma-delimited strings into table representation.

Following is an example of how to accomplish this with a stored procedure. When evaluating your use case, consider where or not this can be done at the app-server level.

Cheers,

Jody

DROP TYPE T_CSV_ITAB;
CREATE TYPE T_CSV_ITAB AS TABLE (PARSED_VAL NVARCHAR(5000));
DROP PROCEDURE CSV_STRING_TO_ITAB;
CREATE PROCEDURE CSV_STRING_TO_ITAB
(
 IN DELIM_STRING NVARCHAR(5000),
 IN DELIM_CHAR NCHAR(1),
 OUT OUT_TABLE T_CSV_ITAB 
) 
LANGUAGE SQLSCRIPT READS SQL DATA WITH RESULT VIEW CSV_ITAB 
AS 
V_DELIM_STRING NVARCHAR(2000);
V_DELIM_CHAR NVARCHAR(10) := ',';
PARSED_VALUE NVARCHAR(100);
V_DELIM_STR NVARCHAR(10) := ':';
BEGIN 
-- get delimiter
IF :DELIM_CHAR != '' THEN
 V_DELIM_CHAR := :DELIM_CHAR;
END IF;
-- remove leading/trailing whitespace
V_DELIM_STRING := TRIM(:DELIM_STRING) || TRIM(:V_DELIM_CHAR);
-- get the first value
OUT_TABLE = 
 SELECT SUBSTR_BEFORE(:V_DELIM_STRING, :V_DELIM_CHAR) AS PARSED_VAL
 FROM DUMMY; 
-- get the remaining string
V_DELIM_STRING := SUBSTR_AFTER(:V_DELIM_STRING, :V_DELIM_CHAR);
-- parse out the values
WHILE :V_DELIM_STRING != '' DO 
 a =  SELECT SUBSTR_BEFORE(:V_DELIM_STRING, :V_DELIM_CHAR) AS PARSED_VAL  FROM DUMMY;   
 -- build the table 
 OUT_TABLE = SELECT * FROM :a UNION ALL SELECT * FROM :OUT_TABLE;
 V_DELIM_STRING := SUBSTR_AFTER(:V_DELIM_STRING, :V_DELIM_CHAR);    
END WHILE;
END;

-- usage demo
DROP PROCEDURE CSV_TESTER;
CREATE PROCEDURE CSV_TESTER AS
TEST_STRING NVARCHAR(100) := 'A,B,C';
DELIMITER NCHAR(1) := ','; 
BEGIN 
 CALL CSV_STRING_TO_ITAB(:TEST_STRING, :DELIMITER, a);
 
 SELECT * FROM :a;
END;

CALL CSV_TESTER;

SCM on HANA

1.SAP SCM version 7.02 has been available on HANA 1.0

As per below path to upgrade SCM system to EHP2 FOR SAP SCM 7.0 ON HANA

Any release of  SCM system first upgrade to EHP2 FOR SAP SCM 7.0 ON HANA on existing DATABASE using SUM tool.

SUM tool( Software Update Manager 1.0 SP09 sap note 1843776)

2. Database migration

2.1 Install SAP HANA

      SAP Note No. 1514967

2.2 Heterogeneous system copy

        --Before migration, implement the SAP Note 1775181 to preserve aggregates in SAP  APO             

          For more information, also see SAP Note 1822975.

       --SAP Note No. 178505

        --SAP HANA runs natively on Unicode only .If Source system is non Unicode so we        

            need to convert it to Unicode during database migration more information can be          

           found in sap note 1051576

       --Perform the following immediately after the migration and before post-migration

            activities: Information related to SAP BW post migration activities (compulsory)

2.3 CAUTION

          Do not start SAP BW before implementing these steps.

          Implement SAP Note 1695112. This SAP Note contains the document First guidance... BW   

           on HANA (ORANGE) Fresh Installation/Import - including unified Installer which describes   

          the steps you must carry out in detail.

3. Livecache

You have the following options to install SAP liveCache:

SAP liveCache is integrated in the SAP HANA database, so that SAP liveCache and SCM Server are running on the same database instance.

SCM Server is installed on the SAP HANA database, while SAP liveCache is installed on a separate (non-HANA) server using SAP MaxDB technology

liveCache is available to be deployed as a technical part of HANA DB from SCM 7.02, Version for HANA SP01.Migrating SCM to SAP HANA with integrated SAP HANA liveCache - 1825703

https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/18257033.1

The following figure shows one deployment option for SAP Supply Chain Management. The ABAP stack runs on a SAP HANA database, while SAP liveCache and SCM Optimizer run outside of SAP HANA. In this option, SAP liveCache is installed as in all previous releases, as a separate instance, not on an SAP HANA database but on SAP MaxDB technology.

3.2

The following figure shows another deployment option for SAP Supply Chain Management. The ABAP stack runs on an SAP HANA database, together with an integrated SAP liveCache, while SCM Optimizer runs outside of SAP HANA.

The following software components are either mandatory or optional for this deployment option, as indicated below.

4. The following table shows which technical usages and assigned product instances are available with SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP SCM 7.0, version for SAP HANA:

5. Limitation

5.1 Dual-stack split

As only ABAP components are enabled for SAP HANA, and dual-stack systems are not supported beyond Business Suite i2011, (see SAP Note 1655335) you cannot deploy a dual-stack system (with both ABAP and Java components running in the same system). If your SAP SCM system is currently implemented as a dual-stack system, you have to perform a split.For information on how to do a dual-stack split, see the following SAP Note 1686144

5.2 Solution Manager Implementation

For SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP SCM 7.0, version for SAP HANA, SAP does not provide SAP Solution Manager Implementation content. If you want to implement a new process or scenario using the SAP Solution Manager Implementation content, you can do so before implementing SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP SCM 7.0, version for SAP HANA

6. POST Installation task

6.1 Adjusting the Installation Path for SAP SCM Optimizer

In SAP SCM Optimizer 10.0, the default installation path has changed from APOOPT to SCMOPT. As opposed to older versions of SAP SCM Optimizer, where the default installation path was fixed, you can change this installation path as of SAP SCM Optimizer 10.0. The selected installation directory is later on referred to as <INST_DIR> in this guide.

Furthermore, all subdirectories have been deleted so that any SAP SCM Optimizer executables are extracted directly to the chosen installation directory.

This means that after you have updated your system from SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP SCM 7.0 to SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP SCM 7.0, version for SAP HANA, and installed SAP SCM Optimizer 10.0, you must adjust the installation paths in your ABAP application server where SCM is installed.

Procedure

To adjust the installation path, proceed as follows:

If you use a standalone gateway instance, start the gateway instance.

Log on to the ABAP application server.

Call transaction SM59. The Display and maintain RFC destinations screen appears.

Open the node TCP/IP connection.

Double-click each SAP SCM Optimizer destination name. The default SAP SCM Optimizer destination is called OPTSERVER_<Optimizer01>, but if you set up RFC connections for additional SAP SCM Optimizer servers, you must change the installation paths for these as well.

The RFC Destination OPTSERVER_Optimizer01 screen appears.

On the Technical Settings tab page, in the Program field, check your program path, and change it.

6.2 Migrationof SAP SCM to SAP HANA

To set up SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (SAP BW) when migrating the SAP SCM system to a SAP HANA database, proceed as follows:

Activate the myself source system in SAP BW (BW client) in transaction RSA1, under ModelingSource SystemsBWActivate.

Install the latest version of the following BI Content InfoObjects in transaction RSOR:

--0LANGU

---0HIENM

Run the report RS_BW_POST_MIGRATION

Run the report RSDU_TABLE_CONSISTENCY in background processing mode. For more information about executing the report, see SAP Note 1695778). During the first run, the report creates an analysis. If it finds errors, you must run the report a second time using the Repair option, also in background processing mode.

