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Code pushdown; SAP Web iDE; Ecfipse; CDS views; SQLScript; Native SAP HANA object integration; Open SQL enhancements; Geo-information; Text searches; Error analysis.

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction
• Part I: Basic Principles
• Overview of SAP HANA
• Software Components of SAP HANA
• Basic Principles of In-Memory Technology
• Architecture of the In-Memory Database
• Application Cases and Deployment Options for SAP HANA
• How SAP HANA Affects Application Development
• Introducing the Development Environment
• Overview of Eclipse
• SAP's Eclipse Strategy
• Installing the Development Environment
• Getting Started in the Development System
• Database Programming Using SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP
• SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP Architecture
• ABAP Database Access
• Analyzing Database Accesses Using the SQL Trace
• Part II: Introduction to ABAP Programming with SAP HANA
• Native Database Development Using SAP HANA
• Basic Principles of Native Database Development
• SQLScript
• Database Procedures
• Analytical Models
• Integrating Native SAP HANA Development Objects with ABAP
• Integrating Analytic Views
• Integrating Native Procedures with ABAP
• Transport of Native Development Objects
• Advanced Database Programming with ABAP 7.4
• Introducing Core Data Services
• ABAP Core Data Services
• SAP HANA Core Data Services
• Open SQL Enhancements
• ABAP Database Procedures
• Runtime and Error Analysis with SAP HANA
• Overview of the Tools Available
• Troubleshooting
• ABAP Code Analysis
• Runtime Statistics and Traces
• System-Wide Analyses
• SQL Performance Optimization
• Sample Scenario: Optimizing an Existing Application
• Optimization Procedure
• Scenario and Requirements
• Meeting the Requirements
• Part III: Advanced Techniques for ABAP Programming for SAP HANA
• Integrating Analytical Functionality
• What Is Analytical Functionality?
• SAP BusinessObjects Portfolio
• Digression: SAP Business Warehouse
• Overview of Possible Architectures
• Text Search and Analysis of Unstructured Data
• Basic Principles of the Text Search in SAP HANA
• Types of Text Data and Full Text Indexes in SAP HANA
• Using the Text Search via SQL
• Using the Text Search in ABAP
• Text Analysis
• Resource Consumption and Runtime Aspects of the Text Search
• Decision Tables in SAP HANA
• Basic Principles of Decision Tables
• Creating Decision Tables in SAP HANA Studio
• Decision Tables Based on SAP HANA Views
• Runtime Objects and SQL Access for Decision Tables
• Access to Decision Tables from ABAP
• Function Libraries in SAP HANA
• Basics of the Application Function Library
• Business Function Library
• Predictive Analysis Library
• Processing Geoinformation
• Basic Principles of Geoinformation Systems
• Geodata Types and Geo-Spatial Functions in SAP HANA
• Integrating Geoinformation with ABAP Applications
• Practical Tips
• General Recommendations
• Conventions
• Quality Aspects
• Performance Recommendations for Open SQL
• Performance Recommendations for Native Implementations in SAP HANA
• Summary of Recommendations
• Appendices
• Flight Data Model
• Enhancements to the ABAP Programming Language (as of SAP NetWeaver 7.4)
• Read and Write Access in the Column Store
• SAP Business Application Accelerator Powered by SAP HANA
• Installing the Sample Programs
• The Authors
• Index

About the Author

Hermann Gahm is a principal consultant in the performance CoE of SAP Global IT Application Services. In this position, he is primarily responsible for performance analysis and optimization of the internal SAP ABAP systems powered by SAP HANA. Between 2006 and 2012, Hermann worked as an SAP technology consultant at SAP SI AG and as an SAP support consultant in the Technology & Performance division of the Active Global Support department at SAP AG. In this position, his main responsibilities were helping major SAP customers solve performance problems in the context of ABAP developments and system, database, and ABAP program tuning. During his in-service studies of information management, he worked as an ABAP developer in one of the largest commercial enterprises in Germany and as an SAP system administrator for a market-leading industrial mortgage company between 1998 and 2006. During this time, his main responsibilities were performance analysis and optimization of mass data processing in SAP systems.

Thorsten Schneider is a product manager in the Product & Innovation HANA Platform department at SAP AG. In this position, he deals with application development using the new in-memory database technology. His main focus is the implementation of business applications based on ABAP and SAP HANA. Prior to working as a product manager, Thorsten was a consultant at SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG for several years. During this time, he advised national and international organizations on product lifecycle management and project portfolio management matters.

Eric Westenberger studied mathematics at the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, where he was awarded his doctorate degree in the field of singularity theory. Since 2005, he has been working for SAP AG, where he is currently a product manager for SAP HANA and SAP NetWeaver. Prior to this, he was involved in the development of several components of the SAP NetWeaver basis technology as a developer and software architect for several years.