5/5/2017 IntroductiontoDataProvisioninginSAPHANA

SAP HANA Introduction to Data Provisioning

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Inthisarticle,wewillbediscussingaboutthedifferentdataprovisioningtechniquesavailableforSAPHANA.

WhenwebuiltDataWarehousingsystemwithSAPHANAcentric,itisveryimportanttohaveaclearideaondifferentdataprovisioning

techniquesavailable.

ForHANA,wecandividethedataprovisioningoptionsavailableintotwocategories,theyare

SAPHANAinbuilttools

ExternalTools

ThebelowimagegivesusthepictorialrepresentationofdataprovisioningtechniquescurrentlyavailabletousforHANA.

SAPHANAinbuiltoptions

ThesearethedataprovisioningtechniquesthatcomeinbuiltalongwithSAPHANAorasanadditionaloptionwhichdoesntrequirea

separateinfrastructuretomaintain.

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Wehave5differenttechniquespresentinthiscategoryasofSAPHANASPS10.

1.EIM(EnterpriseInformationManagement):

TheEnterpriseInformationManagementbaseddataprovisioningoptionusessmartdataintegrationandsmartdataqualitytoloaddata,in

batchorrealtime,intoHANA(onpremiseorinthecloud)fromavarietyofsourcesusingprebuiltandcustomadapters.

WeimplementthismethodbyinstallingaDataProvisioningAgenttohouseadaptersandconnectthesourcesystemwiththeData

Provisioningserver,housedintheHANAsystem.

Thenextstepistocreatereplicationtasks,usingWebIDE,toreplicatedata,orflowgraphs,usingApplicationFunctionModelernodes,to

transformandcleansethedataandloadtoHANA.

ThisfeatureisavailablefromSAPHANASPS9versionandrequiresadditionallicensingcost.

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2.FlatFileUpload:

UsingtheSAPHANAinbuiltfunctionality,wecanloadthedatafromaflatfile(excel,.csv)intoSAPHANAusingHANAStudio.

PleasegothroughthearticleDataLoadingtoHANAfromFlatFiletoknowthestepbystepprocedureofthesame.Thisoptionisavailable

fromHANAinitialversion.

3.RemoteDataSync:

TheRemoteDataSyncserviceonHCP(HANACloudPlatform)isusedtosynchronizehugenumbersofremotedatabasesintoa

consolidatedSAPHANAdatabaseinthecloud.ThisserviceisbasedonSAPSQLAnywhereanditsMobiLinktechnology.

TheRemoteDataSyncservicecanbeusedforscenarioswithoccasionalInternetconnectivityanditprovidesasophisticatedstrategyfor

resolvingdatachangeconflicts.Bythis,itensurestransactionalintegrityalsooverunstablenetworks.

Thesynchronizationofdatacanbeusedbidirectional,thatis,tosynchronizedatabothfromaremotedatabaseintotheclouddatabase,

andviceversa.TypicalscenariosinwhichRemoteDataSyncservicecanbeusedarefromtheInternetofThings(IoT)area.

Note:ThisserviceisabetafunctionalitythatisavailableontheSAPHANACloudPlatformtriallandscapefordeveloperaccounts.Thisoption

isavailableonlyfromSAPHANASPS10revision.

4.SmartDataStreaming:

TheSAPHANAsmartdatastreamingoptionprocesseshighvelocity,highvolumeeventstreamsinrealtime,allowingustofilter,

aggregate,andenrichrawdatabeforecommittingittoyourdatabase.

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WithSAPHANAsmartdatastreaming,youcanacceptdatainputfromavarietyofsourcesincludingdatafeeds,businessapplications,

sensors,ITmonitoringinfrastructureandsoon,applybusinesslogicandanalysistothestreamingdataandstoreyourresultsdirectlyin

SAPHANA.

ThisoptionisavailablefromSAPHANASPS9revision.

5.SmartDataAccess(SDA):

ThisoptionisusedtoremotelyaccessthedatafromanysourcewithoutphysicallyloadingtoSAPHANAandcanbeusedtobuildmodeling

objectsontopofthedata.

