S4 HANA CORE An Introduction to S4 HANA Digital Core

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Digital Core

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Has core applications necessary to run an enterprise m

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SAP Business suite

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Originally developed to run on a large number of databases

• Ran on a technology platform called SAP NetWeaver
• Underlying application design was based around disk-based, row store and old hardware technology

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SAP Business Suite can now run on SAP HANA

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• Called Suite on HANA (SoH)
• Underlying ABAP code is optimized to improve performance – massive speed-up of performance of existing applications
• OLAP and OLTP together
• Supports real-time reporting on operational data
• Supports a new interface called SAP Fiori to medernize user experience
• Provides a digital platform to power new innovative applications

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Key Features of S/4 HANA

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• Inherits the native capabilities of SAP HANA
• Provides several deployment choices to the customer via Cloud Edition and On-Premise edition
• Comes with a new user experience called SAP Fiori which is easy to understand and can be accessed from any device
• Massive reduction in data footprint

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Native HANA Capabilities

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SAP S/4 HANA inherits the built-in capabilities of SAP HANA

• Application services
• Processing Services
• Integration Services
• Database Services

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Application Services

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• SAP HANA supports web application development in 2-tier model
• Since SAP HANA can handle the business logic as well as database services, application server is not required

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Processing Services

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• SAP HANA provides native in-memory processing engines that process any type of data (text, spatial, graphs, etc. ) in real time

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Integration Services

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• SAP HANA provides multiple data consumption options that can connect to any type of source
• Separate software for data cleansing and profiling are not required

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Database Services

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• SAP HANA is an in-memory column and row store database that can support both OLTP and OLAP applications
• Since all the processing and calculations on data can be done on the fly, the application code and core data model are simplified

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SAP S/4 HANA has two editions

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• On-Premise edition
• Cloud edition

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SAP S/4 HANA on-premise edition

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Installed in customer’s premise and all aspects of the software are maintained by the customer

• Customers can customize the system according to their requirements
• HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC) is a special case of on-premise solution where the system is managed by a third party and the customers access HEC via internet

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SAP S/4 HANA cloud edition

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provides access to the SAP Business Cloud that contains

• SAP Data Center
• SAP Managed Operations
• SAP Support

Offers three different cloud deployment models

• Private Cloud (typically single-tenant)
• Public Cloud (multi-tenant)
• Hybrid Cloud

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Choice of Deployment

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• On-premise
• Cloud

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Private Cloud (typically single-tenant)

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• System is assigned to a dedicated customer, access via VPN (Virtual Private Network)
• System is owened by customer, operations and management by customer or 3rd party or both
• Can be operated on customer site as well as remote

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Public Cloud (mult-tenant)

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• One system is used by different customers
• Selfservice acces and tools
• Operated by Service Provider, not by customer

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Hybrid Cloud

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• System is a mixture of two or more deployment models
• Integrated by standardized or custom interface technology, supporting the transfer of data and transaction

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Mixed environment or “On-premise and cloud”

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Every mix of on-premise and cloud solution

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SAP Cloud Company Powered by HANA

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As a cloud company, SAP provides three different services

• SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud
• SAP HANA Cloud Platform
• SAP Cloud Apps

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SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud - Private Managed Cloud

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Run mission critical SAP applications in the cloud

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SAP HANA Cloud Platform - PaaS

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• Build New Cloud Apps
• Extend On-premise & Cloud Apps
• Integrate Everything

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SAP Cloud Apps - SaaS

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Apps like SuccessFactors

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Data Footprint Reduction

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Data footprint reduction achieved by

• Compressing all the tables in SAP HANA database
• By removing tables that were not required along with the indexes
• By implementing data ageeing strategies (hot and warm data)
• Since SAP HANA can aggregate on the fly there is no need to create and store aggregates
• Since SAP HANA uses column store tables, indexes are not needed

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Three scenarios for transitioning to SAP S/4 HANA

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• New Implementation
• System Conversion
• Landscape Transformation

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New Implementation

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New or existing SAP customer implementing a new SAP S/4HANA system with initial data load

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System Conversion

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Complete conversion of an existing SAP Business Suite system to SAP S/4 HANA

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Landscape Transformation

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Consolidation of current regional SAP Business Suite landscape into one global SAP S/4HANA system or selective data migration

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SAP Activate

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A combination of SAP best practices, tools and methodology to help customers simplify and accelerate the adoption of SAP HANA. Main pillars - SAP Best Practices - Methdology - Tools 4 Phases (Discover) Prepare, Explore, Realize, and Deploy