This was a SAP User Group webcast this week. SAP's
karsten.ruf and
juergen.butsmann presented.
Juergen is presenting a session in 2 weeks at ASUG Annual Conference at this session, ASUG82186 - add to your agenda today:
Also see the ASUG BI Session Schedule
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S/4HANA - modern architecture
Omitted what they don't need
New user experience with Fiori - focus on processes, role based, possibility to align transactional and analytical components
Infinity sign - intelligent technologies; new business processes, next gen business processes, moving towards automated technology, predictions, new process models, can be designed by customers
Solutions more related to visualizations, planning, on the front-end.
Insight to action, aligning with steps
Includes EDW capabilities
An openness to link to data sources, making "the best of all the data"
HANA has SQL data warehouse with 2.0
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Easy to start with ADOCA table, drill into same environment, expand virtual data models.
Can embed decision support with forward looking view and new business process models
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One platform, SaaS direction, SAP and customer direction, get everything you need in terms of analytics from one application
One UX, one user experience, one system
Collaboration, engaging with colleagues
Augmented analytics (used to call predictive) - augment out of the box, use natural language to ask questions, cause and effect
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Faster to get results to BW/4HANA
Uses LSA++ architecture
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Complete picture with SAP Analytics Cloud, connecting to S/4HANA, native connectivity, predefined stories and content for the user
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Start at bottom, data is stored in SAP HANA
Establish a virtual data model, using technology of ABAP-based CDS, enhancing SQL
Data is retrieved, to Front-end, Fiori is HTML5, use OData services, an open standard that can be used
Building up screen, rendering how front end looks like, using the transient queries, the analytical engine
Not a "BW project" in S/4HANA
SAP Analytics Cloud offers Digital Boardroom
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Embedded the story, contextual linkage, one user experience...(planned)
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Do I still need a data warehouse? Yes
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Safeguard mission critical systems, BW/4HANA is still data warehouse to "go to"
Idea of combining BW/4HANA and and Native SQL Data Warehousing - mixed case scenario is still a valid scenario"
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Usage of Embedded BW - see lower right
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First extractor based for CDS Views planned for 1905
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Data Federation - streaming type
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Check what is still working in BW (extractors), housekeeping,
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Details
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Where do requirements fall?
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This was a lot of content packed into 1 hour. I'm still processing it; it was a great webcast.