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:
- Chart to chart filtering based on different models
- New calculations in Table
Integration with SAP HANA
Enhanced analytic capabilities:
- SDI-based data blending: SAP HANA live data with imported data models
- Measure based filters for live SAP HANA 2.0
- Calculated dimensions for live SAP HANA 2.0
- Date interval calculations for live SAP HANA 2.0
- Timestamp support for live SAP HANA 2.0
- Custom sort on dimension members in charts for live SAP HANA 2.0
Integration with SAP Universes
Enhanced analytic capabilities:
- Calculation Editor: calculated measures, restricted measures
- Query Builder support
Integration with SAP BPC Embedded
Data connectivity:
- Live connections to SAP BPC Embedded with write-back support
Import data enhancements
Data import connectivity
- Simplified connectivity setup to on-premise data sources
- OAuth 2.0 support for OData import connections
Data preparation on imported data
- Manage merged cells in Excel files
- Text extract transformations
Imported data models
- Scheduling enhancements
- Bundle data import jobs in sequence for scheduled refresh
- Define dependency rules between data import jobs
- Harmonize import data and model update scheduled jobs
SAP’s strategy and possible future developments are subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice. This document is provided without a warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.