How to call a BW ABAP-Backend from SAC Analytic Application

SAP Analytics Cloud, NW ABAP Gateway (OData), BW (SAP Business Warehouse)

Introduction There are several blogs showing how to organize interaction between SAC and S/4HANA using OData services. However, one cannot ignore the fact that SAC, as an analytical tool, often uses data from SAP BW or BW/4HANA. This blog provides a simple example of how an OData Service can be used to exchange information between […]

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Conversion to SAP Data Warehouse Cloud: Conversion Paths and Cloud Transformation Steps

SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, BW (SAP Business Warehouse), SAP BW/4HANA, SAP HANA, SAP HANA Cloud, SAP S/4HANA

Abstract Innovate your IT landscape with SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, which is SAP’s strategic target solution for all data warehousing use cases, in line with SAP’s data-to-value portfolio strategy. This blog post provides SAP BW and SAP BW/4HANA customers an overview of how existing on-premises investments can be converted to the cloud. More importantly, a […]

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SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, SAP BW bridge: Overview and Technical Deep Dive

SAP BW/4HANA, BW (SAP Business Warehouse), SAP HANA, SAP HANA Cloud, BW SAP HANA Data Warehousing, SAP Data Warehouse Cloud

Abstract This blog post is about a strategic feature of SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, namely the SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, SAP BW bridge. SAP offers its customers through RISE with SAP, the opportunity to move with a business transformation as a service (BTaaS) to the cloud. For BW customers, this means SAP BW to SAP […]

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Using SAP BW authorization relevant InfoObject in SAP Profitability and Performance Management reporting

BW (SAP Business Warehouse)

Let me discuss and explain to you the infoObject’s analytical authorizations. Let’ begin. What is analytical authorization? To be quick in explanation let’s have an example which will visualize this thing. You are chief of controlling department of company X. This company is parent company of 3 other child companies: A, B and C. In […]

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ADSO Remodeling: Cases after implementation of notes 3006437 and 3019867

SAP BW/4HANA, BW (SAP Business Warehouse)

Scope of this blog post will delve in to details of below use cases: As explained in the blog posts from Frank Riesner, note 3006437 brings a new RSADMIN parameter RSO_ADSO_ONLINE_CONV_THRESHOLD, that allows us to control the threshold limit of the number of records, beyond which the system triggers a remodeling request. However, in large […]

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ABAP Code identification/Search in SAP BW or SAP BW/4HANA system

SAP BW/4HANA, BW (SAP Business Warehouse)

Introduction I need to search a piece of ABAP code in my SAP BW system or in the SAP BW/4HANA System over the Custom/Standard Class/Methods, Start Routine, End Routine, Expert routines, Transformations, Include Programs and on Custom/Standard Function modules. There was a situation for me to find a particular function module used in all of […]

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SAP Analytics Cloud Story with HANA Live Connection ABAP Cache Warmer

SAP Analytics Cloud, BW (SAP Business Warehouse), SAP HANA

Next to most current and correct data, performance is another very important factor in analytics. In the blog “How to trace widgets in SAP Analytics Cloud stories connected via HANA Live Data Connection“ ( https://www.erpqna.com/how-to-trace-widgets-in-sap-analytics-cloud-stories-connected-via-hana-live-data-connection/ ) it was already described how to grep performance data and link them to a widget in a SAP Analytics […]

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