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SAP Landscape Transformation
1.What are the different types of replication techniques?
1.ETL based replication using BODS
2.Trigger based replication using SLT
3.Extractor based data acquisition using DXC
Raj Kumar Salla
2.What is SLT?
SLT stands for SAP Landscape Transformation which is a trigger based replication. SLT replication server is the Archives
replication technology to pass data from source system to the target system. The source can be either SAP or non
SAP. Target system is SAP HANA system which contains HANA database. October 2012 (/interview
questions/archives/102012)
3.Is it possible to load and replicate data from one source system to multiple target database schemas of HANA
system? RSS Feed (/1/feed)
Yes. It is possible for up to 4.
4.Is it possible to specify the type of data load and replication?
Yes either in real time, or scheduled by time or by interval.
5.What is Configuration in SLT?
The information to create the connection between the source system, SLT system, and the SAP HANA system is
specified within the SLT system as a Configuration. You can define a new configuration in Configuration &
Monitoring Dashboard (transaction LTR).
6.Is there any prerequisite before creating the configuration and replication?
For the SAP source systems DMIS addon is installed in SLT replication server. User for RFC connection has the
role IUUC_REPL_REMOTE assigned but not DDIC.
For nonSAP source systems DMIS addon is not required and grant a database user sufficient authorization for
data replication.
7.What is Configuration and Monitoring Dashboard?
It is an application that runs on SLT replication server to specify configuration information (such as source system,
target system, and relevant connections) so that data can be replicated. It can also use it to monitor the replication
status (transaction LTR).
Status Yellow: It may occur due to triggers which are not yet created successfully.
Status Red: It may occur if master job is aborted (manually in transaction SM37).
8.What is advanced replication settings?
A transaction that runs on SLT replication server to specify advanced replication settings like
Modifying target table structures,
Specifying performance optimization settings
Define transformation rules
9.What is Latency?
It is the length of time to replicate data (a table entry) from the source system to the target system.
10.What is logging table?
A table in the source system that records any changes to a table that is being replicated. This ensures that SLT
replication server can replicate these changes to the target system.
11.What are Transformation rules?
A rule specified in the Advanced Replication settings transaction for source tables such that data is transformed
during the replication process. Example you can specify rule to
Convert fields
Fill empty fields
Skip records
12.What happens when you setup a new configuration?
The database connection is automatically created along with GUID and Mass transfer id (MT_ID).
A schema GUID ensures that configurations with the same schema name can be created.
The Mass transfer ID is used in the naming of SLT jobs and the system can uniquely identify a schema.
13.What factors influence the change/increase the number of jobs?
Number of configurations managed by the SLT replication server
Number of tables to be loaded/replicated for each configuration
Expected speed of initial load
Expected replication latency time. As a rule of thumb, one BDG job should be used for each 10 tables in replication
to achieve acceptable latency times.
14.When to change the number of Data Transfer jobs?
If the speed of the initial load/replication latency time is not satisfactory
If SLT replication server has more resources than initially available, we can increase the number of data transfer
and/or initial load jobs
After the completion of the initial load, we may want to reduce the number of initial load jobs
15.What are the jobs involved in replication process?
1. Master Job (IUUC_MONITOR_<MT_ID>)
2. Master Controlling Job (IUUC_REPLIC_CNTR_<MT_ID>)
3. Data Load Job (DTL_MT_DATA_LOAD_<MT_ID>_<2digits>)
4.Migration Object Definition Job (IUUC_DEF_MIG_OBJ_<2digits>)
5.Access Plan Calculation Job (ACC_PLAN_CALC_<MT_ID>_<2digits>)
16.What is the relation between the number of data transfer jobs in the configuration settings and the available BGD
work processes?
Each job occupies 1 BGD work processes in SLT replication server. For each configuration, the parameter Data
Transfer Jobs restricts the maximum number of data load job for each mass transfer ID (MT_ID).
A mass transfer ID requires at least 4 background jobs to be available:
One master job
One master controller job
At least one data load job
One additional job either for migration/access plan calculation/to change configuration settings in “Configuration and
Monitoring Dashboard”.
17.If you set the parameter “data transfer jobs” to 04 in a configuration “SCHEMA1”, a mass transfer ID 001 is
assigned. Then what jobs should be in the system?
1 Master job (IUUC_MONITOR_SCHEMA1)
1 Master Controller job (IUUC_REPL_CNTR_001_0001)
At most 4 parallel jobs for MT_ID 001 (DTL_MT_DATA_LOAD_001_ 01/~02/~03/~04)
Performance: If lots of tables are selected for load / replication at the same time, it may happen that there are not
enough background jobs available to start the load procedure for all tables immediately. In this case you can
increase the number of initial load jobs, otherwise tables will be handled sequentially.
For tables with large volume of data, you can use the transaction “Advanced Replication Settings
(IUUC_REPL_CONT)” to further optimize the load and replication procedure for dedicated tables.
18.What happens after the SLT replication is over?
The SLT replication server creates 1 user, 4 roles, 2 stored procedures and 8 tables.
1 User
1 Privilege
4 Roles
<REPLICATION SCHEMA>_DATA_PROV
<REPLICATION_SCHEMA>_POWER_USER
<REPLICATION_SCHEMA>_USER_ADMIN
<REPLICATION_SCHEMA>_SELECT
2 Stored procedures
RS_GRANT_ACCESS, RS_REVOKE_ACCESS
8 Tables
DD02L, DD02T, RS_LOG_FILES, RS_MESSAGES, RS_ORDER, RS_ORDER_EXT, RS_SCHEMA_MAP,
RS_STATUS
19.What are the different replication scenarios?
Load, Replicate, Stop, Suspend and Resume.
Before you select any application table, the initial load of the tables DD02L, DD02T & DD08L must be completed as
they contain the metadata information.
Load: Starts an initial load of replication data from the source system. The procedure is a onetime event. After it is
completed, further changes to the source system database will not be replicated.
For the initial load procedure, neither database triggers nor logging tables are created in the source system. Default
settings use reading type 3 (DB_SETGET) with up to 3 background jobs in parallel to load tables in parallel or
subsequently into the HANA system.
Replicate: Combines an initial load procedure and the subsequent replication procedure (real time or scheduled).
Before the initial load procedure will start, database trigger and related logging table are created for each table in
the source system as well as in SLT replication server.
Stop Replication: Stops any current load or replication process of a table.
The stop function will remove the database trigger and related logging tables completely. Only use this function if
you do want to continue a selected table otherwise you must initially load the table again to ensure data consistency.
Suspend: Pauses a table from a running replication. The database trigger will not be deleted from the source
system. The recording of changes will continue and related information is stored in the related logging tables in the
source system.
If you suspend tables for a long time the size of logging tables may increase and adjust the table space if required.
Resume: Restarts the application for a suspended table. The previous suspended replication will be resumed (no
new initial load required).
20.What happens if the replication is suspended for a long period of time or system outage of SLT or HANA system?
The size of the logging tables increases.
21.How to avoid unnecessary logging information from being stored?
Pause the replication by stopping the schemarelated jobs.
22.Will the table size in SAP HANA database and in the source system the same?
No as HANA database supports compression.
23.When to go for table partitioning?
If the table size in HANA database exceeds 2 billion records, split the table by using portioning features by using
“Advanced replication settings” (transaction IUUC_REPL_CONT, tab page IUUC_REPL_TABSTG).
