HANA and JAVA-Stack

[Former Member]

Hello HANA experts

Currently we are not using HANA but thinking about it in the near future.

We are using SAP BW 7.01 and Integrated Planning (BW-IP).

While the business uses input-enabled fields for the key figures to be planned, they have an additional option to input a comment in another column;

everything is done in SAP Portal, embedding a web template.

This comment-solution was established by this module: com.sap.ip.bi.rig.DocumentContent

All comments are stored in a cm documents folder in the SAP Portal (JAVA stack).

During runtime of the web template every navigation step is done in a propper time until it comes to the upload of comments!

My question: Does SAP HANA also include this Portal technology in its HANA database "box" or is the JAVA stack outside this box?

We would like to know if we can expect a much higher performance if we migrate from BW7.01 to BW7.30 powered by HANA.

Thank you for your replies in advance.

PC-12

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

To answer your questions:

a. HANA database doesn't come with the Java stack. If you are using Businessobjects, you can leverage the built-in java server for BI 4.0. For BW on HANA you'll need a separate Java instance especially for Bex Web. More information here: http://www.experiencesaphana.com/docs/DOC-2103

b. Performance benefits of BW on HANA has been discussed several times in this forum before.

http://scn.sap.com/thread/3178800 has some good info discussed. On query performance benefits with BW on HANA - http://www.experiencesaphana.com/docs/DOC-1888

https://cookbook.experiencesaphana.com/ has all the information you need about BW on HANA and an exclusive FAQ section: http://www.experiencesaphana.com/community/solutions/net-weaver-bw/bwonhanafaq

Thanks,

Anooj

[rama_shankar3]

Hi PC:

There are significant benefits of upgrading to BW 7.3 version. Please read my write-up on benefits of upgrading to BW 7.3 by itself @ http://www.sendspace.com/file/7ipu1z

  In addition, there is benefit of running BW 7.3 on HANA DB with SP8 which was released recently. Please review release notes for BW 7.3 SP8 @

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/9b/d363cdc2894d228eedff692ae3997c/frameset.htm

SP8 has new DSO planning function enabled for HANA DB as well.

In summary, yes there are significant benefits on upgrading to BW 7.3 and running on HANA DB.

I will post some useful info on HANA DB for BW shortly and SP8 as well.

Regards,

Rama