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created by Mohammad Safiullah on 15Mar2014 15:59, last modified by Mohammad Safiullah on 15Mar2014 17:18

About this Document

Business Case

This document is based on Sales Business case scenarios.

Purpose

This manual aims to help you to understand the modeling of HANA

views into BW and reporting based on BW providers in SAP BW on

HANA. This kind of processing is done in SAP BW on HANA. This

manual also provides details of the steps involved in creating and

modeling HANA views and migrating to BW and creating a report

based BW providers. This document is created solely with the

intention of sharing information. Prerequisites

Following are the prerequisites for performing the tasks

presented in this manual:

SAP BW on HANA 7.4 installed on the server with packages sp4

(SAPKW74004).

SAP BW on HANA 7.3.1 installed on the server with packages sp9

(SAPKW73109).

SAP BW on HANA 7.3 installed on the server with packages sp10

(SAPKW73010).

HANA database upgraded to version HANA SPS 06 and above.

BW authorization and Analytic privileges.

Knowledge of BO Objects.

Knowledge of BO Data services.

Contents

1 Overview of Transient provider, Virtual provider and Composite

provider in BW 7.4 1.1 Transient Provider

1.2 Composite Provider

StepbyStep guide of Modeling HANAviews into BW in SAP BW 7.4 on HANA

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1.3 Virtual Provider

2 Source Data Extraction (using BO Data Services)

3 Source Data Extraction (LO Extraction)

4 Modeling BW Objects in BW 7.4

5 Modeling in HANA

6 Modeling in BW on HANA

6.1 Transient Provider

6.2 Composite Provider

6.3 Virtual Provider

6.4 BEx Query Designer

6.4.1 Transient Provider

6.4.2 Composite Provider

6.4.3 Virtual Provider

7 Reporting in Web Intelligence

8 Conclusion

1 Overview of Transient provider, Virtual provider andComposite provider in BW 7.4 DSO and InfoCube in BW 7.4 are HANAOptimized by default. This

reduces the activation time and has a huge impact on the

performance .Similarly modeling HANA Views in BW on HANA into

Transient providers, Composite Providers and Virtual Providers

also has a huge impact on performance if the underlying database

is HANA.

1.1 Transient Provider Key features

Its metadata in BW is not persisted, but always generated at

runtime.

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BEx Queries built on top can adapt to changes automatically as

far as possible.

Navigational attributes of an assigned Info Object can’t be

used .

It cannot be used in Multi provider.

It can only be used in Composite Provider in order to merge

with other InfoProvider.

It is exposed to BEx and BI tools.

1.2 Composite Provider

Its biggest advantage that it performs both union and joins

operation which overcomes the limitation of Info Sets and Multi

provider in BW .

1.3 Virtual Provider Key features

It offers a very flexible way of integrating data not stored in

BW Objects into the consistent BW world.

We can turn on Navigational Attributes for the Virtual Provider

as usual. Then we can map the Navigational Attribute also to a

field in the HANA model in the “Provider specific properties” –

if you do not map it, the data comes from the Master data

tables in BW.

Virtual Provider can be transported as usual, it can be used in

a Multi Provider and BEx Queries can be built on top, just like

for any other Virtual Provider.

The data read access at Query runtime is not via SQL, but it

uses the same special Analytics API that we use to access data

in InfoCubes, DSOs, and Multi Providers. This enables the BW

Analytic Manager to push down operations to HANA instead of

performing them in the application server.

2 Source Data Extraction (using BO Data Services) We will now see the basic feature of Extraction and Loading from

Flat file system to HANA using BO Data Services.

Log in to BO Data Services with proper username and password.

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We create new Excel type format to load Sales Item data (VBAP

Table).

Next we import schema and load the data .

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Next we create a new BW on HANA Data store that connects to

HANA database.

Next we create a batch job and template table in BW on HANA.

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Next we also mapped the fields in Query transform.

We run a batch job by right clicking it.

Next we see the data in the template table and import the table

by right clicking it.

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3 Source Data Extraction (LO Extraction) We will now see the basic feature of Extraction for Sales Header

data from EC6 system.

Log in to EC6 with proper username and password.

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We will activate the data sources using a transaction code

RSA5.

Next we have to fill up the set up tables for the data sources.

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For doing this first we need to delete the contents that are

already present in that setup tables.

Go to the transaction code LBWG and select the application

component whose content has to be deleted.

To check whether the setup table is deleted or not go to the

transaction code RSA3 and give the data source name and it will

show Record 0 found which means data has been deleted from the

setup table.