24.Where do you define transformation rules?
By using “Advanced replication settings” (transaction IUUC_REPL_CONT, tab page IUUC ASS RULE MAP)
25.Are there any special considerations if the source system is nonSAP system?
The concept of triggerbased replication is actually meant for SAP source systems. The main differences are:
There will be a database connection between nonSAP source and SLT system instead of RFC.
Source must have primary key
Tables DD02L, DD02T which contains metadata are just initially loaded but not replicated.
The read modules reside on SLT system.
Tables with database specific formats may need transformation rules before they are replicated.
Only SAP supported databases (with respective DBSL for SAP Net Weaver 7.02) are supported as nonSAP source
systems.
26.What are the potential issues in the creation of configuration?
Missing addon DMIS_2010 in source system
Missing the proper role of SAP_IUUC_REPL_REMOTE for RFC user
( SAP_IUUC_USER for SLT system )
Logon credentials are not correct
27.How can you ensure that data is consistent in source system and HANA system?
Since any changes in the source system is tracked in dedicated logging tables, the replication status for each
changed data record is transparent. A entry of logging table is deleted after a successful commit statement from
HANA database and this procedure ensures the data consistency between source system and HANA system.
28.Does SLT for SAP HANA support data compression like SAP HANA database?
Yes, this is automatically covered by the RFC connection used for data replication from the SAP source system.
Questions on limits
1.Maximum number of tables in a schema?
131072
2.What can be the maximum table name length?
127 characters
3.What can be the maximum column name length?
127 characters
4.What can be the maximum number of columns in a table?
1000
5.What can be the maximum number of columns in a view?
1000
6.What can be the maximum number of partitions of a column table?
1000
7.What can be the maximum number of rows in each table?
Limited by storage size RS: 1TB/sizeof(row)
CS: 2^31 * number of partitions
8.In which table you can get the current system limits?
M_SYSTEM_LIMITS
9.Maximum number of jobs you can view the information in the Current tab of Job log?
5
Questions on SQLScript
1.What is SQLScript?
It is a set of SQL extensions for SAP HANA database which allow developers to push data intensive logic into the
database.
2.When should be SQLScript used?
It should be used in cases where other modeling constructs of HANA such as Attribute views or Analytic views are
not sufficient.
3.Explain how SQLScript procedure is processed in HANA database?
When a user creates a new procedure, the HANA database query compiler first:
Parse the statements
Check the statement semantic correctness
Optimize the code for Declarative and Imperative logic
Code generation creates Calculation models for Declarative logic and L nodes for Imperative logic
Compiled procedure creates Content in the database Catalog and in Repository.
4.What happens when you compile the procedure?
During compilation, the call to the procedure is rewritten for processing by the calculation engine.
5.What happens when you execute the procedure?
It binds the actual parameters to the calculation models generated in the definition phase.
6.What are the data types supported in SQLScript?
SQLScript allows the definitions of table types and also supports primitive data types such as Integer, Decimal(p,q),
Varchar, Blob, Timestamp, etc.
7.What is a table type?
Table types are used to define parameters for a procedure that represent tabular results.
Example:
CREATE TYPE tt_publishers AS TABLE ( publisher INTEGER, name VARCHAR(50), price DECIMAL, cnt
INTEGER);
CREATE TYPE tt_years AS TABLE ( year VARCHAR(4), price DECIMAL, cnt INTEGER);
8.What is the general syntax used in creating procedure?
CREATE PROCEDURE <proc_name> [(<parameter_clause>)]
[LANGUAGE <lang>] [SQL SECURITY <mode>]
[READS SQL DATA [WITH RESULT VIEW <view_name>]] AS
<local_scalar_variables>
BEGIN <procedure_code> END
9.How to recompile a procedure?
ALTER PROCEDURE proc_name RECOMPILE [WITH PLAN]
10.Can you specify a default value while creating procedure? Is there any change while calling the procedure?
CREATE PROCEDURE my_proc (IN P1 INT,
IN P2 INT DEFAULT 1,
OUT out1 DUMMY) AS
BEGIN
out1 = SELECT :P1 + :P2 AS DUMMY FROM DUMMY;
END;
While calling the procedure, we need to pass 'Named Parameters' with token (=>).
CALL my_proc (P1 => 3, out1 => ?)
If you want to specify all the input fields then call statement would be:
CALL my_proc (3, 4, ?)
11.What is the purpose of procedure 'Call... With Overview' option?
To write the results of a procedure call directly into a physical table.
CALL my_proc (3, 4, NULL) WITH OVERVIEW;
12.What is the purpose of procedure 'Call.....In Debug Mode' option?
It creates the additional debug information during the execution of the procedure. This type of call has additional
runtime overhead hence should be used for debugging purposes only.
CALL my_proc (3, 4, NULL) IN DEBUG MODE;
13.What is Table variable?
These are variables with table type which are bound to the value of a physical table, SQL query or a calculation
engine plan operator. Table variables are bound using equality operator.
14.What is a scalar variable?
We define scalar variable as IN, OUT, or INOUT and can be referenced anywhere in a procedure.
lt_expensive_books = SELECT title, price, crcy FROM :it_books
WHERE price > :minPrice AND crcy = :currency;
In above assignment, the variable lt_expensive_books is bound. Variable :it_books refers to an IN parameter of a
Table type. :minPrice and :currency refer to IN parameter of a scalar type.
15.What is CE plan operator? What are the different categories?
CE plan operator does the data transformation functionality internally and used in definition of functions. It is an
alternate to using SQL statements.
Data Source Access operators that bind a column table or a column view to a table variable. (CE_COLUMN_TABLE,
CE_JOIN_VIEW, CE_OLAP_VIEW, CE_CALC_VIEW)
Relational operators that allow a user to bypass the SQL processor during evaluation and directly executed in the
calculation engine.
(CE_JOIN, CE_LEFT_OUTER_JOIN, CE_RIGHT_OUTER_JOIN, CE_PROJECTION,CE_CALC,
CE_AGGREGATION, CE_UNION_ALL)
Special extensions implement, e.g., crucial business functions inside the database kernel.
(CE_VERTICAL_UNION, CE_CONVERSION)
16.What is CE_COLUMN_TABLE operator?
It provides access to an existing column table. It takes the name of the table and returns its content bound to a
variable.
Example:
ot_books1 = CE_COLUMN_TABLE (“BOOKS”);
ot_books2 = CE_COLUMN_TABLE (“BOOKS”, [“TITLE”, “PRICE”, “CRCY”]);
This example only works on a column table and does not invoke the SQL processor. It is semantically equivalent to
the following:
ot_books3 = SELECT * FROM books;
ot_books4 = SELECT title, price, crcy FROM books;
The function that provide data source access does not allow renaming of attributes.
17.What is CE_JOIN_VIEW operator?
It return results for an existing join view (also known as Attribute view). It takes the name of join view and optional list
of attributes as parameters.
Example:
out = CE_JOIN_VIEW (“PRODUCT_SALES”, [“PRODUCT_KEY”, “PRODUCT_TEXT”, “SALES”]);
18.What is CE_OLAP_VIEW operator?
It return results for an existing OLAP view (also known as Analytical view). It takes the name of OLAP view and an
optional list of key figures and dimensions as parameters. The OLAP view is grouped by dimensions and the key
figures are aggregated using the default aggregation of the OLAP view.
