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BW/4HANA & SAP Analytics Cloud

Ronald Konijnenburg

Martijn van Foeken

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1. Why BW/4HANA?

2. Demo

3. SAP Analytics Cloud

4. Demo

Agenda

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Introduction

� BW on HANA (a.k.a SAP BW powered by SAP HANA)

� Introduced in 2012

� After the conversion to HANA, performance is

often no longer an issue

� No new developments

� BW/4HANA is the “next generation data warehouse”

� Optimized for HANA, runs only on HANA

� Introduced in 2016

� Developed continuously

� When to start planning for the move?

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Introduction

� BW on HANA (a.k.a SAP BW powered by SAP HANA)

� Introduced in 2012

� After the conversion to HANA, performance is

often no longer an issue

� No new developments

� BW/4HANA is the “next generation data warehouse”

� Optimized for HANA, runs only on HANA

� Introduced in 2016

� Developed continuously

� When to start planning for the move?

How about NOW…

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What is BW/4HANA?

Simplicity

•Simplified data structures

•Simplified data flows

•Data retention possibilities

Simplicity

•Simplified data structures

•Simplified data flows

•Data retention possibilities

Open

•Open Architecture, inbound and outbound

•Data integration with a multitude of sources

Open

•Open Architecture, inbound and outbound

•Data integration with a multitude of sources

Interface

•New UI

•Simplified administration

•Graphical modeller

Interface

•New UI

•Simplified administration

•Graphical modeller

Performance

•In memory

•Push down of logic

•Advanced Analytics

•Optimized for S/4HANA

Performance

•In memory

•Push down of logic

•Advanced Analytics

•Optimized for S/4HANA

Successor to BW on HANA

Successor to BW on HANA

Not part of NetWeaverNot part of NetWeaver

Only HANA optimized objects

Only HANA optimized objects

New code lineNew code line

Cloud or on premise

Cloud or on premise

Next Generation Datawarehouse

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Agility! NEW BW/4HANA Reference Architecture

Specific /

Virtual

Data Marts

Propagation

Integration

&

Harmonisation

Open ODS

Corporate

memoryInfoSource

PSA PSA

Inbound InfoSource Inbound InfoSource

Outbound InfoSource

Business logic

Integration & harmonisation logic

PSA

Text & Hierarchy Stamdata & transactiondata

Specific logic

BW

Managed

External

SDA

HANA table

SDA

HANA view

Reporting Dashboarding AnalysisFixed reporting

Field based

Object based

“golden keys”

• Extractions

• SDA/SDI

• SAP data via RFC

SAP S/4 Databases Cloud aps

Snapshots

SAC (cloud)

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Agility! NEW BW/4HANA Reference Architecture

Specific /

Virtual

Data Marts

Propagation

Integration

&

Harmonisation

Open ODS

Corporate

memoryInfoSource

PSA PSA

Inbound InfoSource Inbound InfoSource

Outbound InfoSource

Business logic

Integration & harmonisation logic

PSA

Text & Hierarchy Stamdata & transactiondata

Specific logic

BW

Managed

External

SDA

HANA table

SDA

HANA view

Reporting Dashboarding AnalysisFixed reporting

Field based

Object based

“golden keys”

• Extractions

• SDA/SDI

• SAP data via RFC

SAP S/4 Databases Cloud aps

Snapshots

SAC (cloud)

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Much, much more functionality than 7.5

� Transformations and DTPs in Eclipse

� SAP BW/4HANA Cockpit (UI5)

� Process chain modeller en monitoring

� Web and Mobile

� Data lifecycle management

� HADOOP for storage, via ADSO partioning

� Automated

� Improved Master data loads

� Faster, rollback, new interface

� SAP Data Hub integration

� Data hub workflow starter in process chain

� Open HUB to HDFS

� NDSO as a data source for BW/4HANA

� S/4HANA cloud integration

� SQL view on ADSOs for easier mixed modelling

� Improvement of Analytical engine

� Support for additional chart types with SAC Live

connection

� Waterfall Chart

� Geospatial

� Time Series

� Variance Chart

� Linked Analysis with more than one dimension

� Conditions

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Much, much more functionality than 7.5

� Transformations and DTPs in Eclipse

� SAP BW/4HANA Cockpit (UI5)

