Introduction
In the upcoming days and weeks, we will be posting new videos to the
SAP HANA Academy to show new features and functionality introduced with
SAP HANA cockpit 2.0 SP 08, released October 2018.
For the full
SAP HANA cockpit playlist on YouTube, see
For the complete list of the
SAP HANA cockpit 2.0 What's New blogs, see
For the
Getting Started with SAP HANA cockpit 2.0 blog, see
Installation and Update
No changes: the installation and update process for SP08 is the same as for the previous release(s).
Video Tutorial
https://youtu.be/wFAZiue_FFM
Administration and Monitoring
Tutorial Video
https://youtu.be/4wlRqxH3d7Q
https://youtu.be/j4hJc97tvh4
Navigation Enhancements
Several enhancements have been made to make it easier to work your way around in Cockpit:
- Lateral navigation
- Recent Activity and Frequently Used in the Me area
- Navigate directly to a targeted resource from Cockpit Manager to Cockpit
Password Reset
Change password for Cockpit users is now self-service through
Me area >
Settings. Previously only a cockpit user administrator could change passwords.
For the documentation, see
Global Collection Settings Override
For APCA (availability, performance, capacity, and alerts) collections, use the Cockpit Manager to manage global settings, or edit a registered resource and override the global settings for that particular resource.
For the documentation, see
Workload Management
Configure a query timeout and/or choose between relative or absolute values for the statement thread and statement memory limit, and when importing workload classes, a message dialog keeps you informed on the number that have imported, skipped or overwritten.
For the documentation, see
SAP HANA Database Explorer
Tutorial Video
https://youtu.be/-zO8hWjcWl0
Autosave
The content of the SQL console is saved 30 seconds after your last keystroke, when you use the
Run menu, your console is connected to a database, or when you close your console or browser. All saved SQL consoles are re-opened with their content (but not result sets) when you next open database explorer.
Report Code Coverage
The
Analyze menu of the SQL console now includes the
Report Code Coverage option, which gathers position (line, column, start, end) coverage information for SQLScript procedures, functions, and anonymous blocks.
The Hide/Show Columns icon on the toolbar allows you to specify which type of data to download: hidden columns, filtered rows, or both.
For the documentation, see
User Management and Security Administration
Tutorial Video
https://youtu.be/08WncLETLGA
Auditing
XS Advanced auditing logs are included in the audit table viewer and step-by-step guidance ("wizard") has been added for creating audit policies.
For the documentation, see
User Management
Last log on time and deactivated since are displayed in User Management.
JWT identify provider management (create, update, delete) is now available as an app. Previously, only the SQL interface was provided.
Navigation between role assignment and role definition has been simplified.
For HDI roles, you can choose between the HDI Container API procedure (requires EXECUTE on the GRANT_CONTAINER_SCHEMA_ROLES procedure in the container's API schema) or using SQL (role admin).
For the documentation, see
Encryption
The encryption algorithm used in now displayed in the app.
Backup and Recovery
Scheduling Backup
Schedule tenant backups from the system database (system-wide backups):
For the documentation, see
Performance Monitoring and Analysis
Tutorial Video
https://youtu.be/Om-6-mmNDlU
Capture and Replay
On the
Capture Configuration page, turn on the
Abstract SQL Plan to capture abstract SQL plans on the source system and to export them to the file system, or turn on the SQL Input Parameters option to see the parameter values in the replay report.
From the
Replay Management page:
- Open the Replay List tab to see the status of the started replays with more information under Details
- Stop a started replay using the Stop button in the Replay Status column.
- Start the preprocess from the Preprocess Status column in the Replay Candidate tab.
On the
Replay Report:
- Filter the slower statements by elapsed time, CPU time, and execution time using the drop-down button in the Slower Statement section.
- Sort the displayed statements by clicking directly the column header.
For the documentation, see
Performance Monitoring
Monitor Statements consolidates Statement Monitor, SQL Plan Cache, and Expensive Trace Monitor from previous releases into a single view.
Configure the SQL plan cache size or clear all plan cache.
Save SQL plans within the SAP HANA database as PLV files under SAP HANA trace folder, and download the files to your hard drive.
Choose from predefined KPI preset views and define custom views on the
Performance Monitor page.
Perform remote imports of nameserver history trace.
For the documentation, see
SQL Analyzer
View details on the query compilation process in the
Compilation Summary section of the SQL Analyzer with
Recommendations on how to improve the SQL performance provided.
Delete PLV files from the SAP HANA trace folder on the Manage Saved Plans page; update the location for abstract SQL plans; migrate abstract SQL plans to the latest SAP HANA database release:
For the documentation, see
Workload Analyzer
To access
Workload Analyzer, select the
CPU Usage,
Disk Usage,
Memory Usage, or
SQL Statements tiles from
Overview or through the
Capture Management page for analysis of captured workloads as the dedicated tile has been removed from the
Overview page.
For the documentation, see
Memory Analysis
Filter the display of tables using Chart Value, Show Top, Filter by Schema(s), and Time Range filter options.
For the documentation, see
Administration and Monitoring (Other)
Access to SAP HANA Add-On Capabilities
New tiles for SAP HANA options on the System Overview page (Accelerator for ASE, Dynamic Tiering, Remote Data Sync, Smart Data Access, and Streaming Analytics).
Table Distribution and Table Placement Editor
Specify rules for where new tables/partitions are placed or where tables/partitions are moved during a redistribution with the table placement editor.
Additionally, several enhancements have been made to table distribution. For the documentation, see
Log Viewing
Find and read entries in the cockpit's operational logs and view the logs to troubleshoot problems like missing monitoring data on cockpit pages, resource registration failure, and connection timeouts.
For the documentation, see
Documentation
New features and known issues are documented in
For all SAP HANA cockpit documentation, see
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