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The CSN Generator — one clean model, the same way every time
Part 4 of 7 · Series index · ← The MCP BW Connector · Next: The Web App → This is the […]
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Hierarchies in SAP Seamless Planning: Architecture, Modeling, and Runtime Behavior
In this blog, I will show you how hierarchies work in SAP Seamless Planning and take a deep dive into where they […]
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The MCP BW Connector — reading SAP without the power to change it
Part 3 of 7 · ← Docker and Security · Next: The CSN Generator → We needed to read everything BW knows about an InfoObject and expose […]
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Docker and Security — boxes that trust each other as little as possible
Part 2 of 7 · ← Project Overview · We split the tool into several locked-down pieces, gave each one exactly the access […]
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ZOCCER26 – The Seamless Planning Part: How We Input the Bets
In our first ZOCCER26 blog, we introduced ZOCCER26, our World Cup Prediction App, and showed how SAP Business Data Cloud, SAP Datasphere,…
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From SAP BW to SAP Business Data Cloud — without redoing years of work
Part 1 of 7 · Series index · Next: Docker and Security A company’s BW models took years to build. Moving them […]
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AI won’t fix a broken SAP organization. It’ll just break it faster.
I keep meeting SAP teams that work harder every quarter and still fall behind. Backlogs grow, decisions queue, good people burn out, […]
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ZOCCER26 – Architectural Approaches for Business Logic with Seamless Planning
When discussing planning architectures with customers, one question comes up for sure. Where should business logic live? Should…
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Factory Calendar in SAP Datasphere – It’s complicated
If you want to calculate working days in SAP Datasphere using the HANA SQL functions ADD_WORKDAYS or WORKDAYS_BETWEEN, your first instinct…
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How We Are Showcasing SAP Business Data Cloud with ZOCCER26
Major sporting events bring people together, spark discussions, and create excitement across organizations. At ZPARTNER, we combine this…
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SAC Story-Versionierung als Alternative zum Single-Tenant-Development
Mit der neuen Story-Versionierung erweitert SAP Analytics Cloud die Möglichkeiten zur Verwaltung von Story-Änderungen deutlich. Entwickler…
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Closing the Loop – From SAC to Datasphere and back again
Datasphere, SAC, Seamless Planning, OData and Multi-Actions: How to bring the two systems closer together. A planner enters an input factor…
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