on Mar 31, 2010 12:00 AM, last modified by News and Updates
The Integration of SAP Business Objects, development efficiency and simplification for configuration and operation are the main arguments for the new SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (SAP NetWeaver BW) 7.3 release.
To introduce the next version of SAP NetWeaver BW powered by SAP HANA (released on 07 Nov. 2011) the presentation SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3 - Overview describes SAP NetWeaver BW's use of In Memory technology and highlights SAP NetWeaver BW on top of SAP HANA as the underlying In Memory Database. Our customers will benfit from a performance boost for data load processes, planning cababilities, a BWA like query performance and simplified data modeling. Further more an overview over the most important features of the new SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3 release and the planned next steps are presented. Stay tuned on the SAP BW 7.3 powered by HANA page.
SAP Publications
- Read the recent blogs of Thomas Zurek, where he talks aboutHANA and BW 7.30 - Part 2.
- Want to bridge the gap between central governance requirements and local flexibility needs? The BW workspaces are the remedy! A BW Workspace is a dedicated area in a BW system where new models can be created based on central BW and local data. See the collected information about the BW Workspaces in our article series, which cover standard practices, tips and tricks for the advanced scenario and best practices and recommendations
- The new release of SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse brings competitive advantages for Bluefin Solutions:
See the quick facts in the customer success profile.
- Feature List SAP NW Business Warehouse: Check out the new EDW features that are delivered with SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3!
- Read the blog series about the Layered Scalable Architecture (LSA) Data Flow Templates with SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse 7.3
- As an knowledge transfer initiative SAP BW developers volunteered to shortly explain their latest enhancements to the product in short but nevertheless exciting SDN blogs. So you are invited to check out the SAP BW Developers SDN Blog series accompanying the BW 7.3 Ramp-Up phase
- Unveiling SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse 7.3: Streamlined Data Modeling, Enhanced Data Provisioning, Improved Performance, and More New Features: In the last few years, SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse showed constant growth as an integrated, scalable enterprise data warehouse. As SAP unveils the latest release, SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse 7.3, SAPinsider reviews its key features and benefits from easier data modeling to enhanced data provisioning to improved data loading performance.
- Design Consideration for 7.30 InfoProviders - Webinar Presentation: The SAP BW release 7.30 comes with many new InfoProviders, namely HybridProvider, SemanticPartioned Object (SPO), Analytical Index, CompositeProvider, and more. This session introduces the new InfoProviders and shows where they sit in the shelf among all the other InfoProviders and Features in SAP BW. Moreover, the session provides guidance in when to use which InfoProvider.
- EIM201 Enterprise Information Management and Metadata Management Around SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3: SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (SAP NetWeaver BW) 7.3, SAP BusinessObjects Metadata Manager, and Data Services XI 3.2/4.0 together are three trump cards in your hand when it comes to EIM challenges within your organization. This lecture will give an overview over the finalized integration of the above mentioned products into the SAP NetWeaver BW product offering.
- EIM301 Business Value Through New Analytical Engine - BW Accelerator Capabilities: In this session you will learn about new capabilities in the BW Analytic Engine and in SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (SAP NetWeaver BW) Accelerator with SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30. Through real life SAP NetWeaver BW query examples you will see how challenging business requirements towards query design can be met at superior performance.
- EIM300 SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse 7.3 Feature List Overview and Roadmap Performance and scalability, integration of SAP BusinessObjects, development efficiency and simplification for configuration and operation are the main arguments for the new SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (SAP NetWeaver BW) 7.3 release. The session will give an overview over the most important features of the new SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3 release and the planned next steps on the product roadmap.
Technical Considerations
- Upgrade to SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30 with SAP SEM Add-On
If you are choosing to implement SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP NetWeaver BW 7.0 in combination with SEM BW 6.05, please be aware that SAP SEM is not supporting the future upgrade to SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3.
The planned official upgrade path for SEM BW 6.05 based on SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP NetWeaver BW 7.0 is the merge of the SAP ERP/SAP NetWeaver development with SEM BW 7.36 and SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3 . SEM BW 7.36 is planned to be generell available in Q2 2012 with the SAP Buisness Suite 7i 2011 .
For more information regarding the upgrade scenarios please see the presentation Upgrade to NetWeaver BW 7.30 - Technical Aspects (slide 6 and following) and the note 1531022- Deployment options for SAP SEM based on SEM-BW 6.04
Enhanced Concept of Reporting Authorisations and Migration from BW 3.5 to BW 7.30
The Reporting Authorizations page provides the collection of information provided for customers who upgrade to SAPNet Weaver 7.3 BW and implement the enhanced concept of their reporting authorisations.
While illuminating the upgrade process to SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3 the Live Expert Session: "SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3 - Upgrade"explains the migration of the authorization concept from BW 3.5 to 7.30. Check out the "SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3 - Upgrade" - PDF or the "SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3 - Upgrade" recorded session.