HANA works if you thoroughly understand how it works, otherwise get ready for initial disappointment.
Updated December 03, 2020

HANA works if you thoroughly understand how it works, otherwise get ready for initial disappointment.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

SAP HANA, enterprise edition

Overall Satisfaction with SAP HANA

We are using SAP HANA to access the information faster than before. Also, it is being used by our BI department to get history data and build reports/charts in WebFOCUS reporting tool. It is being used by the whole organization. It is offering some insights into hidden information that we would not have obtained before.
  • It does really good if we combine all select statements into one. The information is obtained almost instantly.
  • It is also good in getting info in the calculation and other types of views so other BI tools can access it.
  • It is good at replacing other databases like Oracle.
  • Wish SAP had notified us that without changing select statements using inner joins, it would not become faster.
  • HANA SQL script is a little hard to learn.
  • Same goes with different views. They are a little hard to learn.
  • Users are able to get information faster than before, in the form of reports, charts etc.
We did not review any other products since we were planning to go to S/4 HANA, which uses HANA as a database.
Because it is SAP's technology and we know SAP will support it in the long term.

Do you think SAP HANA Cloud delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SAP HANA Cloud's feature set?

Yes

Did SAP HANA Cloud live up to sales and marketing promises?

No

Did implementation of SAP HANA Cloud go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SAP HANA Cloud again?

Yes

It is well suited to get data faster. It is SAP technology, so like other SAP technologies, it takes time to learn.

Using SAP HANA

Some of the newer technology is little complex. Need time to understand and use it.