BW Operational Data Provisioning (ODP)

Dear SAP BW enthusiasts! Recently, one of my customers asked me for possible approaches to implement real-time reporting. During preparation my research also covered “Streaming Process Chains” with surprising results. For this reason I thought... Read More »

1. Introduction In the past, data was often stored in differing formats across an enterprise, leading to data integration challenges. To unify data formats, Microsoft, SAP and Adobe have agreed to pursue an Open Data Initiative. Part of this... Read More »

This blog is next step of Exposing SAP BW Extractors via ODP as an OData Service. Before we begin, a quick summary of what was discussed in the previous blog: In order to read SAP Extractor data from third-party systems without SAP BW system,... Read More »

Introduction SAP ERP system SAP ECC or SAP S/4HANA is one of the leading ERP systems in market which enables the client to do business with ease by integrating different functional areas & its business processes seamlessly with in the IT... Read More »

Introduction Recently, while working on a Greenfield BW/4HANA project, I found myself asking a lot of questions about the inner workings of the SAP Operational Delta Queue (ODQ) which replaced the traditional BW delta queue (RSA7) in SAP ECC system.... Read More »

Introduction I was asked what are the possible ways to distribute BW data to external systems and 3rd party applications? and my answer was: Using open hub destination ODP-Based Data Extraction via OData But I  recommended ODP-Based Data... Read More »

Latest Update: 15/09/2020 This blog targets all consultants who are on a SAP BW/4HANA implementation project covering MM-inventory management sourced from SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA. The aim is to help you to get the standard content for SAP BW/4HANA... Read More »

Hello SAP Bloggers/Techies, So, There might be hundreds of blogs explaining about the Data Provisioning techniques for SAP HANA as this technology is in the market since many years. However, I would like to contribute little more by simplifying the... Read More »

**************** Update 11/11/2019 (11:11): The business content described below is available also for BW/4HANA 2.0 with BW4CONT 200 SP02. **************** As of today the support package 12 for SAP BW/4HANA Content 1.0 is freshly released and... Read More »

As highlighted in previous BW/4HANA migration blogs, the path from a BW system to a BW/4HANA system is a complex, time consuming and from a budget perspective is substantially more costly compared to a 7.3, 7.4 or 7.5 upgrade. Just a few weeks back... Read More »