What is required to implement SAP NetWeaver BW Powered by SAP HANA?
Customer must be on SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30 with SP 5 applied and running unicode. The process to move to SAP HANA is a simple database conversion and does NOT require an SAP NetWeaver BW application upgrade or migration. This means that for a BW customer, there are no changes to data flows, transformations, data models, queries, DSOs, InfoCubes, etc. In addition, since BW Analysis Authorization is supported, there are no changes needed to key authorization objects like roles and authorization rules. And if a customer is using NetWeaver Identity Management for provisioning and single sign-on functionality, SAP HANA will integrate with their exsiting setup. The result is innovation without disruption which, in turn, becomes a customer’s competitive advantage.
By Lam Diem