HANA backtrace 05/2012
This blog post series is a personal summary of what's up and new in the world of SAP HANA releases. Nothing official, but just what I read and stumbled over during the last week (or so) Lars Breddemann in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, In-Memory Business Data Management, SAP Developer Network, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Feb. 05, 2012 04:38 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

The Delta Puzzle – A beginner’s view.
This blog is about the author's view on generic delta extraction using function module. soorejkv in Beginner, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Feb. 03, 2012 04:00 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Analytics / BI conference season 2012 started
Do you have a favourite Analytics / BI conference in 2012? The season just started. Here is a first overview. Matthias Wild in Analytics, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects) [Feb. 03, 2012 01:35 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Starting the Journey
First in a series of blogs chronicling the writing process for the SAP HANA Essentials book. Jeffrey Word in In-Memory Business Data Management, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Jan. 30, 2012 11:59 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Comparisons of consuming BI web services using different methods
In this blog, I will very briefly go over different methods of consuming BI web services, comparing each of these methods with data retrieval times. These methods are also illustrated with some MDX samples where applicable. Kamal Nanduri. in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Jan. 29, 2012 03:15 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

What should a fresher in SAP do?
When you are new to SAP world, I wanted to know how should a fresher progress his career in this BIG SAP world. krishna tangudu in Beginner, Career Center, Search, Webinars, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Jan. 29, 2012 01:33 AM | 8 Comments | Permalink]

Alert Assortments: Concepts and Sending
Skimming through CCMS alerts and ways to send the notification via email laksh89 in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Jan. 28, 2012 02:21 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Sybase IQ as a Data Warehouse with BI : ASUG Webcast
This was Sybase IQ/BusinessObjects BI #ASUG webcast that SAP’s Balaji Krishna and Yuvaraj Raghuvir provided last year. How does Sybase IQ work with BusinessObjects? SAP HANA? Tammy Powlas in Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Jan. 28, 2012 02:08 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Hybrid Provider in a Nutshell
Hybrid Provider is one of the new infoproviders introduced in NW BW 7.30. In this blog, I am defining the BW Hybrid Provider in simplest way, based on the questions that come in my training classes. Nidhi Arora in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, SAP Education, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Jan. 25, 2012 01:57 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

SOAP Consumption of Easy Query
In this blog you will find information how ‘Easy Query’ provides data via SOAP based Web Service. You will find the information about the structure of the service and at the end a little example how you can check, that everything work fine. Christoph Lenschow in Analytics, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Jan. 24, 2012 07:51 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

BW 7.30: Process Chain and the art of Wizardry
Use the Data Flow Copy wizard to copy Process Chains Vasanth_BI in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Jan. 23, 2012 02:10 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

SAP BW 7.30 on HANA - Some questions unanswered!!
This blog talks about SAP HANA & SAP BW 7.30 on HANA and some questions that I have had discussions on and a few that I am yet to explore. Vishal Sanghvi in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, In-Memory Business Data Management [Jan. 22, 2012 04:02 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Introducing Data Warehouse InfoObjects - Part 2: Technical Details
InfoObjects often play an arbitrary double role: modeling the Data Warehouse Layer and multi-dimensional modeling the Reporting Layer. Consider segregation of duties by introducing a dedicated, independent set of InfoObjects: Data Warehouse InfoObjects. Part 2 of this blog series gives the technical details. Sander van Willigen in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Jan. 18, 2012 02:57 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Précis about the HybridProvider
Precis about the HybridProvider GV.Satyanarayana in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Jan. 18, 2012 02:57 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Introducing Data Warehouse InfoObjects - Part 1: Conceptual Overview
InfoObjects often play an arbitrary double role: modeling the Data Warehouse Layer and multi-dimensional modeling the Reporting Layer. Consider segregation of duties by introducing a dedicated, independent set of InfoObjects: Data Warehouse InfoObjects. Part 1 of this blog series gives a conceptual overview. Sander van Willigen in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Jan. 17, 2012 03:45 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