Example:
out = CE_OLAP_VIEW (“OLAP_view”,[“Dim1”, “kf”]);
Is equivalent to
out = SELECT dim1, SUM(kf) FROM OLAP_view GROUP BY dim1;
19.What is CE_CALC_VIEW operator?
It returns results for an existing calculation view. It takes the name of the calculation view and optionally a projection
list of attribute names.
Example:
out = CE_CALC_VIEW (“CALC_view”, [“CID”, “CNAME”]);
Is equivalent to
out = SELECT cid, cname FROM CALC_view;
20.What is CE_JOIN operator?
It calculates a inner join of the given pair of tables on a list of join attributes. Each pair of join attributes must have
identical attribute names else one of them must be renamed prior to the join.
Example:
ot_pubs_books1 = CE_JOIN (:lt_pubs, :it_books, [“PUBLISHER”]);
ot_pubs_books2 = CE_JOIN (:lt_pubs, :it_books, [“PUBLISHER”], [“TITLE”, “NAME”, “PUBLISHER”, “YEAR”]);
Is equivalent to
ot_pubs_books3 = SELECT P.publisher as publisher, name, street, post_code, city,
country, isbn, title, edition, year, price, crcy
FROM :lt_pubs AS P, :it_books as B
WHERE P.publisher = B.publisher;
ot_pubs_books4 = SELECT title, name, P.publisher as publisher, year
FROM :lt_pubs AS P, :it_books AS B
WHERE P.publisher = B.publisher;
21.What is CE_LEFT_OUTER_JOIN operator?
It calculates the left outer join. Besides the function name the syntax is same as CE_JOIN.
22.What is CE_RIGHT_OUTER_JOIN operator?
It calculates the right outer join. Besides the function name the syntax is same as CE_JOIN.
23.What is CE_PROJECTION operator?
It restricts the columns in the table variable and optionally renames columns, computes expression, or applies a
filter.
Example:
ot_books1 = CE_PROJECTION(:it_books, [“TITLE”, “PRICE”, “CRCY” AS “CURRENCY”], '“PRICE” > 50');
Is equivalent to
ot_books2 = SELECT title, price, crcy AS currency
FROM :it_books WHERE price > 50;
24.What is CE_CALC operator?
It evaluates an expression and then bound to a new column
Example:
with_tax = CE_PROJECTION(:product, [“CID”, “CNAME”, “OID”, “SALES”,
CE_CALC('”SALES” * :vat_rate', decimal(10,2)) AS “SALES_VAT”],
''”CNAME” = ':cname''');
Is equivalent to
with_tax2 = SELECT cid, cname, oid, sales, sales * :vat_rate AS sales_vat
FROM :product
WHERE cname = ':cname';
All columns used in CE_CALC have to be included in the projection list. Another frequent use of CE_CALC is
computing row numbers.
CE_CALC('rownum()', integer) AS "RANK"
25.What is CE_AGGREGATION operator?
It groups the input and computes aggregates for each group.
Supported aggregate functions are count(“column”), sum(“column”), max(“column”), min(“column”).
Use sum(“column”)/count(“column”) to compute the average.
Example:
ot_books1 = CE_AGGREGATION(:it_books, [COUNT (“PUBLISHER”) AS CNT], [“YEAR”]);
Is equivalent to
ot_books2 = SELECT COUNT (publisher) as cnt, year FROM :it_books GROUP BY year;
26.What is CE_UNION_ALL operator?
It computes the union of two tables which need to have identical schemas.
Example:
ot_all_books1 = CE_UNION_ALL (:lt_books, :it_audit_books);
Is equivalent to
ot_all_books2 = SELECT * FROM :lt_books
UNION ALL
SELECT * FROM :it_audit_books;
27.What is special operator?
CE_VERTICAL_UNION and CE_CONVERSION are the special operators which do not have any immediate SQL
equivalent.
28.What operator is used to debug SQLScript procedures?
TRACE operaor. It traces the tabular data passed as its argument into a local temporary table and return its input
unmodified. The names of the temporary tables can be retrieved from the SYS.SQLSCRIPT_TRACE view.
Example: out = TRACE (:input);
29.How to setup tracing?
From the Administration perspective, navigate to tab “Trace Configuration” . In order to change settings, you need
to have system privileges “TRACE ADMIN” and “INFILE ADMIN”.
30.What is the difference between BREAK and CONTINUE?
Break means loop should stop processing, CONTINUE means loop should stop processing the current iteration and
immediately start processing the next iteration.
31.What is Cursor?
It is used to fetch single rows from the result set returned by a query.
CREATE PROCEDURE cursor_proc LANGUAGE SQLSCRIPT AS
v_isbn VARCHAR(20);
CURSOR c_cursor1 (v_isbn VARCHAR(20)) FOR
SELECT isbn, title, price, crcy FROM books WHERE isbn = :v_isbn
ORDER BY isbn;
BEGIN
OPEN c_cursor1('9783868940121');
IF c_cursor1::ISCLOSED THEN CALL ins_msg_proc('WRONG: cursor not open');
ELSE CALL ins_msg_proc('OK: cursor open');
END IF;
FETCH c_cursor1 INTO v_isbn, v_title, v_price, v_crcy;
IF c_cursor1::NOTFOUND THEN CALL ins_msg_proc('WRONG: cursor contains no valid data');
ELSE CALL ins_msg_proc('OK: cursor contains valid data');
END IF;
CLOSE c_cursor1;
END;
32.How to loop cursor over result sets?
Using FOR loop.
CREATE PROCEDURE foreach_proc() LANGUAGE SQLSCRIPT AS
v_isbn VARCHAR(20) := '';
CURSOR c_cursor1 (v_isbn VARCHAR(20)) FOR
SELECT isbn, title, price, crcy FROM books ORDER BY isbn;
BEGIN
FOR cur_row as c_cursor1 DO
CALL ins_msg_proc('book title is: ' || cur_row.title);
END FOR;
END;
Questions on Modeler
1.What are the two developer roles in HANA SPS05?
The two developer roles are Modeler and Application Programmer.
Modeler: modeler is concerned with the definition of model and schemas used in the SAP HANA, the specification
and definition of tables, views, primary keys, indexes, partitions and interrelationship of the data, designing and
defining authorization and access control through the specification of privileges, roles and users and generally uses
the perspective “Administration Console” and “Modeler”.
Application Programmer: Programmer is concerned with building SAP HANA applications which are designed based
on MVC (modelviewcontroller) architecture and generally uses the perspective “SAP HANA Development”.
2.Explain HANA database Architecture (SP05)?
Clients connect to the database system which forms a session within the database in the form of SQL statements. In
the HANA database, each SQL statement is processed in the context of a transaction. New sessions are assigned to
a new transaction.
Traditional database applications uses JDBC and ODBC interface to communicate with the database management
system over a network connection and application uses SQL to manage and query the data stored in the database.
In the HANA database Index server is the main component of database management which contains the actual data
stores and the engines for processing the data. The index server processes incoming SQL or MDX statements in
the context of transaction.
The Transaction manager coordinates database transactions, and keeps track of running and closed transactions.
When a transaction is committed or rolled back, the transaction manager informs the involved storage engines
about this event so they can execute necessary actions.
The HANA database has its own scripting language called SQLScript that is designed to enable optimization and
parallelization. HANA supports the Business Functional Library (BFL) and Predictive Analysis Library (PAL) and can
be called directly from within SQLScript. It also supports the development of programs written in R language.
