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Live data for not so complex analytics
September 18, 2023

Live data for not so complex analytics

Rica Camus | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

SAP HANA, enterprise edition

Overall Satisfaction with SAP HANA Cloud

We have SAP HANA PCE and we use it to transform data on the fly either from sources most from SAP that we replicate into HANA through SLT. We then expose the semantic layers into BW layer through reporting and or output to other downstream systems. The main business problem addressed is the ease to propagate additional fields and the lesser need to drop and reload as calculated data is not staged.
  • Ease of field propagation
  • The use of input parameters that can be pushed down to source tables
  • The use of fields and not infobjects in the data structure
  • Tools to analyse performance of the calculated views at field level
  • Tools in showing the memory consumption at a HANA view point of view and not database level like in the planviz
  • Search tool to find fields or key words in filters, calculated columns, etc.
  • It made it easier for developers to implement logic and deploy as quicker timeline
  • lesser data duplication and the need to load and reload when business logic change
  • the promised faster HANA does not deliver on complex business logic and joins, so expectations of report users sometimes are not met.
It's better with regards to real time or live data analytics in comparison to SAP BW
The response time is slow at times and do not give much insight on the performance of the HANA view when it reached its memory limit

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

Not sure

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

Yes

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

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of SAP HANA Cloud go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy SAP HANA Cloud again?

Yes

HANA is well suited for real time calculation and not so complex logics and joins. It is not suited for data that has dependency on time based masterdata or showing data at different points in time, because this data needs to be staged to provide comparison.