SAP HANA Big Data Intelligence rapid- deployment solution November 2014 English
SAP HANA Big Data Intelligence rapid-
deployment solution:
Software and Delivery Requirements
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Contents
SAP HANA Big Data Intelligence rapid-deployment solution Software Requirements ... 5
1 Overview of the Software Requirements for this solution ... 5
2 Purpose of the Document ... 6
3 General Project Prerequisites ... 6
4 Technical Requirements ... 7
4.1 Required Product Versions and the SAP Note ... 7
5 Software Requirements by Use Case ... 8
5.1 Semantic Intelligence ... 8
5.2 Signal Intelligence for Monitoring and Predictive Analysis ... 9
5.3 Signal Intelligence for Transformer Load Analysis ... 10
5.4 Stream Intelligence for Web Stream Analysis... 11
SAP HANA Big Data Intelligence rapid-deployment solution Software Requirements
SAP HANA® Big Intelligence rapid-deployment solution allows you to leverage the power of SAP HANA platform for big data scenarios.
This solution provides multiple use cases and the software requirements are dependent upon what you implement. Please read the entire document to understand the requirements for your
implementation.
1 Overview of the Software Requirements for this solution
SAP HANA Big Data Intelligence rapid-deployment solution is designed for use in different industries and lines of business to address particular use cases for those areas.
Software requirements are dependent on your choice of use cases. The uses cases provided by this rapid-deployment solution are:
Semantic Intelligence
Signal Intelligence for Monitoring and Predictive Analysis
Signal Intelligence for Transformer Load Analysis
Stream Intelligence for Web Stream Analysis
Software requirements will vary depending on the use case you deploy.
Review the entire document to understand the requirements for your implementation, as not all SAP software listed in the following section is required for every deployment.
2 Purpose of the Document
This document contains all information to:
Validate that key prerequisites such as software products and versions match the customer situation
Check that all prerequisites for a customer implementation are in place
Check that correct content, tools and skills are in place before the project starts
The document lists different kinds of requirements on package level if they are valid for all scope items included in the package. For requirements valid for certain scope items only, these scope items are mentioned.
The document contains prerequisites only, not the procedures to meet them. For how-to information (for example, how to find the download area) please refer to the configuration guides and the Quick guides for this solution.
3 General Project Prerequisites
The following prerequisites need to be in place before an implementation project can start.
Prerequisite Responsibility
Kick off and workshop dates, location and attendees agreed Customer Customer team allocated with correct skills and training in place Customer Project sponsors and stakeholder identified Customer
Hardware fully commissioned Customer
Software licenses in place Customer
Infrastructure team can quickly respond to requests, for example from Customer Service Support. (CSS) notes, BW content, patches, user requests, authorization changes and transports
Customer
Remote access is in place for SAP consultants and SAP Active Global Support
Customer
Decision made whether pre-assembled delivery will be used Customer Tool for project repository and collaboration agreed Customer
Test management tool agreed Customer
4 Technical Requirements
This section contains technical requirements in different areas. For each requirement, the relevance for scope items of the package is provided.
4.1 Required Product Versions and the SAP Note
The SAP Note for SAP HANA Big Data Intelligence rapid-deployment solutions lists the service package (SP) level for all the software required to implement and run the solution:
Before you start the activation of any scope items, review the SAP Note for the solution package for the latest updates on software SP levels.
SAP Note
#
Description Component Area Remark
1956985 Implementing SAP HANA Big Data Intelligence rapid- deployment solution
SV-RDS_HDB General Info
The SAP Note includes the current SP levels required when implementing this solution.
5 Software Requirements by Use Case
All use cases require SAP HANA Platform Edition, though additional requirements are dependent on the particular use case you deploy. The following provides information on the software requirements for each use case.
5.1 Semantic Intelligence
Semantic Intelligence (SEI) use case provides sentiment analysis, social analytics, and context reasoning for brand and product marketing, as well as promotion, product, content, category, service, and loyalty management.
Required software for SEI:
Product Product Version Component Comments
SAP HANA Platform Edition
SAP HANA Platform Edition. 1.0
SAP HANA Server SAP HANA Client SAP HANA Studio
The delivery unit for SAP UI5 and Text Analysis configurations would be part of the SAP HANA installation.