SQL and SQLScript are implemented using a common infrastructure of Builtin functions. That have access to
various meta definitions such as definitions of relational tables, columns, views, and indexes, definitions of
SQLScript procedures. This Metadata is stored in one common catalog (row store or column store).
The Persistence layer ensures that the database after a restart is restored to the most recent committed state. It
uses a combination of writeahead logs, shadow paging and save points. The persistence layer also contains
Logger that manages the transaction log.
The Index server uses the Preprocessor Server for analyzing the text data and extracting the information based on
text search capabilities. The Name Server knows where the components are running and which data is located on
which server. The Statistics Server collects information about status, performance and resource consumption from
other servers in the system.
3.What is SAP XS (Extended Application Service)?
SAP HANA XS provides endtoend support for webbased applications .
4.What are Development objects?
The building blocks of SAP HANA applications are called development objects.
5.What is Repository?
The HANA Repository is storage system for development objects and is built into SAP HANA.
The repository supports Version control, Transport, and Sharing of objects between multiple developers. We can
add objects to the repository, update the objects, publish the objects, and compile these objects into runtime
objects.
6.What are the different perspectives available in HANA?
Modeler: used for creating various types of views and analytical privileges.
SAP HANA Development: Used for programming applications for creating development objects to access or update
data models such as Serverside Java script or HTML files.
Administration: Used to monitor the system and change settings.
Debug: Used to debug code such as SQLScript (.procedure files) or Serverside Java script (.xsjs files).
To open a perspective, go to Window → Open Perspective.
7.Before starting development work in SAP HANA studio, What are the roles a user should have on SAP HANA
server ?
Modeling, Content_Admin.
8.What is a Delivery Unit?
Delivery unit (DU) is a container used by the Life Cycle Manager (LCM) to transport repository objects between the
SAP HANA systems. The name of DU must contain only capital letters (AZ), digits (09) and underscores (_).
9.What is a workspace?
The place where you work on projectrelated objects is called a repository workspace.
10.What is a package and its types?
Package is used to group together related content objects in SAP HANA studio. By default it creates Nonstructural.
Type Description
Structural Package only contains subpackages. It cannot contain repository objects.
NonStructural Package contains both repository objects and subpackages.
11.What are the default packages delivered with the repository?
Sap
Systemlocal
Systemlocal.generated
Systemlocal.private
12.What can be the maximum length of a package name?
190 characters including dots. Example: RajKumar.pkg123
13.What are package privileges?
REPO.READ: Read access to the selected package and designtime objects (both native and imported).
REPO.EDIT_NATIVE_OBJECTS: Authorization to modify designtime objects in packages originating in the system
the user is working in.
REPO.ACTIVATE_NATIVE_OBJECTS: Authorization to activate/reactivate designtime objects in package
originating in the system the user is working in.
REPO.MAINTAIN_NATIVE_PACKAGES: Authorization to update or delete native packages or create subpackages
of packages originating in the system in which the user is working.
14.How each object is uniquely identified in the repository?
Each object is uniquely identified by the combination of package name, object name and object type.
15.Can multiple objects of the same type can have the same object name?
Yes, only when they belong to different packages.
16.What are the different tasks you can perform in setting up the basis persistence model for SAP HANA XS?
Creating Schema, Creating Table, Creating View, Creating Sequence and Importing table content.
17.What are the different tasks you can perform in modeler perspective?
Import metadata, Load data, Create packages, Create information views, Create Procedures, Create Analytical
privileges, Import SAP NetWeaver BW objects, Create Decision Tables, Import and Export objects.
18.What are the supported object types in modeler perspective?
Attribute views, Analytical views, Calculation views, Analytical privileges, Procedures, Decision tables, Process
Visibility Scenario.
19.What are the different modeler preferences and how do you set?
You can set the modeler preferences by choosing the menu Window → Preferences → Modeler (or) Quick launch
→ Manage Preferences.
20.Why to configure Import server?
In order to load data data from external sources to SAP HANA we need to establish a connection with the server. To
connect, we need to provide details of Business Objects Data Services repository and ODBC drivers. Once the
connection is established, we can import the tables definition and then load data into table definitions.
Quick launch – Configure Import Server
Enter the IP address of the server from which you want to import data
Enter the repository name
Enter the ODBC data source, and choose OK.
21.How to Import table definitions?
If you want to import all table definitions, Go to
File menu → Choose Import
Expand the SAP HANA Content node
Choose “Mass Import of Metadata” and choose next
Select the target system where you want to import all the table definitions, and choose next
In the Connections Details Dialog , enter the user name and password of the target system
Select the required source system and choose Finish.
Note: If you want to import selective table definitions use “Selective Import of Metadata”.
22.How to load data into tables?
Quick Launch → Data Provisioning
Choose Source
Choose Load (for Initial load) or Replicate (for data replication)
Select the required tables to load or replicate
Click Finish.
23.How to upload data from Flat files?
File menu → Import
In 'Select an Import Source' section, expand the 'SAP HANA Content' node
Select 'Data from Local file' and choose Next
Select the Target system to which you want to import the data using Flat file, choose Next
In 'Define Properties Import Page' browse the file containing the data
Select 'New' option (If you want to load the data into a new table) or
Select the 'Existing' option (If you want to append the data to an existing table)
Click Finish.
24.How to copy standard content delivered by SAP?
Quick Launch → Mass Copy
Create a mapping between source package and target package
Choose Next to view the summary
Click Finish to confirm content copy.
25.What is Schema mapping? How do you do Schema mapping?
Schema mapping is done when the physical schema in the target system is not the same as the physical
schema in the source system.
Quick Launch → Schema Mapping
Choose Add
Create a mapping in the Target system between the Authoring schema and Physical schema
Click OK.
Note: Schema mapping only applies to references from repository objects to catalog onjects. It is not intended to be
used for repository to repository references.
26.In which configuration table, the mapping between authoring and physical schema is stored?
SYS_BI.M_SCHEMA_MAPPING
27.What's the purpose of Generating Time Data?
If you model a time attribute view without generating time data, an empty view will be shown when you use data
preview. To generate Time Data go to
Quick Launch → Generate Time Data
If your financial year is from January to December, Choose 'Calender Type' as Gregorian else Fiscal
Click Generate.
28.In which configuration table the generated time data information will be stored?
For Gregorian calendar type (SYS_BI)
M_TIME_DIMENSION_YEAR M_TIME_DIMENSION_MONTH
M_TIME_DIMENSION_WEEK M_TIME_DIMENSION
For Fiscal
M_FISCAL_CALENDAR
29.What is an Attribute?
Attribute represents the descriptive data used in modeling. Example: City, Country, etc.
30.What is a Simple Attribute?
Simple attributes are individual analytical elements that are derived from the data foundation. For example
Product_ID, Product_Name are attributes of a Product subject area.
31.What is a Calculated Attribute?
Calculated attributes are derived from one or more existing attributes or constants. For example deriving the full
name of a customer (first name and last name), assigning a constant value to an attribute that can be used for
arithmetic calculations.
32.What is a Private Attribute?
Private attributes used in an analytical view allow you to customize the behavior of an attribute for only that view. For
example if you create an analytical view and you want a particular attribute to behave differently than it does in the
attribute view to which it belongs, you can define it as a private attribute.
33.What is a Measure?
Measures are simple measurable analytical elements and are derived from Analytic and Calculation views.
34.What is a Simple Measure?
