SAP BW4HANA is next generation of SAP Business Warehouse tailored to SAP HANA helps to consolidate the data across the enterprise to get a consistent and agreed view with flexible data management capabilities in a modernized user experience.

1. SAP BW/4HANA
The Intelligent Enterprise
Data Warehouse

2. SAP BW/4HANA
A Flexible and Scalable EDW Application
SAP BW4HANA is Next generation of SAP Business Warehouse tailored to SAP HANA helps to
consolidate the data across the enterprise to get a consistent and agreed view with flexible data
management capabilities in a modernized user experience.
SAP BW 1.0*
• Initial
Datawarehouse and
reporting release
for SAP solutions.
SAP BW Any
DB
• Operational
reporting
• Data warehousing
SAP HANA
• First in-memory
database
SAP BW on
SAP HANA
• High-performance
data warehousing
• Strategic planning
scenarios
SAP
BW/4HANA
• Next-generation
data warehouse
• Built for the cloud
• Logical data
warehouse
• Internet of Things
(IoT)
• Integrates with data
lakes
1998 2011 2012 2016

3. SAP BW/4HANA - Key Capabilities
High Performance
• Reduce wait time for data handling and enable smart
automation, with high-volume data processing in real
time.
Simplified modelling and administration
• Speed up development and reduce implementation
time , along with less spend on development with
simplified modelling and administration features.
Smart Integration
• Connect to SAP and non-SAP applications and data
sources to reduce costs for data integration; extract,
transform, and load processes; and on-premise
infrastructure.
Instinctive user experience
• Increase user productivity while increasing user
adoption with help of an instinctive user experience
and a modern interface
Simplified
AgileInnovative
Open to all Data

4. SAP BW/4HANA - Simplifications
• Number of Modelling object
types reduced from 10 to 4
(60% less) to improve TCO.
• Field or Info Object based
modelling
• Greater control of data
persistency and
virtualization
• Support for external,
structured, and unstructured
data
• Number of Source System
types reduced from 10 to 4
(60% less)
• HANA Source System for all
database connectivity (non-
SAP data)
Simplified Data Model Simplified Source Systems

5. SAP BW/4HANA - Standard Business Contents
• Business Content enables rapid and cost-
effective implementation as it delivers a
model that can be used as a guideline
during implementation.
• The delivered standard data models are
envisioned as a base for designing,
modeling, and building a enterprise
Datawarehouse.
• It helps to reduce the TCO with faster
data to insight for business decision
making process.
• The SAP BW/4HANA Content was
explicitly designed to leverage the SAP
HANA capabilities by using a reliable
EDW reference architecture called LSA++
(Layered Scalable Architecture).

6. Transitioning to SAP BW/4HANA
New Customer
New customer to SAP or considering for reimplementation can migrate legacy
system to a new installation of SAP BW/4HANA with SAP’s integrated data
management and quality tools.
BW on Any DB
Upgrade existing BW (on any database) system to BW on SAP HANA,
further migrate to SAP BW/4HANA Object Set and upgrade to SAP
BW/4HANA.
BW on HANA
Migrate to SAP BW/4HANA Object Set, then upgrade to SAP BW/4HANA.
Landscape Transformation
Simplify landscape to carve out designated procedures and functions and
moving gradually to SAP BW/4HANA. Helps consolidating rapidly and
delivering predictive features.
SAP BW/4HANA
on premise or cloud

7. SAP BW/4HANA – Conversion Paths to SAP BW/4HANA 2.0
New System
Classic BW on
Any DB
Classic BW on
Any DB
Classic BW on
Any DB
SAP
BW/4HANA 2.0
Classic BW on
Any DB
1. Greenfield Implementation
SAP BW 7.5
powered by
SAP HANA
SAP BW 7.5 on
SAP HANA
+ SAP BW/4HANA
Starter Add-On
2.a. In-place Conversion / Full System Conversion
2.b. Remote Conversion / System Conversion / Brownfield
2.c. Shell Conversion / Accelerated Greenfield
3. Landscape Transformation/ System Consolidation

8. SAP BW/4HANA Path 1
New Implementation
• New implementation of SAP BW/4HANA for customers migrating from a legacy system
• Customers looking for fresh DW Implementation with a new data model and extract only relevant
data from source systems
• For customers, looking for new and fresh implementation SAP is planning to offer an option to
transport certain objects from the existing SAP BW system to a newly installed SAP BW/4HANA
system.
Scenario
• Re-engineering and process simplification based on modern data warehouse architecture
• Eliminate old age data
• Improved system size
• Gain full benefits of SAP HANA platform
Benefits for Customers
• SAP Business Warehouse customers looking for reimplementation.
• New customers
Target Audience

9. SAP BW/4HANA Path 2
System Conversion
• Customers who want to migrate existing SAP BW system to SAP BW/4HANA system
• Sizing tool to support for database, release, and application transition
• Customers not yet on Unicode need an additional process step
Scenario
• Migration without reimplementation
• No disruption for existing business processes
• Re-evaluation of customization, data models and data flows
Benefits for Customers
• SAP Business Warehouse Customers
Target Audience

10. SAP BW/4HANA Path 3
Landscape Transformation
• Customers who want to consolidate their landscape or systems
• Customer who want to carve out certain data models or data flows into an existing SAP
BW/4HANA system
• Customer-specific migration project re-using standard tools (planned service offering from SAP’s
Data Management & Landscape Transformation group)
Scenario
• Stay with current data warehouse landscape and move gradually to SAP BW/4HANA
innovations
• Consistent data models and common master data through consolidation
• Carve out of single entities of the company to SAP BW/4HANA and leverage process
simplification
Benefits for Customers
• SAP customers with multiple SAP BW, or SAP BW on SAP HANA systems, or hybrid cases
Target Audience

11. SAP BW/4HANA – Right Path for You
Existing Solution
New
Implementation
System Conversion Landscape
TransformationIn Place Remote
One or more legacy systems
SAP BW on any database
SAP BW powered by SAP HANA
SAP BW powered by SAP HANA with the
starter add-on for SAP BW/4HANA
Multiple SAP BW application systems
Highly recommended pathPossible alternative path Recommended path Not supported
Shell Conversion is Similar to Remote Conversion but without data transfer. Its an Accelerated greenfield approach by transferring and converting
data models and flows.

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