Introduction: SAP BW bridge is a functional enhancement of SAP Datasphere and enables ABAP-based data extraction and staging capabilities within SAP Datasphere. It provides customers who are running SAP Business Warehouse or SAP BW/4HANA with access to the public cloud as it offers SAP BW capabilities directly in SAP Datasphere. SAP BW Bridge for SAP […]
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Enhancing BW datasources based on ODP_CDS – useful for Datasphere too!
The need to enhance SAP Standard Datasources is a familiar requirement for a BW consultant. Traditional SAPI datasources are routinely enhanced using custom appends and exit/badi ABAP code or for Logistics datasources additional pool fields can be added via the LBWE LO cockpit. While SAPI DataSources remain the mainstay of most BW systems, ODP_CDS Datasources […]
How to map SAP ERP fields to SAP BW/4HANA InfoObjects?
Introduction It could be cumbersome for BW developers while trying to find appropriate InfoObjects to use in InfoProviders. BW developers often ask themselves if there are any standard InfoObjects that they can use for mapping with SAP ERP fields and therefore, use in the InfoProviders such as DSO. In this blog post, I’m going to […]
Conversion to SAP Data Warehouse Cloud: Conversion Paths and Cloud Transformation Steps
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 […]
Enabling Dynamic Fiscal filtering in SAC (BW Live)
At time of writing, SAP Analytics Cloud (Q4, 2021.20) does offer dynamic calendar-based time filtering. This enables users to quickly analyse data for periods such as Current Year, Quarter and Month to Date. The same functionality is also exposed when working with SAP BW Live models containing a 0CALDAY dimension. The limitation is that for […]
SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, SAP BW bridge: Overview and Technical Deep Dive
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 […]
ADSO Remodeling: Cases after implementation of notes 3006437 and 3019867
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 […]
Remote SAP BW/4HANA Meta data conversion in detail
Remote Conversions from BW 7.3/7.4 to SAP BW/4HANA are a new tool in the toolbox adding to the In-Place conversion option. In this blog post I will focus on our firsthand experience with remote conversions and point out the steps needed for a successful migration. A remote conversion consists of 2 Steps. Step 1 the […]
BW4HANA Workspaces
A BW Workspace is a dedicated area inside SAP BW/4HANA that is used to upload local data and combine this with central data. It exposes central EDW data in a logical way to be consumed and enhanced with local data by business users. BW Workspaces are integrated into BW4HANA, but in full control of business. […]
ABAP Code identification/Search in SAP BW or SAP BW/4HANA system
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 […]