How to fill the setup tables with archived PO's
This weblog is about how to fill the setup tables in R/3 with which the purchase orders are archived. Shankar Narayana Kotagiri in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, SAP Developer Network [Jan. 16, 2012 12:13 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Big Unstructured Data
This post discusses the general process to follow for a large records digitization project, using the government initiative (PublicResource.org) as an example. Ina Felsheim in Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Data Integration and Quality Management, Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Jan. 13, 2012 11:41 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Pattern-based Partitioning using the SPO BAdI - Part 4: Use Cases
This blog series describes how to realize central definition and maintenance of partitioning patterns. The standard Semantically Partitioned Object (SPO) functionality is enhanced by implementing Business Add-in (BAdI) RSLPO_BADI_PARTITIONING and few control tables. It facilitates an automated (re)partitioning, either individually or collectively, and enables partitions, criteria, texts and Data Transfer Processes (DTPs) to be generated automatically and consistently. This is the last part of the blog series and explains few use cases based on SAP BW Layered, Scalable Architecture (LSA) data flow templates. Sander van Willigen in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Jan. 12, 2012 03:26 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

BW on HANA: Working of In-Memory Info Cube
This blog explains about working and Structure of In Memory Info Cube and how the data load gets faster when compared to Standard Info Cube. krishna tangudu in Beginner, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, ERP, In-Memory Business Data Management, Emerging Technologies [Jan. 11, 2012 02:29 PM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

Pattern-based Partitioning using the SPO BAdI - Part 3: Partitioning Patterns
This blog series describes how to realize central definition and maintenance of partitioning patterns. The standard Semantically Partitioned Object (SPO) functionality is enhanced by implementing Business Add-in (BAdI) RSLPO_BADI_PARTITIONING and few control tables. It facilitates an automated (re)partitioning, either individually or collectively, and enables partitions, criteria, texts and Data Transfer Processes (DTPs) to be generated automatically and consistently. This is the third part of the blog series and focuses on the partitioning patterns. Sander van Willigen in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Jan. 11, 2012 03:38 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The Big Data Crossroads of 2012
"Inside Market Data" and Sybase CTO Irfan Khan explore how Big Data, as well as emerging markets and technologies could profoundly shape investments in 2012. Derek Klobucher in Analytics, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Financial Excellence, Governance, Risk and Compliance, In-Memory Business Data Management [Jan. 10, 2012 05:15 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Pattern-based Partitioning using the SPO BAdI - Part 2: BAdI Managed Maintenance
This blog series describes how to realize central definition and maintenance of partitioning patterns. The standard Semantically Partitioned Object (SPO) functionality is enhanced by implementing Business Add-in (BAdI) RSLPO_BADI_PARTITIONING and few control tables. It facilitates an automated (re)partitioning, either individually or collectively, and enables partitions, criteria, texts and Data Transfer Processes (DTPs) to be generated automatically and consistently. This is the second part of the blog series and discusses how the BAdI Managed Maintenance works. Sander van Willigen in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Jan. 09, 2012 05:12 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Creation of New Data flow trough Wizard tool in SAP BW 7.3
Creation of New Data flow trough Wizard tool in SAP BW 7.3 GV.Satyanarayana in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Jan. 09, 2012 03:20 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

