Technical Articles
Good Reads (my two cents)
Over the years, for the SAP HANA Academy and à titre personnel, I have written well over 300 articles for the SAP Community. Some posts only reached a handful of readers, others attracted quite a few more. For your reading pleasure and convenience, below a curated list of posts which somehow managed to pass the 10k-view milestone and, as sign of current interest, still tickle the counters each month. Good reads? Questions? Please post as comment. Useful? Give us a like and share on social media. Thanks! Latest update:January 1, 2023 |
Certification
SAP
Posts about how to get certified are generally well received. The posts about the sample questions concern those made available by SAP Training complemented with comments and references.
For some exams there is an article for each edition, below only the latest versions
- Get Certified: SAP Business Technology Platform | SAP Certified Associate | Tutorial Video
- Get Certified – SAP Integration Suite | SAP BTP Certification Video Tutorials
- Get Certified: C_SAC | SAP Certified Application Associate – SAP Analytics Cloud
- Get Certified: C_HANATEC_17 | SAP Certified Technology Associate – SAP HANA 2.0 SPS05
- Get Certified: C_HANATEC_17 | Sample Questions
- Get Certified: C_TADM_21 | SAP Certified Technology Associate – SAP S/4HANA System Administration
- Get Certified: E_HANAAW_17 | SAP Certified Development Specialist – ABAP for SAP HANA 2.0
About why and how to get certified, see
Microsoft Azure
Many enterprises run their SAP workloads on Azure and getting certified on the platform is clearly a topic of interest.
- Get Certified: Microsoft Certified – Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
- Get Certified: Microsoft Certified – Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty
Google Cloud Platform
Although there is no dedicated SAP workloads certification yet for the Google Cloud Platform, here as well we note a strong interest.
- Get Certified: Google Cloud Digital Leader
- Get Certified: Google Cloud Platform Professional Data Engineer
- Get Certified: Google Cloud Platform Professional Cloud Architect and Associate Cloud Engineer
AWS
Not part of the 10K club yet, but almost halfway after just a few weeks after publication and hopefully on its way
SAP HANA
What’s in a Name
The ubiquitous presence of the term HANA in SAP’s products and services over time was not always clear to everyone, judging by the interest for a “cheat” sheet
What’s New
As of June 2021, the only version of the SAP HANA platform in mainstream maintenance is SAP HANA 2.0 SPS 05. Posts about migration, highlights, and the differences with earlier releases were read with interest.
- SAP HANA Update, Upgrade, and Migration
- What’s New in SAP HANA 2.0 SPS 05
- SAP HANA 2.0 SPS 05 Highlights
- SAP HANA 2.0 Highlights
- SAP HANA 2.0 versus 1.0 – What’s the difference?
SAP HANA 2.0
Posted a series of articles to promote the SAP PRESS book SAP HANA 2.0 – An Introduction, about the quotes in the book, a bit of history, or topics that were beyond the scope of the book.
- What does HANA mean?
- Getting Started with SAP HANA
- Analytics with SAP
- Big Data with SAP
- Advanced Analytics
- Data Architecture
- Data Warehousing with SAP
- SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems
- SAP HANA on Microsoft Azure
- At Your Service: SAP HANA in Containers
- 10 Years of Continuous Innovation
Should you be interested in writing a book for SAP PRESS yourself, here’s a witness account
Under the Hood
Two posts covering technical implementation details of the in-memory database.
Plus a field guide covering the different technologies for developers
Installation and Update – by the SAP HANA Academy
For the SAP HANA Academy, we have recorded many tutorial videos about the SAP HANA platform; the YouTube channel now has over 80K subscribers!
Blog post with videos embedded with some additional commentary and references also attracted many readers. Below the posts covering the latest SPS.
- SAP HANA 2.0 SPS 05 Installation and Update | Hands-on
- SAP HANA 2.0 Server Installation – by the SAP HANA Academy
- SAP HANA 2.0 XS Advanced Installation – by the SAP HANA Academy
- SAP HANA Cockpit 2.0 Installation and Update – by the SAP HANA Academy
- SAP HANA 2.0 Client Installation and Update – by the SAP HANA Academy
- SAP HANA 2.0 Studio Installation and Update – by the SAP HANA Academy
- SAP HANA platform lifecycle management – by the SAP HANA Academy
- SAP HANA Installation Automation – by the SAP HANA Academy
Besides installation and updates, many articles have also been posted about administration, security, and other topics, again with the tutorial videos embedded, e.g.
- Start and Stop SAP HANA (on GCP) – by the SAP HANA Academy
- SAP HANA 2.0 editions (2018) – by the SAP HANA Academy
For a complete overview of the articles posted for the SAP HANA Academy, see
SAP Business Technology Platform
Onboarding Series
Article with video tutorials embedded covering how to get started on the platform
SAP HANA Cloud
Since the release of SAP HANA Cloud in 2020 with its free trial, new tutorial videos on a wide range of topics have been published to the SAP HANA Academy YouTube channel. Here is an overview post on the topic.
- Getting Started with SAP HANA Cloud (Free Trial)
- Getting Started with SAP HANA Cloud | Video Tutorials
- SAP HANA Cloud and SAP Business Application Studio
- Real-Time Replication between SAP HANA Cloud and SAP HANA on-premises
- OData with SAP HANA Cloud | Hands-on Video Tutorials
SAP Cloud Identity Services
Article with video tutorials embedded.
SAP Analytics Cloud
Like most of the SAP HANA Academy team, we joined SAP through with the Business Objects acquisition and kept an affinity for business intelligence and analytics. Most viewed, is a fairly technical blog post about connecting the SAP HANA in-memory platform on-premises with SAP Analytics Cloud, with video tutorials embedded.
ABAP
Steampunk, a.k.a. the SAP BTP ABAP environment / platform as-a-service has attracted a lot of interested since its first release. To help you get started, Philip Mugglestone from the SAP HANA Academy recorded a sterling video tutorial series. Here is the post with videos embedded.
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
This article provides an overview of the available resources to get started (or keep going) with the latest SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.3 release.
SAP TechEd
A Guide
A well-read “unofficial guide” to the event
SAP PRESS
SAP S/4HANA
Interested in the future of ERP? If so, you are in good company. In this blog post you will find a book review of SAP S/4HANA Cloud – An Introduction published by SAP PRESS in May 202
Cloud Business
SAP Ariba
SAP’s cloud line-of-business applications like SuccessFactors, Ariba, Fieldglass, and Concur maintain separate communities and events. For those having trouble finding information, here is a post listing some resources.
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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. |
Shameless self-promotion. Excellent work! 🙂
Toooo good