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Hi BW enthusiasts!In this blog post, I would like to dive deeper into Housekeeping, an area sometimes a bit neglected in BW-systems. The focus here is actually on BW Request Housekeeping.To start with, it is important to understand which kind of requ...

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Hello BW enthusiasts!It has become a bit quiet around SAP BW in general - although the fourth major version, SAP BW/4HANA 2023, has just been released recently. Here an overview of the BW/4HANA releases and their maintenance periods:SAP BW/4HANA 1.0:...

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Hello BW enthusiasts!In one of my earlier blogs, I put a spotlight on BW Transformations in HANA Runtime from ODP sources. The trigger came from lessons learned during an in-place conversion to SAP BW/4HANA were my team ran into situations causing so...

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Dear all,as the name implies, SAP BW/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA are fully integrated with the underlying SAP HANA platform. This also means, that the physical data model changed compared to their predecessor products (for example in FICO area). Some tables...

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Hello Data Warehousing enthusiasts!On March 08, 2023 we announced a new product, SAP Datasphere. SAP Datasphere, the next generation of SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, is a comprehensive data service that enables every data professional to deliver seamless...

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Hi,the rule of thumb is - there is no change of DB size, especially in an inplace conversion.You can reduce the the size by housekeeping only, but that normally happens in the preparation of BW 7.5 for the conversion. 0TCT InfoProviders might consume...

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Thanks for sharing Ravikanth.I have added a reference to this blog post in the central SAP BW/4HANA Cloud Integration blog.Regards Frank

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Hallo,eine gute Zusammenfassung findet sich in diesem Blog:https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-blogs-by-sap/sap-business-planning-and-consolidation-sap-bpc-strategy/ba-p/13512347Bei weiteren Unklarheiten, am besten dort im Blog den Autor fragen.G...

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Hi,did you run the task list SAP_BW4_AFTER_UPGRADE? It includes a task to activate the cockpit.An important step, which is too often overlooked unfortunately!Also helpful to know these two transactions:BW4WEB to lauch the cockpitBW4CHECK to test if a...

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Hi Vipin,if CDC is missing, it might be for different reasons:1) Full load is regarded as feasible/accepted, CDC is not required. E.g. for most MD loads.2) Maybe there is a timestamp/date in the source available, and a generic delta is possible.Guida...

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