How to Load Data from HANA Calculation Views to ADSO in SAP BW/4HANA: Scenarios and Solutions

SAP BW/4HANA is a modern data warehousing solution that enables you to integrate, transform, and analyze data from various sources. One of the key features of SAP BW/4HANA is the HANA Calculation View, which allows you to create complex data models that can leverage the capabilities of SAP HANA database.

HANA Calculation Views are useful for creating flexible and dynamic data models that can perform calculations, aggregations, joins, filters, etc., on the fly. However, sometimes you may need to load data from a HANA Calculation View to an Advanced DataStore Object (ADSO) for various reasons, such as:

• To persist the data from a HANA Calculation View for reporting or analysis purposes.
• To apply further transformations or calculations on the data from a HANA Calculation View.
• To perform error handling or delta load on the data from a HANA Calculation View.

In this blog post, we will explain how to load data from a HANA Calculation View to an ADSO in SAP BW/4HANA, and provide some scenarios and solutions for common challenges.

Loading Data from a HANA Calculation View to an ADSO

To load data from a HANA Calculation View to an ADSO in SAP BW/4HANA, you need to follow these steps:

1. Create an ADSO that matches the structure and semantics of the HANA Calculation View. You can use the template option in the ADSO editor to copy the structure from the HANA Calculation View.
2. Create a Composite Provider that includes the HANA Calculation View as one of the sources. You can use the Composite Provider wizard to create the Composite Provider automatically.
3. Create a Data Transfer Process (DTP) that connects the Composite Provider as the source and the ADSO as the target. You can use the DTP wizard to create the DTP automatically.
4. Define the DTP settings, such as extraction mode, error handling, filters, transformations, etc., according to your requirements.
5. Activate the DTP and run it to load data from the Composite Provider to the ADSO.
6. Monitor the data load in the DTP monitor. If errors occur, you can check the error messages and the error stack in the DTP monitor. You can also use an error DTP to correct or delete the incorrect records in the error stack.

Scenarios and Solutions

When loading data from a HANA Calculation View to an ADSO in SAP BW/4HANA, you may encounter some challenges or limitations, such as:

• The performance of loading data from a HANA Calculation View to an ADSO may be affected by factors such as network latency, data volume, complexity of calculations, etc.
• The order of records in the ADSO may not match the order of records in the HANA Calculation View, especially when dealing with time-dependent or sequence-dependent data.
• The delta load from a HANA Calculation View to an ADSO may not be supported by default, especially when dealing with input parameters or variables in the HANA Calculation View.

Here are some scenarios and solutions for these challenges:

Scenario 1: How to improve performance of loading data from a HANA Calculation View to an ADSO?

Solution: You can use partitioning techniques to split and distribute the data from a HANA Calculation View to an ADSO based on certain criteria, such as characteristics or time periods. Partitioning can help you improve performance by enabling parallel processing of smaller data packages.

For example, if you have a HANA Calculation View that performs calculations on sales data based on time characteristics (0CALDAY, 0CALMONTH etc), and you want to load this data to an ADSO, you can create partitions based on time characteristics in both your source and target objects. Then you can assign different DTP settings for each partition based on your requirements.

Scenario 2: How to preserve order of records when loading data from a HANA Calculation View to an ADSO?

Solution: You can use semantic keys to group and order data records in DTPs based on certain fields that have a logical or business meaning for ordering the data, such as time characteristics, document numbers, transaction codes, or customer IDs. Semantic keys can help you preserve order of records by ensuring that the records are updated in the target in the same order as they are extracted from the source.

For example, if you have a HANA Calculation View that performs calculations on sales data based on document number and posting date, and you want to load this data to an ADSO, you can define document number and posting date as semantic keys in both your source and target objects. Then you can enable semantic grouping in your DTP settings.

Scenario 3: How to perform delta load from a HANA Calculation View to an ADSO?

Solution: You can use SAP HANA capabilities to find and load only the delta records from a HANA Calculation View to an ADSO. To do this, you need to create a calculation view that joins the HANA Calculation View (source) and the ADSO (target) based on key fields, and filters out only the new or updated records in the source. Then you can use this calculation view as a source in your DTP instead of the original HANA Calculation View.

For example, if you have a HANA Calculation View that performs calculations on sales data based on customer ID and sales order number, and you want to load only the delta records from this HANA Calculation View to an ADSO, you can create a calculation view that joins these two objects based on customer ID and sales order number, and filters out only the records that have null values in the target fields (new records) or different values in the measure fields (updated records). Then you can use this calculation view as a source in your DTP.

Conclusion

In this blog post, we have explained how to load data from a HANA Calculation View to an ADSO in SAP BW/4HANA, and provided some scenarios and solutions for common challenges. We have shown how to use partitioning techniques, semantic keys, and SAP HANA capabilities to improve performance, preserve order, and perform delta load when loading data from a HANA Calculation View to an ADSO.

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