SAP Datasphere News in April

kpsauer · ‎2024 May 03

April was for real 💯 with regards to great new features for SAP Datasphere. There are also lots of excellent new blogs in the community and in case you missed it, our What’s New in SAP Datasphere session covering Q1 just ran in early April.

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What’s New in SAP Datasphere Q1 2024 Webinar

We just ran our Q1 What’s New in SAP Datasphere session on April 10th 2024. No worries, in case you missed it. The session covering the features and functions delivered in Q1 2024 was recorded and is available on YouTube.
Watch the recording 👇

My top features in April

➡️ Confluent Kafka as Target for Replication Flows

After delivering the native Apache Kafka connection already back in November 2023, you can now use Confluent Kafka and the corresponding connection type to add targets to replication flows.
For more information: Using Confluent Kafka As the Target and Integrating Data via Connections

➡️ Cataloging offers ability to add an SAP Datasphere, SAP BW bridge as a Source System

You can add an SAP Datasphere, SAP BW bridge system to the catalog and have the metadata objects monitored and extracted to the catalog. Once extracted, you can publish these objects as assets to the catalog and use them in the impact and lineage diagram.
For more information: Connecting to Data Sources and Evaluating Catalog Assets

➡️ Measure Type Non-Cumulative Measure for Analytic Models

You can now create non-cumulative measures for analytic models. This type of measure is used for cases where measure values describe a state that is not changing every day. For example, you can use non-cumulative measures to calculate the stock in a warehouse, the bank balance of an account or certain values in HR use cases.
For more information: Create a Non-Cumulative Measure .

➡️ Add a Visual Tenant Type Indicator

When you are working with multiple tenants you can now add a visual tenant type indicator to distinguish which system you are using. For example, between a test or production system. When enabled, a colored information bar is visible to all users of the tenant, and the browser favicon is updated with the matching color.
For more information: Display Your System Information

Blogs for our Japanese Community

My top blogs in April

Excellent blog from @AlexLePape outlining the integration of SAP Datasphere with the Customer Data Platform (CDP) through Direct Data Access
➡️ Unlocking the Power of Customer Data – SAP Customer Data Platform and SAP Analytics Cloud.

@ClaudiaFiess started a blog series about SAP extractors and SAP Datasphere with many great details on the different scenario options:
➡️ Exploring Integration Options in SAP Datasphere with the focus on using SAP extractors
➡️ Exploring Integration Options in SAP Datasphere with the focus on using SAP extractors - Part II

Another favorite in April is @jaigupta excellent deep dive into currency conversion and the derivation of variables
➡️ Using Variable derivation for currency conversion measures within Analytic Model

The last blogs I’d like to highlight is about the command line interface. @Yves_Kipfer checks on the new feature of CRUD operations
➡️ Use CRUD Operations with SAP Datasphere Command-Line-Interface

More blogs to check out

Find more information and related blog posts on the topic page for SAP Datasphere. You will find further product information on our Community with various subpages about Getting Started, Business Content, the SAP BW Bridge as well as content for Best Practices & Troubleshooting and the FAQ for SAP Datasphere.

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