NOTE

Depending on the number of tables to be repaired, the report can take several hours to run

Important notes:

SAP Event Management and SAP Extended Warehouse Management are not

released for productive usage with this product version.

The productive usage of SAP Extended Warehouse Management within SAP

enhancement package 2 for SAP SCM 7.0, can be achieved by installing the

Add-On SAP EWM 9.0 SP04.

With SP01 a seperate SAP liveCache installation can optionally be

migrated into SAP HANA (note 1825703).

References

•       SAP Notes

•       1768043 SAP EhP 2 for SAP SCM 7.0, version for SAP HANA

•       1825703 Migrating SCM to SAP HANA with integrated SAP HANA

•       1785057 Recommendations for migrating suite systems to SAP

•       www.saphana.com

•       Product upgrade guide for SAP Enhancement Package 2 for SAP SCM 7.0, Version for SAP HANA

•       For more information please check above mention note and upgrade guid

Thanks

Atul

SUP- HANA Setup:-

The ngdbc.jar file will be present in the below directory
C:\Program Files\sap\hdbclient
*you need to install HANA client tools to get this file.

Step 1: - Copy the ngdbc.jar file (HANA JDBC connector) into the
                 Sybase Install>\UnwiredPlatform\Servers\UnwiredServer\lib\3rdparty directory

Step 2: Copy the ngdbc.jar file (HANA JDBC connector) into the 
              Sybase\UnwiredPlatform\MobileSDK22\Eclipse\endorsed directory

Step 3: Launch the Sybase Control Center (SCC)
              Open up Connections in the Unwired Server Cluster Management View
              Located under <server name> -> Domains -> default -> Connections

Step 4: Click the New button .Select JDBC in the Connection Pool Type drop down
              Use the DB2 template. Enter in the JDBC connection information.
              Click Test connection

Please provide the values above:-

Driver Class:       com.sap.db.jdbc.Driver
User :                    HANA system User
Password:           HANA password
Database URL:   jdbc:sap://<databasename>:<port>?reconnect=true
Database file:     Path to the  3^rd party lib where you pasted ngdbc.jar
                             example : C:\Sybase\UnwiredPlatform\Servers\UnwiredServer\lib\3rdparty\ngdbc.jar

You can get the above information also from the HANA studio. 

Just click on the system and go to the Connection properties as shown above.

Step 5: In the Mobile SDK right click on Database connections in the Enterprise Explorer section and
             choose New.
             Select Generic JDBC and add a Name

Click the New Driver Definition icon 

Select the Generic JDBC Driver
You can change the name if you want
Click the Jar List tab
Click Add JAR/Zip and browse to the ngdbc.jar file that you copied to the <Sybase Install>\UnwiredPlatform\Eclipse\endorsed directory.

Click the Properties tab
Enter in your HANA JDBC connection info

Note: values are same as entered in step 4.

Step 6: Restart Sybase SUP, SDK. Most Important Step

Step 7: Create a MBO manually by right-clicking and enter the SQL after selecting the DATA SOURCE as HANA by specifying the HANA connection profile you created in step 5.

Don’t click on the Validate syntax as it will not work. Just click Next or Finish. The MBO will be generated.

How to delete PACKAGE from HANA studio

1.Unable to delete package from HANA studio

2. While deleting from HANA studio it will showing inactive object present in package and refusing to delete the package.

     You can find out inactive object using below sql queries

SELECT * FROM _SYS_REPO.INACTIVE_OBJECT WHERE PACKAGE_ID='test'

3. Once you have found the inactive object using above query

    You can delete it using below query

Delete FROM _SYS_REPO.INACTIVE_OBJECT WHERE PACKAGE_ID='test'

4. Once you have deleted inactive object you can delete the package from HANA studio.

Best Regards,

Atul

This document is prepared based on version HANA 1.0 SPS 05 revision 46.

In HANA studio we have the cool feature to find out where our Information view (Attribute/Analytic/Calculation) is used by right clicking the view and selecting "Where-Used". It then shows type of view , Used-In which view, package name in a sub-window panel "Where-Used List".

But there is no similar feature to find the same for tables in a schema we use in modeling

In this document we will come to know how we can get the list.

There is a schema called "SRK" which has many tables and I use two tables "EMPLOYEE" and "DEPT" for simplicity to model information views.

Advanced readers can skip step 1 as you were already aware of this.

Step 1:

First let us create the Attribute view (AT_DEPT) which uses only single table "DEPT".

We create Analytic view (AN_USING_AT_DEPT) using the table "EMPLOYEE" in data foundation and use the Attribute view (AT_DEPT) in logical join.

Now let us use the feature "Where-Used" for Attribute view (AT_DEPT) by right clicking the view and selecting "Where-Used". It shows the result as attribute view is used in analytic view which contains in package 'srk'.

Step 2:

Now we need to find where my particular table is used in which of the information views or procedures, etc.

We do not have similar where-Used functionality for tables. Let us try by just right click the table in the schema and we will not found.

The alternate solution is to write SQL, querying from tables referring to repository.

Here is the simple SQL:

SELECT   BASE_SCHEMA_NAME, BASE_OBJECT_NAME,

         DEPENDENT_SCHEMA_NAME,DEPENDENT_OBJECT_NAME,DEPENDENT_OBJECT_TYPE

FROM     "SYS"."OBJECT_DEPENDENCIES"

WHERE   BASE_SCHEMA_NAME = 'SRK'           /*   <==  Schema Name    */

  AND   BASE_OBJECT_NAME = 'DEPT'          /*   <==  Table Name     */

;

This query will show the result we are looking for and also shows whether any procedures, synonyms, etc are using our table.

Based on DEPENDENT_OBJECT_TYPE, we can say whether it is used by view/procedure/synonym etc., and DEPENDENT_OBJECT_NAME gives its corresponding name. Package name can found in the DEPENDENT_OBJECT_NAME itself.

That's it we successfully got the where-used list for our specific tables

Might be in future release, we can expect this feature if someone can initiate this.

Thank You for your time.

Raj

Understanding the HANA Enterprise Cloud:  An Initial Whiteboard

If you want to better grasp SAP’s new HANA Enterprise Cloud offering, follow SAP Mentor Richard Hirsch as he diagrams his way to a better understanding in his recent blog.

SAP’s Bjoern Goerke provides additional clarity across the cloud offerings in his recent blog. 

Follow the ‘hana_enterprise_cloud’ tag for related blogs. May 17, 2013

Introduction to Software Development on SAP HANA - Free Online Course

By now you might have heard about the launch of openSAP – a platform that offers free online learning opportunities. Who better to instruct the first course than SAP Mentor and eLearning expert (just check our library) Thomas Jung? But this, he says, is something different than “traditional” eLearning.... May 17, 2013

#NBA Sabermetrics 101 (Powered by #SAPHANA)

In the SAPPHIRE NOW keynote, SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott talked about how SAP is working with professional sports to create the next-generation fan experience. In his latest blog, SCN’s own Chris Kim discusses the value SAP can bring to the sports and entertainment industry. For more on SAP and sports, check out Proof of SAP’s evolution from a B2B to a B2C company. May 17, 2013

See more recently featured content.

Empower your business operations with process visibility and process-aware analytics when needed the most – in real time.

Overview

SAP Operational Process Intelligence powered by SAP HANA enables line-of-business users to gain process visibility across their end-to-end business processes with a clear focus, improving the operational decision making to achieve better business outcomes.

As we all know, end-to-end business processes can span multiple systems (SAP, non-SAP), can be either modeled (as in SAP Business Workflow and SAP NetWeaver Business Process Management) or built-in (as transaction or programmed in SAP Business Suite).

In addition, end-to-end processes can span between on-premise and on-demand systems. And at the same time deal with structured data as well as streaming data from social media feeds, internet of things (RFIDs, sensors etc.) and clickstreams.

