What are the benefits of SAP BW 7.5?

As has been the theme since the inception of BW modelling in HANA Studio,
simplicity is again a core theme of the elements in SAP BW 7.5. The
functionalities of the data modelling objects, Advanced Data Store Objects
(aDSO) and Composite Providers have been enhanced to allow for faster
implementation and modelling agility. This is achieved with the simplification
(Im sensing a trend) of the creation process of these objects, or as earlier
mentioned, the conversion of existing legacy objects to the best of the best.

With 7.5 (SP1), we can now say goodbye to BEx Query Designer and hello to
the next generation BW Query Designer, also embedded into the Eclipse UI.
This new approach to query design is not only compatible with BEx Queries,
without the need for migration effort, but also comes packed with new
features such as HANA View Generation and an Integrated Query Previewer.

Data modellers, like myself, arent the only ones receiving goodies, as
business users will have even more power creating ad-hoc reporting
scenarios with beefed up SAP BW Workspaces - now with additional hierarchy
features and support for uploaded local data.

Importing data into SAP BW just keeps getting easier (some may even say
simpler) with improved Smart Data Integration (SDI) capabilities allowing for
real-time streaming from various sources, direct access to any SDI remote
source via OpenODS Views and Composite Providers and the ability to
replicate source data in its original format in BW.

The current hot topic of multi-temperature data management (no pun

intended) has also been addressed in this release with additional capabilities
being added for both Dynamic Tiering (DT) and Near-Line Storage (NLS). The
main additions here are both in relation to the aDSO with automatic data
movement to DT being added as a remodelling task, and straggler
management taken care of for NLS scenarios to name just two of many
examples. With Big Data being a focal point for SAP, expect the enrichments
in this space to keep coming thick and fast, with the consumption of SAP
HANA VORA models and support of HADOOP as NLS already planned to
launch in 2016.

And finally, to round out the major improvements included in this release,
planning functionality has been added to the bundle. The SAP BPC 10.1 Add-
On, and BPC Embedded model components, are now available for use, as is
BW-IP (PAK) with aDSOs becoming planning enabled. Simple, right?
Introduction

SAP BW powered by SAP HANA was the very first SAP application that ran completely on top
of SAP HANA and has meanwhile reached a great adoption. For many customers it has become
the entry point for their SAP HANA roadmap. Customers will benefit not only from phantastic
performance improvements for data load, query runtime and planning functions but also in
simplified data modeling as the number of InfoProviders are highly reduced and all modeling is
done within in a new, modern UI that is unique across all modeling tools. At the same time data
layers are reduced and with the new virtualization capabilities BW can also serve as the Logical
Data Warehouse.

Upgrade to SAP BW 7.5

SAP BW 7.50 is the next cornerstone on the simplification road towards the S/4HANA. With the
full support of Advanced DSO (aDSO) objects for SAP-NLS and DT (dynamic tiering) and
further enhancements for the BW modeling environment in Eclipse (query designer) and the new
HANA source system to stay compatible with S/4HANA, also the Business Planning and
Consolidation (BPC) is now fully integrated in the SAP BW software layer for the standard and
embedded use case. This update also explains the decision for the code split from 7.40 to 7.50
and further considerations for the upgrade and implementation. Plan your upgrade to SAP BW
7.50 Update to SAP BW 7.50

HANA Data Warehousing: The HANADW

With this blog Thomas Zurek sheds some light into the direction that SAP is taking towards a
unified offering for building a data warehouse on top of HANA. The unofficial working title is
the HANA DW. The blog is divided into 3 sections, each addressing the most pressing questions
from customers who have already seen flavours of this.

Read more about SAPs overall Data warehouse strategy and find out about the highlights of
SAP BW 7.5 with SP04 in the SAP BW 7.5 SP4 powered by SAP HANA Overview and
Roadmap.

Support Package 4 for SAP Business Warehouse 7.5

SP4 comes with various new features:
Check out yourself in the SAP BW 7.5 SP4 powered by SAP HANA Overview and Roadmap.

For further information and Release dates see SAP BW 7.5 ABAP Support Packages