Quick & Easy Datasphere – When to use Data Flow, Transformation Flow, SQL View?

SAP Datasphere, SAP BW/4HANA, BW SAP HANA Data Warehousing

Introduction In SAP Datasphere we can “enhance” a data set using different development artifacts like data flow, transformation flow or SQL view (Query/Table Function). In this blog article, I’ll share my point of view and decision process for development artefact selection. Datasphere Technical Limitations/Design Considerations Let’s first cover the most important factor; persistent data tables […]

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Consuming data from SAP Datasphere into Power BI via ODBC connector

SAP HANA, SAP HANA Cloud, SAP Analytics Cloud

I wanted to share my proof of concept about consuming data from SAP Datasphere into Power BI via ODBC connection (Open database connection) Required: Datasphere part: Login into Datasphere -> Space Management -> Choose the space and select Edit. Click Create and Make sure that you have enabled Expose for consumption by default Copy Database […]

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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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Step-by-step Financial Statement Version Reporting with Currency Type Characteristic on S/4 Hana + Embedded BW

SAP S/4HANA, BW SAP HANA Data Warehousing, BW SAP HANA Modeling Tools (Eclipse)

Motivation During analysis of a business process for reporting, some of the required developments for the need and how to develop them are crystal clear. We tend to think of the required development elements on-the-fly/instinctively while analyzing the process. Almost in a visual way, but sometimes, even after working in BI environment for 10 years, […]

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