How to – Custom Status management in SAP BW / SAP SAC with aDSOs (using BW-IP / BPC) Status Management – Introduction In BW there is often the need to track the status of a process. This can be a planning process or a regular data load/working process. In this Blog, I will show how…

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Comprehensive Overview: SCIM API for SAP Datasphere User Management  Introduction  In Q3 2024, SAP introduced the SCIM (System for Cross-domain Identity Management) API for SAP Datasphere to enhance user management through a consistent, REST-based protocol. This API currently supports the following operations:  This blog provides a detailed overview, complementing the official SAP Documentation . Most…

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Road to Seamless Planning :: SAC Migration :: 4 :: Move and Test  Introduction  After three weeks of migration, we now enter the final phase—moving content to the new SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) tenant. We decided to use 5.3.8 (Content Network) to move our content, skipping 5.3.5 (Export Content) and 5.3.6 (Import Content), to save…

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Generating and Importing Synthetic Sales Data Using ChatGPT, Python and Excel – A Step-by-Step Guide  In today’s data-driven landscape, access to high-quality, varied, and seasonality-aware datasets is crucial for training forecasting models, performing data analysis, and conducting simulations. However, real-world data is often incomplete, unavailable, or limited in scope. This is where generating synthetic data,…

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Virtual Characteristics and Key Figures in BW/4HANA  1. Virtual Characteristics and Key Figures in BW/4HANA  This blog covers the usage of virtual key figures and characteristics in BW/4HANA (BW4) utilizing the BAdI RSROA_OLAP_BADI. Virtual key figures and characteristics are InfoObjects that exist in the Composite Provider, but their values are not read from the included…

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Road to Seamless Planning :: SAC Migration :: 3 :: Migration of content from the source tenant to the new tenant  Introduction  Following our journey toward seamless planning, we now focus on the migration process itself. This chapter covers the key steps required to transfer content from the source tenant to the new tenant efficiently. …

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SAP Business Data Cloud SAP hat soeben ihr neuestes Produkt, die SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) vorgestellt. Mit der Einführung der SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) vereinen sich SAP Datasphere (DSP), SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) und SAP Business Warehouse (BW) zu einer leistungsstarken Plattform. Eine bahnbrechende Neuerung ist die Integration generativer KI, die die SAP…

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Road to Seamless Planning :: SAC Migration :: 2 :: Setup security settings Introduction As we move forward on our Road to Seamless Planning (https://www.zpartner.eu/road-to-seamless-planning-sac-migration-1-0-setup/), the next critical step in our SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) migration is setting up security in the new tenant. Security configurations ensure the right users and roles are assigned, access…

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Road to Seamless Planning :: SAC Migration :: 1.0 :: Setup Introduction As described in the Blog “Minimum Viable Product with Seamless Planning” (https://www.zpartner.eu/minimum-viable-product-with-seamless-planning/) a prerequisite for Seamless Planning is that the SAC tenant is running on HANA Cloud. Currently, our tenant is not hosted on HANA Cloud, making migration the first necessary step toward…

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Minimum Viable Product with Seamless Planning Introduction Seamless Planning was launched as a controlled release in Q4 2024. In this blog, we will develop a minimum viable product and share insights into how Seamless Planning could influence your SAP IT architecture. Distinction SAC Native Planning and Seamless Planning Many of you have likely worked with…

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