Join this free online course to get an overview of all major aspects of SAP BW/4HANA including the value proposition, data modeling, and operating data flows with SAP BW/4HANA. If you’re an SAP BW powered by SAP HANA customer, you’ll also learn the migration path to SAP BW/4HANA.
SAP BW/4HANA is the next generation of SAP Business Warehouse optimized for the SAP HANA platform. Designed to run on SAP HANA only, it delivers new levels of simplicity for building and operating data warehouse solutions with flexible data management capabilities in a modernized user environment.
This course provides an overview of all major aspects of SAP BW/4HANA. Starting from the value proposition, we cover topics like data modeling and operating data flows with SAP BW/4HANA. We’ll also show system demos covering all major functional aspects. After that, we’ll introduce some of the powerful capabilities provided by the SAP HANA platform and how you can use them with SAP BW/4HANA. In addition, we’ll discuss a variety of topics from leveraging machine learning capabilities and integrating data lakes with SAP BW/4HANA to analytic front-end tools and planning. Another central topic for customers already running an SAP BW implementation is the conversion paths to SAP BW/4HANA. To complement all the technology aspects, selected SAP BW/4HANA implementation partners will provide their insights from real-world customer implementations.
Introduction to Data Warehousing with SAP BW/4HANA
Week 1: First Steps with SAP BW/4HANA
Week 2: Integrating SAP HANA Platform Capabilities
Week 3: Modern Trends in Data Management
Week 4: Related Topics / Additional: Hear Our Partners
Week 5: Final Exam
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Ulrich Christ is a product manager for SAP HANA, focusing on data warehousing. He is also a senior expert in data warehousing with SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW) and SAP HANA.
Before joining the Product Management team, Ulrich worked as an architect in BW development.
Gordon Witzel is a product manager for SAP HANA in the areas of SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW) and SAP HANA data warehousing. He specializes in SAP BW powered by SAP HANA, SAP HANA data warehousing, and data warehousing architecture.
Before joining the SAP BW Product Management team, Gordon collected 8 years of experience in SAP BW consulting.