Simple Measure is a measurable analytical element that is derived from the data foundation.
35.What is a Calculated Measure?
Calculated Measures are defined based on a combination of data from OLAP cubes, arithmetic operators,
constants, and functions.
36.What is a Restricted Measure?
Restricted measures are used to filter the value for an output field based on the userdefined rules For example you
can restrict the revenue column only for Region = APJ, Year = 2013.
37.What are Counters?
Counters add a new measure to the Calculation view definition to count the recurrence of an attribute. For example,
to count how many times Product appears.
38.What is an Attribute View?
Attribute views are used to model entity based on the relationships between attribute data contained in multiple
source tables. You can model Columns, Calculated columns and Hierarchies.
Also you can finetune the attributes of an Attribute view:
Can apply filter to restrict values
Can be defined as Hidden so that they can be processed but not visible to end users
Can be defined as key attributes and used when joining multiple tables
Can be further drill down by 'Drill Down Enable' property.
39.What are the tables to be imported for creating attribute view of type Time?
T009 and T009B.
40.What is Label Mapping?
We can choose to associate an attribute with another attribute description. Label mapping is also called as
Description mapping. For example if A1 has a label column B1, then you can rename B1 to A1.description. The
related columns appear side by side during data preview.
41.What happens when one of the table in Attribute view has modified column with data type?
It reflects the previous state of the columns, even if you remove and add it again. It is referring to the cache. To
resolve this issue close the editor and reopen it.
42.What happens when you open an attribute view with a missing column in the required object?
An error will be shown “column is not found in table schemaname.tablename” and the editor does not open. To
make it consistent
Open the required object and add the missing column/attribute/measure temporarily
Now open the object which was previously giving error
Find all references to this column, Save the object
Now go ahead and delete the column from the required object.
43.What is an Analytic view?
Analytic views are used to model data that includes measures. In case of multiple tables, measures must originate
from only one of these tables (central table). You can model Columns, Calculated columns, Restricted columns,
Variables, and Input parameters.
Also you can finetune the attributes of an Analytic view:
Can apply filter to restrict values
Can be defined as Hidden so that they can be processed but not visible to end users
Can be defined as key attributes and used when joining multiple tables
Can be further drill down by 'Drill Down Enable' property
You can model Aggregation type on measures
You can model Currency and Unit of Measure.
44.Can we include Attribute views in Analytic view definition?
Yes
45.What does the Scenario panel of Analytic view editor contains?
Data Foundation: represents the tables used for defining the fact table of the view. You can specify the central table
by selecting a value in 'Central Entity' property.
Logical Join: represents the relation between fact table and attribute views to create start schema.
Semantics: represents the output structure of the view.
46.What does the aggregation type 'Calculate Before Aggregation' mean?
If you select 'Calculate Before Aggregation', the calculation happens as per the expression specified and then the
results are aggregated as SUM, MAX, MIN, or COUNT. If it is NOT selected, the calculation happens as per the
expression specified but the data is not aggregated but shown as FORMULA.
47.How to activate the other objects (required or impacted objects) along with current object?
By using 'Save and Activate All' option in the toolbar.
48.Can you add column views to Analytic view and Calculation view?
We can add column views in a Calculation view but not in the Analytic view.
49.Consider there is a table that contains product ID's with no product description and you have a text table for
products that has language specific description for each product? How can you get the language specific data?
Create a text join between these two tables. The right table should be the text table and is mandatory to specify the
“Language Column” in the 'Properties' view.
50.What are the restrictions while creating the join between the views and fact table?
A table should not appear twice in any join path, i.e. Self join is not supported.
While creating join between Analytic view and Attribute view the same table cannot be used in both the views.
51.What is Calculation view?
Calculation view is more advanced slice of the data and can include measures from multiple source of tables, can
include advanced SQL logic. The data foundation of the calculation view can include any combination of tables,
column views, attribute views and analytic views. We can create joins, unions, projections, and aggregation levels on
the sources. You can model Attributes, Measures, Calculated measures, Counters, Hierarchies (created outside of
the attribute view), Variables and Input parameters.
52.Calculation views are modeled based on what?
Graphical views or Scripted views but not as SQLScript. However there are exceptions to this rule. SQLScript with
the following properties can be used in Calculation view:
No input parameters
Always Readonly (do not make changes to database)
Sideeffect free.
53.What are the option available in 'Run With' while creating calculation view?
Definer's Right, Invoker's Right.
Definers right: System uses the rights of the definer while executing the view or procedure for any user.
Invokers right: System uses the rights of the current user while executing the view or procedure.
54.While creating a Graphical Calculation view, what are the options available in Tools palette?
Union, Join, Projection, and Aggregation.
Note: You can have only one source of input for Projection and Aggregation views.
You can create filters on Projection and Aggregation view attributes.
55.How to create Counters in Graphical Calculation view?
For example to get the number of distinct values of an attribute:
Go to the Output pane, right click Counters
From the context menu, choose New
Choose Attribute
Click ok.
56.Is it mandatory to include measures for Calculation view?
No. Calculation view containing no measures works like an attribute view and is not available for reporting purposes.
57.How do you debug the Calculation view with lot of complexity at each level?
By previewing the data of an intermediate node.
58.What is Mapping input parameter in Calculation view?
It is used for mapping the input parameters in the underlying data sources of the calculation view with calculation
view parameters.
59.In calculation view, What is the option 'Auto Map by Name' used for?
It automatically creates the input parameters corresponding to the source and perform a 1:1 mapping.
60.What are the options available in Source input parameter?
Create New Map 1:1
Map by Name
Remove Mapping
61.Consider there are two tables (Actual sales and Planned sales) with similar structures. I want to see the
combined data in a single view but at the same time how can I differentiate the data between these two tables
Create a union view (Graphical) between the two tables and have a 'Constant column' indicating constant values like
'A' for Actual sales and 'P' for Planned sales. The default value for the constant column is NULL.
62.What is a Constant column and how to create it?
In a Union view, a Constant column is created for the output attributes for which there is no mapping to the source
attributes. To create Constant column:
Right click the attribute in the target list
Choose Manage Mappings
To map the source to the target column, select the required source from the dropdown list
To assign a default value to the constant column, enter a value in the Constant value field
Select the required data type, length and scale as required
Click ok.
63.What is the difference between HANA Variable and Input parameter?
HANA Variables do not impact the execution and used to filter the attributes, for example we can filter a result to a
specific country or product and are applied in the WHERE clause of the SQL query.
HANA Input parameters used to manipulate the execution of the information model, for example currency codes or
dates when exchange rates have to be calculated and are passed as PLACEHOLDER in the FROM clause of the
SQL query.
64.In which configuration table you can find the variables information?
You can find in _SYS_BI schema
BIMC_VARIABLE BIMC_VARIABLE_ASSIGNMENT
BIMC_VARIABLE_VIEW BIMC_VARIABLE_VALUE
65.What are the different types of Input parameters supported?
Attribute value/Column
Currency (Available in Calculation view only)
Date (Available in Calculation view only)
Static list
Derived from Table (Available in Analytic and Graphical Calculation view)
Empty
Direct Type (Available in Analytic view)
66.How can you check whether an input parameter is mandatory or not?
From the properties of Input parameter in the Properties pane.
67.What is Hierarchy?
We create hierarchies between attributes to improve analysis by displaying attributes according to their defined
relationships. There are two types of hierarchies:
Level Hierarchy: The root and child nodes are accessed only in the defined order. It consists of one or more levels
of aggregation.