In short, we have a variety of high volume and high velocity data from many sources – now’s the question: How can we make sense of all of this in our end-to-end processes in a focused and tailored way; provide business relevant information on performance, KPIs, trends and ensure process stays on track?

SAP Operational Process Intelligence powered by SAP HANA brings the answer.

Using the SAP HANA platform to correlate and contextualize operational data - i.e. data from implemented end-to-end processes (process logs, transaction logs, business object data etc.) into a business scenario, business users will be able to get the right information on their processes in real-time.

Take a closer look and explore our blogs and further content on this hot topic – you will love it!

Interested? Join Ramp-Up NOW! (SMP login required)

Resources

Blogs on SAP Operational Process Intelligence

• The New Frontier – SAP Operational Process Intelligence powered by SAP HANA
• Watch it - SAP Operational Process Intelligence powered by SAP HANA on YouTube
• SAP Operational Process Intelligence powered by SAP HANA now in Ramp-Up
• Test Drive SAP Operational Process Intelligence, powered by SAP HANA
• Tame BIG Processes with SAP Operational Process Intelligence, powered by SAP HANA - Part 1
• Tame BIG Processes with SAP Operational Process Intelligence, powered by SAP HANA - Part 2
• Tame BIG Processes with SAP Operational Process Intelligence, powered by SAP HANA - Part 3
• Last call ASUG members! Join Monday webcast on SAP Operational Process Intelligence
• Bipedal Process and Data Intelligence.... Stop Hopping.... RUN!
• Attending SAPPHIRE NOW? Catch up with Process Orchestration & Operational Process Intelligence Champions!
• Meet SAP Operational Process Intelligence, Workflow and BPM Champions at ASUG Annual Conference
• NEW! Webcast: Driving Big Value from Big Processes with SAP OPInt on SAP HANA - Join us on June 19!

Additional Information

• Documentation on SAP Help Portal
• SAP Operational Process Intelligence on sap.com

Related SCN Spaces

• Process Orchestration

Enter SAP Enterprise Cloud

Last week, SAP announced the SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud service. SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud empowers you to deploy SAP Business Suite, SAP NetWeaver BW, and custom HANA applications to support real-time business. Learn more in the blog by executive board memberVishal Sikka and watch the replay of the press event.Then read Siva Darivemula’s blog Adding a New On-Ramp to the HANA Highway for more insight. May 8, 2013

SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud: “Instant Value without Compromise”

SVP Mark Yolton describes what the new offering can do for customers, shares his take on the announcement as well as some early reactions from the media. His blog is also filled with HANA resources. May 8, 2013

SAP HANA Cloud Integration Now Available

SAP HANA Cloud Integration, now available for customers and partners, is an integration platform hosted in SAP HANA Cloud that facilitates the integration of business processes spanning across different departments, organizations, or companies. Mariana Mihaylova explains and provides resources in this document. May 8, 2013

Cloudy on the terminology? Check out the blog by Bjoern Goerke in which he clarifies recent branding around cloud.

New SAP HANA Development Platform Training as Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

Register for a new online course: "Introduction to Software Development on SAP HANA." Over six weeks’ time, you’ll get an overview of the native programming capabilities of SAP HANA. Dr. Markus Schwarz, SVP SAP Education, says, "We want to give learners choice. With the new course we can reach even a broader audience." May 1, 2013

The Evolution of HANA One: More Than Just HANA Hosted in a Public Cloud

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SLT Suggestions for SAP HANA

In what he describes as a “brainstorming blog,” Thomas Krojzl writes about his ideas on how SLT replication could be improved. Don’t worry, he’s open to criticism. Seems like a good time to like it, rate it, and comment away! April 26, 2013

Bipedal Process and Data Intelligence.... Stop Hopping.... RUN!

The fact that we’re living in the age of big data is no surprise at this point, but according to Alan Rickayzen, “the age of process intelligence has just started.” Find out what he means, where HANA comes into the picture, and how solution experts and process operators and process owners are the big benefactors of SAP Operational Process Intelligence. April 26, 2013

Why Users Need SSO in SAP HANA

With Single Sign On (SSO), users can directly log in from any front-end application and access the SAP HANA database without providing login credentials again. Read more highly rated blogs on SAP HANA. This blog by Kiran Musunuru gives you details on setting up SSO with SAP HANA using Kerberos. April 26, 2013

New Publications from SAPinsider:

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SAPinsider: SAP HANA One Illuminates New Possibilities

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Pairing the Power of SAP HANA with the Innovative Agility of a Startup

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Best Practices for SAP HANA Data Loads

As SAP Mentor John Appleby says, “you can take the best technology in the world, create a bad design, and it will work badly. Yes, even SAP HANA can be slow.” With that in mind, check out his best practices for HANA data loading. April 10, 2013

Performance Guidelines for ABAP Development on the SAP HANA Database

If you’re an experienced ABAP developer, you’re probably familiar with the classic performance guidelines for using Open SQL. This begs the question of what changes are there to the guidelines in the context of SAP HANA. Eric Westenberger tackles that question.  April 10, 2013

Experience the Magic: How to Setup Your Own ABAP on HANA in the Cloud

Are you an ABAP developer who can’t wait to explore the intricacies of ABAP on HANA coding? Do you want to set up a sandbox environment where you can try out things such as consuming HANA Calculation Views or Stored Procedures from ABAP programs, and learn how to accelerate your ABAP applications with HANA or build entirely new ones? Then SAP Mentor Thorsten Franz wrote this for you. April 10, 2013

Tame BIG Processes with SAP Operational Process Intelligence, Powered by SAP HANA

Read the three-part series by Harshavardhan Jegadeesan, in which he walks through "big processes," the challenges they pose, and how SAP Operational Process Intelligence, powered by SAP HANA can help businesses overcome them. Then see how to test drive #SAPOPInt in this post. March 22, 2013

Get your hands on this HANA stuff:

• HANA One - Get $120 to start your experience with the SAP HANA platform, available in the cloud.
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• SAP Operational Process Intelligence powered by HANA - Test drive it today.

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Migrating Java Open-Source Application from Oracle to SAP HANA

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When SAP HANA met R - What's new?

Last year’s ”When SAP HANA met R - First kiss” blog has some people wondering what’s new the integration of the SAP HANA database with R. Blag responds in his recent blog. March 4, 2013

Webinar: SAP Business Suite Powered by SAP HANA

On January 10, 2013, SAP announced the availability of the SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA – built to deliver an integrated family of business applications unifying analytics and transactions into a single in-memory platform. Join an exclusive webcast on March 14, at 15:00 CET and learn how to become a real-time business.

Engage with SAP HANA through Hours of Free Videos and Projects

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Clear the Process Fog with SAP Operational Process Intelligence

Learn about this new SAP offering designed to improve your operational efficiency. Check out the overview video on YouTube and share your thoughts on therelated blog by Peter McNulty. February 21, 2013

Say cheese... on taking snapshots with SAP HANA

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Fast is Not a Number

You might call it a constructive rant, but why not ask the difficult questions? Jim Spath - SAP Mentor, SCN forum moderator, ASUG volunteer, employee of a company that runs SAP – does. February 21, 2013

The OLAP Compiler in BW on SAP HANA

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SAP HANA Certification Pathways

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Harness Insight from Hadoop with MapReduce and Text Data Processing Using SAP Data Services and SAP HANA

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New SAP TV Videos on SME Customers Using SAP HANA

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SAP on HANA, and Pushdown for All: News about ABAP's Adventurous Relationship with the Database

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The Business Suite on HANA: The Announcement and What this Means for Customers

Besides providing an overview of the January 10 announcement, SAP Mentor and SCN Moderator Luke Marson outlines customer benefits and his thoughts on what it all means. Of course there are still questions, as summarized in Carsten Nitschke’s candidly-titled “What I did not learn” blog. Don’t miss the discussion that follows.

