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 analytics capabilities:
- SDI-based data blending: SAP BW live data with imported data models (1)
- Time-series chart with date range filtering
- Support variables in dynamic filter of BW query
Integration with SAP HANA
Enhanced analytic capabilities:
- Connection to SAP HANA as a Service 2.0
- Connection to SAP HANA 2.0 HDI containers
- Performance and processing optimizations
Integration with SAP Universes
Live Universe Connectivity Release 2.0:
- Performance improvements
- Stability enhancements
Import Connectivity
Data import connectivity
- Connectivity to additional on-premise data sources via JDBC connections
- OData v4 support
Data preparation on imported data
- Rebuilding of models: edit data preparation sessions
- Combine multiple datasets into a single model
- Multiple time dimensions
- Calculated columns creation
Data management
- Schedule model export to SAP S/4HANA
(1) Requires SAP HANA
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