Example: We can drill down from Country to State and to City etc.
Parent/Child Hierarchy: This hierarchy contains a parent attribute and constructed from a single parent attribute.
Example: Employee master (employee and manager).
68.How to create an hierarchy for Analytic view?
Hierarchy is not supported in Analytic view but can be used only in Attribute view and Calculation view.
69.While creating hierarchy, what does the option 'Aggregate All Nodes' mean?
For example there is a member A with value 100, A1 with value 10, A2 with value 20 where A1 and A2 are children
of A. By default the option 'Aggregate All Nodes' is set to false and you will see a value of 30 for A. When this option
is set to true, you will count the posted value 100 for A as well and see a result of 130.
70.How can you generate a Sales report for a region in a particular currency where you have the sales data in a
database table in a different currency?
Create an Analytic view by selecting the table column containing the sales data and currency and perform currency
conversion. Once the view is activated, we can use it to generate reports.
71.What are the factors that affect currency conversion?
Currency conversion is performed based on source currency, target currency, exchange rate, and date of
conversion. You can select currency from the attribute data used in the view. Currency conversion is enabled for
Analytic view and Calculation views.
72.What is the prerequisite for doing the currency conversion?
You need to import tables TCURC, TCURF, TCURN, TCURR, TCURT, TCURV, TCURW & TCURX.
73.What is the prerequisite for Unit of Measure?
You need to import the tables T006 & T006A.
74.What happens when you activate an object?
The object is exposed to repository and for analysis.
75.What is the difference between Activate and Redeploy?
Activate – It deploys the inactive objects.
Redeploy – It deploys the active objects. You do this when runtime object is corrupted or deleted and you want to
create it again. OR when the object goes through clientlevel activation and serverlevel activation but fails at MDX,
and the object status is still active.
76.What are the supported activation modes?
Activate and Ignore the inconsistencies in impacted objects
Stop activation in case of inconsistencies in impacted objects.
Irrespective of the activation mode, if even one of the selected objects fails (either during validation or during
activation), the complete activation job fails and none of the selected objects will be activated.
77.Can you explain the behavior of activation job?
The status of the activation job indicates whether the activation of the objects is successful or failed.
In case of failure (status is completed with errors) the process is rolled back and none of the objects are activated
In the summary part the job log shows success, even in the case of failure. This is to help the user to indicate that
those objects were successfully activated without any issues.
When you open the job log, the summary list only shows those objects that are submitted for activation. It does not
list all the affected objects. They are listed in detail section.
78.What is a Decision table?
It creates related business rules in a tabular format for automating the decisions. It helps in managing business
rules, data validation, data quality rules without any language knowledge. The active version of the decision table
can be used in applications.
You create decision table in a package just like any attribute view. You can create from scratch or from an existing
decision table.
79.Where to see the detailed report of the decision table?
In the 'Job Log' section you can see the validation status and detailed report of the decision table.
80.How to execute the decision table?
The decision table is executed by calling the procedure.
CALL “<schema name>”.”<procedure name>”;
CALL “<schema name>”.”<procedure name>”(<IN parameter>, …... , <IN parameter>, ?);
for Condition as parameters and Action as parameters.
On execution of the procedure, if no parameters are used then physical table is updated based on the data you
enter in the form of condition values and action values.
81.Are there any restrictions on Decision table to preview the data?
Data preview is supported only if:
Decision table is based on physical table and has atleast one parameter as action
Decision table is based on Information view and parameter(s) as action.
82.How can you change the layout of a decision table?
You can change the layout by arranging the condition and action columns. By default all the conditions appear as
vertical columns in the decision table and you can mark a condition as a horizontal condition under the Decision
table editor, choose 'Change Layout'.
83.Can you switch ownership of objects?
We can take the ownership of objects from other user's workspace only if it is inactive version of the object
Authorization required is “Work in Foreign Workspace”. The active version is owned by the user who created and
activated the object.
84.What is the difference between Switch Ownership and Take Over?
Switch Ownership: To take multiple inactive objects from other users.
Take Over: To take single inactive object from another workspace.
85.You are working on a inactive version of a object. How can you view changes made to the active version?
Select the required object in a package you are working
From the context menu, choose 'open'
In the editor pane, choose 'Show Active Version'
Compare the active and inactive versions of the object.
86.How can you view the version history of content objects?
Select the required object from the package
From the context menu choose 'History'.
87.What is Refactoring Object?
Restructuring the Content objects without changing their behavior is call Refactoring.
88.What are the objects eligible for Refactoring?
Packages, Attribute views, Analytic views, Graphical Calculation views, and Analytical Privileges.
89.How do you validate models?
Quick launch menu → Validate
From the 'Available' list, select the required models that system must validate.
Choose Add
Click Validate.
90.How do you generate the documentation for the objects you created?
By using 'Auto Documentation' which captures the details of an information model or a package in a single
document. Process to create is:
Quick Launch → Auto Documentation
In 'Select Content Type' choose 'Model Details' OR 'Model List'
Add the required objects to the Target list
Browse the location where you want to save the file
Click finish.
91.How to identify whether an information model is referenced by any other information model?
We can check the model references by using 'Where Used'. Process is:
Go to the package
Select the required object
From the context menu, choose 'Where Used'.
92.What is the difference among Raw Data, Distinct values and Analysis while doing the Data Preview?
Raw Data : It displays all attributes along with data in tabular format.
Distinct Values: It displays all attributes along with data in graphical format.
Analysis : It displays all attributes and measures in graphical format.
93.What are the different types of functions can be used in expressions?
Conversion, String, Mathematical, Date and Misc functions.
if(”SCORE” > 7, “SELECTED”, IF(”SCORE” > 4, “ONHOLD”, “REJECTED”));
returns REJECTED if the SCORE is <= 4.
case(“CODE”,1,'NEW',2,'VENDOR REBUILT',3,'SHOP REBUILT','INVALID');
if the value of CODE is other than 1/2/3 then a default value of 'INVALID' will be selected.
94.How to search Tables, Models, and Column views?
In the Modeler search field, enter the object you want
Select the system in dropdown
Click search.
The matching objects are listed in results pane with 3 tab pages: Tables, Models, and Column views.
95.Is it possible to Import SAP Netweaver BW objects?
Yes it is possible to import SAP BW objects.
96.How to Import BW models?
The process to Import BW models:
File menu → Import
Expand SAP HANA Content node, choose 'Import SAP NetWeaver BW Models'
In 'Source System' enter BW credentials
Select the target system
Select BW InfoProviders
If you want to import selected models along with display atributes for IMO Cube and IMO DSO, select 'Include
Display Attributes'
We can select analysis authorizations associated with InfoProviders/Role based.
Click finish.
Questions on HANA Hardware
1.What is the reason for going Inmemory?
One reason is the number of CPU cycles per second is increasing and the cost of processors is decreasing. For
managing the data in memory, there is fiveminute rule which is based on the suggestion that it costs more to wait
for the data to be fetched from disk than it costs to keep data in memory so it depends on how often you fetch the
data.
For example there is a table and no matter how large it is and this table is touched by a query at least once every 55
minutes, it is less expensive (in hardware costs) to keep it in memory than to read it from memory and if it is
frequently accessed it is less expensive to store it in memory.
2.What is a Fiveminute rule?
