SAP HANA

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With any new product, it's not always easy to get straightforward information. Is SAP HANA a database or an appliance? Can you use it with non-SAP BI tools? How do you build views and replicate data? In this book, get the information you need with advice and instruction from SAP HANA experts who have demonstrable knowledge, practical experience, and no agenda. Here's your chance: Separate the hype from the facts, and the roadmap from the reality. 1. Scenarios and Business Strategies Learn what SAP HANA is and the flavors it comes in. Then learn how to build a business strategy with advice about skills requirements, budgeting, and how it all fits in with your existing landscape. 2. Planning an Installation Know the information you need to plan an SAP HANA installation: sizing, hardware and software requirements, and migration considerations. 3. Data Modeling with Information Composer and Studio Dive deep into the main SAP HANA tools, with step-by-step directions and hundreds of screenshots that will have you building views, hierarchies, and more. 4. Data Provisioning Master data provisioning with specific instructions on trigger-based replication, ETL-based replication, log-based replication, and the Direct Extraction Connection. 5. Administration Take a look into the SAP HANA Administration Console and understand the most important administrative tasks in an SAP HANA system. Highlights: SAP HANA scenarios and use cases BWA vs. SAP HANA Hardware and software requirements Sizing SAP HANA-optimized InfoProviders SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 Information Composer SAP HANA Studio SAP Data Services SAP System Landscape Transformation Sybase Replication Server DXC SAP HANA Administration Console