� Process chain modeller en monitoring

� Web and Mobile

� Data lifecycle management

� HADOOP for storage, via ADSO partioning

� Automated

� Improved Master data loads

� Faster, rollback, new interface

� SAP Data Hub integration

� Data hub workflow starter in process chain

� Open HUB to HDFS

� NDSO as a data source for BW/4HANA

� S/4HANA cloud integration

� SQL view on ADSOs for easier mixed modelling

� Improvement of Analytical engine

� Support for additional chart types with SAC Live

connection

� Waterfall Chart

� Geospatial

� Time Series

� Variance Chart

� Linked Analysis with more than one dimension

� Conditions

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SAP BW/4HANA – Summary of removed “Legacy”

Functionality

Simplification list

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And so we must convert, not migrate

BW/4HANA – Conversion paths – Remote/Shell conversion

Customer

case

Pre-work

&

Conversion

Release“old” BW

BW 3.x

BW

Unicode*

BW

7.3

BW

7.4

BW

7.5 SP04

1 step migration

via DMO/SUM

Transfer

Tools (add-on)

Green field

BW/4HANA

2.0

BW/4HANA 1.0

• (Data Conversion)

• Architecture Re-design

• Custom code adjustments (AMDP)

• New (big data) scenario’s

• SDI/SDA for virtual and persistent data

“old” BW

BW >=7.x

Remote

Conversion

BW/4HANA

1.0

*non Unicode is a seperate conversion step

BW/4HANA

2.0BW/4HANA 2.0

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One step Remote/Shell conversion into the Cloud

Customer

case

Pre-work

&

Conversion

Release“old” BW

BW 3.x

BW

Unicode*

BW

7.3

BW

7.4

BW

7.5 SP04

1 step migration

via DMO/SUM

Transfer

Tools (add-on)

Green field

BW/4HANA

2.0

BW/4HANA 1.0

• (Data Conversion)

• Architecture Re-design

• Custom code adjustments (AMDP)

• New (big data) scenario’s

• SDI/SDA for virtual and persistent data

“old” BW

BW >=7.x

One Step

Remote

Conversion

Into the

Cloud

BW/4HANA

1.0

*non Unicode is a seperate conversion step

BW/4HANA

2.0BW/4HANA 2.0

On-

premise

or

Colocation

Cloud at

AWS,

Azure,

Google

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SAP BW/4HANA – Interdobs Readiness Check

https://help.sap.com/viewer/p/SAP_READINESS_CHECK

• Relevant simplification

items

• SAP BW/4HANA sizing

• Compatibility of BW objects

with SAP BW/4HANA

• Compatibility of installed

Add-Ons with SAP

BW/4HANA

• Requires 4-6 weeks of

statistics (ST03)

• Requires installation and

running on production

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BW/4HANA – should I stay or should I go?

Move to 7.5

BW on HANA

2019

Move to new

objects

BW/4HANA

1.0

BW/4HANA

2.0

2020 2024

Move to new

objects

BW/4HANA

2.0

2019

Or…

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1. Why BW/4HANA?

2. Demo

3. SAP Analytics Cloud

4. Demo

Agenda

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Demo

• BW/4HANA Agile data flow

• Faster, faster, fastest!

https://youtu.be/wSHDnjs6U4E

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1. Why BW/4HANA?

2. Demo

3. SAP Analytics Cloud

4. Demo

Agenda

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One | Simple | Cloud

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The Augmented Analytics Journey

Conversational AI

A faster way to find answers

Search to Insight

Smart Insight

Automated Discovery

Understand what drives your business

Smart Discovery

Smart Insight

Predictive Automation

Anticipate the future

Smart Predict

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Smart Discovery – Why did this happen?

After selecting a measure or dimension,

Smart Discovery automatically generates a

story with up to 4 pages:

• Overview: data distribution, summary of

trends and patterns detected

• Key Influencers: top correlated variables,

insight quality, influence visualizations (only

created if a pattern is discovered)

• Unexpected Values: records identified as

outliers (only if a measure is selected)

• Simulation: interactive what-if simulation

(only if a measure is selected)

Overview Key Influencers

Outliers Simulation

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Conversational AI – Search To Insight

• Ask questions in natural language and

instantly generate the best visualizations

• Recognize important trends with the click

of a button

• Enhance visualizations with

in-context explanations

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