First-hand knowledge.

Reading Sample
This sample chapter provides an overview of options for available re-
sources and training courses to prepare for the certification exam. It also
discusses various sources that provide SAP HANA documentation and
how to set up your own SAP HANA system to get practical experience.
Finally, it covers techniques for taking the certification exam.

“SAP HANA Training”

Contents

Index

The Authors

Rudi de Louw
SAP HANA 2.0 Certification Guide
Application Associate Exam
540 Pages, 2018, $79.95
ISBN 978-1-4932-1656-7

www.sap-press.com/4567
Chapter 2
SAP HANA Training

Techniques You’ll Master

쐍 Identify SAP Education training courses for SAP HANA

쐍 Find related SAP courses

쐍 Discover other sources of information and courses on the

Internet

쐍 Set up your own SAP HANA system to get practical experience

쐍 Develop strategies for taking your SAP certification exam

38 Chapter 2 SAP HANA Training SAP Education Training Courses Chapter 2 39

In this chapter, we’ll provide an overview of options for available resources and
training courses to prepare for your certification exam. We’ll look into SAP Educa-
tion, which makes SAP HANA training courses available for each certification and
provides related courses that can enhance your skills and understanding. We’ll
also discuss various sources on the Internet that provide SAP HANA documenta-
tion, video tutorials, how to get hands-on experience, and free online courses.
Finally, we’ll review some techniques for taking the certification exam.
SAP Education Training Courses
presentations. However, you don’t have an instructor to ask questions of, and
there is no interaction with others who are learning the same topic. Given that
this type of training normally happens after hours, it requires some discipline.
쐍 SAP Learning Hub
The last training course option is to use the SAP Learning Hub, a service you
subscribe to yearly. Your subscription grants you access to the entire SAP port-
folio of e-learning courses across every topic in the cloud, training materials,
some vouchers for taking certification exams, learning rooms, hands-on train-
ing systems, and forums for asking questions. You can find further details about
the SAP Learning Hub at https://training.sap.com/shop/learninghub.

You can attend SAP official training courses in a couple of different ways. These
training course options provide flexibility for learning and access to relevant
materials, so you can customize your studies to your lifestyle.
These different types of training courses include the following:
Tip
After you’ve joined the SAP Learning Hub, we recommend that you join the SAP
HANA Modeling Learning Room. This is by far the largest and most active room,
and it’s very helpful while preparing for this exam.

쐍 Classroom training
The first and most obvious option is classroom training, in which you attend You can also look at the Learning Journey for SAP HANA modeling at https://train-
SAP HANA courses in a classroom with a trainer for a few days. Classroom train- ing.sap.com/learning/journey/sap-hana-modeling. This shows the preceding points
ing courses provide a printed manual and a system through which you can to you in a semi-graphical chart.
practice and perform exercises. At the end of the week, you’ll walk away with a In the next two sections, we’ll discuss SAP HANA training courses specific to the
better understanding of what is described in that training material. certification exams and additional courses related to SAP HANA that may prove
Classroom training is a popular option that allows individuals to focus on learn- useful in your learning.
ing in an environment in which they can ask questions, perform exercises, dis-
cuss information with other students, and get away from their offices and
emails. Training Courses for SAP HANA Certifications
쐍 Virtual classrooms Table 2.1 lists the SAP HANA training courses for the latest C_HANAIMP certifica-
You can also attend SAP courses via virtual classrooms. The virtual approach is tion exams, the length of each course, and each course’s prerequisites, if any.
similar to training in real-life classrooms, but you don’t sit in a physical class-
room with a trainer. Instead, your trainer teaches you via the Internet in a vir- Certification SAP Training Course Length Prerequisites
tual classroom. You still have the ability to ask questions, chat online with other C_HANAIMP_12 HA100, collection 12 2 days N/A
students, and perform exercises. HA300, collection 12 5 days HA100
쐍 E-learning C_HANAIMP_13 HA100, collection 13 2 days N/A
You can participate in the same training courses via e-learning as well. In this
HA300, collection 13 5 days HA100
case, you’re provided with a training manual and an audio recording of course
Table 2.1 SAP Training Courses for C_HANAIMP Certification Exams
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The HA100 training course is the two-day introductory course that everyone must
take, regardless of which direction you want to go with SAP HANA. HA100 pro-
vides a quick introduction to SAP HANA architecture, the different concepts of
in-memory computing, modeling, data provisioning (how to get data into SAP
HANA), and how to use SAP HANA information models in reports.
The HA300 training course goes into more detail on the SAP HANA modeling con-
cepts and the security aspects of SAP HANA.
As of SPS 10, the HA300 training course has been expanded from three to five days
and now includes related topics previously found only in the HA360 and HA900
courses. Now, you only need to take the HA100 and HA300 courses to prepare for
the certification exam.
Tip
All the answers to the associate-level SAP HANA certification exams are guaran-
teed to be somewhere in the official SAP training material.
Additional SAP HANA Training Courses
The following SAP training courses related to SAP HANA modeling can comple-
ment your skills and knowledge of SAP HANA:
쐍 HA450
This three-day course merges SAP HANA modeling with the native application
development that you can perform with SAP HANA’s application server. It
teaches how you can take an SAP HANA information model, expose it as an
OData or REST web service, and consume it in the JavaScript framework called
SAPUI5. You can also write the C_HANADEV certification exam after attending
this training course.
쐍 UX402
This course complements the HA450 training course. It focuses on developing
user interfaces (UIs) with SAPUI5.
쐍 HA215
If you want to learn about SAP HANA performance tuning, the two-day HA215
course will complement the HA100 and HA300 courses.
Other Sources of Information Chapter 2 41
쐍 BW362
If you come from an SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW) background, BW362 is a
related course that might help you. This course shows how you can build infor-
mation models with SAP BW on SAP HANA.
쐍 HA400
If you come from an ABAP background, you should think about attending the
HA400 training course. It takes the knowledge that you gained in HA100 and
HA300 and shows you how to apply that knowledge in your ABAP development
environment. You’ll learn that the ways in which you access the SAP HANA
information models and interface with the SAP HANA database are completely
different from the ways to perform similar tasks in all the other databases
you’ve used through the years.
SAP Education offers a wide variety of courses to enhance your skills and further
your career. However, it’s important to know what resources are available outside
the classroom as well. In the next section, we’ll look at additional resources for
continued learning.
Other Sources of Information
You’ll find that there is no shortage of information about SAP HANA. In fact, there
is so much information available that it’s almost impossible to get through it all.
To help focus your search, let’s look at some of the most popular sources of infor-
mation.
SAP Help
SAP Help (http://help.sap.com) is a valuable resource for your SAP and SAP HANA
education. There is a lot of great documentation provided on this website. At
https://help.sap.com/viewer/p/SAP_HANA_PLATFORM, you’ll find all available
documentation provided in PDF format (see Figure 2.1) in the Documentation
Download area.
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Figure 2.1 SAP HANA Documentation on SAP Help
Useful PDF files include the following:
쐍 SAP HANA Modeling Guide for XS Advanced Model
We highly recommend this modeling guide, which provides the foundation for
working with and building SAP HANA information models. There are two other
modeling guides as well, namely for SAP HANA Studio and the Web Workbench.
We recommend however that you focus on the SAP HANA extended application
services, advanced model (SAP HANA XSA) version.
Other Sources of Information Chapter 2 43
쐍 SAP HANA Interactive Education (SHINE) XSA
This guide is found when you click on the View All button in the Development
area of the screen. SHINE is a demo package that you can install into your own
SAP HANA system or your company’s SAP HANA sandbox system. It provides a
lot of data and models, with examples of how to create good information mod-
els. The example screens in this book make use of the SHINE package. We’ll look
at SHINE later in this chapter.
쐍 SAP HANA Security Guide
This guide tells you everything you need to know about security in more detail.
We’ll discuss what you need to know about security for the exam in Chapter 11.
쐍 SAP HANA Troubleshooting and Performance Analysis Guide
Learn how to properly troubleshoot your SAP HANA database and enhance
overall performance with this guide.
쐍 What’s New in the SAP HANA Platform (Release Notes)
This document lists the new features in the SPSs of SAP HANA 2.0 since SPS 00.
쐍 SAP HANA reference guides
There is an entire section of reference guides that provide more specific and
focused discussions of particular SAP HANA topics:
– SAP HANA SQLScript Reference
– SAP HANA XS JavaScript Reference
– SAP HANA XS JavaScript API Reference
– SAP HANA XS DBUTILS JavaScript API Reference
– SAP HANA Business Function Library (BFL)
– SAP HANA Predictive Analysis Library (PAL) Reference
쐍 SAP HANA Developer Quick Start Guide
This specific developer’s guide is presented as a set of tutorials.
쐍 SAP HANA Developer Guide for SAP HANA XS Advanced Model
We recommend reviewing this guide, especially because development and
information modeling are closely linked in SAP HANA. This guide teaches you
how to build applications in SAP HANA, write procedures, and more. This
includes information on building UIs using SAPUI5.
For some of these documents, it might be helpful to have an actual system to play
with because some guides provide step-by-step instructions for certain actions.
We discuss how to get your own SAP HANA system in a later section.
44 Chapter 2 SAP HANA Training Other Sources of Information Chapter 2 45

SAP HANA Home Page and SAP Community

The main website for SAP HANA is found at www.sap.com/products/hana.html,
which offers the latest news about SAP HANA and its different use cases. Along
with the SAP HANA home page, the SAP Community provides a central location
for members of different SAP communities and solution users. At www.sap.com/
community/topic/hana.html, you can ask questions about your own SAP HANA
system. SAP employees will answer questions posted on this website. In addition,
take a look at www.sap.com/products/hana/community.html where many other
community support options are described.

