HA350

Data Provisioning

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COURSE OUTLINE
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Course Version: 10
Course Duration: 2 Day(s)
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Contents

ix Course Overview

1 Unit 1: SAP HANA and Methods of Data Provisioning

1 Lesson: SAP HANA A Short Introduction

1 Lesson: Methods of Data Provisioning

3 Unit 2: SAP LT - SAP Landscape Transformation

3 Lesson: Positioning and key Concepts

3 Lesson: Configuration Overview
3 Lesson: Data Replication at a Glance
3 Lesson: Overview of transformation possibilitieswith SLT

5 Unit 3: SAP Data Services

5 Lesson: SAP Data Services and SAP HANA

7 Unit 4: Smart Data Access (SDA)

7 Lesson: Introduction to Smart Data Access

9 Unit 5: SAP HANA Enterprise Information Management (EIM)

9 Lesson: SAP HANA Enterprise Information Managementand its

componentsSmart Data Integration and Smart Data Quality

11 Unit 6: Smart Data Streaming

11 Lesson: Smart Data Streaming

13 Unit 7: SAP HANA Direct Extractor Connection (DXC)

13 Lesson: Exploring Direct Extractor Connection (DXC)

15 Unit 8: Uploading Data from a Flat File

15 Lesson: Loading Flat File Data into SAPHANA

17 Unit 9: Optional Unit; SAP Replication Server (SRS)

17 Lesson: SAP Replication Server

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19 Lesson: SAP LT Monitoring of Replication

19 Lesson: Introduction to SAP HANA Direct ExtractorConnection
Overview
19 Lesson: SAP Business Content DataSourceExtractors
19 Lesson: SAP HANA Direct Extractor Details
19 Lesson: Comparison with other SAP HANAData Acquisition
Techniques
20 Lesson: SAP HANA Direct Extractor ConnectionSetup and
Configuration
20 Lesson: DXC Appendix
20 Lesson: Appendix: DXC Sidecar Variation

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Course Overview

TARGET AUDIENCE
This course is intended for the following audiences:
Developer
Enterprise Architect
System Administrator
System Architect

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 UNIT 1 SAP HANA and Methods of
Data Provisioning

Lesson 1: SAP HANA A Short Introduction

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Understand the basic concepts and capabilities of SAP HANA

Lesson 2: Methods of Data Provisioning

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Explain the acronym ETL

State which methods of data provisioning can be used for SAP HANA

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 UNIT 2 SAP LT - SAP Landscape
Transformation

Lesson 1: Positioning and key Concepts

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Explain the positioning of SAP LT Replication Server

Describe the key concepts and features

Lesson 2: Configuration Overview

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Describe the key steps to create a configuration

Lesson 3: Data Replication at a Glance

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Replicate data to SAP HANA using SLT

Lesson 4: Overview of transformation possibilitieswith SLT

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Explain how to change advanced replication settings for certain configurations of SAP LT Replication
Server
Explain the basics of the SLT based transformation concepts
Know which types of transformation rules exist

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 UNIT 3 SAP Data Services

Lesson 1: SAP Data Services and SAP HANA

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Explain Data Services capabilities with SAP HANA

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 UNIT 4 Smart Data Access (SDA)

Lesson 1: Introduction to Smart Data Access

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Understand the Smart Data Access concepts

Know when to use Smart Data Access
Know how to implement Smart Data Access
Build data models using virtual tables.

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 UNIT 5 SAP HANA Enterprise
Information Management (EIM)

Lesson 1: SAP HANA Enterprise Information Managementand its

componentsSmart Data Integration and Smart Data Quality
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Understand SAP HANA smart data integration (SDI)

Understand SAP HANA smart data quality (SDQ)

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 UNIT 6 Smart Data Streaming

Lesson 1: Smart Data Streaming

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Understand SAP HANA smart data streaming. Know where to use Smart Data Streaming.
Understand the value of Smart Data Streaming in certain use cases.

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 UNIT 7 SAP HANA Direct Extractor
Connection (DXC)

Lesson 1: Exploring Direct Extractor Connection (DXC)

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Describe data provisioning to SAP HANA using Direct Extractor Connection (DXC).

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 UNIT 8 Uploading Data from a Flat File

Lesson 1: Loading Flat File Data into SAPHANA

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Understand when to use Flat File data load functionality

How to load data from Flat Files into the SAP HANA Database

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 UNIT 9 Optional Unit; SAP Replication
Server (SRS)

Lesson 1: SAP Replication Server

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Explain the key benefits of SAP Replication Server

List the supported primary and replicate RDBMS
Describe the architecture of SAP Replication Server
Understand how to connect SAP Replication Server with an SAP HANA system

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Lesson 1: SAP LT Monitoring of Replication

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Describe the configuration and monitoring dashboard

Explain the concept of mass transfer IDs
Leverage the SLT Cockpit

Lesson 2: Introduction to SAP HANA Direct ExtractorConnection

Overview
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Explain an additional data acquisition technique for working with data from SAP Business Suite
systems that has been added to the existing techniques for HANA data acquisition.

Lesson 3: SAP Business Content DataSourceExtractors

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Explain the SAP Business Content DataSource Extractors

Lesson 4: SAP HANA Direct Extractor Details

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Explain the SAP HANA Direct Extractor Connection in detail

Lesson 5: Comparison with other SAP HANAData Acquisition

Techniques
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

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Explain the Comparison with other SAP HANA Data Acquisition Techniques

Lesson 6: SAP HANA Direct Extractor ConnectionSetup and

Configuration
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Explain SAP HANA Direct Extractor Connection Setup and Configuration

Lesson 7: DXC Appendix

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Know the important DXC Note Numbers

Lesson 8: Appendix: DXC Sidecar Variation

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Explain the DXC Sidecar Variation

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