No HANA, No problem

Recently, a friend called me in a panic. His client asked for help with piloting a SAP Analytics Cloud on BW system. 😱

He’s one of the most sought after Analytics Architects in the country and is I’m constantly jealous of his work on the most cutting edge technologies. It just happened that he was given this particular scenario.

Luckily, I had helped one of my customers pilot a SAP Analytics Cloud project in late 2017 on a BW on HANA system. We had Live Data Connections to both of the BW and HANA systems so I was able to tell him all about the differences and limitations for each option.

Fast-forward a couple of weeks and I was asked to help his client to evaluate SAP Analytics Cloud and deliver several dashboards.

One of the most useful items during our discussion was this simple chart that I compiled for their consideration.

While most of the functionality in SAP Analytics Cloud is available to both BW and HANA Live Connections, there are some exceptions. Hopefully, the above matrix helps to see what’s available in which version of BW.

By the way, they are currently on SAP Business Warehouse (BW) version 7.40 SP20 and planning to upgrade to BW 7.50.

If you’re thinking about SAP Analytics Cloud, then let me know how I can help.