SAP BW 7.4 on SAP HANA / The  In-Memory Data Fabric

Release of SAP BW 7.4 SP8/9(In case the reference is not available please use this link)

SAP BW 7.4 SP8/SP9  powered by SAP HANA is the next milestone for enterprise data warehousing with BW on HANA and provides major enhancements in the area of running SAP BW on HANA as the Virtual Data Warehouse with the next level of Open ODS Views and additional CompositeProvider scenarios. In order to provide further simplification the Advanced DataStore object will consolidate DataStore Objects and InfoCubes.  Data modeling as well as query design will be supported via a common user experience. Big Data scenarios will be supported by SAP HANA dynamic tiering and performance enhancements will be provided for data staging as well as for OLAP analysis. Customers focusing on the planning capabilities will benefit from the enhanced Planning application Kit  and FOX usability.

Extended Storage and Dynamic Tiering

In his blog Thomas Zurek resolves the confusion around the terminology of extended storage and dynamic tiering within HANA. Further details can be found in the presentation attached to SAP Note 1983178.(SMP Login required)

Simplified: SAP BW 7.4 Release Notes

Read this blog from Marc Bernard to find out about the  changes with a new SAP BW release or what features were introduced with certain support packages.

Additional Information:

• Upgrade to SAP Business Warehouse 7.40

  SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (not only 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. See this presentation to understand the mayor steps for a successful upgrade to SAP Business Warehouse 7.40 SP06 and higher
  

• BW-IP/PAK Enhancements with SAP NetWeaver 7.40 SP8

This presentation mainly lists the removed limitations of the PAK by revision, explains the FOX enhancements for IP, shows how the support of the CompositeProvider in addition to the MultiProvider works, and describes the new master data maintenance UI based on WebDynpro.

• SAP Business Warehouse Demo Video Page

• SAP First Guidance Collection for SAP BW powered by SAP HANA

• Positioning of SAP Business Warehouse powered by SAP HANA and SAP HANA Live for SAP Business Suite

• SAP BW 7.4 ABAP Support PackagesSchedule and Implications

• Simplified Real-Time Replication

• SAP BW NLS Solution

• For details on restrictions of the BEx tools please investigate the SAP Business Explorer Space

BW customer references