SAP HANA 1.0 November 2015 English SAP HANA Big Data Intelligence rapiddeployment solution: Software and Delivery Requirements SAP SE Dietmar-Hopp-Allee 16 69190 Walldorf Germany Document Revisions 0 1 2 Date
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Table of Contents Contents 1 Purpose of the Document... 5 2 General Project Prerequisites... 5 3 Technical Requirements... 5 3.1 Software Product Versions... 6 3.2 Semantic Intelligence... 6 3.3 SAP Solution Manager and SAP Solution Manager Content Add-On... 7 3.4 Signal Intelligence for Monitoring and Predictive Analysis... 7 3.5 Signal Intelligence for Transformer Load Analysis... 9 3.6 Stream Intelligence for Web Stream Analysis... 9 3.7 SAP Notes... 10 SAP SE Public Page 4 of 10
1 Purpose of the Document This document contains information to: Validate that key prerequisites such as software products and versions match the customer situation Check that all prerequisites for a customer implementation are in place Check that correct content, tools and skills are in place before the project starts The document lists different kinds of requirements on package level if they are valid for all scope items included in the package. For requirements valid for certain scope items only, these scope items are mentioned. This SAP HANA Big Data Intelligence rapid-deployment solution is designed for use in different industries and lines of business to address particular use cases for those areas. Software requirements are dependent on your choice of use cases. The uses cases provided by this rapid-deployment solution are: Semantic Intelligence Signal Intelligence for Monitoring and Predictive Analysis Signal Intelligence for Transformer Load Analysis Stream Intelligence for Web Stream Analysis The document contains pre-requisites only, not the procedures to meet them. For how-to information (e.g. how to find the download area) please refer to the configuration guides. 2 General Project Prerequisites The following prerequisites need to be in place before an implementation project can start. Prerequisite Kick off and workshop dates, location and attendees agreed team allocated with correct skills and training in place Project sponsors and stakeholder identified Hardware fully commissioned Software licenses in place Infrastructure team can respond to requests quickly enough e.g. CSS notes, BW content, patches, user requests, authorization changes and transports Remote access is in place for SAP consultants and SAP Active Global Support Decision made whether pre-assembled delivery will be used Tool for project repository and collaboration agreed Test management tool agreed 3 Technical Requirements Responsibility This section contains technical requirements in different areas. For each requirement, the relevance for scope items of the package is provided. SAP SE Public Page 5 of 10
All use cases require the edition; though additional requirements are dependent on the particular use case you deploy. 3.1 Software Product Versions The following software products and versions are required: 3.2 Semantic Intelligence Semantic Intelligence (SEI) use case provides sentiment analysis, social analytics, and context reasoning for brand and product marketing, as well as promotion, product, content, category, service, and loyalty management. Required software for SEI: edition edition 1.0 SPS10 SAP HANA server SAP HANA client SAP HANA studio The delivery unit for SAP UI5 and Text Analysis configurations would be part of the SAP HANA installation. SAP Data Services SAP DATA SERVICES 4.2 SP05 Server and Designer SAP Data Services (DS) has dependencies on SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) platform (or IPS - Information platform services) for security and user management SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform (ENTERPRISE) SBOP BI platform 4.1 SP02 SBOP BI PLATFORM SERVERS The SBOP BI platform components required by SAP Data Services may optionally be provided by SAP BusinessObjects Information platform services (IPS). IPS has limited functionality and the solution documentation only supports SBOP BI platform For additional information, see SAP Note 1740516 For more information, see the SAP Product Availability Matrix, http://service.sap.com/pam Optional Software for SEI: Optional software is listed in case you want to extend your implementation and any set-up or configuration is out of scope for the rapid-deployment solution. SAP SE Public Page 6 of 10
SAP LUMIRA (VISUAL INTELLIGENCE) SAP LUMIRA 1.0 latest SP all Optional for creating reports and dashboards 3.3 SAP Solution Manager and SAP Solution Manager Content Add-On For the implementation of the solution package, SAP Solution Manager is recommended. Product Product Version Comments SAP Solution Manager SAP Solution Manager 7.0 Enhancement Package 1 SP18 or higher - Or - SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP01 or higher - Or - SAP Solution Manager 7.1 on HANA (ST 712) SP00 or higher If using SAP Solution Manager 7.0 with SP below 24, see SAP Note 1579267. For SAP rapid-deployment solutions, implementation content is available in SAP Solution Manager templates. The SAP Solution Manager template for this solution package is in the ST-RDS 100 content add-on. You can download the latest available ST-RDS 100 content add-on from SAP Software Download Center on SAP Service Marketplace at Support.sap.com/swdc. For more information about downloading and installing ST-RDS 100 content add-ons, see SAP Note 1726649 and SAP Note 1686668 respectively. In the ST-RDS 100 content add-on, access the template in the following way: If you have SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP04 or lower, select the template ID and template name in the table below. If you have SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP05 or higher, select the solution package name(s) in the table below. Template ID and Template Name Solution Package Name(s) RDS_BDI_HANA10V3 - SAP HANA Big Data Intelligence rapid-deployment solution_v3 SAP HANA Big Data Intelligence rapid-deployment solution_v3 3.4 Signal Intelligence for Monitoring and Predictive Analysis The Signal Intelligence (SII) use case provides analysis and predictive capabilities for machine or asset loads, availability, and maintenance planning. SAP SE Public Page 7 of 10
