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Introduction


The Feature Scope Description for SAP HANA has been updated for 2018. In this blog, you will find a brief overview of the feature sets with references to SAP HANA Academy tutorial videos and playlists.

For the previous version of this blog, see

Editions


SAP HANA is available in three editions:

 



SAP HANA Features



SAP HANA platform

 

Standard Edition


The SAP HANA standard edition comprises the core database, integration and application services, series data, plus a number of components that require additional installation. Some components require the usage the SAP HANA database lifecycle management tool 'hdblcm' (Platform Lifecycle Managment). Others are "powered by HANA" and make use of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools for installation:

  • Dynamic Tiering (PLM)

  • SAP HANA Accelerator for SAP ASE (PLM)

  • SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer, edition for SAP HANA (ALM)

  • Operational Process Intelligence (ALM)

  • HANA Rules Framework (ALM)

  • Data Warehousing Foundation (ALM)


There are no playlists on the SAP HANA Academy that specifically cover the core SAP HANA  services but you will find most of them addressed in our library.

For recent blog posts on the topic, see

 

Dynamic Tiering


SAP HANA dynamic tiering is a native big data solution for SAP HANA that adds smart, disk-based extended storage to your SAP HANA database with its own database, integration and application services feature sets.



Under the hood: SAP HANA dynamic tiering

 

For recent blog posts on the topic, see

For the SAP HANA Academy video tutorial playlists, see

For the documentation, see

For developer tutorials, see

 



SAP HANA Academy video tutorial - SAP HANA Dynamic Tiering 2.0

 

SAP HANA Accelerator for SAP ASE


The accelerator for SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) adds analytics acceleration to the SAP ASE database engine leveraging SAP HANA.



SAP HANA Accelerator for SAP ASE Architecture

 

For recent blog posts on the topic, see

For the documentation, see

 

SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer, edition for SAP HANA


SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer, edition for SAP HANA allows you to capture, analyze, and present your organization’s landscapes, strategies, requirements, processes, data, and other artifacts in a shared environment.



SAP EAD - Workspace

 

For recent blog posts on the topic, see

For the product page, see

For the documentation, see

 



SAP HANA Academy video tutorial - SAP Enterprise Architect Designer

 

Series


Series data is data collected at a measurable interval, such as time. You can use series data SQL statements to detect and forecast trends in a series.
CREATE COLUMN TABLE "InterpolationTable"
(ts_id VARCHAR(20), date DAYDATE, val DOUBLE)
SERIES(SERIES KEY(ts_id) PERIOD FOR SERIES(date)
EQUIDISTANT INCREMENT BY INTERVAL 1 DAY MISSING ELEMENTS ALLOWED);

SELECT CUBIC_SPLINE_APPROX(val, 'SPLINE_TYPE_NOT_A_KNOT')
OVER(SERIES TABLE "InterpolationTable") FROM "InterpolationTable";

For the SAP HANA Academy video tutorial playlists, see

For the documentation, see

 

Operational Process Intelligence (incl HRF)


Includes SAP Operational Process Intelligence powered by SAP HANA and SAP HANA rules framework.



SAP Operational Process Intelligence - Business Scenario

 

For recent blog posts on the topic, see

For the SAP HANA Academy video tutorial playlists, see

For the documentation, see

 

Data Warehousing Foundation


SAP HANA data warehousing foundation supports data management and distribution across complex SAP HANA landscapes.



For recent blog posts on the topic, see

For the SAP HANA Academy video tutorial playlists, see

For the documentation, see

 



SAP HANA Academy video tutorial playlist - SAP HANA Data Warehousing Foundation

 

Enterprise Edition


The SAP HANA enterprise edition comprises all of the above, adding:

  • Spatial and Graph

  • Data Privacy

  • Search, Text Analysis, and Text Mining


plus a number of components that require additional installation:

  • Predictive Analysis Library and R (PLM)

  • SAP HANA Streaming Analytics (PLM)

  • Enterprise Information Management

    • Smart Data Integration

    • Smart Data Quality



  • SAP HANA Replication

    • SAP Landscape Transformation Replication Server,

    • SAP Replication Server




Spatial and Graph


With SAP HANA Spatial, you can process, store and retrieve geospatial data. With SAP HANA Graph, you can process and visualize graphs, and execute built-in algorithms.