SAP HANA Academy

From www.sap.com/products/hana/training.html or using a Google search, you
can find a link to the SAP HANA Academy. The SAP HANA Academy area of You-
Tube provides hundreds of free video tutorials on all topic areas of SAP HANA. You
can also access it directly via www.youtube.com/user/saphanaacademy/playlists.
Figure 2.2 shows the playlists screen for the SAP HANA Academy.
These videos are created by SAP employees, who perform actual tasks on an SAP
HANA system. If you’ve never made a backup of an SAP HANA system, for exam-
ple, you can search for a video on how to do just that, with step-by-step instruc-
tions.
Figure 2.2 SAP HANA Academy at YouTube
Because there are so many video clips available, we recommend that you select the
Playlists option from the YouTube menu, as shown in Figure 2.2. Alternatively, you
can go to the URL provided.
With each new SAP HANA release, new videos are added to the SAP HANA Acad-
emy YouTube channel. You can also find videos on the SAP HANA Academy for
building solutions. On the Playlists page, look for a playlist called Building Solu-
tions: Live5 under the Featured Playlists (see Figure 2.3).
Figure 2.3 Featured Playlists with Building Solutions: Live5
You’ll also see other playlists here that are worth investigating, for example, SAP
HANA Express (shown in Figure 2.3) and SAP HANA XS Advanced Model (shown in
Figure 2.4).

Figure 2.4 More Featured Playlists in SAP HANA Academy

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As noted earlier, the http://help.sap.com website provides all the PDFs for you to
read, which is great if you like reading and you want the PDFs on your tablet or
phone, for example. On the other hand, the SAP HANA Academy YouTube channel
is good if you prefer visual learning, and it may be more practical.
openSAP
Next up to consider is the openSAP website (https://open.sap.com/courses?topic=
SAP%20HANA), which provides many free training courses on a large variety of
SAP topics (see Figure 2.5).
Figure 2.5 openSAP Website
This website frequently adds new online training courses, some of which focus on
SAP HANA. When new training courses become available, you can enroll in them.
Every week, you’ll receive a few video clips. These courses are normally four to six
Hands-On with SAP HANA Chapter 2 47
weeks long, and every week you’ll take a test. All the tests together are worth 50%
of your total score. In the last week, you take an exam that is worth the other 50%
of your score. At the end of the course, you receive a certificate of attendance, and
if you performed well, the certificate will show your score. If appropriate, the cer-
tificate will also show that you were in the top 10% or top 20% of your class.
Note
The openSAP certificates don’t hold the same weight as the official SAP Education
certifications.
After you complete one of these free online courses, you can still retake the tests
or exams for a fee, but you can still access all of the other course materials for free.
You can always download the video clips, the PowerPoint slides, and the tran-
scripts for your records.
Hands-On with SAP HANA
Everyone learns differently. Some people like visuals, others learn by listening,
and still others learn by doing. In this section, we look at how to gain some hands-
on experience with your own SAP HANA system, projects, and data. We’ll begin
with the different ways you can personally access an SAP HANA system.
Where to Get an SAP HANA System
On the SAP Developer Center site (www.sap.com/developer/topics/sap-hana.html),
you can download a free SAP HANA system or access your own SAP HANA server
in the cloud (see Figure 2.6).
When you scroll down through this page, you’ll find links to download the free SAP
HANA, express edition; sign up for the free SAP Cloud Platform; or sign up for the
Microsoft Azure cloud and Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the SAP HANA devel-
oper edition (see Figure 2.7).
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Figure 2.6 SAP Developer Center Website for SAP HANA
Figure 2.7 SAP HANA System Options
Hands-On with SAP HANA Chapter 2 49
In the following sections, we’ll look at the following options in greater detail: using
a free SAP Cloud Platform account, paying a cloud provider for the computing
resources, or running SAP HANA on your own machine.
Free SAP Cloud Platform Account
Let’s start with the cheapest and easiest way to get your own SAP HANA system:
the free SAP Cloud Platform account. Figure 2.8 shows https://account.hana-
trial.ondemand.com/, where you can get a free account on the SAP Cloud Platform.
After a quick registration process, you’ll gain access to SAP Cloud Platform.
Figure 2.8 SAP Cloud Platform Registration
To learn how to set up your own account on SAP Cloud Platform, you can read the
Get Started with SAP Cloud Platform information on https://help.sap.com/viewer/
p/CP.
The free account on SAP Cloud Platform has some restrictions. You don’t get a lot
of memory for loading large datasets, and the cloud platform is shared with many
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other users. However, SAP Cloud Platform is an excellent choice to get going
quickly, and it doesn’t cost you anything.

SAP HANA on Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure Cloud

The next option is to get your own SAP HANA system on the AWS cloud or the
Microsoft Azure Cloud. While the developer license for SAP HANA is free from SAP,
you still need to pay for the hosted solution on AWS or Microsoft.
Both the AWS and the Microsoft Azure Cloud offerings are ideal for learning more
about SAP HANA in a practical manner. They’re both quite inexpensive, as long as
you remember to switch things off when you’re finished—that is, essentially
pressing a pause button on your SAP HANA system. Otherwise, the cloud provid-
ers will continue charging you for the CPU, the memory, the network, and the disk
space being used. You can also put a limit on your finances to ensure you don’t go
over your budget.
You can create an account on any of these cloud offerings via your own account
with the respective companies. However, the easiest way to create your own SAP
HANA system on AWS or Microsoft Azure Cloud is by using the SAP Cloud Appli- Figure 2.9 SAP Cloud Appliance Library

ance Library at https://cal.sap.com (see Figure 2.9). Registration is also free on this
website.
After you’re registered, you can select the SAP HANA system you want to create.
Next, you can select the size of the SAP HANA server you require. You can play
around with the various options. Based on the options you select, the cost per hour
and the total monthly costs will be displayed.
The steps to create your own SAP HANA system on AWS or Microsoft Azure are
found at www.sap.com/developer/tutorials/hana-setup-cloud.html.
If you’re a Microsoft MSDN subscriber, you get a certain amount of credit each
month for Microsoft Azure Cloud. It may be possible to use that credit to pay for
your SAP HANA systems.

Note SAP HANA, Express Edition, on the Google Cloud Platform

The SAP HANA editions on the SAP Cloud Appliance Library aren’t always the lat-
est versions. Instead of AWS or Microsoft Azure, you can now also get an SAP HANA system on
the Google Cloud Platform. Go to https://console.cloud.google.com/launcher/
details/sap-public/sap-hana-express for more information (see Figure 2.10.). At the
The SAP Cloud Appliance Library will also allow you to automatically switch your
time of this writing, if you sign up for a free trial of Google Cloud Platform, you’ll
SAP HANA system on and off at predefined times. The savings are also automati-
get $300 in credit. This is more than enough to run your SAP HANA system for at
cally reflected in the monthly cost calculations.
least two months while you prepare for the exam.
When you’re satisfied with your choices, you can ask the SAP Cloud Appliance
Library to create your SAP HANA system automatically for you on AWS or Micro-
soft Azure Cloud.
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Figure 2.10 SAP HANA, Express Edition, on the Google Cloud Platform
Running SAP HANA, Express Edition, on Your Laptop or PC
The most-asked question from students through the years is for a copy of SAP
HANA that they can install on their laptops. Finally, you can now do exactly that!
The new SAP HANA, express edition, is compiled so that it can run on your laptop
with all the functionality of the full version of SAP HANA while using less memory.
Best of all, it’s free for both development and productive use, up to 32 GB of RAM.
SAP HANA, express edition, is available as both a binary installer and a virtual
machine image to get you started quickly. The easiest way to get started is to use
the virtual machine image; in the following steps we’ll discuss how to get you up
and running quickly. (The screens and examples in this book were created with
SAP HANA, express edition.)
1. From www.sap.com/developer/topics/sap-hana.html, click on the Free Down-
load button, shown earlier in Figure 2.6, or the Download now button, shown
Hands-On with SAP HANA Chapter 2 53
earlier in Figure 2.7. The alternative is to go directly to www.sap.com/cmp/ft/
crm-xu16-dat-hddedft/index.html, register, and get the download manager for
SAP HANA, express edition. This program requires Java.
2. When you start the download manager for SAP HANA, express edition, as
shown in Figure 2.11, you can choose between a Virtual Machine image and a
Binary Installer. The default is the Virtual Machine image.
Figure 2.11 Download Manager for SAP HANA, Express Edition 2.0
3. Next, select the functionality you want to use with your copy of SAP HANA,
express edition.
Note
You need a minimum of 8 GB memory to run SAP HANA, express edition. You
might need more memory, for example, 12 GB, if you want to use SAP HANA XSA.
We recommend that you install the Server + applications virtual machine, as
shown in Figure 2.11. This option includes SAP HANA XSA and is what we use in
this book.
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Options you might select include the following:

– The first selection on the list is the Getting Started with SAP HANA express
edition (Virtual Machine Method) PDF file. This document will help you install
your copy of SAP HANA, express edition. You can also follow the instruction
at www.sap.com/developer/groups/hxe-install-vm.html.
– The Virtual Machine option already includes the SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server (SLES) operating system. If you use the Binary Installer option, you’ll
need to download a certified operating system. See the next section for links.
4. Ensure you have the VMware Player (for Windows and Linux) or VMware Fusion
(for Mac).

Tip
The VMware Workstation 12 Player is free for personal use and can be down-
loaded at www.vmware.com/go/downloadplayer/.

After you’ve installed SAP HANA, express edition, you need to set up the environ- Figure 2.12 SAP HANA XSA Up and Running with Available Apps
ment so that you can start using it for information modeling.
You can follow the steps at www.sap.com/developer/how-tos/2016/09/hxe-howto- 4. Create your own user by opening the XS Advanced Administration app screen
tutorialprep.html for setting it up, and then go to the SAP HANA, express edition, and logging in with the XSA_ADMIN user. You’ll see an SAP Fiori launchpad, as
tutorials at www.sap.com/developer/topics/sap-hana-express.tutorials.html. shown in Figure 2.13. Open User Management, and create a new user.
However, the following steps will help you set up your SAP system so that you can
get to the screens we’ll show in this book:
1. Make sure your hosts file contains a reference to hxehost as described in the
Getting Started guide.
2. Check if the XS Engine is up and running by opening http://hxehost:8090 in
your browser.

Hint
We recommend that you use the Google Chrome browser.

