Business Intelligence Competency Partners
“Untangling the Confusion – What SAP BW
powered by HANA and HANA LIVE mean to your
organization”
Audience, Objective & Agenda
• This presentation is intended for non-technical IT decision makers
• Provide BICP’s perspective on SAP’s direction for Analytics • Simplify BI capability choices for the SAP centric enterprise • Detail the three core BI implementation components
Insight. Innovation. Results.
• BICP has supported major corporate transformations by helping to make BI functions a strategic advantage.
• We work with large Fortune 500 companies with strong global brands, and have excellent references from large SAP Business Intelligence customers like NIKE, Estee Lauder, Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Callaway Golf, Valero, Newell Rubbermaid, Columbia Sportswear and Bridgestone.
• Many of these successful BI initiatives have also been featured and presented at numerous conferences and industry publications.
• Our Practice Directors are industry recognized leaders in BI community and frequent speakers at industry events.
About BICP | Background
All types of Analytics are essential for competing
successfully … “Winner takes it all environment”
Performance Prediction Innovation
EIM Foundation Data Integration Data Quality Data Architecture Master Data Management Advanced Analytics & Optimization Advanced Analytics (Data Mining & Web Analytics) Analytic Applications (Risk Management, Finance) Business Optimization Visualization BI & Performance Management Dashboards & Scorecards Planning, Budgeting, & Forecasting Business Analytics & Reporting for various business domains or process areas Predictive Modeling Analytical Applications Business
Process data & Unstructured data analytics “Big” data
integration
Predictive Analysis BI & EIM Strategy
Insight. Innovation. Results.
Companies leapfrog ahead of the competition by
leveraging new information assets
Information is like market share – if you have “it” and your competition doesn’t, then you are ahead of the game
New ways for deploying, developing and consuming
data and information are required
For SAP centric companies, we believe, SAP BI, BOBJ, BW, and HANA is the foundation of successfully meeting the challenge
SAP’s BI Direction… HANA
• Agile deployment with flexible tools and governances
• Faster results using technology • Cheaper deployment of solutions • Varity of Delivery Channels based on
Insight. Innovation. Results.
SAP HANA is the technology foundation, based on our analysis, that enables SAP centric companies to use Analytics as a competitive “weapon”
But how can we safely get started if SAP’s Analytics
direction appears to be still evolving?
Inconsistent statements seem to creating unnecessary confusion in the market
…. SAP BW is going away
… develop everything in “native” HANA
… BW on HANA is not the analytics direction
Insight. Innovation. Results.
We believe that we can synthesize SAP’s Analytics
and SAP HANA messages into a few key components
1. SAP HANA is a platform for Applications, Services and cross enterprise system Data Integration
2. BW powered by HANA is the EDW “service” that provides the integrated design capabilities for BI and Advanced Analytics 3. SAP HANA Live provides data mart reporting “services” for non
integrated business data
4. Business Suite on HANA is a “service” that enables integrated real-time operational reporting
5. SAP is “decomposing” its core application areas into “services” and LoB applications that are built on the SAP HANA platform
SAP HANA “the Platform” provides Integration, Data,
Business, Application & Delivery capabilities
SQL, SQLScript, JavaScript Integration Services Business Function Library Spatial Rules Engine Application & UI Services Planning Engine Stored Procedures & Data Models
Database Services Text Mining Predictive Analysis Library Search
SAP Business Suite Any Apps
Any App Server
Transaction Unstructured Machine HADOOP Real-Time Locations Other Apps
SQL MDX R JSON Open Connectivity
SAP BW 7.4 Supports
any Device
Insight. Innovation. Results.
How does “SAP HANA the Platform” and SAP BI fit
into an agile Analytics environment or “Food Court”?
SAP provides 8 scenarios for using SAP “HANA the
Platform” and HANA for BI
Great technical information describing the “art of the possible” for any
Insight. Innovation. Results.
A three pronged approach can be used to provide
effective Analytics while SAP’s BI roadmap is evolving
BICP proposes to use a look at three dimensions that allow you increase your Analytics capabilities :1. Look at a SAP HANA software licensing model that provides the platform Analytics, BI, EDW, ERP, “Big Data” and data integration
2. Leverage BW powered by HANA for integrated Analytics and EDW modeling across BW and SAP HANA/Live data models 3. Take advantage of SAP HANA/Live as a data mart solution
that replicates/stores data across diverse enterprise systems
Our approach allows you to leverage your current
investment in business capabilities, skills technology
Invest into SAP Hana capabilities by using BW powered by HANA Expand Analytical capabilities by leveraging new technology options for provisioning diverse data Take advantage of evolving SAP Hana application
including Business Suite on Hana and LoB applications
Insight. Innovation. Results.
1. SAP HANA Licensing model considerations
• The SAP HANA Enterprise Edition license* model provides the
option of flexibly adopting SAP’s application roadmap as it evolves • Allows you to take advantage of advanced Analytics capabilities
today by leveraging your investment in BW, BI skills, & processes • Enables flexible adoption of new SAP applications and capabilities
while taking advantage HANA enabled benefits w/ limited risk
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SAP HANA Platform
BWBusiness Suite on HANA
CRM “Big Data”
SAP & Non-SAP Applications
2. Leverage BW powered by HANA for Analytics
• Model Analytical applications and BI solutions using the BW modeling tool capabilities
– The separate GUI’s are beginning to converge to eventually allow seamless Information modeling across all enterprise data
• Leverage your SAP BW investment and its build-in business knowledge
Insight. Innovation. Results.
3. Take advantage of SAP HANA/Live as a data mart
• Enable operational reporting using real-time simple table/data replication mechanism for SAP and non-SAP systems
• Take advantage of applicable Rapid Mart solutions
• Leverage Smart Data Access to access data at its source such as Hadoop and other databases
• Integrate cloud services for subscribing to and storing social media data
• Allows for building “analytics” exploration areas for a Hot, Warm, and Cold storage strategy
– Become a “data bank” by using a SAP HANA platform, IQ, Hadoop architecture approach for structured, unstructured, high velocity and variety data
Performance
Use BOBJ Delivery Channels for reporting & analysis
Upgrade to BW (7.4SP5+) powered by HANA
Model Data Integration w/ BW modeling capabilities
Start replacing one-off databases by building data marts on HANA
Prediction
Use Smart Data Access to
integrate non-SAP data sources (such as Hadoop)
Develop broad data storage & integration approach (Hot, Warm & Cold)
Build advanced analytics that integrate traditional business data with high-value non SAP data
Innovation
Seamlessly & dynamically consume data regardless of sources through Smart Data Access
Upgrade to Business Suite on Hana
Leverage SAP and non-SAP Applications on the SAP HANA platform
So, how to get started? BICP’s proposes a proven
step-by-step risk mitigating Analytics game changing plan
Based on BICP analysis BW powered by HANA is the recommended, safe investment in SAP BI technology for the SAP centric enterprise that provides immediate HANA
Questions
Upcoming Webinars
• SAP BI – BW Powered by HANA and HANA Live BI architecture principles
Insight. Innovation. Results. Slide 21
Connect with BICP
Contact: Sven Jensen
Appendix: Integrated EDW modeling w/ BW on HANA
Future Eclipse Based EDW Modeling
BW Modeler HANA Studio Modeler
