Ram Gopalan Virudhachalam, Author at Visual BI Solutions

Snowflake – The Unique Data Warehousing Solution

by Ram Gopalan Virudhachalam | Jul 30, 2019 | Snowflake

As we know, the BI space is growing tremendously in the last few decades. Recently, “Snowflake” has been creating a lot of buzz. Snowflake offers unique features that make them the next big thing in the market. Entirely set up in the cloud, with its Multi-Cluster...

Looker, the new era of SQL

by Ram Gopalan Virudhachalam | Jul 23, 2019 | BIG Data

On June 6th, 2019 there was a huge buzz on the BI Realm about Google acquiring an Analytics Startup called “Looker”. They acquired them in an all-cash deal for a whopping $2.6 billion which made all the eyes maneuver towards Looker. With just seven years into the BI...

Storing Images (BLOB) in SAP HANA using Python

by Ram Gopalan Virudhachalam | May 21, 2019 | SAP HANA

In this blog, we will demonstrate how to convert an image into a BLOB object using Python and store it in the HANA database. BLOB is the acronym for Binary Large Object File (BLOB) which can store images/other files in the binary format up to a maximum of 2 GB. The...

Cascading Filters in SAP HANA using Value Help

by Ram Gopalan Virudhachalam | May 15, 2019 | SAP HANA

Cascading filters are a combination of filters where the selection of one filter determines the list of values available for selection in the subsequent filters. The primary objective is to ensure a better user experience by providing users with valid combinations of...

Playing Around With OData Using SAPUI5 Applications

by Ram Gopalan Virudhachalam | Feb 21, 2018 | Data Discovery

SAP has made OData the de facto standard for all solutions developed using SAPUI5. Application servers are a primary source of OData and when it comes to SAP, NetWeaver platform and SAP HANA have a great understanding and provision of data for SAP UI5 applications....