Preguntas Frecuentes sobre SAP BW/4HANA

Habiendo presentado el producto SAP BW/4Hana, es importante que tengamos en cuenta el siguiente documento oficial de SAP que presenta las preguntas frecuentes que se hacen sobre este nuevo sistema para Business Warehouse:

SAP BW/4HANA FAQ

Latest Update: Friday, September 12, 2016

Contenido

OVERVIEW OF SAP BW/4HANA

1. What is SAP BW/4HANA?
2. What are the key value propositions for SAP BW/4HANA?
3. When is SAP BW/4HANA generally available?
4. What is the roadmap for SAP BW/4HANA?
5. Is there a new sizing process to support SAP BW/4HANA?
6. Will SAP BW 7.5 powered by SAP HANA and edition for SAP HANA continue to be supported?
7. How long will SAP BW 7.x powered by SAP HANA be supported?
8. What does SAP BW/4HANA mean for SAPs overall data warehousing strategy?
9. Will the SQL-based HANA data warehousing option continue to exist for SAP customers?
10. Will SAP BW/4HANA include all of the functionality available in both of the SAP BW 7.5 on SAP HANA releases?
11. If a customer has recently upgraded to SAP BW 7.5 powered by SAP HANA, what are the reasons to move to SAP BW/4HANA?
12. Will SAP BW/4HANA support add-ons (SAP BPC, SAP SEM, etc.)?
13. What does SAP BW/4HANA mean in relation to SAP S/4HANA?
14. Is SAP BW/4HANA only for customers already using SAP applications?
15. Will BW Workspaces be still supported?
16. When will NLS will HDFS or Sybase IQ be available? Can both be used at the same time in one BW/4HANA system? Will a license for Sybase IQ be included? Will Vora be supported as part of the NLS solution?
17. Tell me what the differences are between your modern BW/4HANA and a traditional data warehouse provided by your competitors?
18. Why do you need a BW if you have HANA? Is the BW obsolete?
19. Will OpenHub still be supported?

CONVERSION

1. What does the conversion process look like to move to SAP BW/4HANA? Is there a best practice guide to follow? .
2. Can customers upgrade from an older release of SAP BW with a database other than SAP HANA directly to SAP BW/4HANA? .
3. Will the upgrade process transform my old objects (InfoCubes, classic DataStore Objects, etc) to new objects? If not, does SAP provide a set of tools to assist with this and will it include the movement of the data to the new objects?.
4. What tools will be available to aid customers in their transition to HANA optimization? .

OPERATIONS

1. Is SAP BW/4HANA still delivered with the NetWeaver stack? .
2. Are there any multi-tenancy implications with SAP BW/4HANA? .
3. What is the minimum HANA version required to run SAP BW/4HANA? .

MODELING

1. Is the LSA++ framework still relevant with SAP BW/4HANA?
2. Is the process of converting the objects automated? If not, does SAP offer services to accommodate the process? .
3. Does the approach to building analytics on SAP BW/4HANA change in comparison to SAP BW powered by HANA releases? .
4. What are the supported front-ends for SAP BW/4HANA?
5. Will there be new HANA-optimized content for SAP BW/4HANA?
6. In what way will PowerDesigner integration work? Design/document the four BW/4HANA object types in PowerDesigner? Push to BW/4HANA models from PowerDesigner into BW/4HANA?

DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS

1. Will there be a Rapid Deployment Solution offered for on premise SAP BW/4HANA implementations?
2. Does SAP Cloud Appliance Library (CAL) have a SAP BW4HANA offering?
3. What deployment options are available for SAP BW/4HANA in the cloud?
4. What deployment options are available for SAP BW/4HANA in a private managed cloud?
5. What deployment options are available for SAP BW/4HANA on AWS?
6. Can I connect my on premise source system to my SAP CAL instance of SAP BW4HANA?
7. Is there a cost associated with the SAP CAL image of SAP BW/4HANA?
8. What are the specifics such as licensing, deployment services, pricing model etc. of the Cloud options?
9. How is system sizing estimated for BW/4HANA systems?

Cómo descargar este manual oficial de SAP en tres simples -y gratuitos- pasos:

1. Unirte a la lista #1 de SAP +1, sumate ahora!
2. Dale "me gusta" a nuestra página de Consultoria-SAP en Facebook.
   
   Y no te olvides de seguirnos en las redes sociales para no perderte ninguna novedad:
   • ConsultoriaSAP en Linkedin
   • ConsultoriaSAP en Facebook
   • Grupo de SAP en Facebook Groups
   • Consultoria-SAP en Twitter
   • Consultoria-SAP en Instagram
3. Copia la URL de éste artículo, e ingresa al foro de Ayuda SAP en español, ve a la parte de Manuales-SAP, y abre un tema nuevo explicando por qué te interesa aprender más sobre SAP, pega ahí la URL que has copiado, para que sepamos que estás cumpliendo estos tres puntos.
   
   Recuerda que en nuestra comunidad de Ayuda SAP no es solo "pedir" y nada más, lee las normas de solicitudes que tendrás que cumplir para descargar gratis.
   
   
   No te pierdas los beneficios de ser VIP en Consultoria-SAP

IMPORTANTE:

• Esta descarga es por tiempo limitado, sujeta a disposición de SAP, nosotros NO manejamos el servidor que aloja el documento.
• Por esta vez, y sólo para este artículo no aplican las normas de solicitudes de descargas de nuestra comunidad.
• No comentar pidiendo el documento, los comentarios son para agradecer o bien, para hacer preguntas relacionadas al artículo.
• Comentarios que tengan emails o enlaces, serán eliminados sin previo aviso y sus autores bloqueados.