SAP Data Services SAP DATA SERVICES 4.2
Server and Designer SAP Data Services (DS) has dependencies on SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) platform (or IPS - Information platform services) for security and user management SAP
BusinessObjects BI Platform
(ENTERPRISE)
SBOP BI PLATFORM 4.1
SBOP BI PLATFORM SERVERS
The SBOP BI platform components required by SAP Data Services may optionally be provided by SAP BusinessObjects Information platform services (IPS).
IPS has limited functionality and the solution documentation
Optional Software for SEI:
Optional software is listed in case you want to extend your implementation and any set-up or configuration is out of scope for the rapid-deployment solution.
Product Product Version Component Comments
SAP LUMIRA (VISUAL
INTELLIGENCE)
SAP LUMIRA 1.0 all Optional for creating
reports and dashboards
SAP SOLUTION MANAGER
SAP SOLUTION MANAGER 7.0
Not applicable Optional implementation tool
5.2 Signal Intelligence for Monitoring and Predictive Analysis
The Signal Intelligence (SII) use case provides analysis and predictive capabilities for machine or asset loads, availability, and maintenance planning.
Required Software for SII
Product Product Version Component Comments
SAP HANA Platform Edition
SAP HANA Platform Edition. 1.0
SAP HANA Server SAP HANA Client SAP HANA Studio
The delivery unit for SAP UI5 and Text Analysis configurations would be part of the SAP HANA installation.
SAP HANA Application Function Library (AFL) must be enabled for SAP HANA instance to operate the solution.
SAP Event Stream Processor (SAP ESP)
SAP ESP
PLATFORM. V5.1
SAP ESP Server SAP ESP Client tools (needed in case project has to be opened for extensions)
Standard platform with SAP Plant Connectivity (PCo) Stream adapter enabled
SAP Plant
Connectivity (PCo)
SAP Plant Connectivity 15.0
SAP Plant Connectivity
Standard platform with SAP ESP stream connectivity
Optional software is listed in case you want to extend your implementation and any set-up or configuration is out of scope for the rapid-deployment solution.
Product Product Version Component Comments
SAP IQ SAP IQ
PLATFORM.16.0.0.8 07
SAP IQ Server SAP IQ Client
Optional, though required when SAP IQ Near Line Storage is necessary for long term storage of raw data
SAP SOLUTION MANAGER
SAP SOLUTION MANAGER 7.0
Not applicable Optional implementation tool
5.3 Signal Intelligence for Transformer Load Analysis
The Signal Intelligence for Transformer Load Analysis use case provides load analysis for utilities to analyze load spikes and the resulting loss of life of transformers.
Required Software for Transformer Load Analysis:
Product Product Version Component Comments
SAP HANA Platform Edition
SAP HANA Platform Edition. 1.0
SAP HANA Server SAP HANA Client SAP HANA Studio SAP HANA
Application Function Library (AFL)
The delivery unit for SAP UI5 would be part of the SAP HANA installation.
5.4 Stream Intelligence for Web Stream Analysis
The Stream Intelligence (STI) use case provides analysis of continuous streams, for example click streams, Web logs, energy streams and so on.
Required Software for STI:
Product Product Version Component Comments
SAP HANA Platform Edition
SAP HANA Platform Edition. 1.0
SAP HANA Server SAP HANA Client SAP HANA Studio
The delivery unit for SAP UI5 configurations would be part of the SAP HANA installation.
SAP HANA Application Function Library (AFL) and Predictive Analysis Library (PAL) must be enabled for SAP HANA instance to operate the solution.
SAP Event Stream Processor (SAP ESP)
SAP ESP
PLATFORM. V5.1
SAP ESP Server SAP ESP Client tools (needed in case project has to be opened for extensions)
Optional Software for STI:
Optional software is listed in case you want to extend your implementation and any set-up or configuration is out of scope for the rapid-deployment solution.
Product Product Version Component Comments
SAP IQ SAP IQ
PLATFORM.16.0.0.8 07
SAP IQ Server SAP IQ Client
Optional, though required when SAP IQ Near Line Storage is necessary for long term storage of raw data
SAP SOLUTION MANAGER
SAP SOLUTION MANAGER 7.0
Not applicable Optional implementation tool