As far as what’s next, SAP Mentor Richard Hirsch“connects the dots” and suggests the next big play for HANA. January 17, 2013

2013 - The Year of the SAP Database

With the incredible success of SAP HANA over the last 18 months and a greatly expanded database and technology portfolio, SAP is poised to surge ahead in the database market. SAP Mentor John Appleby shares his thoughts on why 2013 will be a pivotal year. January 3, 2013

SAP TechEd Sessions on SAP HANA

What principles guide SAP’s platform and infrastructure decisions? Watch Introduction to Our Technology Strategy and Road Map to learn about the "big bets" that SAP is making in the technology game. Then learn about Integrating SAP HANA into Your Landscape through the intelligent use of in-memory technology. You’ll gain valuable insight with this interview: From ABAPer to MOBILEr: The Evolution of SAP Developers, where SAP Mentor DJ Adams talks about developer evolution with SAP HANA, Java, Eclipse, and Cloud. Watch more sessions on SAP HANA. January 10, 2013

It’s Here: SAP Business Suite, Powered by SAP HANA

SAP just announced availability of the SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA. SCN’s own Siva Darivemula summarizes the announcement, including a blog post by SAP CTO Vishal Sikka and overview video. January 10, 2013

What's New in SAP HANA SPS05

Following the model of his very successful "What's New" blogs from his SAP NetWeaver Portal days, Daniel Wroblewski summarizes the new features of SAP HANA SPS05 in this blog. See the related post by Lucas Sparvieri about the SAP HANA Text Analysis capabilities of SPS05. January 3, 2013

Meet the Distinguished Engineers

SAP HANA is the fastest growing product in SAP's history, with over 400 customers after just 12 months, and there will be an unprecedented demand for SAP HANA resources. With this comes the need to understand the level of experience of a HANA engineer and their areas of expertise. The Distinguished Engineer program is an SAP-sponsored, community-led effort to address this perceived skills gap in the HANA technical community, and to recognize those with a high level of technical skills, as well as embracing those who are learning and are on their way to gaining skills. Learn more. January 3, 2013

New from SAPinsider Magazine:

Optimizing ABAP for SAP HANA: SAP's 3-Step Approach - In this article, you'll learn SAP's three-step approach to optimize SAP NetWeaver Application Server (SAP NetWeaver AS) ABAP for the SAP HANA database.

Build Solutions Powered by SAP HANA to Transform Your Business - Read how the SAP Custom Development organization is helping customers build business-critical solutions powered by SAP HANA. January 3, 2013

2012

HANA Videos from SAP TechEd Live

Replay these interviews from Madrid for a variety of insights into SAP HANA:

• SAP HANA Petascale Perfomance Test
• Developer Deep Dive on SAP HANA, Part II
• SAP HANA Cloud - Where In-Memory Computing Meets the Cloud
• In the Cloud and on SAP HANA with SAP Business One
• How SAP HANA Helps Startups Achieve the Impossible
• How Startups are Transforming their Businesses by Building their Solutions on SAP HANA

Find more interviews in the catalog of HANA interviews from Las Vegas. November 28, 2012

SAP HANA One Innovative App Contest

Build your most innovative app on HANA One in AWS Cloud. Register by December 12, 2012. Learn more. December 3, 2012

More HANA from SAP TechEd Live!

Replay these interviews from Madrid for a variety of insights into SAP HANA:

• SAP HANA Petascale Perfomance Test
• Developer Deep Dive on SAP HANA, Part II
• SAP HANA Cloud - Where In-Memory Computing Meets the Cloud
• In the Cloud and on SAP HANA with SAP Business One
• How SAP HANA Helps Startups Achieve the Impossible
• How Startups are Transforming their Businesses by Building their Solutions on SAP HANA

Find more interviews in the catalog of HANA interviews from Las Vegas. November 28, 2012

New Space: SAP NetWeaver BW powered by SAP HANA

Follow the new space dedicated to releases of SAP NetWeaver BW on SAP HANA. November 26, 2012

How to Configure SAP HANA for CTS

Learn how to use the Change and Transport System (CTS) together with SAP HANA. November 26, 2012

SAP HANA Installation Guide – Trigger-Based Data Replication

This guide details the installation and configuration of trigger-based replication for SAP HANA – the SAP Landscape Transformation Replication Server.November 26, 2012

The Road to HANA for Software Developers

Developer Whisperer Juergen Schmerder published this helpful guide for developers interested in HANA to help find their way through the jungle of documents out there. October 31, 2012

Preparing for HANA: How to Achieve SAP Certified Technology Associate Certification

How do you prepare for the actual certification? In this blog, SAP Mentor Tom Cenens provides some helpful information on the certification and how to pass. October 31, 2012

Hit “Replay” on SAP HANA! Visit SAP TechEd Online

The SAP TechEd Live studio in Las Vegas featured interviews about SAP HANA One (productive HANA on AWS), SAP HANA Academy, RDS for HANA, the HANA Distinguished Engineer program, how startups are using HANA, and a deep dive on SAP HANA development. Check outall these and more interviews. October 26, 2012

SAP HANA Academy: Watch, Follow, and Learn SAP HANA from SAP and Ecosystem Partners Experts

This week at SAP TechEd, we announced the launch of the SAP HANA Academy. Access videos and exercises about everything from security, to working with data in SAP HANA Studio and SAP BusinessObjects Data Services, to integrating SAP HANA with Mobile or Analytics. Also, see the related SAP TechEd Online video. October 23, 2012

Better Choice – SAP BW on SAP HANA

You think you know databases? Think again. Watch the short animated video to see how you can make a better choice with SAP BW on HANA. Learn how you can better handle your exploding data volume, and why your business can benefit from real time data analysis. October 23, 2012

Join the first Google+ HANA Hangout!

Hang out with SAP HANA experts on Monday, October 29 at 9 am PT for a live, streamed chat about SAP HANA and big data. Participants include Aiaz Kazi, Head of Technology & Innovation Marketing for SAP, and Amit Sinha, Head of Database & Technology Marketing at SAP and special guest Irfan Khan, CTO of Sybase. October 26, 2012

What Customers Say About SAP HANA

“Fujitsu and SAP’s  history of co-innovation and collaboration have now provided both very large and small customers with a scalable in memory appliance that can quickly be implemented to dramatically increase data processing and real time information analytics for decision making,” says Rolf Schwirz, CEO Fujitsu Technology Solutions. Read more in SAP In-Memory Computing - Procter & Gamble Customer Testimonial, SAP HANA Helps Federal Mogul to Improve Performance, SAP HANA Helps Booan Run Better, Hilti Customer Testimonial and Charite Improves Lives with SAP HANA. October 5, 2012

First Experience with ABAP for HANA – Evolution or Revolution?

Check out this excellent blog by SAP Mentor Tobias Trapp, and contribute to the new, dedicated ABAP for HANA space.

Read more about how co-innovation among SAP and SAP Mentors enabled optimization of the ABAP platform for HANA in Sanjay Khanna’sblogAll for One and HANA for All. October 3, 2012

With All the Facts and Information Readily Available, Why Is It So Tough for Some to Speak Truth About SAP HANA?

Mark Yolton, SVP Communities & Social Media at SAP, put together this nice collection of great blogs, videos, articles, and other content that will help you understand the essence and the truth about SAP HANA. Top picks include: What Oracle Won't Tell You about SAP HANA by Steve Lucas, EVP Database & Technology at SAP, and Puneet Suppal's SAP HANA and the Pretenders. October 3, 2012

Turbocharge Your Applications with SAP HANA (Webinar Recording)

In this recording, learn how to add new revenue streams and monetize in-memory computing with new services and offerings, turbocharge your applications with SAP for OEM Partners, and reduce administration costs and do ETL, materialization, aggregation, and summarizing in just one step.

