SAP HANA SPS 08 - What s New? SAP HANA Modeling (Delta from SPS 07 to SPS 08) SAP HANA Product Management May, 2014

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1 SAP HANA SPS 08 - What s New? SAP HANA Modeling (Delta from SPS 07 to SPS 08) SAP HANA Product Management May, 2014

2 SAP HANA SPS 08 Feature Overview Modeling Enhancements Enhanced SAP HANA Modeling capabilities Variable/Input Parameter mapping to external views for value help Data types specifications - allow decimal/float type without specifying length and scale Currency conversion - support to specify the target data type also for base measures / configurable currency columns Sorting support within of parent/child hierarchies Set default schema mapping at package level Mass-copy to allow sub-packages to be selected Show productive system alert for edit/update/delete activities Introducing performance analysis capabilities (partitioned tables, number of rows) Support for Unicode characters in view/column/ names UI and usability enhancements (new tree map control in union view, join icons, ) BW connections enhancements 2014 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Public 2

3 Value Help Views Variable and Input Parameter Mapping Support Parameter passing to external views for value help Variables and Input Parameter can be mapped to variables and input parameters from external views Allows filtering and customizing value help lists from external views Supported with Analytic- and Calculation Views (Graphical and Script) Manage Mapping dialog Directly enabled in variable/input parameter creation dialog Supports mapping source differentiation via Select Type 2014 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Public 3

4 Numeric data type handling enhancements Relaxed FLOAT and DECIMAL data type specifications DECIMAL data types can be specified without mandating length and scale Internally treated as floating-point decimal with varying length and scale, length is derived from values at runtime FLOAT data type can be specified without mandating length Internally treated as 64-bit double data type Can be left unspecified Relaxed data type specification supported with calculated columns dialog, input parameters for direct and static type, variables union-node constants procedures and script-based calc views 2014 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Public 4

5 Naming conventions enhancements Support for Unicode characters in names Unicode characters can now be used in view names, column names, input parameters, variables, hierarchies, calculation view node-names, etc. Field Name Preferences allows control the use of unicode characters List of restricted characters are not allowed \ / : *? < >. ; $ %,! # + and space For restricted measures and hierarchies use of slashes(/) as beginning characters is allowed 2014 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Public 5

6 Currency conversion enhancements Data Type for measures with currency conversions Data Type and precision for the conversion values can be specified independent from the input data The inherited data type and precision may have too generic precision definition resulting in rounding errors after the conversion. This allows to specify sufficient precision during conversion Only numerical data types with decimal places are allowed Supported for base measures, not with calculated measures 2014 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Public 6

7 Hierarchy enhancements Ordering in Parent/Child Hierarchies Order By columns can be specified Previously parent-child hierarchies were ordered according to the leaf nodes in the child column and from that the natural ordering of their ancestors follows accordingly. Now, on the advanced tab of the parent child hierarchy dialog we allow specifying sort attributes with the sort direction SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Public 7

8 Introducing performance analysis capabilities Performance Analysis Mode in Modeling Environment Introduction of performance analysis hints and indicators inside the HANA Model Editor Manually switched on or defaulted switched on Hints and indicators about table partitioning and number of rows (threshold as preference) Switching on performance analysis mode Scenario indicators for partitioned tables (icon) and exceeded row thresholds View details pane: indication about partitioning type by icon (hash, range, ) Performance analysis: more partitioning and row count information SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Public 8

9 Calculation View Union Modeling Enhancements Union Modeling Enhancements New graphical tree-map control for unions Higher performance and usability when handling large structures with the union-node Scrolling, selecting, removing etc. are much faster Query behavior for constant mapping columns A Empty Union Behavior flag allows to determine if queries on constant value columns shall return values, e.g. for value help queries in applications 2014 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Public 9

10 Managing Model Content Enhancements Mass Copy Enhancements Allows copying of content into sub-packages / multiple packages as target package Package Mapping configurations can be stored independent from system tables "_SYS_BI"."M_CONTENT_MAPPING" Can now be stored in developer s local eclipse workspace Warning issued if switched back to system tables 2014 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Public 10

11 Managing Schema Mapping Enhancements Define specific default schemas Schema content may derive from multiple / different back-end or authoring environments In order to ease managing of schema mapping in such scenarios, package-specific schema mapping (which override the default schema mapping) can be maintained in _SYS_BI.M_Package_Default_Schema Has to be maintained manually (SQL) mapping with package specific default schema Default Schema Mapping Additionally, the schema -property of a catalog editor in the model editors is editable (combo-box dialog) Overruled by Package-specific Schema Mapping 2014 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Public 11

12 Model Editor User Interface Enhancements Miscellaneous user interface enhancements Color schema harmonization and shading selected node Column icon use across model Show complete editor palette Matching join and union icons across all editors Filter Tooltip in Details panel show filter expression on hover over in details pane (same as scenario panel) 2014 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Public 12

13 Production Alert and BW connection enhancements Miscellaneous alert and configuration enhancements Production System Alert Editing, deletion, object activation, actions issued on systems as Production Systems (HANA system configuration) will issue a visual alter (indicator) or extra pop-up BW connection configuration enhancements SAProuter String for BW-Models input connection Java connection encryption between HANA Studio and BW back-end (requires client crpyto libs installed) 2014 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Public 13

14 Modeling Productivity Error Handling/HANA Answers Integration Extended Error Handling with SAP HANA Answers ( In extension to documentation and help, SAP HANA Answers.com will be introduced to SAP HANA Studio as crawl source of information E.g. adds information from SCN and others Displays embedded in HANA Studio or outside Integrated with HANA Studio views (job log, ), editors, wizards. Called via key from selected text or feature. Independent feature to install 2014 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Public 14

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16 How to find SAP HANA documentation on this topic? In addition to this learning material, you find SAP HANA documentation on SAP Help Portal knowledge center at The knowledge center is structured according to the product lifecycle: installation > security > administration > modeling > development. So you can find e.g. the SAP HANA Modeling Guide in the modeling section and so forth SAP HANA Platform documentation What s New Release Notes Modeling SAP HANA Modeling Guide Development SAP HANA Developer Guide References SAP HANA SQL Reference 2014 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Public 16

17 Thank you Contact information Christoph Morgen SAP HANA Product Management To get the best overview of what s new in SAP HANA SPS 08, read this blog SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.

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