3. Check that SAP HANA XSA and services are running by opening https://hxe-
host:39030. This will show you a list of apps that are running and their web
addresses. You can open any of these apps by clicking on their web addresses.
Check that the XSA-ADMIN and WEBIDE apps are running as shown in Figure
2.12. If you see the Web app running, it means you’ve also installed the SHINE
demo application.
Figure 2.13 XS Advanced Administration App
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5. Add your new user to the development space.
6. Open Organization and Space Management. You’ll see two spaces named devel-
opment and SAP, as shown in Figure 2.14.
7. Select the development space. You should see that the XSA_ADMIN and XSA_
DEV users are already in this space.
8. Click on the + Add User button, select your user, and click the OK button.
9. Select the Developer checkbox next to your user name, and click the Save but-
ton. Your user is now added to the development space.
Figure 2.14 XS Advanced Administration App: Organization and Space Management
10. Open the WEBIDE app. We’ll spend a lot of time in the SAP Web IDE for SAP
HANA. In Chapter 4, we’ll describe it in more detail.
11. Log in with your new user. SAP Web IDE for SAP HANA won’t have any content.
To get up and running quickly, you can clone or import the source code of the
SHINE SAP HANA XSA demo application. A few tips are as follows:
– The easiest way to get the source code for SHINE is to clone it from GitHub.
Open the menu, and select File 폷 Git 폷 Clone Repository. When asked for a Git
Repository, enter the public GitHub address where the SAP HANA SHINE
resides, that is, “https://github.com/SAP/hana-shine-xsa”. The SAP Web IDE
for SAP HANA will download all the source code, information models, and
design-time objects for you.
Hands-On with SAP HANA Chapter 2 57
– If you’ve already installed SHINE during the SAP HANA, you can open the
Web app. Click on the icon in the top-right corner. This will download a ZIP
file to your local machine with the SHINE source code. In the WEBIDE app,
open the menu, and select File 폷 Import 폷 From File System. Then select the ZIP
file from SHINE on your local machine.
12. Next, set the space where you want to work in the Project Settings for your
project. As shown in Figure 2.15, select the second-level node (called your proj-
ect), and right-click on the name. In the popup context menu, select Project
Settings.
13. On the next screen, select Space, and then choose the development space from
the dropdown list. This is the same space you added your user to earlier. Click
Save and then Close.
Figure 2.15 SAP Web IDE for SAP HANA: Configuring Project Settings for a Project
14. The last step is to build your SHINE application. At the moment, you only have
the source code, but you want it to create a schema, users, tables with data,
information models, and much more for you. This is accomplished by building
your project. As shown in Figure 2.16, select the second-level node (called your
project), and right-click on the name. In the popup context menu, select Build.
15. After the core-db module has been built, you can open it. Open the src folder,
then the models folder, and open the PRODUCTS.hdbcalculationview model.
You should see something that looks like Figure 2.17.
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Tip
If you don’t know which deployment option is the best option for you, takea look
at https://blogs.sap.com/2017/10/02/quick-deployment-options-for-hana-express-
on-the-cloud/ for some advice.

Building an SAP HANA System

You can also install SAP HANA on a server. You’ll need some certified hardware, an
operating system, and the SAP HANA software. Note that you’ll need a registered
S-user name and password before you can download the SAP HANA software. If
you’re an existing SAP customer or SAP partner, you can ask your system admin-
istrator for a logon user.
The requirements for the hardware and how to install the SAP HANA software can
be found at https://help.sap.com/viewer/p/SAP_HANA_PLATFORM.

Note
Figure 2.16 SAP Web IDE on SAP HANA: Building the SHINE Demo Application
It’s recommended that you use a machine with a minimum of 24 GB or 32 GB of
memory. The standard edition of SAP HANA won’t start on a machine with less
than 16 GB of memory. If you have less memory, you should use SAP HANA,
express edition.

The certified operating systems for SAP HANA are SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
for SAP Applications and Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP HANA. You can find the
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications at www.suse.com/products/sles-
for-sap/. Or, you can get a copy of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP HANA from
www.redhat.com/en/resources/red-hat-enterprise-linux-sap-hana.
You’ll also need to download a copy of the SAP HANA software from https://
launchpad.support.sap.com/#/softwarecenter/. In the alphabetical list of products,
select H, choose SAP In-Memory (SAP HANA), and then choose HANA Platform Edi-
tion. Then follow the instructions in installation guides on https://help.sap.com/
viewer/p/SAP_HANA_PLATFORM.

Project Examples
Figure 2.17 SAP Web IDE on SAP HANA: Showing an SAP HANA Graphical Information Model After you have your own SAP HANA system, the next step is to start using it. In this
section, we’ll discuss how to start working on SAP HANA projects and how you can
Congratulations! You now have a fully working SAP HANA system. use the SHINE demo package or create your own project.
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Using the SHINE Demo Package
One option to get some practice in SAP HANA is to explore the content available in
the SHINE demo package. We’ll use the SHINE demo throughout this book. It’s
fully documented and is used by SAP as an example for how to develop SAP HANA
applications. You can see what the SHINE demo application looks like in Figure
2.18.
The next step is to think about creating a report that can analyze the performance
of a particular dataset. This is a good exercise because you’ll have to take end-user
requirements and learn how to translate them into the required SAP HANA infor-
mation models. Then, you’ll design and create these models. Finally, you can
expand these information models into an application.
You can also look at incorporating something such as SAP Lumira to easily create
attractive storyboards. You can download a free copy of SAP Lumira from https://
saplumira.com/.

Where to Get Data

SAP HANA can process large amounts of data. To get hands-on practice in the SAP
HANA system, you’ll want some sort of data to play with. There are a couple of
places where you can acquire data to play with:
쐍 SHINE demo package
The SHINE demo package is a great place to get large datasets. To do this in the
SHINE package, use the Data Generator option. This is the first option in Figure
2.18.

Figure 2.18 SHINE (SAP HANA Interactive Education) for SAP HANA XS Advanced Model

The SHINE documentation can be found at https://help.sap.com/viewer/p/SAP_

HANA_PLATFORM in the Development area by clicking the View All button.

Creating Your Own Project

You can also think up your own projects. You can start very simply by just learning
to work with individual topics discussed in the book. Examples can include things
such as fuzzy text search, currency conversion, input parameters, hierarchies, and
spatial joins. You can also add some security on top of this, for example, to limit
the data for a single user to just one year.
Figure 2.19 Datahub
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쐍 Datahub
Datahub is a website and free open data management system that can be used With which of the following do you build the
vocabulary of a decision table?
Which of the following SAP data provisioning
methods provide complex transformations?
What does SAP HANA smart data integration
use for data provisioning?
to get, use, and share data. At https://datahub.io/ (Figure 2.19), you can find Note: There are 2 correct answers to this question. Note: There are 3 correct answers to this question.

more than 10,000 datasets. (If you can’t find what you’re searching for, look at Actions  SAP Data Services  SAP HANA smart data access

the old site at https://old.datahub.io/dataset.) Attributes SAP HANA smart data access SAP HANA analytics streaming

Conditions SAP Replication Server Database triggers

쐍 US Department of Transportation database
If you want a larger dataset to play with, you can use the US Department of
Transportation database on flights in the United States. It has more than 50 mil-
lion records, with more than 20 years of data. It has data such as departure air-
port, destination airport, airline, flight number, airborne time, flight delays and
cancellations, and so on. You can use this data to play with the predictive capa-
bilities of SAP HANA in Chapter 9, for example, to predict if your US flight will
be delayed and by how much.
You can download this data from www.transtats.bts.gov/ONTIME/Index.aspx.
Exam Questions
Now, we’ll change gears a bit and look at the SAP certification exams and how to
approach them. Let’s look at the examination question types and some tips and
hints about how to complete the certification exam.
Measures  SAP HANA smart data quality  Database logs
 Real-time adapters
Figure 2.20 Three Types of Certification Exam Questions
The other two questions are called multiple-response questions. There are two
types of multiple-response questions:
쐍 With the first type of multiple-response question, there are four possible
answers, and there will always be two correct answers and two incorrect
answers. In the exam, this will be indicated by the words, “Note: There are two
correct answers to this question.”
쐍 The other type of multiple-response question has five possible answers, of which
three will always be correct, and two will be incorrect; you must select three cor-
rect answers. Above the answers, you’ll see the words, “Note: There are three
correct answers to this question.”

Both types of multiple-response questions use checkboxes, and you must select
Types of Questions however many answers are correct.