Video Blog: The State of SAP HANA - Debating Killer Apps and Skills Needs

To commemorate the first year anniversary of HANA's General Availability, Jon Reed taped this special Google Hangout with fellow SAP Mentors John Appleby, Vijay Vijayasankar, and Harald Reiter. September 14, 2012

How to Analyze Who Has Access to Particular Objects

Following his blogs on how to analyze security relations in SAP HANA system, SAP Mentor Tomas Krojzl looks at authorization relationship between users and objects. September 14, 2012

New Publication: A Storage Advisor for Hybrid-Store Databases

This paper, published in the Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment by SAP Research, proposes a storage advisor tool that supports database administrators in deciding between row and column data management. September 14, 2012

Spotfire on HANA (and a bit of a comparison)

After a previous blog “Tableau on HANA,” Ronald Konijnenburg of Logica Nederland B.V. got curious again about how a similar third-party application would behave when connecting it to HANA. September 7, 2012

From Online Gaming to Genome Analysis SAP HANA Creates New Business Opportunities

Technology itself does not give your business an edge—how you use that technology does. In her latest blog post, SAP’s Ruks Omar introduces the SAP HANA Use Case Repository, where you’ll find numerous applications for SAP HANA, and a call to share your use case. September 7, 2012

SAPInsider: SAP HANA is a Journey, Not a Destination

Since its release in 2010, SAP HANA has rapidly evolved from an appliance for accelerating analytics to an application platform — and there's still more to come. In this SAPinsider Q&A, hear from Dan Kearnan, Senior Director of Marketing for Data Warehousing and SAP HANA, who discusses this in-memory technology's impressive growth and sheds light on where it's headed. September 7, 2012

Free Course on In-Memory Data Management

Gain deep technical understanding of a dictionary-encoded column-oriented in-memory database and its application in enterprise computing with this new offering from the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI).

The course, guided by Dr. Plattner himself, begins September 3, 2012 and requires about 3 hrs effort per week over 6 weeks. See the course overview on SCN and visit the openHPI web site for complete details. August 14, 2012

Webinar Replay Now Available

Transform Your Business with the Real-Time Power of SAP HANA - According to a study by Oxford Economics, companies that implement real-time systems see an average 21% increase in revenue, and a 19% reduction in IT cost.1 But what does real time really mean? August 24, 2012

Sign up for the August 16 Webinar: Transform Your Business with the Real-Time Power of SAP HANA

This 30-minute webinar focuses on how a real-time in memory data platform can give companies unprecedented and immediate insights into their customers, products, services and operations by enabling the analysis of huge volumes of data from virtually any source -- for improved agility and bottom line performance. August 14, 2012

I'm in a HANA State of Mind

Says SAP Mentor John Appleby, "...because once you start spotting opportunities for SAP HANA, you won't stop until you find ways to disrupt entire industries." August 1, 2012

SAP HANA Startup Forum Day - TLV 2012

Erez Sobol, Head of Technology Ventures at SAP Labs Israel, recaps an exciting day of learning and collaboration centered around big data and SAP technologies as part of the world-wide SAP Startup Focus Program. August 2, 2012

HANA and the Future of Personalized Medicine

Medicine can now be aided by tools capable of processing large volumes of data quickly. HANA is well placed to establish a strong role in the new era of personalized medicine. Mark Heffernan shares some thoughts and observations on the potential for HANA and personalized medicine. July 31, 2012

SAP Hana Code Jam - Why Code in SAP Hana?

SAP Mentor Tammy Powlas shares her experience at the first SAP CodeJam focused exclusively on SAP HANA. July 30, 2012

New Installation/Import - Including Unified Installer -  for SAP NetWeaver BW Powered by SAP HANA

SAP’s Roland Kramer provides guidance for implementing BW on SAP HANA, whether it’s a new installation or an export of an existing system with any DB export. July 27, 2012

Using JPA to Persist Application Data in SAP HANA

This document proposes a solution for using the Java Persistence API framework JPA to persist Java classes in HANA DB. July 18, 2012

Create Your Own Security Monitoring Tool

SAP Mentor Tomas Krojzl of IBM shows how to create a tool that will give you an overview of user role assignments in your SAP HANA system.Part I | Part IIJuly 18, 2012

Real-time Gross-to-Net Profitability Analysis - HANA PoC at COIL

Vistex partnered with SAP and IBM in the SAP Co-Innovation Lab to develop a solution to provide real-time profitability analytics while reducing the overall impact on transactional processing and other business operations. In this blog, Kevin Liu of SAP Co-Innovation Lab introduces the project and resulting white paper.

SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP for HANA

How does ABAP help to leverage the benefits of in-memory database technology? This documentdescribes SAP's vision, strategy, development, and commitment to enable ABAP for SAP HANA.June 25, 2012

Does SAP HANA Replace BW? (Hint: No.) - Part 2

In this part 2 blog, SAP Mentor John Appleby continues where SAP EVP Steve Lucas left off in his original blog post inspired by a series of posts in the Twittersphere. June 25, 2012

Download the SAP HANA Essentials eBook (It's Free!)

In this video blog, SAP HANA expert Jeffrey Word introduces the new book SAP HANA Essentials eBook. June 25, 2012

Announcing the SAP HANA Distinguished Engineer Program

Learn about a new program from SAP that aims to promote and encourage technical expertise in SAP HANA. June 19, 2012

Happy First Birthday, HANA!

On the first birthday of SAP HANA, SAP Mentor Vijay Vijaysankar from IBM reflects on the progress made over the last year and looks forward to challenges and opportunities ahead. June 18, 2012

SAP Insider: Powered by SAP HANA

In this SAPinsider article, Scott Leatherman of SAP explains how value-added resellers, independent software vendors, and systems integration partners are helping companies that have "big data" challenges understand the scale of SAP HANA and identify areas where it can help drive their business forward. June 18, 2012

Get your own SAP HANA DB server on Amazon Web Services

Get your hands on your own HANA DB server using three different image sizes we made available for you. Check out now and create your own HANA@AWS environment and get started with SAP HANA!  June 1, 2012

Happy Birthday to You, HANA!

On Monday, June 18, SAP HANA turns one year old, and we'd like to you to be a part of the celebration. Bay Area residents may join us in Palo Alto, and everyone's welcome to join in on the virtual birthday party. Festivities start at 10 AM Pacific time. June 14, 2012

Understanding Look and Feel of SAP HANA STUDIO

In this document, Krishna Tangudu discusses the basic navigation for the SAP HANA Sandbox system, with an emphasis on the look and feel of the system. May 31, 2012

Rapid Deployment Solution for Banking Powered by SAP HANA Transforms your Business

To help banks to speed up the adoption of SAP HANA, SAP offers Rapid Deployment Solutions for banking. Susanne Knopp highlights them in this recent blog. May 31, 2012

Getting Started with SAP HANA Developer Center

In this short tutorial, SAP Mentor and Development Expert Alvaro Tejada Galindo covers some HANA Developer Center essentials: Creation of a Developer Center account, CloudShare, creation of row and column tables, upload of CSV file to SAP HANA, creation of Stored Procedure, creation of a view, and graphic analysis using SAP HANA Studio own tools. May 9, 2012

Who's Talking About SAP HANA? Find out on this "Conversation Heat Map"

Chris Kim of SAP Global Marketing introduces a tool for visualizing social media conversations around #SAP #HANA. Check it out. May 10, 2012

Explore Use Cases, Quantify Business Value

In these two blogs, SAP Mentor Rukhshaan Omar previews two new decision-making tools she'll be unveiling at SAPPHIRE NOW Orlando: The HANA use case repository and the business value calculator. May 8, 2012

Developer's Journal: ABAP/HANA Connectivity via Secondary Database Connection

Interested in how to access HANA from your ABAP systems? In his edition of the HANA Developer's Journal, Thomas Jung explains how much can be done today when HANA runs as a secondary database for your current ABAP based systems and what development options within the ABAP environment support this  scenario. April 15, 2012