It is a rule of thumb for deciding whether a data item should be kept in memory, or stored on disk and read back into
memory when required. The rule is “randomly accessed disk pages of cache are reused every 5 minutes”.
3.What is multicore CPU?
Multiple CPU’s on one chip or in one package is called multicore CPU. .
Traditional databases for online transaction processing (OLTP) do not use current hardware efficiently.
4.What is Stall?
Waiting for data to be loaded from main memory into the CPU cache is called as Stalls.
5.What is SAP InMemory Appliance (SAP HANA)?
HANA is an inmemory technique to store data that is particularly suited for handling very large amounts of tabular,
or relational, data with extra ordinary performance. Common databases store tabular data rowwise. Reorganizing
the data in memory columnwise brings a tremendous speed increase when accessing a subset of the data in each
table row.
6.What are the components or products of HANA?
SAP HANA contains the following components.
• SAP HANA DATABASE
• SAP HANA Studio SAP HANA CLIENT
SAP HOST AGENT 7.2
• SAP HANA INFORMATION COMPOSER
• DIAGNOSTIC AGENT 7.3
SAP HANA client package for MS excel
SAP HANA UI for Information Access (INA)
SAP HANA AFL 1.0
Software Update Manager for SAP HANA
SAP LT Replication AddOn
SAP LT Replication Server
SAP HANA Direct Extractor Connection (DXC)
SAP Data Services 4.0
7.What are the different editions available in HANA appliance software?
Platform and Enterprise edition.
Platform edition is intended for customers who want to use ETLbased replication and already have a license for
SAP BO Data Services.
Enterprise edition is intended for customers who want to use either triggerbased replication or ETLbased
replication and do not already have all of the necessary licenses for SAP BO Data Services.
8.What is columnar and RowBased Data Storage?
Fig: Row and Columnbased storage
A database table contains data in the form of rows and columns. However Computer memory is organized as a
linear structure. To store a table in linear memory, there are two options. A rowbased storage stores a table as a
sequence of records, each of which contains the fields of one row. In a columnar storage the entries of a column
are stored in contiguous memory locations.
The SAP HANA database allows to specify whether a table is to be stored columnwise or rowwise. It is also
possible to alter an existing table from columnar to rowbased and vice versa.
Search operations in tabular data can be accelerated by organizing data in columns instead in rows.
9.What are the advantages of Column based tables?
Calculations are typically executed on single or a few columns only.
The table is searched based on values of a few columns.
The table has a large number of columns.
The table has a large number of rows and columnar operations are required (aggregate, scan, etc.).
High compression rates can be achieved because the majority of the columns contain only few distinct values
(compared to number of rows).
10.What are the advantages of Rowbased tables?
The application needs to only process a single record at one time (many selects and/or updates of single records).
The application typically needs to access a complete record (or row).
The columns contain mainly distinct values so that the compression rate would be low.
Neither aggregations nor fast searching are required.
The table has a small number of rows (e. g. configuration tables).
11.In which case the data to be stored in columnar storage?
To enable fast onthefly aggregations, adhoc reporting, and to benefit from compression mechanisms it is
recommended that transaction data to be stored in a columnbased table.
12.Is it possible to join tables of rowbased with columnbased tables?
Yes
13.Are columnbased tables always the better choice than rowbased tables?
No. There are also situations in which row based tables are advantageous.
14.What are the advantages of Columnar tables?
Higher Data Compression Rates
Higher Performance for Column Operations
Elimination of Additional Indexes
Parallelization
Elimination of Materialized Aggregates
15.What are the different Compression Techniques you know?
Runlength encoding
Cluster encoding
Dictionary encoding
16.Why materialized aggregates are not required?
With a scanning speed of several gigabytes per millisecond, inmemory column stores, make it possible to calculate
aggregates on large amounts of data on the fly with high performance. This is expected to eliminate the need for
materialized aggregates in many cases.
17.What are the advantages of Eliminating materialized aggregates?
No additional tables for storing aggregate results means:
Simplified data model
Simplified application logic
Higher level of concurrency and
With the fly Aggregation we have aggregated values up to date
18.What is parallelization?
Columnbased storage makes it easy to execute operations in parallel using multiple processor cores. In a column
store data is already vertically partitioned means that operations on different columns can easily be processed in
parallel. If multiple columns need to be searched or aggregated, each of these operations can be assigned to a
different processor core. In addition operations on one column can be parallelized by partitioning the column into
multiple sections that can be processed by different processor cores (core 3 and 4 below).
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GOR 11/29/2012 8:44pm
Very good questions....do you have answers for them..I am a new bee to SAP HANA..I would really appreciate it if you
can email me the answers for this
Email id gopalnreddy@gmail.com
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Deepak 12/19/2012 5:18am
These questions are very helpful can u pls provide me the answers for these quistions in detail.....
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Suresh 01/27/2013 3:24am
Super questionaire.Can you please send me the answers for the above questions?
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sandeep 02/03/2013 9:32pm
Very good questions....do you have answers for them..I am a new bee to SAP HANA..I would really appreciate it if you
can email me the answers for this
Email id sap4sandeep@gmail.com or sandeep_0536@yahoo.com
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sarav 02/05/2013 8:20am
Could you please send me the answers to these question?
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nagesh 02/12/2013 9:21pm
Hi Raj...
I really appreciate you to provide a HANA questions and answers...Thank you very much..i will wait for your new
questions and answers..
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saravjeet 02/13/2013 5:24am
thanks a lot Raj. They are very nice
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Rambabu 02/27/2013 9:17am
you done great job for us. thanks.
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pk 02/27/2013 9:24pm
great Info must be working for Sap Product Dev itself
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Raj Kumar 03/04/2013 4:53am
I am just SAP HANA Consultant. Thanks to all for liking my blog.
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Ram Goli 02/11/2014 4:22pm
Hi Raj.
This is Ram, I am an SAP OTC consultant and I am planning to give HANA certification. Can you
share your email id with me?
I have need advise on HANA.
ramcgoli@yahoo.com
Babu 03/28/2013 11:29am
it was great help for me
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Raghavendra 04/01/2013 11:13pm
Thanks a lot Raj for your valuable questions and answers.
Regards,
Raghavendra G.
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NAGENDAR 04/03/2013 5:02am
Raj ,you are awesome ,
we are waiting for your remaining questions if possible please send..thx
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Mahesh 04/03/2013 11:20am
Thanks Raj, this is of big help. Can you send any related material, answers etc?
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Raj Kumar 04/05/2013 1:35am
Just click second tab (HANA Questions) in the same blog
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Pratik Jain 06/16/2013 4:38am
This is just awesome stuff.
Thank you very much sir.
Appreciable job!
I would like to get in touch with people learning SAP HANA (or those who have already done that). Email me :
jainpratik.dr@gmail.com
A SAP HANA trainee.
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Jay 07/23/2013 8:22pm
very creative & highly knowledgeable, thanks for putting for us. keep up the nice work.
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S Kumar 08/02/2013 4:01am
hi Raj,
Great work.
Couple of questions:
1. In case of SLT, where do we define the tables that needs to be replicated. Is it in SLT system or in data provisioning
in HANA studio.
2. In cae of SLT we define transformation rules in Advanced replication settings. Is it by way of coding in SE38 or
something else?
3. Can you pls throw more light if posisble on FOR loop and its usage.
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Raj 08/07/2013 1:54am
Hi,
1. In SLT after you create configuration, in HANA studio you can find entry for all tables of source system in
DD02L table of your replication schema. No need to exclusively define table names.
