SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAP Operation with SAP HANA. Analysis Product Management November 2013

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1 SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAP Operation with SAP HANA Analysis Product Management November 2013

4 HANA Scope in Analysis OLAP (BI 4.1 SP2)

5 SAP HANA, modern platform for real real-time What is SAP HANA? SAP HANA is a modern platform leveraging the power of in-memory computing Enables to drive businesses in real-time on an ever increasing massive volume of data Can be deployed as an appliance or delivered via the cloud Benefits Innovative yet non-disruptive platform for managing large volumes and variety of data at high speeds Real-time access with real-time replication services and data integration capabilities Complete and instant insight with flexible data calculation engines, reporting and analytics models Simplified IT landscape with a multi-purpose inmemory appliance and reduced layers 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 5

6 SAP HANA and Analysis, edition for OLAP Two Scenarios BI Consumer Services Analysis, edition for OLAP SAP HANA SAP NetWeaver BW SAP HANA Scenario 1: Native SAP HANA Connectivity This document focuses on this scenario Scenario 2: SAP HANA as database for SAP NetWeaver BW Works like Analysis directly against SAP BW 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 6

7 HANA Features HANA Objects Use the information modeler in SAP HANA Studio to create views that facilitate analysis of your data. These views are based on data in the underlying tables and do not contain data themselves. Analysis, edition for OLAP, can connect to: Analytic views Graphically built InfoProvider type artifacts Calculation views Built with SQL scripts that contain an additional logical view SAP AG. All rights reserved. 7

8 HANA Features Analysis OLAP supports all the typical analysis workflows on top of HANA 1.0+ Crosstab Navigation / Drilldown Member Filtering (including search) Sorting Swap Axes Measures on column, row or background axes Calculated measures (+,-,*,/) & Dynamic Calculations (e.g. Rank, Moving Average, etc.) Totals Aggregation Conditional Formatting Prompts / Variables Hierarchies in Analytic Views & Calculation Views Supports unbalanced hierarchies implemented with Parent/Child attribute views. Level based unbalanced hierarchies (with NULL values in leafs) are planned to be supported. Ragged hierarchies are planned to be supported in a future release 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 8

10 Key Capabilities

11 SAP Business Objects Analysis, edition for OLAP on SAP HANA Key Capabilities Web-based BI Client for data analysis Direct Access to Analytic and Calculation Views from SAP HANA Native Support for key HANA calculation capabilities Focused Analysis with time slider on charts Hierarchical Charts Support for hierarchies in Analytic Views and prompts Side by side analysis of multiple views and data sources Interoperability across Analysis Suite 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 11

12 SAP Business Objects Analysis, edition for OLAP on SAP HANA Key Capabilities Web-based BI Client for data analysis Direct Access to Analytic and Calculation Views from SAP HANA Native Support for key HANA calculation capabilities 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 12

14 SAP Business Objects Analysis, edition for OLAP on SAP HANA Key Capabilities Side by side analysis of multiple views and data sources SSAS and SAP HANA data in one workspace 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 14

15 SAP Business Objects Analysis, edition for OLAP on SAP HANA Key Capabilities Interoperability across Analysis Suite Workspace is re-usable across the Analysis BI Client Suite 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 15

16 Best Practices

17 Modeling Optimize your HANA model for Analysis, edition for OLAP Size of Analytic Views and Calculation Views Avoid too many measures and dimensions in one calculation view We recommend building several smaller, more dedicated calculation views Facilitates interaction with Analysis OLAP Utilize modeling capabilities Use texts and attributes in analytic and calculation views 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 17

18 Interaction Best Practices for interaction Use analysis views within Analysis, edition for OLAP Store your navigation status and filters via analysis views Analysis views are a good starting point for your end users 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 18

19 Configuration Optimize the default configuration Analysis edition for OLAP is pre-configured with certain safety belt defaults. One of these defaults limits the number of cells returned by a query. Change this default from 100,000 to 500,000 cells. CMC > Servers > Servers List > AdaptiveProcessingServer > Properties 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 19

20 How to set up Analysis OLAP for SAP HANA

21 Define SAP HANA connection in BI 4.0 SP4+ SAP BusinessObjects BI4.0 SP4 onwards already includes the necessary client files to connect to SAP HANA. Use the CMC to define a connection to a HANA analytic or calculation view CMC > OLAP Connections > New Connection Choose SAP HANA as the provider Enter values for Server and Port Click Connect and choose your analytic view or calculation view Select pre-defined or prompted authentication Click Save 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 21

22 Security - Authentication Security - Authentication Access to HANA is enabled via OLAP Connections defined by an administrator from the CMC Choice of one OLAP Connection per SAP HANA view or one OLAP Connection per SAP HANA server (lets the user choose which views they want to report off) 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 22

23 Security - Authorizations Security - Authorization Data is secured in SAP HANA Access to Workspaces and OLAP Connections in SAP BI4 Item to secure In SAP HANA 1.0 In SAP BI 4.0 Attribute view Analytic view Calculation view Data level restrictions Connection to SAP HANA server or view - SBO Analysis workspaces SAP AG. All rights reserved. 23

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