SAP HANA Technical Overview – An Entry Point to Our Revolutionary Chapter

This blog introduces the latest and greatest technical overview white paper for SAP HANA. This essential document provides a general understanding of SAP HANA as of support package 3 (SP03), and covers database administration, deployment scenarios, data load architecture scenarios, and more. 20 April 2012

SAP HANA Scale-Out Performance Test: Blog Commentary

In his blog SAP HANA - Scale Out Performance Test Results - Early Findings, Sam Bhat of United Software provides general guidelines for people interested in considering new database technologies like SAP HANA. Josh Greenbaum (EAC ) summarizes the data from SAP’s latest HANA scalability test in his blog SAP Ups the HANA Challenge following SAP’s April 10 press conference. 20 April 2012

Visit the SAP Newsroom for more news from the April 10 press conference. 11 April 2012

Inside SAP HANA: Optimizing Data Load Performance and Tuning

SAP Mentor John Appleby outlines seven steps and offers insight into the best ways to optimize data models and load performance in SAP HANA. He covers not only optimizing the data model, but testing load parameters and choosing a partition scheme carefully. 4 April, 2012

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Visit SAP at the Consumer Goods Sales & Marketing Summit 2013

"Datatopia: From Big Data to Meaningful Customer Dialogue"

June 3 - 5, 2013 in New York

We hope you can join SAP at this compelling event at the Roosevelt Hotel in the heart of Midtown New York City. Consumer Goods Technology (CGT) has set a complete agenda full of networking opportunities and educational sessions covering topics like mobility, consumer trends, new marketing strategies, and trade promotion optimization. Schedule a meeting today with SAP representatives. Haven’t registered for the summit yet? Visit the event Web site to register and find out more.

Webcast: Leveraging promotion optimization to improve collaboration with your retailer partners

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DATE: Thursday, May 23, 2013

TIME: 11:00 am ET/8:00 am PT

Learn about the opportunities that exist for CP companies to use promotion optimization to improve ROI on promotions while maximizing revenue, volume and profitability for both consumer products companies and their retailer partners. Register.

SAP HANA Use Cases

This space should inform you about current use cases. To find more details about how HANA can support the Consumer Products Industry click on the use case headline.

Real-time Sales and Operations Planning

It is possible to use SAP HANA for Strategic Demand and Supply Scenarios in Real-time. So as a result there will be a better visibilty into planned and actual demand information across product channel and geography dimensions.

Building Effective Promotions With Sentiment Intelligence

This use case demonstrates that market trends and customer perception of brands and products can be analyzed by by using the SAP rapid-deployment solution for sentiment intelligence with SAP HANA.

View more consumer products use cases...

June 4 - Essar Group Chose SAP HANA. Find Out Why

June 6 - Usha International Limited Chose SAP HANA. Find Out Why

June 6 - SAP HANA Cloud Integration (ASUG)

June 11 - Optimizing Data Services and Information Steward for SAP HANA (ASUG)

June 19- Driving Big Value From Big Processes with SAP Operational Process Intelligence, Powered by SAP HANA

See the the full HANA Webcast Calendar.

SCM on HANA

1.SAP SCM version 7.02 has been available on HANA 1.0

As per below path to upgrade SCM system to EHP2 FOR SAP SCM 7.0 ON HANA

Any release of  SCM system first upgrade to EHP2 FOR SAP SCM 7.0 ON HANA on existing DATABASE using SUM tool.

SUM tool( Software Update Manager 1.0 SP09 sap note 1843776)

2. Database migration

2.1 Install SAP HANA

      SAP Note No. 1514967

2.2 Heterogeneous system copy

        --Before migration, implement the SAP Note 1775181 to preserve aggregates in SAP  APO             

          For more information, also see SAP Note 1822975.

       --SAP Note No. 178505

        --SAP HANA runs natively on Unicode only .If Source system is non Unicode so we        

            need to convert it to Unicode during database migration more information can be          

           found in sap note 1051576

       --Perform the following immediately after the migration and before post-migration

            activities: Information related to SAP BW post migration activities (compulsory)

2.3 CAUTION

          Do not start SAP BW before implementing these steps.

          Implement SAP Note 1695112. This SAP Note contains the document First guidance... BW   

           on HANA (ORANGE) Fresh Installation/Import - including unified Installer which describes   

          the steps you must carry out in detail.

3. Livecache

You have the following options to install SAP liveCache:

SAP liveCache is integrated in the SAP HANA database, so that SAP liveCache and SCM Server are running on the same database instance.

SCM Server is installed on the SAP HANA database, while SAP liveCache is installed on a separate (non-HANA) server using SAP MaxDB technology

liveCache is available to be deployed as a technical part of HANA DB from SCM 7.02, Version for HANA SP01.Migrating SCM to SAP HANA with integrated SAP HANA liveCache - 1825703

https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/18257033.1

The following figure shows one deployment option for SAP Supply Chain Management. The ABAP stack runs on a SAP HANA database, while SAP liveCache and SCM Optimizer run outside of SAP HANA. In this option, SAP liveCache is installed as in all previous releases, as a separate instance, not on an SAP HANA database but on SAP MaxDB technology.

3.2

The following figure shows another deployment option for SAP Supply Chain Management. The ABAP stack runs on an SAP HANA database, together with an integrated SAP liveCache, while SCM Optimizer runs outside of SAP HANA.

The following software components are either mandatory or optional for this deployment option, as indicated below.

4. The following table shows which technical usages and assigned product instances are available with SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP SCM 7.0, version for SAP HANA:

5. Limitation

5.1 Dual-stack split

As only ABAP components are enabled for SAP HANA, and dual-stack systems are not supported beyond Business Suite i2011, (see SAP Note 1655335) you cannot deploy a dual-stack system (with both ABAP and Java components running in the same system). If your SAP SCM system is currently implemented as a dual-stack system, you have to perform a split.For information on how to do a dual-stack split, see the following SAP Note 1686144

5.2 Solution Manager Implementation

For SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP SCM 7.0, version for SAP HANA, SAP does not provide SAP Solution Manager Implementation content. If you want to implement a new process or scenario using the SAP Solution Manager Implementation content, you can do so before implementing SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP SCM 7.0, version for SAP HANA

6. POST Installation task

6.1 Adjusting the Installation Path for SAP SCM Optimizer

In SAP SCM Optimizer 10.0, the default installation path has changed from APOOPT to SCMOPT. As opposed to older versions of SAP SCM Optimizer, where the default installation path was fixed, you can change this installation path as of SAP SCM Optimizer 10.0. The selected installation directory is later on referred to as <INST_DIR> in this guide.

Furthermore, all subdirectories have been deleted so that any SAP SCM Optimizer executables are extracted directly to the chosen installation directory.

This means that after you have updated your system from SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP SCM 7.0 to SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP SCM 7.0, version for SAP HANA, and installed SAP SCM Optimizer 10.0, you must adjust the installation paths in your ABAP application server where SCM is installed.

Procedure

To adjust the installation path, proceed as follows:

If you use a standalone gateway instance, start the gateway instance.

Log on to the ABAP application server.

Call transaction SM59. The Display and maintain RFC destinations screen appears.

Open the node TCP/IP connection.

Double-click each SAP SCM Optimizer destination name. The default SAP SCM Optimizer destination is called OPTSERVER_<Optimizer01>, but if you set up RFC connections for additional SAP SCM Optimizer servers, you must change the installation paths for these as well.

The RFC Destination OPTSERVER_Optimizer01 screen appears.

On the Technical Settings tab page, in the Program field, check your program path, and change it.

6.2 Migrationof SAP SCM to SAP HANA

To set up SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (SAP BW) when migrating the SAP SCM system to a SAP HANA database, proceed as follows:

Activate the myself source system in SAP BW (BW client) in transaction RSA1, under ModelingSource SystemsBWActivate.

