Recent innovations – Data Integration
Connect to data anywhere stored in on-premise databases, cloud databases, and personal files. Enrich data and business metadata in preparation for self-service data analysis through purpose built data modeling capabilities and calculations. Recent releases have included these key features in data connectivity and management:
Data Sources
Live Connectivity
Integration with SAP BW
Enhanced analytic capabilities
- Data Blending: BW live queries with imported data
- Time series chart
- Date Range Filters
- Waterfall Charts and variance charts for BW live queries
- Tuple Filter and linked dimensions
Integration with SAP HANA (1)
Enhanced analytic capabilities
- Browser-based data blending: SAP HANA live data with imported data models
- Support for dynamic HANA Input parameters
- Performance and processing optimizations
Integration with SAP Universes
Live Universe Connectivity Release 2.1
- Support of SAP Analytics Cloud analytics capabilities on stories: Ranking, threshold on measure, aggregation
- Refresh enhancements: partial refresh warning, auto-refresh
- LDAP and SAP Authentication to SAP BI Platform (for testing purpose)
(1) For additional details, please refer to the Data Visualization roadmap on general BI visualization capabilities planned as part of the quarterly communication roadmap
Import Connectivity
Data import connectivity
- Connectivity to additional on-premise data sources via JDBC connections
- Support source structure definition from BW
Data preparation on imported data
- Transpose columns to rows
- Combine multiple datasets into a single model
- Geo enrichment by country name and ISO codes
- Calculated columns creation
Data management
- Support of Daylight Savings Time for scheduled jobs
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