SAP BW 7.3- New Additions (Futures/Functionality)

Glimpse about the SAP BW 7.3- New Additions (Futures/Functionality)

I was very excited about the new futures in BW 7.0 when it was announced; release includes many features, such as BW Accelerator, DTP, Different types of DSO and many more …..Now the turn come for BW 7.3, most of us would interested to know what’s new BW 7.3, now I am trying to describes the new functions/ future in SAP BW 7.3 in Part 1.

New functions/ future in SAP BW and Bex

Data Warehousing

Hybrid Providers:

· A new type of Info provider has been introduced in SAP BW 7.3 it can be created based on DSO and Hybrid provider based on direct access.

Semantically partitioned Info provider/ object:

· New Kind of Info provider can have same structured several DSO or Info cubes, with this we can divide the info provider into many small, equally sized partitions

In-Memory Optimized Info Cube (From SP5):

· A standard Info Cube (IMOIC) that is optimized for use with SAP HANA

In-Memory Optimized DSO (From SP5):

· Now we can create standard DSO that is optimized for use with the SAP HANA database.

Version Management:

· It creates and manages historical versions of each existing BW object (TLOGO object).

Graphical Data Flow Modeling:

· GUI enables us to easily create data flow/dataflow templates

Copying a Data Flow:

· By using Wizard we can copy process and DW Objects in A dataflow or in a process chain

Dataflow creation:

· Based on Dataflow generation Wizard we can model a dataflow from a data source/file

Migration a Data Flow:

· For automated migration we can use Transaction RSMIGRATE

Generic BW delta for NON-SAP System Data source:

· Now we can do the Delta extraction Based on Generic data source for object type R3TR RSDS from non-SAP source systems (DB Connect, UD Connect, file interface, Web Service and Staging BAPI)

New Authorization Objects

Authorization objects for working with the DW Workbench:

· S_RS_HYBR: Authorizations for working with Hybrid Providers

· S_RS_LPOA: Authorization for working with semantically partitioned objects

· S_RS_HIST: Authorization for Version Management

· S_RS_CPRO: Authorization for working with Composite Providers

· S_RS_WSPAC: Authorizations for Working with BW Workspaces (From SP5)

· S_RS_AI : Authorization for working with analytic indexes (APD)

· S_RS_XCLS: Frontend Integration - Xcelsius Dashboard (BOBJ/Xcelsius)

New Role Templates:

The Below role templates have been added

· BW Workspace Administrator (S_RS_TWSPA)-From SP5

· Display, maintain, or extract Data Source (OSOA)( S_RO_OSOA_TMPL)

· BW Workspace Designer (S_RS_TWSPD)-From SP5

· BW Workspace Query User (S_RS_TWSPQ)-From SP5

New Roles:

· For the business user, role SAP_BW_WORKSPACE_DESIGNER (From SP5)

Archiving Object:

· Now we can archive the change log of analysis authorizations by using the archiving object RSEC_CHLOG

Teradata Foundation:

· Teradata as a DBMS for SAP BW is now supported.

Analytic Index:

· An analytic index is a data container whose data is stored in the BWA

Composite Provider:

· Its Info provider that fetches together data from one or more Analytic indexes and it can be use for reporting and Analysis.

Delete statistical data for WHM (Warehouse Management):

· By using RSDDSTAT_DATA_DELETE program we can schedule the deletion of WHM statistical data (table RSDDSTATWHM).

SAP HANA DATABASE:

· From SAP Net weaver BW 7.3 SPS05, SAP HANA Data base is available as the Database for SAP BW

· By using transaction code RSDD_HM_PUBLISH we can create and publish the SAP HANA Model.

New futures in Bex

· Now we can Remove References in Reusable Structures

· Now we can Remove References in Reusable Filters

· In BEx Query Designer We can display the documents for a query and reusable query components (filters, variables, structures, and calculated and restricted key figures)

· All non-reusable Query components (like Attributes, Structure elements, Condition, exception and cells...etc) are now switchable in the switch Framework

· Read Near-Line Storage and the Data Integrity settings option are Available in Bex Query designer under Query properties on the Enhanced tab

· Now we can use Classic-Info Sets of an application system for operational reporting with BI tools that access BEx queries on Info Providers, without needing to create a data model in the SAP BW or replicate the data.

· By Using the Command wizard in WAD, we can include commands for Variables in Web templates

· BEx Web applications can now be displayed flicker-free

· By Using Custom Extension Web item in Bex WAD, We can insert our own Java script or HTML into our Web application. you create your own ABAP classes for this (see SAP Note 1110636)

· By Using the Web item Page Break, we can specify where to insert a page break in your Web applications, when the Web application is exported in PDF format.

· We can now change the drilldown of charts by drag and drop. Same procedure as when navigating in the data of an analysis grid.

· For easy Navigation : The value lists in Web dialog boxes now contain vertical and horizontal scroll bars

· Now we can use a formula to make an ad hoc recalculation of key figures in a structure for Bex Web application

· We can exclude values from the selection (in the input help dialog in BEx Web).

· We can change the sequence of the selected values by using arrow icons (in the input help dialog in BEx Web).

· For time characteristics, we can now select calendar days from a calendar rather than from a list of values in the input help dialog in BEx Web).

· Analysis in BEx Web applications in Firefox is now fully supported

· By Using ABAP report SAP_RSADMIN_MAINTAIN we can define the size of the result set in Web applications

· Now we can create user specific variants by using variable the variable screen (Bex Web)

· Export Library for SAP Business Explorer

· We can personalize variables in BEx Web applications and display them in the variables screen

· By using BADI (RSR_VARIABLE_F4_RESTRICT_BADI) can now restrict the input help of input-ready variables in the Variables screen.

· In Bex Report designer, we can format hierarchy and generate corresponding row patterns

· We can now display multiple Web items side by side in the print version of a Web application by using the EXPORT_LAYOUT Web template parameter

· In analysis mode, you can select a query view from the dropdown box (BEx Analyzer)

· In Bex Broadcaster, we can distribute online links to Workbooks

· Also we can make a setting so that BEx Analyzer starts when the user clicks the online link, and the query displayed there

· We can now use BEx queries/query views as data sources for dashboards that we create with SAP Business Objects Dashboard Design

· A bucket is a precalculated value set that is stored in a database table or in an index on SAP BW Accelerator and can be used as a filter in a query

· By using BWA index maintenance (transaction RSDDB), you can display, edit and create BWA indexes for the following BW object types: Info Cubes (including semantically partitioned objects), Virtual Providers, hierarchies and master data (for the input help).

· SAP Business Objects Explorer (accelerated version) allows you to display data from a SAP BW Accelerator index (BWA index).

· We can also send the results of the BW Accelerator consistency checks by e-mail

In this blog I have covered the New functions in brief, respective to the data warehousing and Bex

My Subsequent blogs would cover more about the individual objects and elaboration/creation on the same (SAP BW 7.3 new futures)

Part-2: What are the changes/enhancements and deletion in SAP BW 7.3