Foundation and platform for leveraging cloud based applications.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
SAP HANA Cloud is the underlying database for multiple of the SAP cloud offerings we use, both SaaS and more customized applications. The speed and flexibility in terms of integrations and programmability make it a powerful offering in the overall enterprise BI landscape. In particular, the more open nature of the HANA SQL interface makes it useful for non-SAP products to leverage the data stored.
Pros
- System-to-system virtualization, in particular, to other HANA databases, but also other products.
- Power reporting speed.
Cons
- Free hand SQL scripts could benefit for more utility like query building from MSSQL management studio.
- Enable repository design-time objects, like in HANA on-premises, as some external tools expect the package structure for navigating to views.
Likelihood to Recommend
Very good in situations where multiple SAP offerings are deployed, as most of the SAP offerings are also running on HANA, which makes integration pathways available that are more seamless than ever. A standalone or sidecar SAP HANA cloud instance then makes it possible to make a custom application utilizing the data from the core and more closed platforms.
