Microsoft Excel is considered the most common BI reporting and analysis tool by many organizations. Business Managers and Analysts can connect it to HANA database to draw Pivot tables and charts for analysis.

Connecting MS Excel to HANA

Open Excel and go to Data tab → from other sources → click on Data connection wizard → Other/ Advanced and click on Next → Data link properties will open.

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Choose SAP HANA MDX Provider from this list to connect to any MDX data source → Enter HANA system details (server name, instance, user name and password) → click on Test Connection → Connection succeeded → OK.

It will give you the list of all packages in drop down list that are available in HANA system. You can choose an Information view → click Next → Select Pivot table/others → OK.

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All attributes from Information view will be added to MS Excel. You can choose different attributes and measures to report as shown and you can choose different charts like pie charts and bar charts from design option at the top.

Bi 4.0 Connectivity to Hana Views

Reporting Tools

Web Intelligence and Crystal Reports are most common BI tools that are used for reporting. WebI uses a semantic layer called Universe to connect to data source and these Universes are used for reporting in tool. These Universes are designed with the help of Universe design tool UDT or with Information Design tool IDT. IDT supports multisource enabled data source. However, UDT only supports Single source.

Main tools that are used for designing interactive dashboards- Design Studio and Dashboard Designer. Design Studio is future tool for designing dashboard, which consumes HANA views via BI consumer Service BICS connection. Dashboard design (xcelsius) uses IDT to consume schemas in HANA database with a Relational or OLAP connection.

SAP Lumira has an inbuilt feature of directly connecting or loading data from HANA database. HANA views can be directly consumed in Lumira for visualization and creating stories.

Office Analysis uses an OLAP connection to connect to HANA Information views. This OLAP connection can be created in CMC or IDT.

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In the picture given above, it shows all BI tools with solid lines, which can be directly connected and integrated with SAP HANA using an OLAP connection. It also depicts tools, which need a relational connection using IDT to connect to HANA are shown with dotted lines.

Relational vs OLAP Connection

The idea is basically if you need to access data from a table or a conventional database then your connection should be a relational connection but if your source is an application and data is stored in cube (multidimensional like Info cubes, Information models) then you would use an OLAP connection.

A Relational connection can only be created in IDT/UDT.
An OLAP can be created in both IDT and CMC.

Another thing to note is that a relational connection always produces a SQL statement to be fired from report while an OLAP connection normally creates a MDX statement

Information Design Tool

In Information design tool (IDT), you can create a relational connection to an SAP HANA view or table using JDBC or ODBC drivers and build a Universe using this connection to provide access to client tools like Dashboards and Web Intelligence as shown in above picture.

You can create a direct connection to SAP HANA using JDBC or ODBC drivers.

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About the Course

SAP HANA is an in-memory computing application that is designed and developed to boost the business processes, deliver smart solutions, and simplify both hardware and software environments. Our Sap Hana Training course will help you understand and learn the fundamentals and will also felicitate on training hands-on for the better grasp on the course. Further, we have the highly qualified professionals who will train you about Sap Hana Studio, Modelling, Security features and its various other aspects. You will understand why SAP HANA is a fundamentally different database engine upon the completion of this SAP HANA course.

Why Should you take SAP HANA Training?

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What you will Learn in this Course?

Introduction to SAP HANA

Fundamentals of SAP HANA
Capabilities of SAP HANA
Limitations of SAP HANA

Key Features of SAP HANA

Key Features: High Performance functionalities In-Memory computing, Columnar store database, Data Compression and Massive Parallel Processing
Using SAP HANA for Non-SAP Applications

Architecture of SAP HANA

Detailed Architecture of SAP HANA Database
Concept of SAP HANA Landscapes and Scenarios

Overview of HANA Studio

SAP HANA System – Perspectives, Administration, Modelling, Development Plan
HANA Database SQL Basics and Database SQL Script
Types of statements and data types
Operators, expressions and basic query execution
Sub-queries, Types of Joins, Expressions and Loops
Catalog – Schema, Table, Views, Functions, Stored Procedures, Index, Synonyms, Sequences, Triggers

Data Provisioning

Data Provisioning with Flat File upload
Provisioning – SDA (Smart Data Access)
Joins Types in HANA

SAP HANA Modelling

Types of Models
Attribute Views, Joins and Using Filter Operations
Creating Restricted and Calculated Columns
Using Hierarchies
Analytic Views – Star Schema design and Multi-Dimensional Modelling
Variables and Input parameters

Calculation Views

Dimension Calculation View
Information View
SAP HANA Variables
Introduction to Input Parameters

SAP Project

Using HANA analytical view building of COPA (Controlling and Profitability Analysis) model
SAP HANA COPA for evaluation of market segments and classification of markets according to the products, customers or any combination of it

Dimension Calculation View

Dimension Calculation View – Star Join Calculation view
Using Projection, Join, Aggregation, Union and Rank

In-depth Modelling

Refactoring information models
Schema Mapping
Propagate to schematics and Show Lineage
Schema Mapping
Generating Time Data
Union Pruning
Using Time Travel
Migrating deprecated Information models
Using Currency Conversion
Web based Modelling Work bench

Analytic Privileges and Decision Tables

Classical Analytic Privileges
SQL Analytic Privileges
Dynamic analytic Privileges.
Turning Business Rules into Decision tables
Table Functions

SAP HANA Table Function

Query Optimizing Technique related to SAP HANA Tables
Web Based Modelling work bench

SAP HANA on Cloud

SAP Analytics with SAP Reporting environment SAP BOBJ – tools, WEBI, LUMIRA, DASHBOARD (integration between sap Hana and bob)

Advanced Topics Overview

SAP HANA Dynamic tiering
Delta Merge
SDI (Smart Data Integration)
SDA (Smart Data Access)

DATA Provisioning

SLT – SAP Landscape Transformation
BODS – Business Objects Data Services

Analytical Privileges

Classical XML Based Analytical Privileges
SQL Analytical Privileges

HANA Administration and Security

Hana Administration
Security in SAP HANA – User Management

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