Analyze Faster: Combining the Power of SAP HANA with SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse

Analyze Faster: Combining the Power of SAP HANA with SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse

Tom Kurtz – Global Practice Director, SAP HANA Services, SAP ConsultingRobert Hernandez – Director, North America SAP HANA Center of Excellence, SAP Consulting

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Agenda

The Value of SAP NW BW powered by SAP HANA

Are there options in how I should implement? Full upgrade & migrate | Parallel landscape

What do I need to consider when deciding on options? Business | Functional | Technical

How have other companies decided what to do?


Agenda

The value of SAP NW BW powered by SAP HANA


The Value of SAP NW BW powered by SAP HANAThe Needs of the Business Are Evolving

The needs of the business today are evolving. It’s not enough to provide value, companies need to do it faster.

Companies invested in BW to gain visibility into their business & a central view of the enterprise, but frustrations exist as data volumes are growing and wait times are increasing.

1 2 3 Moving your valuable BW application to SAP HANA can address these needs together, keeping your BW advantages and enhancing upon them, better delivering on needed business value.


The Value of SAP NW BW powered by SAP HANAFour Value Pillars

BW on HANA

Supercharge BW Simplification

Innovation Without Disruption

Flexibility and Insight

Lower TCO Reduced IT Workloads Faster Response Time

to Requests

BW Application not Disrupted

No End User Retraining Intact Security

Improved Data Access to ALL data

Granular Data Access to Drive Insight

Empower Self Service

Faster Reporting and Analytics by 10x–100x

Decreased Data Latency by 5x–10x

Accelerated Planning Performance 5x–10x faster


100x Faster Reporting

15x Faster Data Loading

20% Reduction in Admin & Maintenance FTE

Estimated by customer. Customer plans on re-deploying FTEs to BI projects

The Value of SAP NW BW powered by SAP HANAFeedback from Early Customers


Agenda

Are there options in how I should implement? Full upgrade & migrate | Parallel landscape


SAP NW BW 7.x

X databaseX database

Are there Options in How I Should Implement?Two Approaches to Consider

Full transport and load into New Instance

Partial transport and load into New Instance

Primary Approaches

to BW on HANA

Move to BW powered by HANA by functional subject areas or all subject areas depending on requirements.

Upgrade & Migrate Existing BW Landscape

Deploy Parallel BW 7.3

Landscape

Subject Areas

Methodology for BW 7.3 Upgrade, OS/DB MigrationSAP NW BW 7.3

SAP HANA 1.0 SP3SAP HANA 1.0 SP3

SAP NW BW 7.3

SAP HANA 1.0 SP3SAP HANA 1.0 SP3

Production Go-Live possible without loading all subject areas

Subject Areas

In-Memory Production Solution

In-Memory Production Solution

Potential Legacy Production Solution


Are there Options in How I Should Implement?Each Approach Has a Distinct Path

Initial advisory assessment service drives

more effective projects and is tailored to

individual organizational needs. Which approach is

best for my business?

1) Design your path to SAP NW BW powered by SAP HANA

2) Install Parallel SAP NW BW for SAP HANA

Install a separate, multi-tiered BW 7.3

environment on HANA

3) Transport Configuration from Existing BW to New BW

Transport selected subject areas over to BW on HANA and establish methods for populating data in the new

environment

Deploy Parallel BW

7.3 Landscape

2) Prepare SAP NW BW for SAP HANA

Prepare my BW environment for the migration to HANA

3) Migrate to SAP NW BW powered by SAP HANA

Migrate to HANA

Upgrade & Migrate

Existing BW Landscape


Deploy Parallel BW

7.3 Landscape

Upgrade & Migrate


Are there Options in How I Should Implement?Option A: Design, Prepare, Migrate








environment on HANA



environment




Migrate to HANA


BW on HANA Solution Planning

Initial advisory design service drives more

effective projects and is tailored to individual organizational needs

• How can I most efficiently upgrade to BW 7.3?

• Are there opportunities to optimize my BW system?

• Do I need to migrate my security authorizations?

• What are some of the DB migration considerations I will need to consider?

• How do I properly size my implementation of HANA?

• Will Unicode be a factor for me?

Design your path to BW powered by HANA

Time to execute. Once to the required BW

support pack, you’re ready for BW on

HANA!BW 3.x / 7.x System

(Legacy DB/HW)

BW 7.3 (Legacy DB/HW)

BW Upgrade

Migrate to NW BW for HANAPrepare SAP NW BW for HANA

Current State BW on HANA

BW 7.3 (HANA)

Are there Options in How I Should Implement?3 Clear Steps with SAP Consulting

BW 7.3 Prepare

BW on HANA Migrate

BW on HANA Core Assessment


BW 3.x / 7.x (Legacy

DB/HW)

Current State

BW 7.3 SP7

(Legacy DB/HW)

BW 7.3 BW7.3 on HANA

Are there Options in How I Should Implement?Option A – Relevant Activities for Implementation

BW 7.3 SP7

(HANA)


BW on HANA Design

Use Case Identification

Unicode Planning

BW Technical Upgrade

BW Authorizations

BW Data Volumes

BW In-Memory Conversion Analysis

Technical Upgrade

Unicode Upgrade

Functional Upgrade including In-Memory

conversion

BW Authorizations

BW Data Volumes

BW on HANA Prepare

HANA Readiness

BW RDBMS RDS

BW on HANAMigrate


Deploy Parallel BW

7.3 Landscape

Upgrade & Migrate


Are there Options in How I Should Implement?Option B – Design, Install, Transport








environment on HANA



environment




Migrate to HANA



Initial advisory design service drives more

effective projects and is tailored to individual organizational needs

• How do I determine the best technical scenario for leveraging BW on HANA?