An international team sets up the SAP HANA certification exams. All the questions
are written in English, and all the communication is in English. Because the exam
teams are international, a lot of attention is focused on making sure that every-
body will understand what is meant by each question, avoiding possible double
meanings or ambiguities.
Figure 2.20 shows three types of questions that you’ll find in the certification
exam.
The first question is multiple choice. The radio buttons indicate that you can only
choose one of the four available answer options. There will be three or four differ-
ent options, with only one correct answer. (Most of the time there will be four
answer options. This certification exam is one of the first SAP exams where a few
questions will have only three answer options for this type of question. The older
exams always had four options.)
All three types of questions have exactly the same weight. You either get a ques-
tion right or you get it wrong. It’s a binary system: 0 or 1.
For a multiple-response question with two correct and two incorrect answers, you
must select two answers. If you select three answers or one answer, you don’t
receive any points. If you select two answers and they are the correct two answers,
then you earn a point.
Tip
Select as many answers as are required! If you’re certain that an option is correct,
select it. If you’re doubtful about an answer, at least select the correct number of
answers. If you don’t select anything, you won’t earn any points. Even if you plan
to come back to the question later, we still recommend that you select the exact
number of answer options required.
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Multiple-choice questions normally make up the majority of the questions for the
associate-level core exams. More than half of the questions will have only one cor-
rect answer and two or three incorrect answers.
Note
In the certification exam, there are no fill-in-the-blank questions. There are also
no true or false questions in the certification exam, but we’ll use true or false
questions in this book for training purposes.
The questions and the answers themselves appear randomly. In other words, two
people could be taking the same exam, sitting next to each other, and the order in
which the questions appear for each person would be different. In addition, for
similar questions, the order of A, B, C, and D (the answer options) is different for
different people. Because answer options are randomized, you’ll never find any
questions that list “All of the above” or “None of the above” as a possible answer.
The questions in the SAP certification exams tend to be very short and to the
point. All extra words and descriptions have been cut away, ensuring that you’ll
have enough time to complete the exams. We’ve never heard anyone complain
about the time limits in the SAP HANA certification exams.
Because the questions are to the point, every word counts. Every word is there for
a reason and has a purpose, so don’t ignore any word—especially words such as
always, only, and must. Always indicates on every occasion, only means that no
other options are allowed, and must indicates something that is mandatory. In the
answer options, you could see some optional actions that would be valid actions in
normal circumstances, but if they aren’t mandatory, they are incorrect answers for
questions asking what you must do. Therefore, for questions using the word must,
pay attention to optional steps versus mandatory steps.
The certification exams use a minimum of negative words, which are only used for
troubleshooting questions. All negative words in a question are written in capital
letters—for example, “You did something and it is NOT working. What is the rea-
son?”
Tip
Do not just learn the facts as if everything will always work properly. Systems
break in real life, and you need to know why they didn’t work and how to fix or
troubleshoot the problem. There will be questions in the exam to test this knowl-
edge.
Exam Questions Chapter 2 65
Now that we’ve looked at the general structure of SAP certification exam ques-
tions, let’s look at the strategy of elimination in the exam.
Elimination Technique
Experience has shown that the elimination technique can be useful for answering
exam questions. In this technique, you start by finding the wrong answers instead
of finding the right answers.
When creating exams, it’s fairly easy to set up questions, but it’s hard to think up
wrong answers that still sound credible. Because it’s so difficult to write credible
wrong answers, it’s normally easier to eliminate the wrong answers first. As Sher-
lock Holmes would say, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
To show how efficient this technique can be, look at the multiple-response ques-
tion with five different options (refer to Figure 2.20, right). There are three correct
and two incorrect answers, so it saves you time to find the two incorrect ones,
rather than trying to find the three correct answers.
Hint
Make sure you know which keywords apply to which area. The wrong answers
could come from an unrelated area, but the words sound like they might belong
to the area in which the question is asked. Don’t confuse the words from different
topic areas.
Bookmark Questions
In the certification exam, you can always bookmark questions and return to them
later. If you’re not confident about a question, mark it. We still recommend that
you complete the right number of answer options: If two answers are required, fill
in two options. If three are required, select three options. Then, mark the question
so that you can review it later.
Tip
Watch out when you do the review; your initial choice tends to be the correct one.
Remember, don’t overanalyze the question.
Now, let’s turn our attention to some general exam strategies. Implementing test-
taking strategies will help you succeed on the exam.
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General Examination Strategies knowledge and skills, and where to get hands-on experience. In addition, we intro-
duced many free sources of information on the Internet, training videos on You-
The following are some good tips, tricks, and strategies to help you during an
Tube, and online courses at openSAP.
exam:
You can now form a winning strategy for taking your SAP certification exam. In
쐍 If you have the SAP training manuals, read them twice. Pay attention to pages
the next chapter, we’ll begin looking at exam questions and concepts, focusing
with lots of bullet points because that means there are normally lots of options,
first on the architecture and deployment scenarios of SAP HANA.
and these are likely good sources for questions.
쐍 For this associate-level certification exam, when using this book, read the entire
chapters and answer all the questions. If you don’t get the answers right or don’t
understand the question, re-read that section. This is the equivalent of reading
the SAP training materials twice.
쐍 Make sure that you’ve answered all the questions and that you’ve selected the
correct number of answer options. If the question says that three answers are
correct, then make sure that you’ve marked three—not four or two.
쐍 Occasionally, you’ll find answer options that are opposites—for example, X is
true, and X is NOT true. In that case, make sure you select one of the pair.
쐍 In our experience with SAP HANA certification exams, the answers from one
question don’t provide answers to another question. SAP Education is careful to
make sure that this doesn’t happen in its exams.
쐍 Watch out for certain trigger words. Alarm bells should go off when you see
only, must, and always.
쐍 Look out for impossible combinations. For example, if a question is about mea-
sures, then the answer can’t be something to do with dimension calculation
views because you can’t find measures for such views.
쐍 Some words can be different in different countries. For example, some people
talk about a right-click menu, but in other places in the world, this same feature
is known as a context menu. This is the menu that pops up in a specific context,
and you access this menu by right-clicking.
쐍 Make sure you get a good night’s rest before the exam.

Summary
You should now know which SAP Education training courses you can attend for
your certification examination, which related SAP courses will complement your
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Contents
Acknowledgments .............................................................................................................................. 15
Preface .................................................................................................................................................... 17

1 SAP HANA Certification Track—Overview 25

Who This Book Is For .......................................................................................................... 26

SAP HANA Certifications .................................................................................................. 27

Associate-Level Certification ......................................................................................... 28
Specialist-Level Certification ......................................................................................... 30
SAP HANA Application Associate Certification Exam ......................................... 31
Exam Objective .................................................................................................................. 32
Exam Structure .................................................................................................................. 34
Exam Process ...................................................................................................................... 35
Summary ................................................................................................................................. 36

2 SAP HANA Training 37

SAP Education Training Courses ................................................................................... 38

Training Courses for SAP HANA Certifications ........................................................ 39
Additional SAP HANA Training Courses .................................................................... 40
Other Sources of Information ........................................................................................ 41
SAP Help ............................................................................................................................... 41
SAP HANA Home Page and SAP Community ........................................................... 44
SAP HANA Academy ......................................................................................................... 44
openSAP ............................................................................................................................... 46
Hands-On with SAP HANA ............................................................................................... 47
Where to Get an SAP HANA System ........................................................................... 47
Project Examples ............................................................................................................... 59
Where to Get Data ............................................................................................................ 61
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Exam Questions ................................................................................................................... 62
Types of Questions ........................................................................................................... 62
Elimination Technique .................................................................................................... 65
Bookmark Questions ........................................................................................................ 65
General Examination Strategies ................................................................................... 66
Summary ................................................................................................................................. 66
3 Architecture, Deployment Scenarios,
and Use Cases 69
Objectives of This Portion of the Test ........................................................................ 70
5 Information Modeling Concepts
Key Concepts Refresher .................................................................................................... 71
In-Memory Technology ................................................................................................... 71
Architecture and Approach ............................................................................................ 77
Deployment Scenarios .................................................................................................... 89
SAP HANA in the Cloud ................................................................................................... 99
Important Terminology .................................................................................................... 103
Practice Questions .............................................................................................................. 105
Practice Question Answers and Explanations ........................................................ 111
Takeaway ................................................................................................................................ 115
Summary ................................................................................................................................. 115
4 Modeling Tools, Management,
and Administration 117
Objectives of This Portion of the Test ........................................................................ 119
Key Concepts Refresher .................................................................................................... 120
New Modeling Process .................................................................................................... 120
New Architecture for Modeling and Development ............................................... 126
Creating a Project .............................................................................................................. 132
Contents 9
Creating SAP HANA Design-Time Objects ................................................................ 142
Building and Managing Information Models .......................................................... 148
Refactoring .......................................................................................................................... 155
Important Terminology .................................................................................................... 160
Practice Questions ............................................................................................................... 161
Practice Question Answers and Explanations ........................................................ 163
Takeaway ................................................................................................................................ 165
Summary ................................................................................................................................. 165
167
Objectives of This Portion of the Test ........................................................................ 168
Key Concepts Refresher .................................................................................................... 169
Tables .................................................................................................................................... 169
Views ..................................................................................................................................... 169
Cardinality ........................................................................................................................... 172
Joins ..................................................................................................................................... 172
Core Data Services Views ............................................................................................... 183
Cube ..................................................................................................................................... 184
Calculation Views ............................................................................................................. 188
Using Calculation Views ................................................................................................. 190
Other Modeling Artifacts ............................................................................................... 193
Semantics ............................................................................................................................ 197
Hierarchies .......................................................................................................................... 198
Important Terminology .................................................................................................... 200
Practice Questions ............................................................................................................... 201
Practice Question Answers and Explanations ........................................................ 209
Takeaway ................................................................................................................................ 212
Summary ................................................................................................................................. 213
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6 Calculation Views
Objectives of This Portion of the Test ........................................................................ 216
Key Concepts Refresher .................................................................................................... 217
Data Sources for Information Views .......................................................................... 218
Calculation Views: Type Dimension, Type Cube, and Type Cube
with Star Join ................................................................................................................. 218
Working with Nodes ........................................................................................................ 230
Semantics Node ................................................................................................................. 239
Important Terminology .................................................................................................... 244
Practice Questions .............................................................................................................. 245
Practice Question Answers and Explanations ........................................................ 250
Takeaway ................................................................................................................................ 252
Summary ................................................................................................................................. 253
7 Modeling Functions
Objectives of This Portion of the Test ........................................................................ 256
Key Concepts Refresher .................................................................................................... 257
Calculated Columns .........................................................................................................
Restricted Columns ..........................................................................................................
Filters .....................................................................................................................................
Variables ..............................................................................................................................
Input Parameters ..............................................................................................................
Currency ...............................................................................................................................
Hierarchies ..........................................................................................................................
Important Terminology .................................................................................................... 289
Practice Questions .............................................................................................................. 291
Practice Question Answers and Explanations ........................................................ 296
Takeaway ................................................................................................................................ 298
Summary ................................................................................................................................. 299
Contents 11
215 8 SQL and SQLScript 301
Objectives of This Portion of the Test ........................................................................ 303
Key Concepts Refresher .................................................................................................... 304
SQL ..................................................................................................................................... 304
SQLScript .............................................................................................................................. 310
Views, Functions, and Procedures ............................................................................... 324
Catching Up with SAP HANA 2.0 .................................................................................. 326
Important Terminology .................................................................................................... 327
Practice Questions ............................................................................................................... 327
Practice Question Answers and Explanations ........................................................ 332
Takeaway ................................................................................................................................ 335
Summary ................................................................................................................................. 336
9 Text, Spatial, Graph, and Predictive Modeling 337
255
Objectives of This Portion of the Test ........................................................................ 339
Key Concepts Refresher .................................................................................................... 339
Text ..................................................................................................................................... 340
257 Predictive ............................................................................................................................. 349
262 Spatial ................................................................................................................................... 354
267 Graph ..................................................................................................................................... 360
269 Important Terminology .................................................................................................... 364
273
277
Practice Questions ............................................................................................................... 365
282 Practice Question Answers and Explanations ........................................................ 368
Takeaway ................................................................................................................................ 369
Summary ................................................................................................................................. 370
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10 Optimization of Information Models 371
Objectives of This Portion of the Test ........................................................................ 372
Key Concepts Refresher .................................................................................................... 373
Architecture and Performance ..................................................................................... 373
Redesigned and Optimized Applications .................................................................. 374
Effects of Good Performance ........................................................................................ 375
Information Modeling Techniques ............................................................................. 376
Optimization Tools ........................................................................................................... 377
Best Practices for Optimization .................................................................................... 386
Important Terminology .................................................................................................... 388
Practice Questions .............................................................................................................. 389
Practice Question Answers and Explanations ........................................................ 392
Takeaway ................................................................................................................................ 394
Summary ................................................................................................................................. 394
11 Security 395
Objectives of This Portion of the Test ........................................................................ 396
Key Concepts Refresher .................................................................................................... 397
Usage and Concepts ......................................................................................................... 397
SAP HANA XSA and SAP HANA Deployment Infrastructure ............................... 400
Users ..................................................................................................................................... 404
Roles ..................................................................................................................................... 411
Privileges .............................................................................................................................. 414
Assigning Roles to Users ................................................................................................. 422
Important Terminology .................................................................................................... 423
Practice Questions .............................................................................................................. 423
Practice Question Answers and Explanations ........................................................ 426
Takeaway ................................................................................................................................ 428
Summary ................................................................................................................................. 428
Contents 13
12 Virtual Information Models 429
Objectives of This Portion of the Test ........................................................................ 431
Key Concepts Refresher .................................................................................................... 431
Background Information ................................................................................................ 432
SAP HANA Live .................................................................................................................... 435
SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics ............................................................................ 447
Important Terminology .................................................................................................... 451
Practice Questions ............................................................................................................... 452
Practice Question Answers and Explanations ........................................................ 456
Takeaway ................................................................................................................................ 458
Summary ................................................................................................................................. 459
13 Data Provisioning 461
Objectives of This Portion of the Test ........................................................................ 462
Key Concepts Refresher .................................................................................................... 463
Concepts .............................................................................................................................. 464
SAP Data Services .............................................................................................................. 470
SAP Landscape Transformation Replication Server ............................................... 472
SAP Replication Server ..................................................................................................... 474
SAP HANA Smart Data Access ....................................................................................... 475
SAP HANA Enterprise Information Management .................................................. 479
SAP HANA Streaming Analytics .................................................................................... 482
SQL Anywhere and Remote Data Sync ....................................................................... 484
SAP Vora ............................................................................................................................... 485
Flat Files ................................................................................................................................ 486
Web Services (OData and REST) ................................................................................... 488
Important Terminology .................................................................................................... 489
Practice Questions ............................................................................................................... 491
Practice Question Answers and Explanations ........................................................ 494
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Takeaway ................................................................................................................................ 496