BW 7.30: Hierarchy loading becomes easier with the help of new framework
This blog explains the benefits and process of loading hierarchies with transformations and DTP, using new framework in BW 7.30 krishna tangudu in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, ERP, Beginner, Emerging Technologies, SAP Business Suite [Jan. 08, 2012 07:00 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Sometimes it is required to feed data from source fields which are of length > 60 into BW. In such cases while populating target fields into BW we get blank spaces
Sometimes it is required to feed data from source fields which are of length > 60 into BW. In such cases while populating target fields into BW we get blank spaces AnshulR in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Jan. 06, 2012 03:04 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Pattern-based Partitioning using the SPO BAdI - Part 1: Introduction
This blog series describes how to realize central definition and maintenance of partitioning patterns. The standard Semantically Partitioned Object (SPO) functionality is enhanced by implementing Business Add-in (BAdI) RSLPO_BADI_PARTITIONING and few control tables. It facilitates an automated (re)partitioning, either individually or collectively, and enables partitions, criteria, texts and Data Transfer Processes (DTPs) to be generated automatically and consistently. This is the first part of the blog series and introduces the topic. Sander van Willigen in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Jan. 06, 2012 02:58 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Examining the Total Cost of Relational Database Management Systems
The true cost of a relational database management system is more than what’s on the price tag. Users should regularly evaluate their total cost of ownership. Derek Klobucher in Business Solutions, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Financial Excellence [Jan. 06, 2012 02:55 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

OPM Elite Training is coming to Europe: 3-2-1-HANA -- APRIL 16-20, 2012, Prague, Czech Republic
BE THE FIRST TO HAVE LIVE SPEND 3.0, SCPM 2.0 and DEC 1.0 EXPERIENCE at the SAP BusinessObjects Operational Performance Management Elite Enablement. Learn about how SAP In-Memory Computing (HANA) will help operations and support Procurement and Supply Chain. Henner Schliebs in Analytics, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Enterprise Performance Management, Procurement and SRM, SAP EcoHub [Jan. 06, 2012 10:35 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator is NOT Dead
This blog focuses on BW 7.30 and BW Accelerator and the value the combination the two solutions bring to the customer. It provides details on how the new functionality delivered can provide an immediate impact on the TCO for BW customers. Josh Djupstrom in BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Jan. 05, 2012 01:53 PM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

BW on HANA: Working of In-Memory DSO
This blog explains you about In-Memory DSO and how the data activation gets faster when compared to the standard DSO. krishna tangudu in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, ERP, Beginner, In-Memory Business Data Management, Emerging Technologies [Jan. 05, 2012 01:53 PM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

BW 7.3 Training Courses
SAP BW 7.3 Training Courses Nicole Duffy in Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, SAP Education, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Jan. 05, 2012 12:32 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Easy Query as datasource for WebDynpro
SAP Netweaver 'Easy Query' can be used as a datasource for Web Dynpro applications. With the following description you can build up a WDA within 10 minutes. Martin Mayer in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Jan. 04, 2012 05:29 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Scopes of Data Volume Management Services for SAP BW
Goal of writing this blog is to convey the scopes and benefits from a Data Volume Management Service for BW systems. tilak ranjan in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Jan. 03, 2012 08:30 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Delta extraction for 0FI_GL_04 for every 30 minutes
Normally as SAP standard extraction the datasource 0FI_GL_04 will extract the delta data once a day. But our requirement is to fetch the data more than once a day that is 30 minutes. So I just wanted to share my experience on how I achieved it to meet the Client requirement. Ravikanth Indurthi in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Jan. 02, 2012 07:42 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP HANA Over Traditional Databases and Data Storage Capabilities
SAP HANA Over Traditional Databases and Data Storage Capabilities. Suresh Koduru in Beginner, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, ERP, Master Data Management (MDM) [Jan. 02, 2012 03:52 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

BW 7.30: Different ways to delete Master data
This blog explains different ways and advantages in which we can delete the master data using "New Master data deletion" wizard available in BW 7.30. krishna tangudu in ERP, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, SAP Business Suite, Beginner, Business Solutions [Jan. 01, 2012 03:32 AM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