• Are there opportunities to perform new tasks I have not been able to before?

• Do I need to migrate my security authorizations?

• What data will need to be loaded in BW to support my use case requirements?

• What are some of the application migration considerations I will need to consider?

• How do I properly size my implementation of HANA?

• Will Unicode be a factor for me?

Design your path to BW powered by HANA

Time to execute. Once to the required BW

support pack, you’re ready for BW on

HANA! Installation and Configuration of multi-tiered BW 7.3 powered

by SAP HANA landscape

Transport Configuration from Existing BW to New BWInstall Parallel SAP NW BW for SAP HANA

BW on HANA

Are there Options in How I Should Implement?3 Clear Steps with SAP Consulting

BW 7.3 Install

BW on HANA Core Assessment

Load data into new BW 7.3 powered by SAP HANA environment based on use case

subject area

BW on HANA Transport


BW 7.3 SP7 powered

by

SAP HANA

Install New Environment

Transport Configuration to New

Environment

Are there Options in How I Should Implement?Option B – Relevant Activities for Implementation

BW 7.3 SP7 powered

by

SAP HANA


BW 3.x / 7.x (Legacy

DB/HW)

Current Environment

SAP HANA Install and Configure

SAP NW BW 7.3 Install and Configure

BW on HANA Install

Transport system configuration

BW on HANATransport

Initial load of data based on transported

content

BW In-Memory Conversion

Functional upgrade (data flows)

BW Authorization migration

Use Case Identification

BW Authorizations

BW In-Memory Conversion Analysis

Data Load Planning

BW on HANA Design


Agenda

What do I need to consider when deciding on options?

Business | Functional | Technical


What Do I Need to Consider When Deciding on Options?Where Do We Go from Here?

Options exist, but how do you determine which path to take? Are there variables to consider within the paths?

From here there are many more details that should be examined. For simplicity, these details have been summarized into three high level categories, but others may come up during the next level of discussions.

Business ConsiderationsBusiness Considerations Functional ConsiderationsFunctional Considerations Technical ConsiderationsTechnical Considerations


What Do I Need to Consider When Deciding on Options?Business Considerations

Project Duration vs. Live Use Case

Project Duration vs. Live Use Case

DriversDrivers

Subject AreasSubject Areas

System ConsolidationSystem Consolidation

HANA ImpactHANA Impact

Do you have a sense of how many subject areas can take advantage of in-memory?

Do you have multiple BW landscapes you would like to consolidate?

Is the current inclination toward a big bang deployment or an iterative roll-out of new, improved functionality?

What are the drivers for the HANA migration? What are the KPIs and desired outcomes?

Do you have any use cases requiring immediate HANA acceleration? Would immediate acceleration of those use cases offset a potentially longer overall project?


What Should Customers Consider When Deciding?Functional Considerations

Is the current BW configuration meeting the business needs, or is there a desire for redesign?

Are your currently challenged to meet load windows and / or is current data latency impacting the business?

What version of BW do you have deployed currently? How much BW configuration do you currently have deployed to users? What is your growth plan?

Are you using BCS, BPS, Integrated Planning or BPC on your BW system? What are the facilities to / restrictions on migrating data via the sidecar scenario?

Are you currently utilizing the 7.x dataflows and/or 7.x security?


What Do I Need to Consider When Deciding on Options?Technical Considerations

How much data are you managing in your current BW landscape?

Are you currently archiving in ECC? Does ECC contain all the relevant history you require in BW?

What is your current system support plan? What is your ability to support multiple BW landscapes?

What reporting tools are currently deployed? How do users access data in the BW system?

What is your internal team’s capabilities and bandwidth to support the project activities?


What Do I Need to Consider When Deciding on Options?SAP HANA Predefined Planning Assessment

For any BW on HANA deployment, effective planning is key.

Consider starting the process with a planning assessment

SAP HANA Predefined Planning Assessment from SAP Consulting can help get you started


Agenda

How have other companies decided what to do?


How Have Other Companies Decided What To Do?Example #1 – Full Upgrade and Migrate

Opportunity to Re-ArchitectOpportunity to Re-Architect

Provided an opportunity to remove layers (e.g. reporting) and flatten the architecture, which provided support and cost benefits

Phased parallel landscape approach would delay realization of full benefits

Data ConsiderationsData Considerations

Current BW system contained large amounts of data

Phase parallel landscape approach would have taken too long to meet business needs

How did they decide which option?Why did they choose BW on HANA?

Which option did they choose?

Faster reporting

Faster data loading

Lower TCO

Reduced maintenance costs

Reduced development costs

Upgrade & migrate existing BW landscape

Support ConsiderationsSupport Considerations

Challenges with supporting data feeds from numerous systems into two BW landscapes

Cost of additional hardware and support requirements for two BW landscapes


How Have Other Companies Decided What To Do?Example #2 – Parallel Landscape

Opportunity to Re-ArchitectOpportunity to Re-Architect

Not content with their current BW design

How did they decide which option?Why did they choose BW on HANA?

Which option did they choose?

Faster reporting

Faster data loading

Lower TCO

Reduced maintenance costs

Reduced development costs

Deploy Parallel BW 7.3 on HANA landscape

Increased end-user self-sufficiency

Subject AreasSubject Areas

Recognized that certain subject areas were most important to in-memory capabilities

BW FootprintBW Footprint

Current BW system still young

Completed prioritization analysis to determine top subject areas

Wanted to take advantage of some re-design opportunities with in-memory capabilities

Saw opportunity to adjust based on user input

Additional Information:

http://www.SAP.com/Services/HANASAP Services for SAP HANA

Implementing SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse on SAP HANA

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