Summary ................................................................................................................................. 497

14 Consumption of Information Models 499

Objectives of this Portion of the Test ......................................................................... 500

Key Concepts Refresher .................................................................................................... 501
Business Intelligence Concepts .................................................................................... 501
Business Intelligence Tools for Microsoft Office Integration ............................. 507
Business Intelligence Tools for Data Discovery and Applications .................... 511
Business Intelligence Tools for Reporting ................................................................. 515
Choosing the Right Business Intelligence Tool ....................................................... 516
Alternative Consumption Methods for SAP HANA ................................................ 517
Important Terminology .................................................................................................... 520
Practice Questions .............................................................................................................. 520
Practice Question Answers and Explanations ........................................................ 523
Takeaway ................................................................................................................................ 524
Summary ................................................................................................................................. 525

The Author ............................................................................................................................................. 527

Index ........................................................................................................................................................ 529

Index
A B
ABAP ......................................................................... 471
ABAP Data Dictionary ....................................... 449
Accelerator deployment ...................................... 92
profitability analysis ........................................ 92
ACID-compliant database ................................... 83
Advanced DSOs .................................................... 519
Affinity propagation .......................................... 350
Aggregation ........................................ 194, 201, 374
Aggregation node .......... 231, 245, 246, 248, 251
calculated column .......................................... 258
restricted column ........................................... 263
Algorithms ............................................................. 349
Amazon Web Services (AWS) ... 47, 50, 102, 108
American National Standards
Institute (ANSI) ................................................ 304
Analytic privileges ........................... 416, 423, 427
assign to role .................................................... 417
Analytics ....................................................... 503, 520
API ............................................................................. 345
SAP HANA simple info access (SINA) ...... 345
SAP HANA Text Analysis XSA .................... 347
Application Function Library (AFL) ... 310, 352
Application privileges ....................................... 421
Applications, redesign and optimize .......... 374
Apply Privileges property ................................ 424
Apriori algorithm ................................................ 349
Architect ..................................................................... 27
Architecture .......................... 69, 77, 104, 373, 388
Associated container ......................................... 403
Association algorithms ..................................... 349
Asynchronous replication .................................. 87
Attributes .................................. 167, 185, 187, 201
calculated column .......................................... 260
restricted column ........................................... 263
restrictions ........................................................ 419
Authentications ................................................... 400
Authorization Assistant ................................... 398
Authorizations ........................................... 387, 400
529
Backups ............................................................... 84, 85
Best practices ........................................................ 199
BICS ........................................................................... 282
Big data ........................................................... 375, 477
limitations ......................................................... 478
BIGINT ...................................................................... 334
Blue-green deployment .................................... 122
Bookmark questions ............................................. 65
Bottleneck ................................................................. 77
Branch logic ........................................................... 387
Bring your own language (BYOL) .................. 128
Bring-your-own-license .................................... 102
Build process ...................................... 117, 119, 160
Business Function Library (BFL) .................... 352
Business information ........................................ 499
Business intelligence ................................ 499, 500
choosing the right tool ................................. 516
consuming information models .............. 501
convergence of tools ..................................... 503
data discovery ................................................. 511
history ................................................................. 502
reporting ............................................................ 515
self-service ......................................................... 508
tools ............................................................ 287, 505
Business Intelligence Consumer
Services (BICS) ..................... 470, 490, 510, 522
BW362 .................................................................. 30, 41
C
C_HANADEV ............................................................ 30
C_HANAIMP ............................................................. 29
C_HANAIMP_13 .............................................. 17, 26
scoring ................................................................... 34
C_HANATEC ...................................................... 29, 30
C4.5 decision tree ................................................ 352
Caching .................................................................... 193
Calculated column ....... 168, 255, 257, 289, 291,
292, 308, 309
analytic view .................................................... 294
counter ................................................................ 261
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Calculated column (Cont.)
create ................................................................... 258
input parameter ............................................. 274
Calculation view of type cube ..... 217, 245, 248
aggregation node ........................................... 251
create ................................................................... 220
Calculation view of type cube with
star join ..................................................... 217, 245
create ................................................................... 220
star join node .......................................... 235, 251
Calculation view of type
dimension ............................. 217, 222, 245, 246
create ................................................................... 220
projection node ............................................... 251
Calculation views ... 90, 188, 192, 215, 218, 276,
294, 403, 519
adding data sources ...................................... 224
adding nodes .................................................... 224
create ................................................................... 219
creating joins ................................................... 225
cube .......................................... 190, 201, 202, 209
cube with star join ...................... 201, 202, 209
default node ..................................................... 223
dimension ....................................... 189, 201, 209
graph nodes ...................................................... 362
output area ....................................................... 278
save ...................................................................... 230
selecting output fields .................................. 226
use ........................................................................ 190
variable .............................................................. 271
Calculations .................................................. 200, 376
CALL statement .................................................... 321
Cardinality ....................... 172, 225, 379, 387, 390
many-to-many ................................................ 172
many-to-one .................................................... 172
one-to-many .................................................... 172
one-to-one ......................................................... 172
type ...................................................................... 172
CDS views ................................... 183, 201, 204, 449
ABAP .................................................................... 184
benefits ............................................................... 183
data sources ..................................................... 184
Certification
prefix ...................................................................... 27
track ........................................................................ 25
Characteristics ...................................................... 185
Circularstring ........................................................ 356
Classification algorithms ................................. 350
Classroom training ................................................ 38
Clients ...................................................................... 239
Client-side JavaScript ........................................... 96
Cloud deployments ............................................ 101
Clustering algorithms .............................. 350, 351
Cold data .................................................................... 89
Columnar storage ...................................... 373, 390
Column-based
database ............................................................... 81
input parameter .................................... 273, 290
storage ................................................................... 81
table ........................................................................ 77
Column-oriented tables ................................... 169
Columns ................................................................. 169
Complex event processing .................... 503, 520
CompositeProvider ............................................ 519
Compression ............................................................ 70
Conditional statement ..................................... 309
Consumers ............................................................. 505
Consumption ....................................................... 517
Containers ................................. 122, 127, 160, 402
isolation ............................................................. 127
Contains predicate ............................................. 344
Continuous delivery .......................................... 122
Continuous Integration .......................... 122, 125
Continuous integration ................................... 118
Convergence ......................................................... 503
Core Data Services (CDS) ..... 122, 146, 167, 183,
210, 218, 244
full-text index .................................................. 341
Counters .............................................. 261, 262, 289
CPU .............................................................................. 77
in parallel ............................................................. 79
speed ....................................................................... 72
Create Fulltext Index ......................................... 340
CSS ................................................................................ 96
CSV file .................................................................... 486
Cubes ........................ 167, 184, 185, 201, 202, 209
Currency ................................................................. 277
conversion ........ 168, 255, 278, 279, 290, 292,
310, 327
conversion options ........................................ 280
decimal shift ..................................................... 279
decimal shift back .......................................... 280
source and target ........................................... 278
Customer query view ............................... 437, 452
D Datahub ...................................................................... 62
Data
aging ................................................................ 80, 88
backup .................................................................... 84
category .............................................................. 220
compression ........................................... 373, 390
federation .......................................................... 476
filter ...................................................................... 308
foundation .................. 188, 191, 201, 210, 377
lake ....................................................................... 477
noise ..................................................................... 350
persistence ............................................................ 85
read ............................................................ 307, 390
records ................................................................ 304
source ........................................................ 218, 244
streaming ........................................................... 482
type ....................................................................... 305
volume ................................................. 84–87, 114
Data Control Language (DCL) ............... 305, 333
Data Definition Language (DDL) 305, 315, 333
Data discovery and applications ................... 505
Data Distribution Optimizer ............................. 98
Data Lifecycle Manager ........................................ 99
Data Manipulation Language
(DML) ......................................................... 305, 333
Data modeling
artifact ...................................................... 193, 201
limit and filter .................................................. 200
Data preparation algorithms .......................... 350
Data preview ......................................................... 150
Data provisioning ..................................... 461, 489
concepts ............................................................. 464
tools ..................................................................... 463
Data Query Language (DQL) ........ 305, 328, 333
Data storage .............................................................. 74
Data Warehouse Monitor ................................... 99
Data Warehouse Scheduler ................................ 99
Database
column-oriented ................................................ 76
connection ......................................................... 469
deployment ................................................... 93, 94
migration .................................................... 94, 104
to platform ........................................................... 77
view ...................................................................... 170
Database administrator ....................................... 27
Database Explorer .................. 148, 149, 160, 381
Index 531
Datasets ...................................................................... 61
Debug Query Mode ......................... 379, 389, 394
Decimal shift ......................................................... 293
Decision
table ..................................................................... 244
tree ........................................................................ 350
Declarative logic .................................................. 312
Dedicated disaster recovery hardware .......... 87
Default view node ............................................... 223
Definer ..................................................................... 316
Delimited identifiers ................................ 306, 333
Delta .......................................................................... 489
buffer .................................. 81, 82, 310, 327, 374
load ................................................... 467, 474, 489
merge ..................................................... 81, 82, 374
store ........................................................................ 82
Delta buffer ............................................................ 108
Deploy ...................................................................... 160
Deployment .......................................... 69, 117, 119
accelerator ........................................................... 92
cloud .................................................................... 101
database ......................................................... 93, 94
development platform ............................. 95, 96
scenarios .............................................. 69, 89, 107
side-by-side solution ........................................ 91
virtual machine ............................................... 101
Deprecate ....................................................... 241, 247
Derived From Procedure/Scalar
Function input parameter ................. 273, 290
Derived From Table input parameter 273, 290
Design-time files ................................................. 413
Design-time objects .............. 117, 119, 160, 402
Development platform deployment ............. 95
programming languages ............................... 95
SAP HANA XS ...................................................... 96
Development process ............................... 117, 119
Development user .............................................. 135
DevOps .................................................... 99, 122, 125
Dictionary compression ...................................... 76
Dimension calculation views ......................... 189
Dimension tables .......... 185, 186, 191, 192, 201
Dimension views 189, 191, 201, 217, 235, 246,
248, 390
Direct input parameter ............................ 273, 290
Disaster recovery .................................................... 87
Display Currency ................................................. 279
532 Index
Distributed database ............................................ 83
Documentation ................................................... 147
Domain fix values .................. 268, 269, 290, 292
Dynamic
join ....................................................................... 226
SQL .............................................................. 313, 325
tiering ..................................................................... 89
Dynamic join ............................ 181, 182, 201, 377
Dynamic restrictions ......................................... 420
E Free system .............................................................. 47
E_HANAAW ABAP certification ....................... 30
E_HANABW SAP BW on SAP HANA
certification ......................................................... 30
E_HANAINS installation certification ........... 30
E-learning .................................................................. 38
Elimination technique ......................................... 65
Enterprise data warehouse (EDW) ................... 97
Entity analysis ...................................................... 345
Exam
objectives .............................................................. 32
process ................................................................... 35
questions .............................................................. 62
structure ................................................................ 34
EXEC statement ................................................... 313
Expression ............................................................. 305
Expression Editor ................................................ 261