Now using the transaction code LBWQ delete the extraction queue

of the data source.

Also delete the delta queue for the data sources using the

transaction code RSA7.

Next is to fill the setup table using the transaction code SBIW

or OLI*BW where * denotes the application component

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Click on Logistics under Settings for ApplicationSpecific Data

Sources> Managing Extract Structures >ApplicationSpecific

Setup of Statistical Data.

Now click on the execute button of Perform setup – Sales and do

it for delivery.

We will now see the set up table contents using transaction

code RSA3.

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4 Modeling BW Objects in BW 7.4

We will locate the application component and replicate both the

data sources.

Next we will create the info package for the data sources

2LIS_11_VAHDR and activate it so that we can see all the data

that are selected in the extract structure will be in the PSA

table.

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Next we will create the DSO for data source and load all the

data into it using the data transfer process and activate both

the DSO.

5 Modeling in HANA We will now see the basic steps of modeling in HANA.

Log in to HANA Database via HANA Studio by clicking add system.

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Analytic view is created on item table (VBAP) replicated by BO

Data Services.

NOTE: Make sure to mention the measure type ‘Amount with

Currency’ for measure attribute like for COST, NETVALUE, NETPRICE

to avoid mismatch problem with the predefined Info Objects

while creating transient or virtual provider.

CURR is a currency field of Item table (VBAP).

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6 Modeling in BW on HANA We will now see the basic steps of modeling Data marts in BW on

HANA.

6.1 Transient Provider

Using T Code RSSDD_HM_PUBLISH, we create Analytic Index which

is Transient Provider in BW on HANA .

Using T Code RSSDD_LTIP, we see the transient provider that we

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have already created.

Select the Analytic Index and click display.

While creating it, mention the Info Area.

Now we can mention the reference InfoObject for the attributes.

Reference InfoObject are used to copy the metadata structure to

attribute.

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NOTE: Reference InfoObject is not mandatory in transient

provider.

6.2 Composite Provider

Now we create a composite provider on Sales Header Data (HANA

Optimized DSO) and Sales Item Data (Transient provider).

NOTE: We can model a Composite Provider either by using the T

Code RSLIMO / RSLIMOBW or the Workspace Designer

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We can use either UNION or JOIN operands in modeling of

Composite Provider based on requirements which is an advantage

over Multi Provider (only union) and Infoset (only join).

Drag and Drop HANAOptimized DSO from left panel to right panel

and use binding type as "UNION”.

Drag and Drop Transient provider from left panel to right panel

and use binding type as "Inner JOIN”.

NOTE: In composite provider, there has to be one provider with

binding type as “UNION”.

6.3 Virtual Provider

Next we create a virtual provider on HANA Analytic view.

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Select and click Virtual provider based on HANA Model.

Mention the package name and view name.

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Next we click the Assign HANA Model Attributes button in upper

right corner in order assign the attributes to Info Objects.

Select propose mapping checkbox and click continue

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Select the required attributes and If not found then Click

continue.

For Manual mapping, right click the dimension and click

provider specificInfo Objects properties.

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Similarly do the same for Key Dimensions.

Note: Make sure measure attributes like COST, NETPRICE,NETVALUE

have same data type with predefined Info Objects .

Finally Virtual provider is created and we now check the data .

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6.4 B Ex Query Designer

6.4.1 Transient Provider

Next we create a B ex Query on Transient provider and report it

using RSRT.

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6.4.2 Composite Provider

We also create a B ex Query on Composite provider and report it

using RSRT.

6.4.3 Virtual Provider

We also create a B ex Query on Virtual provider and report it

using RSRT.

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7 Reporting in Web Intelligence We will now see basic steps of reporting on BEx query in Web

Intelligence.

We create an OLAP connection in a repository in Information

Design Tool.

Next we open a BI launch pad and then web intelligence .

We select BEx Query as datasource and then the required OLAP

connection and then required Query.

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We also selected the required objects and run the query.

We can also preview the data using refresh in data preview tab.

We also created column chart along with tabular display of data

for composite provider Query.

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We also created column chart along with tabular display of data

for Virtual provider Query.

We can also save the report as a different file like pdf,

excel.

8 Conclusion The concept of the Transient Provider has the biggest appeal in

the context of adhoc models with frequent changes and a limited

durability. But we can’t transport a Transient Provider and so we

have to publish the HANA model in each system where we want to use

it.

For the more long term and stable requirements we instead propose

the new Virtual Provider, based on HANA model.

So as a general recommendation we state, that we should keep the

model in HANA as simple as possible and model the calculations

instead in the BEx Query.