2. We define advance replication settings using IUUC_REPL_CONTENT just like we use LTR for creating conf.
3. If you have good knowledge on ABAP then you may familiar with FOR usage. You can google onfor the
same.
Regards
Raj
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Subramanyam 08/05/2013 10:28am
Great job Raj !!! its really helpful for who are new to SAP HANA
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james 09/12/2013 2:37pm
Thumbs way up Raj!! Thanks for the excellent blog.
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Rash 09/30/2013 8:37pm
Hi,
Do you also train SAP HANA and SAP Business Objects? I'm very interested in both modules. Please let know me if
you're or have any suggestions, or materials that can help me to do self study.
Are you located in the States?
Thanks much!
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Balaji 10/10/2013 1:54am
Hi Raj,
Thanks for let us know about SAP HANA .
Much Appreciated.
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suri 11/25/2013 11:12pm
Good job dude,
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Geetha 01/03/2014 1:22pm
Awesome!! Thanks Raj keep up the good work!
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Rajesh 01/28/2014 4:00pm
Great Job..Thanks
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Venu 02/11/2014 5:43am
Good Work !!
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Ravi Chandra 03/01/2014 9:09pm
Hey Really it awesome.. !!!
If possible can you please provide the possible question on SP07 by comparing previous versions we have so many
new features in that right! And It is helpful if you provide on reporting also because HANA will support on BO 4.0
onwards and in BO 4.1 onwards we can use HANA Modeling objects directly on reporting tools no need to create
models(Universe).
Hey Really Awesome I appreciated your work,.. Please up to date this site with latest features related to HANA, it will
helpful for us to crack the interview right!. We can also do some research and help in this if need(but not real time
scenarios, until get into HANA platform) ..Sharing Ideas/Experiences is good to improving the knowledge..
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Raj 03/04/2014 8:01am
Ravi,
I will try to keep update my blog as the time permits me to do so.
Regards
Raj
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Ravi Chandra 03/08/2014 8:19am
Thank You..Very Much!
Avijit 03/25/2014 7:21pm
Hello Raj,
nice article. could post some info's on reporting as well.?
thanks
Avi
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ram 04/24/2014 9:17am
Are you giving any training on HANA Administration ?
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*Nice post. I learn something far more challenging on different blogs everyday. It will always be 05/14/2014 11:18pm
stimulating to read content material from other writers and practice a bit something from their store. I’d
prefer to use some with the content material on my blog whether you don’t mind. Natually I’ll give you
a link on your web weblog. Thanks for sharing.
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Raj 06/18/2014 3:48am
Yes you can.
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Orlando 05/29/2014 10:01am
Hi Raj, I hope you are very well,
I would like to do a backup in hana, but specifying the data base as a scheduled job from hdbsql or hana studio.
Thank you
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Rajiv 05/30/2014 9:54pm
hi Raj, your posting is helping us,i need one help from you,is it possible
means share some link for calculation view creations using sql scripting.
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we are looking for hana admin trainer, contact us if you are interested.
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amol 07/08/2014 4:33am
Hi ...
I am working on SAP HANA 64 bit on linux, My DTW was unable to install there ,There is also 32bit & 64bit DTW
installed &
When I was trying it for 64 bit ,It only shows SQL2008 / SQL2012 but I wana "HANA DB" there.Whenever I try to install
it , shows nothing.
Then I was also tried SAP HANA Studio to Import data from comma denominated csv & Comman excel files. But There
is to much limitations in data mapping & Non Editable data in SAP HANA STUDIO, So I was unable to do any singal
entry through It,
I was going to manual entry where my system didn't shows companies address for sap hana many times & It is very
time consuming
I want a proper solution in details ,Which way is more comfortable and suitable for novice like me.
Thanks/Regards
Amol.
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Krishna 02/10/2015 11:07pm
Hi,
You can install studio to access database. But to install HANA DB you need SAP certified hardware
vendor.And its install on Linux SUSE only.
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Pooja 07/22/2014 3:45am
very nice Raj good work
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Krishna Punuru 08/05/2014 11:32pm
Amazing stuff !!! Thanks a trillion Raj...:)
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Sathish 08/21/2014 5:56am
Hi,
Really appreciable for the questions. please share that for me, it will help me to clarify my doubts and helpful for my
interviews
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Kranti 09/01/2014 1:17am
This is really a very Good stuff for beginners .
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Raju 09/05/2014 12:23am
Hi Raj,
It was awesome work. Thanks you so much. Well done. Actually Am SAP BODS consultant and newly started Hana.
How I can contact. Could you please let me know PLease.
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sarov 09/08/2014 5:19am
hai raj really grt job...could u pls share ur mail ID..i have tons of doubt...i know ur hana wikipedia..
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Raj 10/30/2014 11:28pm
Hi Sarov,
You can post any HANA doubt in SCN forum http://scn.sap.com/community/hanainmemory.
Many experts will answer besides me.
Regards
Raj
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Mahmoud Soliman (http://www.yahoo.com) 09/08/2014 11:44am
Hi,
Keep up the good work. This is very good questions and thank you for sharing it with everyone.
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subbareddy 09/09/2014 5:10am
Hi Raj garu, How r u, I am subbareddy, worked in cognizant, I remember you if i am not wrong ,you also worked in
cognizant in mainframe. Please give me your contact number.
Thanks,
Subbareddy.B
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Anand 09/17/2014 7:16am
Hi Raj,
I came across your blog, it really good and I really appreciate your work. If you could post some interview questions on
HANA security side & Backup. It would be a great help for people like me.
Rgds,
Anand
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Raj 10/30/2014 11:23pm
Hi Anand,
I added to my list. Will add when i find the time.
Regards
Raj
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Raj 10/30/2014 11:26pm
Hi Subba Reddy,
Drop me your email so that i can send my number.
Regards
Raj
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hi sir, nice info on sap Institutes, thanks. Best Post about SAP Courses and the Training. Helps the perusers to improve
information on Current SAP Technologies.
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Simha Nagaraj 10/01/2014 12:01pm
Hi Raj,
Thanks for posting SAP HANA FAQ'S, Can you please provide me the both question and answers, so it will be help me
to take the mock interviews for my consultant.
please can you help me on this!!
Thanks,
Ricky
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Raj 10/30/2014 11:22pm
Hi Ricky,
Already questions and answers are provided in this blog.
Regards
Raj
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Madhusudana Rao 12/21/2014 5:25am
very nice , it help a lot
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Sankar 01/13/2015 3:53am
HANA ques
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Nabi 01/29/2015 4:37am
can u plz upload doc on calculation view (sql procedure format)
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sudarshan 02/03/2015 9:33pm
HI Raj,
its really a wonderful stuff and you have given a great info in your blog
Could you please share me contact details, so that I can touch base with you for queries
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Muralidhar Reddy 02/08/2015 9:31pm
Hi Raj,
What is the way of creating row table with default values of columns in HANA?
I am not able to create or gather any information on this.
thanks
Murali
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raj 02/21/2015 8:59am
Hi Raj,
can you send me realtime sap BI Q&A?
Thank you
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raj 02/21/2015 9:00am
Hi Raj,
can you send me realtime sap BI Q&A?
Thank you
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sreenureddy 03/09/2015 9:34pm
Could you please advise why the key measures we will give in attribute views.
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