SAP HANA Graph Viewer

 



SAP HANA Spatial Map Client

 

For recent blog posts on the topic, see

For the SAP HANA Academy video tutorial playlists, see

For the documentation, see

For developer tutorials, see

 



SAP HANA Academy video tutorial - Graph: Getting Started 

 

Data Privacy


Data privacy provides additional protection for sensitive and confidential data.

For recent blog posts on the topic, see

For the documentation, see


Search, Text Analysis, and Text Mining


A feature set to search inside the database, gain insights from text analysis and conduct text mining. Previously, search, text analysis, and text mining were collectively referred to as SAP HANA advanced data processing (ADP).



For recent blog posts on the topic, see

For the SAP HANA Academy video tutorial playlists, see

For the documentation, see

 



SAP HANA Academy video tutorial playlist - SAP HANA Search, Text Analysis, and Text Mining playlist

 

Predictive Analysis Library and R


As part of the application function library software development kit for SAP HANA, SAP HANA predictive analysis library (PAL) offers functions to perform classic and universal predictive analysis algorithms for a number of different data mining categories. Integration of the SAP HANA database with R allows you to use the R environment for specific statistical functions.

For recent blog posts on the topic, see

For the SAP HANA Academy video tutorial playlists, see

For the documentation, see

 



SAP HANA Academy video tutorial - Getting Started with PAL

 



SAP HANA Academy video tutorial - Getting Started with R Integration

 



SAP HANA Academy video tutorial playlist - Predictive Analysis Library

 

SAP HANA Streaming Analytics


SAP HANA streaming analytics (also known as SAP HANA smart data streaming) applies complex processing logic to identify patterns, calculate aggregates, detect problems, and generate alerts by combining real-time streams of data with the appropriate historic and reference data using an in-memory stream processing engine. Integrated machine learning capabilities provide SAP HANA streaming analytics with the ability to generate and use predictions in real time.



Under the hood: SAP HANA streaming analytics

 

For recent blog posts on the topic, see

For the SAP HANA Academy video tutorial playlists, see

For the documentation, see

For developer tutorials, see

 

 



SAP HANA Academy video tutorial playlist - SAP HANA Streaming Analytics

 

Enterprise Information Management


Bundles SAP HANA Smart Data Integration (Integration Services and Enterprise Semantic Services) and SAP HANA Smart Data Quality.

For recent blog posts on the topic, see

For the SAP HANA Academy video tutorial playlists, see

For the documentation, see

 



SAP HANA Academy video tutorial playlist - SAP HANA Smart Data Integration and Smart Data Quality

 

SAP HANA Replication


SAP HANA replication provides technologies for replicating data from any supported source system to the SAP HANA database: trigger-based data replication using SAP Landscape Transformation Replication Server, log-based replication using SAP Replication Server.

For recent blog posts on the topic, see

There are currently no tutorial videos on this topic in the SAP HANA Academy.

For the documentation, see

 

SAP HANA Active/Active Read Enabled System Replication


The active/active read-enabled feature enhances the existing high availability and disaster recovery capabilities of SAP HANA system replication and enables you to use the secondary systems of SAP HANA system replication actively for read-intense workloads.



SAP HANA cockpit - System Replication

 

For a recent blog post on the topic, see

For the SAP HANA Academy video tutorial playlists, see

 



SAP HANA Academy video tutorial - SAP HANA System Replication Active/active read-enabled 

 

Express Edition


SAP HANA, express edition has its own Feature Scope Description document. Most of the standard services are included but obviously not the functionality that would make little sense for a developer edition, like distributed systems (32 GB memory restriction) and dynamic tiering (separate installation on an additional host). For the full list, see Feature Scope Description for SAP HANA, express edition 2.0 SPS 02.

For recent blog posts on the topic, see

For the video tutorial playlist, see

For developer tutorials, see

 



SAP HANA Academy video tutorial playlist - SAP HANA Express

 



 

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Over the years, for the SAP HANA Academy, SAP’s Partner Innovation Lab, and à titre personnel, I have written a little over 300 posts here for the SAP Community. Some articles only reached a few readers. Others attracted quite a few more.

For your reading pleasure and convenience, here is a curated list of posts which somehow managed to pass the 10k-view mile stone and, as sign of current interest, still tickle the counters each month.


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