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Ramakrishnan Azhagappan 01Apr2014 09:03

This is good gothrough. Thanks for this utile content sharing.

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Satendra Mishra 01Apr2014 09:49

Very nice information Nicely explorered Thanks for sharing with us keep sharing new

document . Best Regards,SM

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Krishna Chaitanya 07Apr2014 12:28

Good one. Thanks for sharing. Regards,Krishna Chaitanya.

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G. Bot 23May2014 15:00

Thanks for the info. Very usefull stuff. One remark on the transient provider section. The transaction mentioned to create the TP is nowRSDD_HM_PUBLISH, with one S at the start.

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Mohammad Safiullah 03Jun2014 15:14 (in response to G. Bot)

Hi G. Bot I guess that the T code that you have mentioned for creating TP is "SRSDD_HM_PUBLISH'.I am sorry if I have interpreted the T code wrongly .But this T Code dose not exit in BW 7.4 SP 4 and BW 7.4 SP6 . Can you be more specificabout the version that you have used .Please paste a screenshot in support of your query.

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Ramakrishnan Azhagappan 03Jun2014 15:29 (in response to Mohammad Safiullah)

Hello Mohammad, I hope what G. Bot was pointed is not 'SRSDD_HM_PUBLISH' to create a TP wehave to use the T Code 'RSDD_HM_PUBLISH' but here it is mentioned as'RSSDD_****' Please correct me if wrong.

So, to create a TP we have to use 'RSDD_HM_PUBLISH'

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G. Bot 03Jun2014 18:47 (in response to Ramakrishnan Azhagappan)

Hi Ramakrishan, You are right, I mean indeed that the tcode should be'RSDD_HM_PUBLISH'.

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Mohammad Safiullah 04Jun2014 07:04 (in response to RamakrishnanAzhagappan)

Hi Ramakrishan, Thank you Ramakrishan. Actually by mistake I have written that in thedocument(point 6.1) .Just now I have figured it out .It should beRSDD_HM_PUBLISH.

Thank you everyone for going through the document .

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mani kanta 09Sep2014 12:14

Hi, Nice one thanks for sharing. regards,Manikanta

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rajesh kumar 01Oct2014 13:34 (in response to mani kanta)

Hi nice doccument, i have requirement like, hierachy has to be created in HANA system. for that i have loaded Hierarchy table in HANA system. Now i'd like to access those table in BW since we are using BW 7.4 the table structure would be NODEID IOBJNAME NODENAME LINK PARENTID TXTSH TXTMD TXTLG Now created Attribute view for the same table. in BW side while trying to access the view, we can't see the View only Analytic and Calviews only visable. but to create those views we need Measures to be mainitained. but we have only attributes only. could you please provide solution how to access those views in BW and how to proccedwith hierarchy in BW side. RegardsRaj

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Mohammad Safiullah 05Oct2014 17:39 (in response to rajesh kumar)

Hi Rajesh,For attribute views or hierarchy based attribute views , we can access the views inBW via master infoobject .You can see the option for importing attribute views inBW in infoobject . thanks & regardsMohammad

rajesh kumar 06Oct2014 10:57 (in response to Mohammad Safiullah)

Hi Mohmamad, thanks for the post really helpful. My requirement is in HANA view have created Analytic view based out

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table fileds NODEID NODENAME IOBJNAME LANG PARENTID SHR MD LAND this the table which is Hierarchy loading into BW. in BW we have created Virtualprovider to import the HANA View into BW. then created Multiprovider to bring same Virtual provider intoMultiprovider. Diemension we have same attributes called NODEID NODENAMEIOBJNAME .... etc. now we have to map this in BW how's does this happens ? since we have infoobject ZXXX made as a hierarchy object in BW. how would i map this Hierarchy object with Multiprovider diemensions. please help on this RegardsRaj

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Sricharani kondasani 22Nov2014 22:19

Great Document. Please add more versions to this document. It really Helps

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Oliver Baer 04Dec2014 16:20

Mohammad, do you know whether TransientProvider and VirtualProvider also exist in a BW w/o Hana but anyother DB? And eventually, linking these objects to any other Hana DB (e.g. ERP, sidecar etc.)? Best regards,Oliver.