calculated column ......................................... 259
elements ............................................................. 259
functions area .................................................. 259
operators area ................................................. 260
restricted column ........................................... 264
Extended storage ................................................... 89
Extract semantics ............................................... 242
Extract, transform, load (ETL) ............... 465, 489
Extraction ............................................................... 465
F edge ...................................................................... 362
Facets ....................................................................... 185
Fact tables ............... 167, 185, 187, 188, 192, 201
Fault-tolerant text search ....................... 340, 343
Fields
hide ...................................................................... 247
original ............................................................... 247
output ................................................................. 226
Fields (Cont.)
rename ............................................................... 247
Filter ......................... 239, 267, 376, 383, 386, 425
expression ............................. 255, 268, 290, 294
operations ......................................................... 255
variable .............................................................. 269
Flat file ..................................................................... 486
use case .............................................................. 488
For loop ................................................................... 313
Formulas ................................................................. 229
Freestyle search ................................................... 344
Full outer join .................................... 173, 175, 226
Full-text index ................ 340, 342, 345, 364, 365
column ................................................................ 342
hidden column ................................................ 342
Function ................................................................. 306
Fuzzy text search 310, 318, 327, 337, 340, 341,
343, 364
alternative names .......................................... 343
fuzzy threshold value ................................... 344
G Hot data ...................................................................... 89
Geocoding ..................................................... 358, 481
GeoJSON ................................................................. 360
Geospatial processing ....................................... 354
Gerrit ........................................................................ 124
Git ..................................................................... 123, 160
GitHub ........................................................................ 56
Google ...................................................................... 339
Google Cloud Platform ........................................ 51
Grammatical Role Analysis (GRA) ................ 347
Graph ....................................................................... 337
Graph modeling .................................................. 337
Graph node ......................................... 231, 245, 249
Graph processing ............................. 360, 361, 364
Cypher ................................................................. 362
GraphScript ...................................................... 362
pattern matching ........................................... 363
vertices ................................................................ 362
Graphical data model ........................................ 112
Graphical flowgraph model ............................ 352
Graphical information model ................ 78, 386
Grouping set ......................................................... 387
Grubbs' test algorithm ...................................... 351
H Information views ..................................... 418, 509
HA100 ......................................................................... 40
HA215 ......................................................................... 40
HA300 ......................................................................... 40
HA400 ......................................................................... 41
HA450 ......................................................................... 40
Hard disk .................................................................... 72
Hardware ................................................................... 59
HDB module ................................................ 138, 160
HDI .................................................................. 126, 130
HDI containers .................................. 160, 402, 404
security ............................................................... 403
Hidden fields ......................................................... 228
Hierarchy ................................... 167, 198, 255, 282
create ................................................................... 283
Orphan Nodes .................................................. 284
shared .................................................................. 287
SQL access .......................................................... 287
value help .......................................................... 287
High availability ........................................... 83, 109
shared disk storage ........................................... 83
HTML5 ................................................................. 95, 96
Hybrid cloud ............................................... 102, 105
I
Identifier ....................................................... 305, 306
Identity Provider (IdP) ....................................... 128
Identity Provider (IdP) system ....................... 401
if() ............................................................................... 259
Imperative logic ................................ 312, 329, 387
Index server .................................................... 86, 110
InfoCube ....................................................... 518, 521
InfoObject ............................................................... 519
Information model
build ..................................................................... 191
building .............................................................. 148
concepts ............................................................. 167
consumption .................................................... 499
refactoring ...................................... 117, 155, 161
SAP BW ................................................................ 518
SAP HANA XSA ................................................ 518
techniques ......................................................... 376
utilization .......................................................... 192
Information modeler ............................................ 27
Index 533
characteristics ................................................. 324
data source .............................................. 218, 248
layered ................................................................ 417
parameterized ................................................. 304
performance ..................................................... 391
Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) .......... 101, 126
Initial load ........................................... 467, 473, 489
In-memory ......................................................... 76, 80
data movement .................................................. 78
technology ................................. 69, 71, 103, 390
Inner join ................ 173–177, 200, 202, 209, 226
Input parameter .. 168, 255, 273, 276, 277, 290
create ................................................................... 274
date ...................................................................... 276
expression ......................................................... 275
mapping ............................................................. 276
type .............................................................. 273, 290
Insert-only ................................................................. 82
principle ............................................................. 374
International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) ................................... 304
Internet of Things (IoT) .................. 118, 375, 483
Interval ........................................................... 270, 290
Invoker .................................................................... 316
security ............................................................... 334
J
Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) ..... 469, 489
JavaScript ......................................................... 95, 122
server-side ............................................................. 96
Jenkins ..................................................................... 125
Join 168, 170, 172, 176, 200, 215, 225, 325, 379
basic ..................................................................... 173
dynamic join .................................................... 181
performance ..................................................... 390
referential join ................................................. 176
relocation .......................................................... 477
self-join ............................................................... 175
spatial join ........................................................ 180
star join .............................................................. 188
temporal join ................................................... 179
text join .............................................................. 178
type ....................................................................... 173
534 Index
Join node .................................... 224, 232, 235, 245
calculated column ......................................... 258
filter ...................................................................... 268
K Microsoft PowerPoint ....................................... 507
Keep flag ................................................................. 229
Kerberos ............................................... 409, 425, 427
Key field .................................................................. 170
Key figure ............................................................... 185
K-means .................................................................. 350
L Moore’s Law ............................................................. 71
Language ....................................................... 316, 320
detection ............................................................ 341
Lazy load .......................................................... 86, 114
Left outer join 173, 175, 179, 200, 209, 226, 390
Level hierarchy ..... 198, 199, 282, 283, 291, 293
geographic ........................................................ 284
Line of business (LOB) ....................................... 506
Linestring ............................................................... 356
Link prediction analysis algorithms ........... 350
Load .......................................................................... 465
Log
backup ................................................................... 86
buffer ...................................................................... 86
volume ......................................................... 86, 114
Log replication ........................................................ 87
Log-based replication ........................................ 474
Loop ....................................................... 329, 333, 387
M N
Machine learning ................................................ 375
Managed cloud as a service (MCaaS) ........... 101
Many-to-many cardinality .............................. 172
Many-to-one cardinality .................................. 172
Mapping property ........................... 228, 247, 250
Master data ................................ 189, 201, 210, 246
Materialized view ................................................ 171
Measures ................ 167, 185, 188, 201, 203, 210
calculated column ......................................... 260
restricted column ........................................... 263
Microservices ..................................... 118, 122, 128
Microsoft Azure Cloud .................................. 47, 50
Microsoft Excel .................................................... 522
on SAP HANA ................................................... 509
Microsoft Live Office ......................................... 507
Microsoft Office integration ................. 505, 517
Modeling
best practices ................................................... 326
process ....................................................... 117, 119
role .............................................................. 411, 417
tools ..................................................................... 117
Model-view-controller (MVC) ................. 95, 518
Monitoring role ................................................... 411
MTA .......................................................................... 129
mta.yaml ................................................................ 140
Multi-cloud ............................................................ 103
Multicore CPUs ........................................... 373, 390
Multidimensional expressions
(MDX) ......................................................... 469, 508
Multilevel aggregation ..................................... 323
Multilinestring ..................................................... 356
Multiple-choice question ................................... 62
Multiple-response questions ............................ 63
Multipoint .............................................................. 355
Multipolygon ........................................................ 356
Multistore table ...................................................... 89
Multistore tables ................................................. 110
Multi-target application ................................... 129
Multitenancy ........................................................ 100
Multitenant Database Container
(MDC) .................................................. 99, 218, 244
Namespace ............................................................ 152
Nodes .............................................................. 215, 230
NoSQL databases .................................................... 83
NULL ...................................................... 306, 328, 333
O Polygon ................................................................... 356
Object Linking and Embedding, Database
(OLE DB) ............................................................. 490
Object Linking and Embedding, Database for
Online Analytical Processing .................... 469
Object privileges ......................................... 415, 423
OData .......................................................... 40, 95, 488
service .................................................................. 343
ODBO driver .......................................................... 508
OLAP ............................ 75, 106, 373, 432, 503, 520
OLTP ................................................ 75, 106, 373, 432
One-to-many cardinality ................................. 172
One-to-one cardinality ...................................... 172
Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) 469, 489
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) ........... 359
Open ODS views ................................................... 519
openSAP ..................................................................... 46
certification ......................................................... 47
Operating system ................................................... 59
Operational reporting ............................. 451, 453
Operator ........................................................ 264, 305
Optimization ......................................................... 371
best practices .................................................... 386
tools ..................................................................... 377
Outlier ...................................................................... 351
Outlier detection algorithms ......................... 351
Output field ................................................. 170, 226
P calculated column ......................................... 258
Package privileges ............................................... 422
Page manager ......................................... 84, 86, 114
Pages ............................................................................ 84
Parallelism ...................................................... 79, 374
Parameter ............................................................... 321
Parent-child hierarchy 198, 199, 208, 282, 284
Partitioned table ..................................................... 84
Partitioning .............................................................. 84
Performance .......................................................... 373
Performance Analysis Mode ...... 372, 377, 378,
389, 392, 394
Persistence layer ............................. 69, 82, 83, 104
PL/SQL ...................................................................... 304
Platform as a service (PaaS) ................... 101, 123
Point ......................................................................... 355
PostGIS ..................................................................... 359
Predicate ................................................................. 305
Predicates list ........................................................ 356
Predictive ................................................................ 349
modeling ......................................... 337, 349, 352
Index 535
Predictive Analysis Library (PAL) ........ 349, 354,
364, 367
algorithms ......................................................... 351
Predictive analytics ................................... 503, 520
Prescriptive analytics ............................... 503, 520
Primary storage ...................................................... 84
Private cloud ................................................ 102, 105
Private view .................................................. 437, 451
Privileges ............................................. 395, 399, 423
analytic privilege ............................................ 416
application privilege ..................................... 421
object privilege ................................................ 415
system privilege .............................................. 415
type ....................................................................... 414
Procedure .................................. 320, 324, 327, 330
characteristics ................................................. 325
create ................................................................... 320
parameter .......................................................... 321
read-only ............................................................ 323
Professionally authored .......................... 506, 517
Projection ............................................ 194, 201, 308
Projection node ................................. 232, 245, 291
filter ...................................................................... 268
Proof-of-concept (POC) ..................................... 486
Proxy table ............................................................. 476
Pruning configuration table ........................... 237
Public cloud ........................................ 102, 104, 112
Q
Query ........................................................................ 305
Query unfolding .................................................. 387
Query view .......................................... 437, 439, 452
R
R language ....................................................... 95, 334
RAM ............................................................................. 73
Range ............................................................... 270, 290
Rank node ............................................ 232, 245, 247
dynamic partition element ........................ 249
sorting ................................................................. 232
Ranking .......................................................... 194, 201
RDSync ..................................................................... 484
Reads SQL data ..................................................... 320
536 Index Index 537

