This page provides information, about the new functionalities provided with SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse 7.4 in general and the new functionalities of SAP NetWeaver BW powered by SAP HANA provided with SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse 7.4 - SP 05
SAP BW 7.4 on SAP HANA / The In-Memory Data Fabric
SAP BW? - Three Things to Know ... Blog by Roland Kramer.
Overview SAP BW 7.4 SP05 on SAP HANA and further Roadmap
SAP NetWeaver BW on SAP HANA continues to be the cornerstone of SAP’s strategic vision for enterprise data warehousing providing organizations a solid data foundation to capture, store, transform and manage data in a scalable, enterprise-ready data warehouse. And as new challenges arise in the market (exploding data volumes, new data sources, the need for real-time information access, etc), SAP BW on HANA continues to evolve in order to meet the growing challenges imposed on IT by these ever changing market forces. The release of SAP BW running on SAP HANA is a great example of how SAP BW has evolved to ensure organizations continue to leverage their investment in SAP BW to meet these new challenge.
See this presentation to learn what SAP is doing next to evolve SAP BW on SAP HANA with the SAP BW 7.4., SP 05 on HANA
Key Features
- Enhanced Data Modeling
- Common Eclipse based Modeling Tools
- BW/HANA Smart Data Access providing the logical EDW
- Easy integration of external data models with Open ODS Layer
- Further reduce data layers in BW via Operational Data Provisioning
- New Composite Provider
- Push down further processing logic to HANA
- BW Analytic Manager
- HANA Analysis Processes
- BW Transformations
- PAK (Planning Application Kit) – Pushing down more planning semantics
- Converged planning solutions (i.e. BPC unified)
Recommendations:
- Apply SAP NetWeaver BW 7.4 with support package lower than SP 5 for Embedded Use Case scenarios only
- For EDW Use Case scenarios: Start only with SAP NetWeaver BW 7.4 SP05 or higher
- If you plan to upgrade your ERP to EhP7 (based on NetWeaver 7.40) first, you have to upgrade your corresponding BW System at least to 7.30 or higher (e.g.7.31) first, to stay compatible with the ERP Backend, check the Information attached to the following SAP Notes
from the ERP perspective the BW 7.30 functionality is sufficient, nevertheless we recommend to go at least to
BW 7.31 due to various reasons like Add-On compability, Gateway availablility, shorter SP cycles. See details
Upgrade to NetWeaver BW 7.3x => Page 8
- If you are running SAP BusinessObjects BI Suite on SAP NetWeaver 7.4, please be aware of the following:
- SAP BusinessObjects BI Suite 4.1 Support Pack 1 or BusinessObjects BI Suite 4.0 Support Pack 6 is mandatory! Lower SP levels do not incorporate the enhancements delivered with SAP NetWeaver 7.4
- See more in the SAP BusinessObjects BI Suite release restriction e.g. SAP BusinessObjects BI Suite 4.1 Support Pack 1 Release Restrictions
- If you are still running Query Designer 3.x on your BW system, please note the following:
- The BEx tools from SAP BW 3.5 are not available in SAP NetWeaver 7.40. Whereas the Analytic Engine of BW 7.4 can still execute queries which were with the defined with the BEx 3.5 Query Desginer, the workbooks created with the BEx Analyzer or WEB Templates need to be migrated . Please read “Cookbook for Migration to BEx 7.0” in SAP Note 1807522 - BEx 3.5 Objects Migration to BEx 7.0
- If you are upgrading your BW system to BW 7.40 and are still using the obsolete Query Designer 3.x, SAP provides the following additional information:
- To check which old query features are no longer supported in 7.40, use the reporting tool described in SAP Note 1911469.
This tool will check the queries in your system and shows those which contain features that are no longer supported.
Note 1911469 - Check report for discontinued query features in 7.40
Note 1962865 - Check ReportSAP_QUERY_CHECKER_740 dump - Use the report attached to Note 1915309 - Query Migration Tool – 3.x to 7.x to do a mass migration of the existing queries.
- You find can find a list of obsolete functions and proposed workarounds in the SAP Help Library
- The detailed maintenance strategy for the SAP NetWeaver 04 BW 3.5 front-end add-ons is described in SAP Note 1932461
- To check which old query features are no longer supported in 7.40, use the reporting tool described in SAP Note 1911469.
- SAP strongly advises you to read the available documentation thoroughly in order to benefit from the support SAP offers now and in the future, and to make it easier for the customer to make the transition away from the obsolete reporting tools.
- More information can also be found under http://scn.sap.com/community/business-explorer
- Pre upgrade activities are described in SAP Note 1879618 - Pre Upgrade Activities for Upgrade/Update to 7.4
- Do not upgrade lower than NetWeaver 7.40 SR1! (which is SP05)
Note 1962880 - RDDMASGL job fails during ACT_UPG phase during Netweaver 7.4 upgrade - Oracle and DB6 based systems: please check the following SAP Note:
Note 1805195 - Handling and troubleshooting of tablespaces during Upgrades, EhPs and SPs updates - The maximum length of texts for characteristic values is increased. For changes that might be advised, please see SAP Note1823174 - BW7.40 Changes and customer-specific programs
- Please read also SAP Note1600929 - SAP BW powered by SAP HANA DB: Information and1729988 - SAP NetWeaver BW powered by SAP HANA - Checklist Tool
If the SEM Add-On is applied on the NetWeaver system, you can change the modeling in the Solution Manager for better handling at any time, see the blog "Good News - Easier Modeling of the SEM Add-On in Solution Manager"
Additional Information:
Roadmap for SAP NetWeaver BW on SAP HANA - One slider
SAP NetWeaver 7.4 BW ABAP Support Packages Schedule and Implications