How to leverage SAP data with Qlik Andrea Corain Principal Solution Architect
The challenge Giving users easy access to all data within multiple SAP systems Easily analyze a combination of SAP and non-sap data Making sure users can only access authorized data and application Reducing IT expenditures and reliance on limited business analyst resources Ensuring integrations are certified by SAP 2
Qlik and SAP Accelerating time-to-value by enabling self-service visualization and discovery against your SAP data Seamless combination of SAP and non-sap content Governed data discovery Reducing TCO with multiple SAP integration connectors and tools to meet the requirements of each system Proven integration Over 2,000 Qlik customers are already leveraging their SAP environment SAP certified integrations Strong partnership between SAP and Qlik Dedicated SAP R&D team at Qlik is a is a 3
Qlik is SAP certified Certified for SAP HANA Regardless of whether HANA is used with an SAP application (Ex. ERP) or by itself Valid for Qlik Sense 3.0 and higher Certified for SAP ERP and SAP BW Certified with SAP NetWeaver platform and SAP HANA Covers eight different SAP APIs Valid for QlikView 11.2 and higher Valid for Qlik Sense 2.0 and higher 4
Easily Connect to Add Value Qlik has a comprehensive set of SAP integration products available today Enables SAP customers to get easy and quick access to all the data hidden in different SAP systems Qlik s Associative Model: SAP data can then easily be combined with Non-SAP data within individual Qlik applications Creates value out of SAP systems within a few weeks rather than months/years Certified by SAP 5
SAP ERP Connectivity SAP ERP / SAP CRM SAP Extractor Data Source Extractor DB Info Set ABAP SAP Query Report Open SQL QTQVC RFC Qlik Function Modules Query Report SQL qvd ABAP BAPI BAPI
SAP BW Connectivity SAP BI / BW ABAP BAPI BAPI Info Object SAP Extractor Open SQL Export Data Source BEx Query QTQVC RFC Qlik Function Modules SQL Extractor InfoProvider BEx qvd DB Info Cube OLAP BAPI OLAP DSO DSO BAPI DSO
SAP Connectivity Strategy 2016 2017 2018 SQL HANA (via ODBC) BEx Extractor BAPI DSO OLAP Report Query MultiProvider Release dates - TBD User Interface
How does each Qlik perform? ER P BW Performance Implem. Effort QV Dev Effort Delta Load SQL YES YES FAST MEDIUM HIGH Program Report YES NO MEDIUM HIGH SMALL No Query YES NO MEDIUM HIGH SMALL Program Extractor YES YES FAST HIGH MEDIUM YES DSO NO YES FAST LOW MEDIUM Program BAPI YES NO SLOW LOW SMALL NO OLAP NO YES SLOW MEDIUM SMALL Program Bex NO YES MEDIUM LOW SMALL Program InfoProvider NO YES MEDIUM LOW SMALL Program #qonnections 9
QlikStart Templates for SAP ECC Contain the most important standard tables of each module. They are already combined to a data model Pre built linkages 100 s of Business answers Can be customized by customer Available Templates AP - Accounts Payable AR - Accounts Receivable BW - Cube builder CO - Controlling GL - General Ledger HR - Human Resources MM - Materials Management PP - Production Planning PS - Project Systems SD - Sales and Distribution 10
Qlik Platform Architecture Business Users/ Business Analysts Visualization Analysis Creation HTML 5 Web Client Governed Data and Metrics Data Architects/ Web Developers System Administrator/ Enterprise Architect Governance Custom API Apps and Extensions Data Import & Incremental Updates Direct Query & On Demand
Appendix Accessing SAP HANA
Qlik is SAP HANA certified Description Qlik solution HANA Native HANA is the Data warehouse or used with customer developed applications ODBC connectivity in Qlik Sense. HANA DB HANA is the database for SAP ERP or SAP BW Qlik SAP s package Qlik Solution certified Qlik Sense 3.0 Qlik SAP s package 6.x Certification valid for Qlik Sense 3.x QlikView 11.2 and higher Qlik Sense 2.0 and higher Current certification expiration May 2019 June 2018 13
Multiple methods to work with HANA Scenario Connectivity Methods Comments HANA DB HANA is the database for SAP ERP or SAP BW SQL Report Query Extractor BAPI BEx DSO OLAP Infoprovider These methods all involve connecting to the SAP application layer, not directly to HANA All of these connectors are packaged together in a single Qlik SAP license HANA Native Native HANA applications ODBC Connectivity ODBC Connectivity with Direct Discovery ODBC Connectivity with On Demand App Generation * Qlik Sense and QlikView both include ODBC Connectivity An ODBC driver also needs to be installed with SAP On Demand App Generation examples are shipped with Qlik Sense 3.0 * On Demand App Generation is a method that empowers the user to automatically create a purpose-built analysis app every time they select a slice of a very large data source.
Example - Qlik and HANA DB using SAP package SAP BW on HANA Info Objects BEx Query Infoprovider Info Cube BEX DSO Schema OLAP BAPI Extractor SQL DSO Olap
SAP HANA Connectivity native ODBC SAP HANA (core/native) Source Tables/ Views Attribute Views qvd DB Analytic Views ODBC Direct Connect (SQL) Calculat. Views On Demand App Generation
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