Real-Time BI
HANA LIVE
HANA Live for real-time operational reporting on top of SAP Business Suite/ECC on HANA
Data Replication using SAP LT
Real-time operational reporting from both SAP & non-SAP sources through SAP HANA
SAP BW RDA
SAP BW mechanism to extract and persistently store real-time data
SAP BW: Virtual Infoproviders
SAP RemoteCube, RemoteCube and Virtual Infocubes with real-time access to data
BO Universe with OLTP Direct Access
SAP BusinessObjects OLTP Direct Access (BICS) to access real-time data
ABAP reports
Standard and custom ABAP reports in SAP
Crystal charts on ECC
Report directly on Crystal Reports using ECC
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HANA Live
Use HANA Live to get real-time operational reporting on top of SAP Business Suite/ECC on HANA. Achieve rapid implementation and fast performance to deliver business insights on the go with your preferred device.
Real-Time Data BI Using SAP LT
Use Enterprise HANA to get real-time operational reporting from SAP as well as non-SAP data sources using SAP LT. Handle large volumes of data using superior data compression, replication, provisioning and transformation capabilities.
Real-Time BI Using RDA
Leverage SAP’s Real-Time Data Acquisition (RDA) to extract data into BW for real-time reporting. Features include the following:
- Data is loaded into SAP BW at short intervals
- Restricted to RDA enabled datasources
- Master data cannot be transferred
- Data can only be loaded to DSO objects
SAP BW: Virtual Infoproviders
SAP BW modelled infoproviders – SAP RemoteCube, RemoteCube and Virtual Infocubes with services to access real time data from SAP and non-SAP systems
- Tight integration with SAP BW landscape
- Ability to implement BW data transformation logic
- Ideal for customers reporting on real-time data on a smaller scale
- Complex implementation
- SAP RemoteCubes support only direct access enabled SAP datasources
- Poor performance while accessing larger data volumes
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ABAP Reports on ECC & PI
Standard and custom ABAP reports in SAP
- Leverage ABAP development environment
- Highly customizable solution
- Ability to schedule as background processes
- Supported only in SAP systems
- Reporting directly in transactional system can lead to performance bottlenecks
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BO Universe with OLTP Direct Access
SAP BusinessObjects OLTP Direct Access (BICS) to access real-time data from heterogeneous data sources
- Eliminating need for business layer; transient universe created at runtime
- Short implementation cycle
- Ideal for customer requiring real-time access to low volume data
- Poor performance while accessing large data volumes
- Not recommend for direct access to SAP ECC tables because increased load on OLTP can affect core transactional processes.
Crystal Reports on ECC
- Report directly on ECC tables using Crystal Reports
- Customized and highly formatted printable reports
- Short implementation cycle
- Requires SAP integration kit
- Ability to integrate with the overall SAP landscape
- Performance while accessing larger data volumes
Real-Time BI Options at a glance