Install the latest version of the following BI Content InfoObjects in transaction RSOR:

--0LANGU

---0HIENM

Run the report RS_BW_POST_MIGRATION

Run the report RSDU_TABLE_CONSISTENCY in background processing mode. For more information about executing the report, see SAP Note 1695778). During the first run, the report creates an analysis. If it finds errors, you must run the report a second time using the Repair option, also in background processing mode.

NOTE

Depending on the number of tables to be repaired, the report can take several hours to run

Important notes:

SAP Event Management and SAP Extended Warehouse Management are not

released for productive usage with this product version.

The productive usage of SAP Extended Warehouse Management within SAP

enhancement package 2 for SAP SCM 7.0, can be achieved by installing the

Add-On SAP EWM 9.0 SP04.

With SP01 a seperate SAP liveCache installation can optionally be

migrated into SAP HANA (note 1825703).

References

•       SAP Notes

•       1768043 SAP EhP 2 for SAP SCM 7.0, version for SAP HANA

•       1825703 Migrating SCM to SAP HANA with integrated SAP HANA

•       1785057 Recommendations for migrating suite systems to SAP

•       www.saphana.com

•       Product upgrade guide for SAP Enhancement Package 2 for SAP SCM 7.0, Version for SAP HANA

•       For more information please check above mention note and upgrade guid

Thanks

Atul

SUP- HANA Setup:-

The ngdbc.jar file will be present in the below directory
C:\Program Files\sap\hdbclient
*you need to install HANA client tools to get this file.

Step 1: - Copy the ngdbc.jar file (HANA JDBC connector) into the
                 Sybase Install>\UnwiredPlatform\Servers\UnwiredServer\lib\3rdparty directory

Step 2: Copy the ngdbc.jar file (HANA JDBC connector) into the 
              Sybase\UnwiredPlatform\MobileSDK22\Eclipse\endorsed directory

Step 3: Launch the Sybase Control Center (SCC)
              Open up Connections in the Unwired Server Cluster Management View
              Located under <server name> -> Domains -> default -> Connections

Step 4: Click the New button .Select JDBC in the Connection Pool Type drop down
              Use the DB2 template. Enter in the JDBC connection information.
              Click Test connection

Please provide the values above:-

Driver Class:       com.sap.db.jdbc.Driver
User :                    HANA system User
Password:           HANA password
Database URL:   jdbc:sap://<databasename>:<port>?reconnect=true
Database file:     Path to the  3^rd party lib where you pasted ngdbc.jar
                             example : C:\Sybase\UnwiredPlatform\Servers\UnwiredServer\lib\3rdparty\ngdbc.jar

You can get the above information also from the HANA studio. 

Just click on the system and go to the Connection properties as shown above.

Step 5: In the Mobile SDK right click on Database connections in the Enterprise Explorer section and
             choose New.
             Select Generic JDBC and add a Name

Click the New Driver Definition icon 

Select the Generic JDBC Driver
You can change the name if you want
Click the Jar List tab
Click Add JAR/Zip and browse to the ngdbc.jar file that you copied to the <Sybase Install>\UnwiredPlatform\Eclipse\endorsed directory.

Click the Properties tab
Enter in your HANA JDBC connection info

Note: values are same as entered in step 4.

Step 6: Restart Sybase SUP, SDK. Most Important Step

Step 7: Create a MBO manually by right-clicking and enter the SQL after selecting the DATA SOURCE as HANA by specifying the HANA connection profile you created in step 5.

Don’t click on the Validate syntax as it will not work. Just click Next or Finish. The MBO will be generated.

How to delete PACKAGE from HANA studio

1.Unable to delete package from HANA studio

2. While deleting from HANA studio it will showing inactive object present in package and refusing to delete the package.

     You can find out inactive object using below sql queries

SELECT * FROM _SYS_REPO.INACTIVE_OBJECT WHERE PACKAGE_ID='test'

3. Once you have found the inactive object using above query

    You can delete it using below query

Delete FROM _SYS_REPO.INACTIVE_OBJECT WHERE PACKAGE_ID='test'

4. Once you have deleted inactive object you can delete the package from HANA studio.

Best Regards,

Atul

This document is prepared based on version HANA 1.0 SPS 05 revision 46.

In HANA studio we have the cool feature to find out where our Information view (Attribute/Analytic/Calculation) is used by right clicking the view and selecting "Where-Used". It then shows type of view , Used-In which view, package name in a sub-window panel "Where-Used List".

But there is no similar feature to find the same for tables in a schema we use in modeling

In this document we will come to know how we can get the list.

There is a schema called "SRK" which has many tables and I use two tables "EMPLOYEE" and "DEPT" for simplicity to model information views.

Advanced readers can skip step 1 as you were already aware of this.

Step 1:

First let us create the Attribute view (AT_DEPT) which uses only single table "DEPT".

We create Analytic view (AN_USING_AT_DEPT) using the table "EMPLOYEE" in data foundation and use the Attribute view (AT_DEPT) in logical join.

Now let us use the feature "Where-Used" for Attribute view (AT_DEPT) by right clicking the view and selecting "Where-Used". It shows the result as attribute view is used in analytic view which contains in package 'srk'.

Step 2:

Now we need to find where my particular table is used in which of the information views or procedures, etc.

We do not have similar where-Used functionality for tables. Let us try by just right click the table in the schema and we will not found.

The alternate solution is to write SQL, querying from tables referring to repository.

Here is the simple SQL:

SELECT   BASE_SCHEMA_NAME, BASE_OBJECT_NAME,

         DEPENDENT_SCHEMA_NAME,DEPENDENT_OBJECT_NAME,DEPENDENT_OBJECT_TYPE

FROM     "SYS"."OBJECT_DEPENDENCIES"

WHERE   BASE_SCHEMA_NAME = 'SRK'           /*   <==  Schema Name    */

  AND   BASE_OBJECT_NAME = 'DEPT'          /*   <==  Table Name     */

;

This query will show the result we are looking for and also shows whether any procedures, synonyms, etc are using our table.

Based on DEPENDENT_OBJECT_TYPE, we can say whether it is used by view/procedure/synonym etc., and DEPENDENT_OBJECT_NAME gives its corresponding name. Package name can found in the DEPENDENT_OBJECT_NAME itself.

That's it we successfully got the where-used list for our specific tables

Might be in future release, we can expect this feature if someone can initiate this.

Thank You for your time.

Raj

Hi Folks,

Following is an simplifed example from a current project, showing how to achieve 100x or better performance executing cross joins in CE functions rather than SQL.

The CE function approach for various dataset sizes in testing has remained around 700ms, so the performance improvement may be greater than 100.

/*
 For certain use cases in HANA a 'cartesian product' is required, 
 also known as a cross join. A typical example is replacing [nested for loops
 over data sets with tuple calculations] with a [CROSS JOIN + calculated column].
 A real use case for cross join is in CRM IPM Availability Requests. Media companies
 can maintain information for products (i.e. movies) at different 'rights scopes':
 - Media (i.e. Free TV, Pay TV, Cable...)
 - Territory (i.e. regions, countries, states, cities, counties)
 - Languages
 A salesperson will want to find out what the availability is for certain products
 in certain rights scopes. In the example below, a salesperson can search for availability 
 for 1000+ products, 60 medias, 240 territories, 4 languages - resulting in 57 million combinations.
 Code below shows how to calculate cross join with SQL and CE functions, showing 100x better performance 
 with CE functions.
*/

--SET SCHEMA TEST;
/*
 Generator tables used to create fake data.
*/
DROP TABLE GENERATOR1;
CREATE COLUMN TABLE GENERATOR1 (G1 NCHAR(1));

DROP TABLE GENERATOR2;
CREATE COLUMN TABLE GENERATOR2 (G2 NCHAR(1));

DROP TABLE GENERATOR3;
CREATE COLUMN TABLE GENERATOR3 (G3 INTEGER);

