SAP HANA Certification Training

Module 1 - Approaching SAP HANA

Contents

• Introduction to In-Memory Computing – Fundamentals of SAP HANA
• What SAP HANA Can do
• What SAP HANA Can’t do
• High Performance functionalities in SAP HANA – In-Memory computing
• Columnar store database
• Massive Parallel Processing, Data Compression
• SAP HANA for Non-SAP Use Cases – SAP HANA for Non – SAP Analytics
• SAP HANA for Non-SAP Applications. S
• AP HANA Database Architecture
• SAP HANA Landscapes and Scenarios.

Module 2 - Introduction to HANA Studio

Contents

• Add SAP HANA System – Perspectives, Administration, Modeling, Development Plan Viz. Folders - Catalog, Content, Provisioning, Security
• SAP HANA Database SQL Script – HANA Database SQL Basics, types of statements, data types, operators, expressions, basic query execution, Sub-query, Joins, Expressions, Loops, Sub-queries
• Catalog – Schema, Table, Views, Functions, Stored Procedures, Index, Synonyms, Sequences, Triggers.
• Provisioning – SDA [Smart Data Access]. Security – Users, Roles.

Module 3 - SAP HANA Modelling

Contents

• Introduction – Types of Models, Attribute Views, Joins, Using Filter Operations, Creating Restricted & Calculated Columns, Using Hierarchies.
• Analytic Views – Star Schema design, Multi-Dimensional modeling, Using Variables, Using Input parameters, Advantages & Limitations.

Module 4 - Calculation Views (GUI)

Contents

• Dimension Calculation View – Star Join Calculation view, OLTP Calculation view, Using Projection, Using Join, Using Aggregation, Using Union, Using Rank.
• Calculation Views (Scripted) – CE functions Introduction, Creating Content Procedure.

Module 5 - Analytic Privileges

Contents

• Classical Analytic Privileges
• SQL Analytic Privileges
• Dynamic analytic Privileges.
• Turning Business Rules into Decision tables.
• Table Functions.

Module 6 - In-depth Modeling

Contents

• Union Pruning
• Refactoring information models
• Schema Mapping
• Propagate to schematics
• Show Lineage
• Find Where used
• Schema Mapping
• Generating Time Data.

Module 7 - Modeling (Cont.)

Contents

• Using Time Travel
• Migrating deprecated Information models
• Using Currency Conversion
• Web based Modeling Work bench
• Advanced HANA SQL script -Temporary tables, Triggers, Exceptions Handling.

Module 8 - Full Text Search

Contents

• Overview, Datatypes & full text Indexes, Using Full text search
• Application Life Cycle Management – Transport Using Developer mode, Transport Using Delivery Unit mode, Change management
• Analyzing Query Performance - Explain Plan, Visualize plan, Performance trace.

Module 9 - Data Provisioning

Contents

• Data Provisioning – Data provisioning using SLT
• Data Acquisition with BODS
• Data Provisioning with Flat File upload

Module 10 - Data Provisioning (Cont.)

Contents

• Data Provisioning using Direct
• Extractor Connection
• Security and Authorizations
• Introduction to Lumira
• Using Lumira Prepare
• Visualize compose data.

Module 11 - ABAP programming for SAP HANA

Contents

• How SAP HANA affects the ABAP development process
• Introducing the ABAP development tools (ABAP in Eclipse)
• How to take ABAP to HANA
• Using SAP HANA as a secondary database
• The various issues in performance and functional aspects encountered in SAP HANA migration
• Understanding the ABAP Test Cockpit,
• Code Inspector, Profiler
• Trace and SQL Trace
• Improving the performance with SQL performance tuning and monitoring,
• Guidelines and rules when deploying ABAP for SAP HANA.

Module 12 - Accessing data stored in SAP HANA

Contents

• What is New Open SQL
• Definition of advanced views by deploying Core Data Services in ABAP
• Creating CDS associations
• How to implement authorization checks using CDS with ABAP
• SAP HANA Objects in ABAP
• How to consume SAP HANA views using ADBC (ABAP Database Connectivity) and native SQL in ABAP
• Using the ADBC and native SQL to consume SAP HANA database procedures.

Module 13 - Advanced Topics Overview

Contents

• SAP HANA Dynamic tiring
• Delta Merge
• SDI [Smart Data Integration]
• SAP HANA has Application Platform
• SAP HANA cloud
• L Procedures
• R Procedures
• Partitioning of tables
• Introduction to AFL, PAL, BFL.

SAP HANA Projects

Project 1: Building COPA model using HANA analytical view

Contents

• Industry: General
• Problem Statement: How to work with the COPA data model and successfully do the reporting
• Topics:
• This SAP HANA projects lets you work with the SAP HANA COPA (Controlling and Profitability Analysis) to evaluate the market segments and classify them according to the products, customers or any combination of it.
• The aim is to provide the sales, marketing, product management and corporate planning with information for supporting the internal accounting and decision-making.
• Highlight:
• Building of COPA data models
• Creating detailed Reports
• Account-based valuation approach.

Project 2 : Working with large datasets by building HANA data models

Contents

• Industry: General
• Problem Statement: How to make the most of an organization’s data assets and gain competitive advantage
• Topics:
• In this project you will be working on enterprise dataset for helping an organization to increase revenue, reduce cost and reduce risk through better business decision-making.
• The business has outlets in different countries and sales are done for different items, and also promotion of business is done in different modes.
• The Referential Integrity is maintained with the tables/dataset files.
• Highlight:
• Loading the excel files to schema/tables
• Replicating and loading the tables
• Build dashboard and story board with SAP Lumira.

Project 3 : Implementing a sales project with SAP HANA Calculation View

Contents

• Industry: General
• Problem Statement: How to build the sales model using Calculation View in HANA
• Topics:
• In this SAP HANA project you will link TSPA which is a standard SAP Table for storing the Organizational Unit: Sales Divisions information.
• This is available within R/3/ECC SAP systems depending on the version and release level.
• You will also link the Customer, Material,Sales Org, Sales-Vision Calculation views in order to create Sales Billing CA view.
• Highlights
• Deploying SAP HANA Calculation View
• Star Join on a Fact Table
• SAP HANA Organizational Unit

Project 4 : Develop reports using SAP HANA

Contents

• Dataset: Sales
• Problem Statement: This project is involved with creation of reports using SAP HANA.
• Highlights:
• You will get in-depth understanding of creating SAP HANA reports with SAP Business Objects explorer, learning to deploy different SAP HANA views like attribute, analytic and calculation views, understanding how to create SAP HANA Crystal Report, deploying MDX Provider for connecting HANA system to Excel data, data modeling techniques.
• Upon completion of the project you will gain expertise to develop reports from multiple data sources and view it to glean valuable insights.