Real-time S SAP HANA (Cont.) SAP HANA Live (Cont.)

computing ................................................ 373, 390
data ...................................................................... 193
reporting ............................................................ 171
Recursive table ..................................................... 176
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ................................... 59
Refactoring ......................................... 117, 155, 161
errors ................................................................... 158
Referential integrity ................................. 177, 209
Referential join ... 176, 178, 200, 202, 209, 211,
226, 251, 377
star join .............................................................. 188
Regression algorithms ...................................... 350
Release notes ........................................................... 43
Remote Data Sync ............................................... 484
Replication ...................................................... 92, 467
log-based ........................................................... 474
trigger-based .................................................... 473
Reporting .................................... 501, 502, 505, 520
system ................................................................. 432
Reports .................................................................... 502
REST ............................................................ 40, 95, 488
Restricted column ........................... 255, 262, 289
operator ............................................................. 264
using calculated columns ........................... 266
Restrictions ................................................... 418, 419
Returns .................................................................... 316
Reuse view .......................................... 437, 439, 451
Reverse geocoding .............................................. 358
Right outer join .............. 173, 175, 203, 209, 226
Roles ......................... 395, 399, 403, 411, 423, 426
assign to user ................................................... 422
composite role ........................................ 399, 423
create ................................................................... 411
template role .................................................... 411
Row-based database .............................................. 81
Row-based storage ................................................. 81
Row-based table ...................................................... 77
Row-oriented tables ........................................... 169
Rows ......................................................................... 169
storage ................................................................ 374
Runtime objects ............................... 117, 119, 402
naming ............................................................... 151
Runtime version .................................................. 160
Sales forecasting .................................................. 349
Sandbox .................................................................. 486
SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office ...... 444, 505,
508, 510, 521, 523
plug-in ................................................................. 510
SAP Analytics Cloud ............... 507, 511, 522, 523
SAP Basis .................................................................... 29
SAP BEx Analyzer ................................................ 507
SAP Business Explorer (BEx) .......................... 505
SAP Business Suite .................................... 472, 519
SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW) ..... 93, 187,
468, 503, 518
SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise .......... 511, 524
SAP BusinessObjects Mobile .......................... 511
SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence ..... 505,
515
direct access mode ......................................... 516
online mode ...................................................... 516
SAP BW .................................................................... 397
SAP BW on SAP HANA ................ 41, 95, 426, 519
SAP BW/4HANA .......................................... 518, 519
SAP Cloud Appliance Library ..................... 50, 51
SAP Cloud Platform .......... 47, 49, 101, 103, 117,
376, 507
SAP Community ..................................................... 44
SAP Consultants Registry ................................... 36
SAP Credential Manager ..................................... 36
SAP Crystal Reports ......................... 505, 515, 516
SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise ..... 521, 522
SAP Data Quality Management .................... 471
SAP Data Services ............................. 470, 471, 491
benefits ............................................................... 471
extracting data ............................................... 470
transforming and cleaning data ............. 471
SAP Developer Center .......................................... 47
SAP Education ......................................................... 37
SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer ....... 143
SAP ERP .......................................................... 397, 434
SAP extractor ............................................... 468, 489
SAP Fiori ..................................................................... 96
SAP HANA
as a database ..................................... 93, 94, 435
as a development platform ........................... 95
as a platform .................................................... 104
as a side-by-side accelerator
solution ................................................... 91, 435
as a virtual machine ...................................... 101
as an accelerator ............................................... 92
client .................................................................... 469
cloud ............................................................. 99, 101
create calculation view ................................ 220
data provisioning ........................................... 464
direct connection ............................................ 511
flowgraph .......................................................... 358
information models ...................................... 144
reference guides ................................................. 43
training courses .......................................... 37, 39
SAP HANA 1.0 as a development
platform ................................................................ 96
SAP HANA 1.0 SPS 10 ......................................... 347
SAP HANA 2.0 ....................................................... 326
SAP HANA Academy ............................................. 44
SAP HANA Business Function Library (BFL)
Reference .............................................................. 43
SAP HANA certifications ..................................... 28
associate level ..................................................... 28
specialist level ..................................................... 30
SAP HANA Cockpit ....... 135, 137, 385, 389, 393,
402, 412
Security ............................................................... 407
SAP HANA data warehousing
foundation .................................................... 97, 98
SAP HANA deployment infrastructure ...... 126
SAP HANA Developer Guide .............................. 43
SAP HANA Developer Quick Start Guide ...... 43
SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud ........ 101, 102, 105
private cloud .................................................... 103
SAP HANA Enterprise Information
Management .................................................... 479
SAP HANA Interactive Education
(SHINE) .................................................... 43, 54, 60
application ........................................................... 57
datasets ................................................................. 61
SAP HANA Live ..... 393, 424, 426, 431, 433, 453
administration ................................................ 439
architecture ............................................. 435, 436
background information ............................. 432
benefits ............................................................... 435
definition ........................................................... 431
security ............................................................... 398
tags ....................................................................... 444
view ...................................................................... 446
views ................................................. 429, 438, 451
SAP HANA Live Browser ................ 429, 440, 452
all views .............................................................. 441
for business users ........................................... 445
invalid views ..................................................... 445
toolbar ................................................................ 442
SAP HANA Live Extension Assistant . 429, 440,
446, 452, 453
restrictions ........................................................ 447
SAP HANA Modeling Guide ............................... 42
SAP HANA Predictive Analysis Library (PAL)
Reference .............................................................. 43
SAP HANA projects ............................................. 138
SAP HANA Remote Data Sync ........................ 484
SAP HANA Security Guide .................................. 43
SAP HANA Simple Info Access (SINA) API . 345
SAP HANA smart data access (SDA) ...... 89, 475
adapter ............................................................... 476
benefits ............................................................... 479
virtual table ...................................................... 476
SAP HANA smart data integration
(SDI) ............................................................. 479, 480
SAP HANA smart data quality
(SDQ) ................................................. 358, 479, 480
SAP HANA SQLScript Reference ....................... 43
SAP HANA streaming analytics ... 482, 483, 503
benefits ............................................................... 484
SAP HANA Studio ....................................... 402, 500
SAP HANA Text Analysis XSA API ................ 347
SAP HANA Troubleshooting and
Performance Analysis Guide ........................ 43
SAP HANA virtual information model ....... 429
SAP HANA XS ........................................................... 95
application privileges ................................... 421
SAP HANA XS DB Utilities JavaScript API
Reference .............................................................. 43
SAP HANA XS JavaScript API Reference ........ 43
SAP HANA XS JavaScript Reference ................ 43
SAP HANA XSA ... 53, 54, 95, 323, 344, 395, 518
Administration ................................................... 55
Administration tool ....................................... 408
architecture ............................................. 117, 119
development users ......................................... 405
runtime ............................................................... 129
538 Index
SAP HANA XSA (Cont.)
security concepts ............................................ 400
SAP HANA, developer edition ........................... 47
SAP HANA, express edition ................. 47, 51, 54
local system ......................................................... 52
SAP Help .................................................................... 41
SAP Hybris ............................................................. 101
SAP Landscape Transformation Replication
Server ......................................................... 435, 472
benefits ............................................................... 473
features ............................................................... 473
trigger-based replication ............................ 473
SAP Learning Hub .................................................. 39
SAP Leonardo ............................................... 375, 483
SAP Lumira ..................................................... 61, 444
SAP Lumira 2.0 ............................................ 505, 511
SAP Lumira, designer edition .... 505, 507, 511,
514, 521, 522
SAPUI5 ................................................................ 515
SAP Lumira, discovery edition .... 505, 507, 511,
522
map ...................................................................... 512
storyboard ......................................................... 513
SAP Predictive Maintenance and
Service ................................................................. 375
SAP Replication Server ...................................... 474
benefits ............................................................... 475
log-based replication .................................... 474
SAP resources .......................................................... 41
SAP S/4HANA ......................... 80, 90, 96, 112, 426
SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics .... 447, 452
new features ..................................................... 449
SAP HANA Live ................................................ 448
SAP SQL Anywhere ............................................. 484
SAP SQL Data Warehousing ........................ 97, 99
SAP SuccessFactors ............................................. 101
SAP Vora ........................................................ 485, 486
SAP Web IDE for SAP HANA ........... 56, 117, 119,
138, 160, 358, 402
roles ..................................................................... 412
UI ........................................................................... 144
SAPUI5 ................................................... 27, 40, 95, 96
Savepoint .................................................. 84, 86, 114
Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) ....................... 360
Scalar function .................................. 301, 315, 316
Scale-out architecture .......................................... 83
Schemas ......................................................... 402, 404
SCORE() function ................................................. 344
Search ...................................................................... 341
Seasonal pattern .................................................. 349
Secondary storage ................................................. 84
Security ................................................ 313, 387, 395
concepts .................................................... 397, 399
HDI ....................................................................... 400
SAP HANA as a database ............................ 397