INSERT INTO GENERATOR1 VALUES ('A');
INSERT INTO GENERATOR1 VALUES ('B');
INSERT INTO GENERATOR1 VALUES ('C');
INSERT INTO GENERATOR1 VALUES ('D');
INSERT INTO GENERATOR1 VALUES ('E');
INSERT INTO GENERATOR1 VALUES ('F');
INSERT INTO GENERATOR1 VALUES ('G');
INSERT INTO GENERATOR1 VALUES ('H');
INSERT INTO GENERATOR1 VALUES ('I');
INSERT INTO GENERATOR1 VALUES ('J');

INSERT INTO GENERATOR2 VALUES ('!');
INSERT INTO GENERATOR2 VALUES ('@');
INSERT INTO GENERATOR2 VALUES ('#');
INSERT INTO GENERATOR2 VALUES ('$');
INSERT INTO GENERATOR2 VALUES ('&');
INSERT INTO GENERATOR2 VALUES ('*');

INSERT INTO GENERATOR3 VALUES (1);
INSERT INTO GENERATOR3 VALUES (2);
INSERT INTO GENERATOR3 VALUES (3);
INSERT INTO GENERATOR3 VALUES (4);
INSERT INTO GENERATOR3 VALUES (5);
INSERT INTO GENERATOR3 VALUES (6);
INSERT INTO GENERATOR3 VALUES (7);
INSERT INTO GENERATOR3 VALUES (8);
INSERT INTO GENERATOR3 VALUES (9);
INSERT INTO GENERATOR3 VALUES (10);

-- 1000 unique GUIDs for products
DROP TABLE PRODUCT_GUID;
CREATE COLUMN TABLE PRODUCT_GUID AS (SELECT T1.G1 || T2.G1 || T3.G1 AS P FROM GENERATOR1 T1 CROSS JOIN GENERATOR1 T2 CROSS JOIN GENERATOR1 T3); 

-- 60 medias
DROP TABLE MEDIA;
CREATE COLUMN TABLE MEDIA AS (SELECT T1.G1 || T2.G2 AS M FROM GENERATOR1 T1 CROSS JOIN GENERATOR2 T2);

-- 240 territories
DROP TABLE TERRITORY;
CREATE COLUMN TABLE TERRITORY AS (SELECT T1.G1 || T2.G2 || T3.G3 AS T FROM GENERATOR1 T1 CROSS JOIN GENERATOR2 T2 CROSS JOIN (SELECT TOP 4 G3 FROM GENERATOR3) T3);

-- 4 languages
DROP TABLE LANGUAGE;
CREATE COLUMN TABLE LANGUAGE AS (SELECT TOP 4 G3 AS L FROM GENERATOR3);
DROP TYPE TT_TAB;

CREATE TYPE TT_TAB AS TABLE (P NVARCHAR(32), M NVARCHAR(30), T NVARCHAR(30), L NVARCHAR(30));

-- Read-only cross join procedure in SQL: Products x Media x Territory x Language
DROP PROCEDURE CROSS_JOIN_SQL;
CREATE PROCEDURE CROSS_JOIN_SQL (OUT var_out TT_TAB)
READS SQL DATA WITH RESULT VIEW CJ_SQL_VIEW AS
BEGIN
       var_out =               SELECT *               FROM PRODUCT_GUID               CROSS JOIN MEDIA              CROSS JOIN TERRITORY              CROSS JOIN LANGUAGE;       
END;

-- Read-only cross join in SQL: Products x Media x Territory x Language
DROP PROCEDURE CROSS_JOIN_CE;
CREATE PROCEDURE CROSS_JOIN_CE (OUT var_out TT_TAB)
READS SQL DATA WITH RESULT VIEW CJ_CE_VIEW AS
BEGIN
 -- 'query' tables
 a = CE_COLUMN_TABLE(PRODUCT_GUID, [P]);
 b = CE_COLUMN_TABLE(MEDIA, [M]);
 c = CE_COLUMN_TABLE(TERRITORY, [T]);
 d = CE_COLUMN_TABLE(LANGUAGE, [L]);
           -- add dummy field F, used for 'fake' cross join
 a1 = CE_PROJECTION(:a, [P, CE_CALC('1', INTEGER) AS F]);
 b1 = CE_PROJECTION(:b, [M, CE_CALC('1', INTEGER) AS F]);
 c1 = CE_PROJECTION(:c, [T, CE_CALC('1', INTEGER) AS F]);
 d1 = CE_PROJECTION(:d, [L, CE_CALC('1', INTEGER) AS F]);           -- 'fake' cross join
 ab = CE_JOIN(:a1, :b1, [F], [F, P, M]);
 cd = CE_JOIN(:c1, :d1, [F], [F, T, L]);
 abcd = CE_JOIN(:ab, :cd, [F], [F, P, M, T, L]);
 var_out = CE_PROJECTION(:abcd, [P, M, T, L]);
END;

-- server processing time is about 70 sec   
SELECT * FROM CJ_SQL_VIEW;
-- server processing time is about 700 ms 
SELECT * FROM CJ_CE_VIEW;

-- optional: verify same number of records in each 
-- SELECT COUNT(*) FROM CJ_SQL_VIEW;
-- SELECT COUNT(*) FROM CJ_CE_VIEW;
-- optional: verify that results match
-- SELECT * FROM CJ_SQL_VIEW ORDER BY P, MEDIA, TERRITORY, LANGUAGE;
-- SELECT * FROM CJ_CE_VIEW ORDER BY P, MEDIA, TERRITORY, LANGUAGE;

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Empower your business operations with process visibility and process-aware analytics when needed the most – in real time.

Overview

SAP Operational Process Intelligence powered by SAP HANA enables line-of-business users to gain process visibility across their end-to-end business processes with a clear focus, improving the operational decision making to achieve better business outcomes.

As we all know, end-to-end business processes can span multiple systems (SAP, non-SAP), can be either modeled (as in SAP Business Workflow and SAP NetWeaver Business Process Management) or built-in (as transaction or programmed in SAP Business Suite).

In addition, end-to-end processes can span between on-premise and on-demand systems. And at the same time deal with structured data as well as streaming data from social media feeds, internet of things (RFIDs, sensors etc.) and clickstreams.

In short, we have a variety of high volume and high velocity data from many sources – now’s the question: How can we make sense of all of this in our end-to-end processes in a focused and tailored way; provide business relevant information on performance, KPIs, trends and ensure process stays on track?

SAP Operational Process Intelligence powered by SAP HANA brings the answer.

Using the SAP HANA platform to correlate and contextualize operational data - i.e. data from implemented end-to-end processes (process logs, transaction logs, business object data etc.) into a business scenario, business users will be able to get the right information on their processes in real-time.

Take a closer look and explore our blogs and further content on this hot topic – you will love it!

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Resources

Blogs on SAP Operational Process Intelligence

• The New Frontier – SAP Operational Process Intelligence powered by SAP HANA
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• Test Drive SAP Operational Process Intelligence, powered by SAP HANA
• Tame BIG Processes with SAP Operational Process Intelligence, powered by SAP HANA - Part 1
• Tame BIG Processes with SAP Operational Process Intelligence, powered by SAP HANA - Part 2
• Tame BIG Processes with SAP Operational Process Intelligence, powered by SAP HANA - Part 3
• Last call ASUG members! Join Monday webcast on SAP Operational Process Intelligence
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• Attending SAPPHIRE NOW? Catch up with Process Orchestration & Operational Process Intelligence Champions!
• Meet SAP Operational Process Intelligence, Workflow and BPM Champions at ASUG Annual Conference
• NEW! Webcast: Driving Big Value from Big Processes with SAP OPInt on SAP HANA - Join us on June 19!

Additional Information

• Documentation on SAP Help Portal
• SAP Operational Process Intelligence on sap.com

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• Process Orchestration