Courses, Workshops, Certifications and the Future...
Time flies - and it does that even faster, when an in-memory database is used :-) So, make sure to take the training opportunities and catch up with the HANA train... Lars Breddemann in Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, In-Memory Business Data Management, SAP Developer Network, SAP Education [Dec. 30, 2011 06:20 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Café Innovation – 2012 New Year Resolution
2011 has been a year of excitement in the SAP world where the promises of 2010 were delivered on for customers; Enterprise Mobility and In-Memory computing are no longer great notions but reality. Looking ahead to 2012, we can definitely expect some discussion around many more business use cases in these areas. It is time to plan now for those discussions. Puneet Suppal in Analytics, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, In-Memory Business Data Management, Mobile, Social Media and Social Networks [Dec. 29, 2011 07:49 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP BW Version 7.3 – Overview of promising features!
This blog deals with some of the new features provided in BW 7.3 and their benefits. Shah Nawaz Shabuddin in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Dec. 27, 2011 03:45 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

BW 7.30: Dataflow Copy Tool: How to use Dataflow Copy tool to speed up the development activity
In this blog, I would like to explain how to use Dataflow Copy tool (wizard based tool) and understand how to copy an existing BW 7.x data flows and process chains.Which helps to decrease the development time. krishna tangudu in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, ERP, Beginner, Business Solutions, SAP Business Suite [Dec. 27, 2011 03:32 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP BW 7.3 Hierarchy Framework – a real-life example
So what do you when your client asks you to activate the customer hierarchy in reporting? Simple your say, you deep dive into ECC, look for the DataSource and activate. You do a quick RSA3 check and receive....no data. Your day just became a little more interesting. Ronald Konijnenburg in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Dec. 21, 2011 04:03 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

How to transport changes to very large ODSes in SAP BW
If your SAP BW landscape has some very large ODSes ( which is common to almost all BW instances ) - how do you transport changes to the same. A different look at how this can be achieved Arun Varadarajan in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Dec. 18, 2011 10:02 PM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

Upgrading to BW7.3 the unconventional way
Do you necessarily have to go through BW7.0 for upgrading from 3.x to 7.3 ..? How do you handle analysis authorizations in such a scenario and save time in your upgrade Arun Varadarajan in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Dec. 18, 2011 09:49 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Unconventional way of Dealing with Jobs during Upgrades with the help of programs
Handling Jobs when doing upgrades/Hot fixes with help of ABAP Programs its like looking the other way as to way it is normally handled through tedious steps/process flows laksh89 in ABAP, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, SAP Developer Network [Dec. 18, 2011 01:44 PM | 12 Comments | Permalink]

BW 7.30: Data Flow Migration tool: Migrating 3.x flows to 7.3 flows and also the recovery to 3.X flow
This blog explains about migration process and recovery process in BW 7.30. krishna tangudu in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, ERP, Beginner, Business Solutions, SAP Business Suite [Dec. 17, 2011 03:05 PM | 10 Comments | Permalink]

BW7.30:Exporting Hierarchy using Open Hub Destination into Flat file from BW 7.3
To explain how to use Open hub destination to export the hierarchy from BW 7.3 krishna tangudu in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, ERP, Beginner, Business Solutions, SAP Business Suite [Dec. 17, 2011 06:30 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

How to narrow the search results in report according to the hierarchy node
How to narrow the search results in report according to the hierarchy node. Sriman Kanchukommala in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Dec. 16, 2011 02:33 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Query Validation Using RSRT
Validating BEx query output data using TCode RSRT. Vasanth_BI in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Dec. 13, 2011 02:07 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

BEx Query - Control the values which are shown on F4
In this article I’d like to show how to control F4 values in BEx query according to some simple logic using BADI RSR_VARIABLE_F4_RESTRICT . Andrey Uryukin in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Dec. 12, 2011 10:38 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Looking for BPC demos, customer references, roadmaps, performance and sizing information, training, documentation or tips & tricks?
…if you are looking for to any of the items in the title then this blog might be holding the answer for you. We will provide links to all the valuable resources such as demos, sizing guides, customer video testimonials etc. Jens Koerner in Analytics, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Enterprise Performance Management, Financial Excellence [Dec. 12, 2011 10:28 PM | 5 Comments | Permalink]