SAP HANA as a platform .................... 398, 424
single sign-on ................................................... 409
user and role management ........................ 407
Segmentation ....................................................... 350
SELECT * ................................................ 308, 329, 333
Self-join .......................................................... 175, 201
Self-service .................................................... 506, 517
Semantics ............................................................... 197
Semantics node ................................ 239, 245–247
columns tab ...................................................... 241
hide fields .......................................................... 241
hierarchy ............................................................ 283
input parameter ............................................. 273
renaming fields ............................................... 241
session client .................................................... 240
top node ............................................................. 223
variable .............................................................. 270
view properties tab ........................................ 239
Sentiment analysis .................................... 345, 365
Sequential execution ........................................ 321
Servers ........................................................................ 83
Set-oriented .................................................. 304, 328
SHINE ........................................... 184, 234, 318, 360
Show lineage ................................................ 157, 243
Side-by-side deployment .................................... 91
advantages .......................................................... 91
blank system ....................................................... 92
SINA .......................................................................... 345
Single sign-on ....................................................... 425
Single value .................................................. 270, 290
Slow disk .................................................................... 75
Software ..................................................................... 59
Software as a service (SaaS) ............................. 101
Spaces ...................................................................... 406
Spatial ...................................................................... 337
data ...................................................................... 355
data type ................................................... 310, 327
data type, supertype ..................................... 355
expressions ....................................................... 357
Spatial (Cont.)
functions ............................................................ 359
import data ....................................................... 359
join .............. 180, 200, 226, 248, 251, 354, 356
join type .............................................................. 310
processing ....................................... 337, 354, 364
properties ........................................................... 356
SQL ................................................... 95, 301, 304, 371
analytic privileges ................................ 241, 425
conditional statement .................................. 309
creating calculated column ....................... 308
creating projections ...................................... 308
creating tables ................................................. 306
creating union ................................................. 309
Data Definition Language .......................... 305
Data Manipulation Language .................. 305
dynamic ........................................... 313, 329, 333
Expression Editor ............................................ 259
filter data ........................................................... 308
guidelines ........................................................... 387
language ............................................................ 305
query .................................................................... 383
reading data ..................................................... 307
security ..................................................... 316, 320
set-oriented ....................................................... 304
Structured Query Language ............. 304, 327
view ................................................... 171, 218, 244
SQL Analyzer ............................ 380, 381, 389, 394
SQL Console .............................. 150, 321, 382, 414
SQL Editor ............................................................... 419
SQL Engine ............................................................. 241
SQL Plan Cache ..................................................... 393
SQLScript ........ 95, 277, 301, 304, 310, 324, 334,
371, 387, 391
compiler ............................................................. 311
declarative logic .............................................. 312
dynamic SQL ..................................................... 313
for loop ............................................................... 313
multilevel aggregation ................................. 323
optimizer ............................................................ 311
procedure ........................................................... 320
security ..................................................... 313, 315
separate statement ........................................ 310
variable ............................................................... 310
while loop .......................................................... 313
Standard deviation ............................................. 195
Standard union .................................................... 235
Index 539
Star join ................................................................... 188
referential join ................................................. 188
views ................................................. 189, 192, 201
Star join node ..................................... 245, 248, 251
calculated column ......................................... 258
data foundation .............................................. 234
restricted column ........................................... 263
Statement ............................................................... 306
Static list input parameter ...................... 273, 290
Stored procedure ................................. 78, 112, 320
Structured Query Language ................... 304, 327
Sum ........................................................................... 194
Supervised learning .................................. 350, 367
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) ....... 54, 59
Synchronous ......................................................... 114
replication ............................................................ 87
System privileges ................................................ 415
T
Table ................................................................ 169, 184
create ................................................................... 306
data source .............................................. 218, 244
definitions ......................................................... 148
function ........................................... 301, 315, 318
join ........................................................................ 377
left and right ..................................................... 172
link ........................................................................ 170
partitioned ................................................. 84, 384
recursive ............................................................. 176
select .................................................................... 170
Technical performance tuning experts ........ 27
Technical user ....................................................... 403
Template roles ...................................................... 411
modeling role ................................................... 411
monitoring role ............................................... 411
Temporal join 176, 179, 180, 200, 202, 209, 251
Tenants ............................................................. 99, 248
Text .................................................................. 337, 340
index .................................................................... 340
Text analysis ...................................... 337, 340, 364
results .................................................................. 347
usage ................................................................... 345
Text join ......... 176, 178, 200, 204, 209, 210, 226
left outer join .................................................... 179
Text mining ..................... 337, 340, 341, 348, 364
capabilities ............................................... 348, 364
540 Index
Time dimension .................................................. 222
calculation view .............................................. 221
Time series ............................................................. 350
Time-based calculation view ................. 221, 246
Time-based hierarchy ....................................... 198
Time-dependent hierarchy ............................. 286
value help .......................................................... 287
Trace and diagnostic files ................................ 386
Training courses ....................................... 28, 39, 40
BW362 ............................................................. 30, 41
HA100 ...................................................... 29, 34, 40
HA200 .................................................................... 29
HA215 ...................................................................... 40
HA300 ...................................................... 29, 34, 40
HA360 .................................................................... 40
HA400 ............................................................ 30, 41
HA450 ............................................................. 30, 40
HA900 ................................................................... 40
UX402 .................................................................... 40
Transaction Control Language (TCL) ........... 305
Transaction manager ........................ 86, 109, 114
Transactional data .............................................. 201
Transact-SQL (T-SQL) ......................................... 304
Transform .............................................................. 465
TREAT expression ............................................... 355
Trigger ..................................................................... 473
Trusted data ................................................. 507, 517
Twelve-Factor app ............................................... 122
U W
UDF ..................................... 315, 316, 320, 327, 330
characteristics ................................................. 325
Undelimited identifier ...................................... 306
Unicode .......................................................... 306, 473
Union ....................... 170, 192, 195, 201, 377, 390
all .......................................................................... 195
creating .............................................................. 309
empty behavior ............................................... 238
pruning ............................................................... 391
with constant values ............................ 195, 235
Union node ................................ 235, 245, 246, 291
calculated column ......................................... 258
pruning configuration table ...................... 237
User Account and Authorization (UAA) .... 401
Users ...................................................... 395, 399, 404
SYSTEM user ..................................................... 406
V
Value help .............................................................. 265
hierarchy ............................................................ 287
view ............................................................. 438, 452
Variable ................... 255, 269, 290, 292, 293, 311
create .......................................................... 270, 271
modeling ............................................................ 269
type ............................................................. 270, 290
Variance .................................................................. 195
Views ........................ 167–169, 200, 202, 324, 416
disappear ........................................................... 171
save ...................................................................... 171
Virtual classrooms ................................................. 38
Virtual data model (VDM) ... 429, 431, 436, 450
Virtual information model ................................ 21
Virtual machines ................................................. 108
Virtual table ........................................ 218, 244, 476
vs native table ................................................. 477
VMware Player ........................................................ 54
VMware vSphere .............................. 101, 108, 113
Warm data ................................................................ 89
Web applications ................................................. 517
Web services ................................................... 95, 488
Well-Known Binary (WKB) .............................. 359
Well-Known Text (WKT) ................................... 359
Where-used .................................................. 156, 162
While loop .............................................................. 313
With results view ................................................ 321
Workspace .............................................................. 138
 First-hand knowledge.

Rudi de Louw is head of the SAP Co-Innovation Lab at

SAP in South Africa where he supports SAP partners in
building or improving their business ideas and systems with
SAP platforms such as SAP HANA, SAP Cloud Platform, and
SAP Leonardo. In this role, he also helps partners extend the
integration of their current business products with available
and emerging SAP technologies.

Rudi has been working with SAP HANA since 2010, and he has been invol-
ved from the outset in preparing the SAP HANA certification exams. He has
provided software and technology solutions to businesses for more than 25
years and has a passion for sharing knowledge, mentoring, understanding
new technologies, and finding innovative ways to leverage these skills to help
individuals in their development.

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