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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