Required Software for SII edition edition 1.0 SPS10 SAP HANA server SAP HANA client SAP HANA studio SAP Smart Data Streaming The delivery unit for SAP UI5 and Text Analysis configurations would be part of the SAP HANA installation. SAP HANA Application Function Library (AFL) must be enabled for SAP HANA instance to operate the solution. SAP Smart Data Streaming, if installed, can be used instead of SAP ESP. SAP Event Stream Processor (SAP ESP) SAP ESP platform 5.1 SAP ESP server SAP ESP client tools (needed in case project has to be opened for extensions) Standard platform with SAP Plant Connectivity (PCo) Stream adapter enabled. If SAP Smart Data Streaming is not available, SAP ESP can be used. SAP Plant Connectivity (PCo) SAP Plant Connectivity 15.0 SAP Plant Connectivity Standard platform with SAP ESP stream connectivity Optional Software for SII: Optional software is listed in case you want to extend your implementation and any set-up or configuration is out of scope for the rapid-deployment solution. SAP IQ SAP IQ platform 16.0.0.807 SAP IQ server SAP IQ client Optional; required when SAP IQ Near Line Storage is necessary for long term storage of raw data Apache Hadoop and Hive Apache Hadoop 2.7.1 ; HIVE 1.01 Not applicable Optional, though required when it is necessary to archive historical data in Hadoop for near-line storage For this solution, SAP only validated the specified Apache Hadoop and HIVE versions for the delivered sample content s configuration. The configuration of the sample content, provided with the solution, for Hadoop and HIVE is an option that is provided as a proof of concept example for SAP SE Public Page 8 of 10
integrating SAP HANA with remote server data, like Hadoop. The sample content s configuration has dependencies on Hadoop and HIVE that is out of SAP support and maintenance. Installation, configuration, and maintenance of Hadoop and HIVE versions or other vendor s Hadoop version is out of scope and not supported by SAP. 3.5 Signal Intelligence for Transformer Load Analysis The Signal Intelligence for Transformer Load Analysis use case provides load analysis for utilities to analyze load spikes and the resulting loss of life of transformers. Required Software for Transformer Load Analysis: edition edition 1.0 SPS10 SAP HANA server SAP HANA client SAP HANA studio SAP HANA Application Function Library (AFL) The delivery unit for SAP UI5 would be part of the SAP HANA installation. 3.6 Stream Intelligence for Web Stream Analysis The Stream Intelligence (STI) use case provides analysis of continuous streams, for example click streams, Web logs, energy streams, and so on. Required Software for STI: edition edition 1.0 SPS10 SAP HANA server SAP HANA client SAP HANA studio SAP Smart Data Streaming SAP HANA Enterprise Information Management The delivery unit for SAP UI5 and Text Analysis configurations would be part of the SAP HANA installation. SAP HANA Application Function Library (AFL) must be enabled for SAP HANA instance to operate the solution. SAP Smart Data Streaming, if installed, can be used instead of SAP ESP. SAP Event Stream Processor (SAP ESP) SAP ESP platform 5.1 SAP ESP server SAP ESP client tools (needed in case project has to be opened for extensions) If SAP Smart Data Streaming is not available, SAP ESP can be used. SAP SE Public Page 9 of 10
Optional Software for STI: Optional software is listed in case you want to extend your implementation and any set-up or configuration is out of scope for the rapid-deployment solution. SAP IQ SAP IQ platform 16.0.0.807 SAP IQ server SAP IQ client Optional, though required when SAP IQ Near Line Storage is necessary for long term storage of raw data Apache Hadoop and Hive Apache Hadoop 2.7.1; HIVE 1.0.1 Not applicable Optional, though required when it is necessary to archive historical data in Hadoop for near-line storage For this solution, SAP only validated the specified Apache Hadoop and HIVE versions for the delivered sample content s configuration. The configuration of the sample content, provided with the solution, for Hadoop and HIVE is an option that is provided as a proof of concept example for integrating SAP HANA with remote server data, like Hadoop. The sample content s configuration has dependencies on Hadoop and HIVE that is out of SAP support and maintenance. Installation, configuration, and maintenance of Hadoop and HIVE versions or other vendor s Hadoop version is out of scope and not supported by SAP. 3.7 SAP Notes The following SAP Notes need to be considered: SAP Note No Content Comments Relevance 1956985 Implementing SAP HANA Big Data Intelligence rapiddeployment solution. Before you start the activation of the related SAP Best Practices scope, check the latest versions of this SAP Note. The SAP Note includes the current SP levels required when implementing this solution. SAP SE Public Page 10 of 10