Data Flows – The Python Script Operator and why you should avoid it  When using SAP Datasphere to transform data for persistence, the Data Flow provides the necessary functionality. We recently compared various basic transformation tasks using different modeling approaches. Therefore, we tried four different approaches to implement a certain logic:  1. Modelling with the…

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ZPARTNER @ DSAG TT 2024  Wir waren auch dieses Jahr wieder bei den DSAG-Technologietagen vertreten. Besonders hat uns natürlich die SAP Analytics Agenda interessiert. Aber auch Hamburg hat, abgesehen vom Wetter 😉 , viel zu bieten. Was nehmen wir also mit?  Künstliche Intelligenz  Beeindruckend waren die praktischen Anwendungsfälle zur Künstlichen Intelligenz. In den Vorträgen wurde…

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Planning Architecture with and without SAP Business Warehouse (BW) Introduction Several customers are currently reconsidering their planning architectures. If you are one of those, this blog might be interesting for you. Let’s start with some building blocks you will find in almost every planning application: In case a Business Warehouse is already established for reporting…

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CDC data extraction Lessons Learned, Tips & Tricks – Part 3 Introduction  This blog series is about warnings and error messages that you may encounter with using CDC delta even though pretty good documentation, and how to work around them. We share these experiences with you to save your valuable time. In Part 1 of this…

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CDC data extraction Lessons Learned, Tips & Tricks – Part 2  Introduction  This blog series is about warnings and error messages that you may encounter with using CDC delta even though pretty good documentation, and how to work around them.   In part 1 of the series we looked at a warning you might run into…

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CDC data extraction Lessons Learned, Tips & Tricks – Part 1 Introduction Change Data Capture (CDC) delta extraction is actually quite simple, and there are already some good blogs out there explaining it pretty good. However, in practical project work with our customers, we have come across one or the other warning or error message…

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Goodbye CDS View, Hello CDS View Entity – Part 2 This article is the second part of a blog series. It focuses on optimizations and new features. The previous part one explained the differences of the CDS View Entity compared to the legacy CDS View. 1. Optimizations And Simplifications 1.1. Input Parameter Handling For a…

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Goodbye CDS View, Hello CDS View Entity – Part 1 This article is the first part of a blog series. It explains the differences of the CDS View Entity compared to the legacy CDS View. Part two will focus on optimizations and new features. 1. Introduction The CDS view has been deprecated by SAP. It…

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BW/4HANA: Plädoyer für die InPlace Konvertierung  Situation  Die Uhr tickt. Die Wartung für 7.5 BW-Systeme (BW7x) endet im Jahr 2027 bzw. 2030. Es wird zunehmend dringlich, für jedes BW-System eine klare Zukunftsstrategie zu entwickeln. Die Zeit des Zögerns ist aus meiner Sicht vorbei, da SAP mittlerweile Klarheit darüber geschaffen hat, wie es mit BW/4HANA (BW4)…

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CDC Delta Series – Part 1: Loading behavior (Header vs. Joined Item) Introduction This blog series will contain detailed topics with CDC Delta within a CDS-View. Part 1 will give you some information about the delta loading behavior between a header table versus an item table joined with the header table. Scenario CDS Views To…

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