Thisisachievedbycreatingremoteconnectionandthenvirtualtablesontopofsourcetables.Therestrictionwithvirtualtablesare,itcan

beonlyusedtobuildcalculationviewsinSAPHANA.

ThisoptionisavailablefromSAPHANASPS6revision.

Note:WeneedtopayadditionallicensecosttomakeuseofadditionaldataprovisioningtechniquesinSAPHANAlikeEIM,SmartData

StreamingandRemoteDataSync..

ExternalTools

Apartfrominbuiltdataprovisioningtools,wealsohaveSAPcertifiedtoolswhichcanbeusedtoloaddatafromdifferentsourcestoHANA

eitherinrealtimeorbatch.Licensingisdifferentforthistoolsandneedsseparateinfrastructuretorunthesetools.

Wehavefourtoolsinthecategory,theyare

1.SAPReplicationServer(SRS):

SAPReplicationServer(SRS)movesandsynchronizestransactionaldataincludingDMLandDDLacrosstheenterprise,providinglow

impact,guaranteeddatadelivery,realtimebusinessintelligence,andzerooperationaldowntime.

SRSsupportslogbasedreplicationfromandtoheterogeneousdatabases,exceptforthehomogeneousSAPHANAtoSAPHANAreplication,

whichistriggerbased.WecanuseSAPReplicationServertodoaninitialloadaswellasreplicationinrealtimetoSAPHANA,atboth

tableanddatabaselevel,fromtheseprimarydatabases:

SAPAdaptiveServerEnterprise

Oracle

MicrosoftSQLServer

DB2UDBLUW

SAPBusinessSuiterunningonSAPASE,Oracle,MSSQLServerorDB2UDBLUW

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SAPHANAdatabase

Also,SRSincludesReplicationAgentforSAPHANA(RAH),alightweightserverthatreplicatesdatafromaprimarySAPHANAtoa

replicateSAPHANAdatabaseusingtriggerbasedreplication,primarilyusedforrealtimedatadistributionandrealtimereporting.

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2.DirectExtractorConnection(DXC):

TheSAPHANADirectExtractorConnection(DXC)isusedtoredirectdatafromembeddedSAPBWsystem(ForSAPECCextractors)to

HANAtableusinghttpconnection.

WefacesignificantcomplexitywhilebuildingmodelingobjectsforSAPECCextractorsinSAPHANA.

Inmanycases,datafromdifferentareasinSAPBusinessSuitesystemsrequiresapplicationlogictoappropriatelyrepresentthestateof

businessdocuments.SAPBusinessContentDataSourceExtractorshavebeenavailableformanyyearsasabasisfordatamodelingand

dataacquisitionforSAPBusinessWarehousenowwithDXC,theseSAPBusinessContentDataSourceExtractorsareavailabletodeliver

datadirectlytoSAPHANA.

DXCisabatchdrivendataacquisitiontechniqueitshouldbeconsideredasaformofextraction,transformationandloadalthoughits

transformationcapabilitiesarelimitedtouserexitforextraction.

3.SAPDataServices:

SAPDataServicesisanenterpriselevelETL(Extraction,TransformationandLoading)toolwhichcanusedbeusedtoloaddatafromany

sourcetoanytargetineitherrealtimeorbatch.

SAPDataServicesisacertifiedETLtoolfromSAPtoperformbatchloadingintoSAPHANA.Pleasegothroughthebelowarticlestoknow

moreaboutSAPDataServices.

IntroductionandOverviewofSAPDataServices.

DataLoadingintoSAPHANAusingDataServices.

4.SAPLandscapeTransformation(SLT):

TheSAPLandscapeTransformationtoolusestriggerbasedtechnologytotransferthedatafromanysourcetoSAPHANAinrealtime.Most

ofthetimethistoolisusedifthesourceisanSAPapplicationlikeSAPECC,CRM.

PleasegothroughthebelowarticletogetdetailsabouthowtoreplicatedatafromsourcetoSAPHANAinrealtimeusingSLT.

DataReplicationtoSAPHANAusingSLTsystem.

Withthiswehaveseendifferentinbuiltandexternaldataprovisioningtechniquesavailabletoload/replicatedataintoSAPHANAsystem.

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