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Dinesh Anblazahan 05Dec2014 07:15 (in response to Oliver Baer)

Hi Oliver,Answer to your first question:When you refer to transient provider and Virtual provider based on HANA models then inthat case these two objects cannot excists on BW on traditional DB.Answer to your second Question:You cannot link the HANA artifacts in external HANA DB to another BW systems viaTransient and virtual provider. Thanks & Regards A.Dinesh

Mohammad Safiullah 05Dec2014 08:17 (in response to Oliver Baer)

Hi Oliver , Thank you for reading the document .Transient provider does not exist in a BW w/o HANA. Below screen shot is from BW 7.4 w/oHANA .

Where as Virtual Provider exist in BW w/o HANA .Virtual provider fetches the data at runtime and does not physically stores the data i.e real time access (which is same as transientprovider) but VP has advantage over TP as VP uses the property of standard or custom infoobject like hierarchies etc

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But regarding the second question , it is not possible .It is only possible in BW on HANA asthere is a option "based on HANA model" in virtual provider . I hope I have answered your queries .

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Oliver Baer 05Dec2014 14:57 (in response to Mohammad Safiullah)

Thanks for the feedback. Although I don't like the answer for VPs being not able toconnect to a secondary Hana DB ;)

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Dinesh Anblazahan 08Dec2014 05:21 (in response to Oliver Baer)

Hi Oliver Baer,

I will try to make you to like the way VP behaves ... plz go throughmy explaination below:we have to little understand the architecture of VP, virtual provider assuch doesn't hold any data so it will be easy and performance benificialonly if the data resides within the same HANA box if its exrenal then thevirtual provider architecture has to change .SAP dont like to change itbecause for accessing the external HANA object there is already anobject named as ODS.So if your use case you have to use teh open ODSnot VP.

I hope u r happy now ?Thanks & Regards A.Dinesh

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P Renjith Kumar 10Dec2014 14:58

Hi Mohammad Safiullah, This is very good document. Do write more on these new topics . RegardsRenjithBW Forum moderator.

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srikar Kalyanapu 23Dec2014 19:32

It's very useful document..Thanks for sharing

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Anupama Mahto 11Mar2015 05:19

This document is very informative and really good for beginners who are trying to explore the thenew InfoProviders in BW. One question can the composit provider consume the virtual provider?Regards,Anupama

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Mohammad Safiullah 11Mar2015 11:27 (in response to Anupama Mahto)

Thanks everyone for reading the document . Hi Anupama , Yes ..Composite provider can consume the virtual provider .

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Surya Vadupu 18Apr2015 02:29

Hi Safi Excellent document, This cleared my doubts on SAP BW/HANA. ThanksSV

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Nagender Reddy 20May2015 14:33

Hi Safi,Good document.

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Harish NS 27May2015 00:11

Hi Safi, Good Document. Thankshari

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Loed Despuig 29May2015 14:42

Hi, Thanks a lot for sharing.. Loed

Kumar L 28Jun2015 17:02

Hi MS, Well documented. Surprised to know that the transient providers can't be transported.Why is it so.Is there any logic given by sap behind this limitation?

As the transient provider meta data is stored in its own tables (around 5) starting withRSLTIP*

Can these table entries be transported and with this, whether these objects will get transported to thetarget system as these 5 tables have all the required details (metadata) of each and every transientprovider. I Understand that these transient providers are created when to be used on adhoc basis whichmeans that it makes sense only when created directly in production as the doc says that these are nottransportable. I don't think that this kind of creation access will be provided in production environmentbut if needed it can be provided and this is not some thing possible but my view is of following bestpractices. All are welcome to share their views on the transport limitation with transient provider. RegardsKumar.

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Neeraja P 21Jul2015 16:30

Hi Mohammad Safiullah, Could you please tell me where could I find TransientProviders (2O0FIN_OPA_T50 and2O0FIN_OPA_T20) which included in the Multi Provider /ERP/OPA_M01 as we have a system BIclient installed on ECC and the data base is HDB... I have checked Analytic Indexes using transaction RSDD_LTIP but I could not find any here. Also have gone through some posts on this...as we could not find TPs in BW then where could wefind them and if not in the system where could we check SAP provided TPs. Thanks in advance..!! Regards,Neeraja.

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Dinesh Anblazahan 22Jul2015 07:37 (in response to Neeraja P)

Hi, When u say Transient provider did you mean HANA model based transient provider? ifyes the can you try checking it in the transcation rsdd_hm_publish . Thanks & Regards A.DInesh

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Kishore Madireddy 24Jul2015 23:04

Great one.. really helpful.. CheersKishore Madireddy***Even if you have nothing, you can get anything. But your attitude & approach should bepositive..!****

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Chang Run Lin 10Dec2015 14:01

great article. Well explained. Thank you!

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Sat p 22Feb2016 15:43

good doc