Consuming HANA Models in BW, New breed of info Providers
BW on HANA We have 4 ways to make use of HANA data in BW. 1. Virtual providers Virtual providers which are actually meant for real-time reposting based on data from OLTP systems directly (the whole data loading into Datasource, DTP execution and loading into infosource happens just right when query is executed in real time) can be used for consuming analytic/calculation views in BW. When we create virtual providers we have new option “Based on HANA”, which will ask you to input schema name and model name. Once model is selected then we start with modelling process in workbench. We have to select characteristics, key figures for our virtual info provider. Then we can map these to fields from HANA model (F4 help is provided). Here by providing BW Infoobjects will can make use of BW master data while reporting. That’s all and virtual provider is ready for consumption using reporting tools. 2. Transi...