SAP HANA Cloud in a Nutshell: Design, Develop, and Deploy Data Models using SAP HANA Cloud

Table of Contents
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction to SAP HANA Cloud
	The New Digital World
		IT Challenges
	The Intelligent Enterprise
	The SAP HANA Cloud
		Provisioning with Flexible Scalability
		Usage Scenarios
		Working in a Mixed Landscape
		The SAP HANA Toolbox
		Feature Differences
		Simplified Data Models
		Traditional Applications
		Simplified Applications with SAP HANA Cloud
		Classic Approach
		New Approach
		A Single Point of Truth
			Modern Applications Embedding Insights
			Working with Different Data Types and Sources
	Key Technologies
		New Technologies and Opportunities
		The Path to In-Memory Database
			So, There’s No Need for a Disk?
		Row and Column Store
		Supporting Transactional and Analytical Applications
		Data Footprint Reduction
	Key Roles
		The Administrator Role
		The Modeler Role
		The Application Developer Role
		The Security Architect Role
		The Data Architect Role
	Summary
Chapter 2: Administration of SAP HANA Cloud
	Entitlements and Quotas
	Global Accounts
	Space and Instance
	Hyperscalers
	Setting Up a SAP HANA Cloud Database Instance
	Working with Administration Tools
		SAP HANA Cloud Central
		SAP HANA Cockpit
		Command-Line Interfaces
		SAP BTP Command-Line Interface (btp CLI)
		Cloud Foundry Command-Line Interface (cf CLI)
		SAP HANA Database Explorer
		HDI Cockpit
	Administration Tasks
		Launching and Shutting Down
		Working with New Releases
		Cycle of SAP HANA Cloud Releases
		Backup and Recovery of the SAP HANA Cloud Database
		Back Up the SAP HANA Cloud Database
		Recover the SAP HANA Cloud Database
		Manage and Monitor Performance
		Secure the SAP HANA Cloud Database
		Manage Users, Roles, and Permissions
	Summary
Chapter 3: Analytical Processing with SAP HANA Cloud
	Modeling in SAP HANA Cloud
		Classic Approach: Data-Modeling Code in the Application
		New Approach: Data Modeling in the Database
		Reuse of Models
		Advanced Data Processing
		Types of Calculation Views
		Modeling Dimensions
		Modeling Cubes
		Modeling Star Schemas
		Modeling with SAP Business Application Studio
		Extending Calculation Views with SQLScript
		Securing Data Models
	Advanced Analytics with SAP HANA Cloud
		SAP HANA Cloud Spatial
		Predictive Analysis
		SAP HANA Predictive Analysis Library (PAL)
		Automated Predictive Library (APL)
		Graph Modeling
		Graph Model: Example
	Summary
Chapter 4: Developing Applications on SAP HANA Cloud
	Choosing an Environment on Business Technology Platform
	Introducing Cloud Foundry
		Introducing SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP)
		Hierarchical Structure of Cloud Foundry Applications
	Service Plans
	Key Tools Used by Developers
		SAP Business Application Studio
		Git for Source Code Management
		SAP HANA Database Explorer
	Choosing Content Types
		UI Development
		Services
		OData Services
		Core Data Services
		SQLScript
		Calculation Views
	Summary
Chapter 5: Working with SAP BTP Estimator and SAP HANA Cloud
	Adopting SAP Business Technology Platform
		Missions
		Services
	Estimator
		Customize Estimate
		SAP HANA Cloud Capacity Unit Estimator
	Summary
Chapter 6: How to Activate Your SAP BTP Account
	Your Journey Starts Here
		Registering Your Account
		Activating Your Account
		Accessing the SAP BTP Trial
		Check Your Account
		Go to the Welcome Page
		Working with Subaccounts
		Exploring the Service Marketplace
	Creating an SAP HANA Cloud Instance
		Set Up SAP HANA Cloud
		Creating an SAP HANA Cloud Instance
		Create Database
		Managing Instances
		Set Up SAP Business Application Studio
		Starting with SAP BTP Trial Login
		Accessing the SAP Business Application Studio
		Subscribing to SAP Business Application Studio
		Launching SAP Business Application Studio
		Starting with a New Dev Space
	Summary
Chapter 7: How to Create Artifacts in SAP HANA Cloud
	Creating a New Project
	Creating Database Artifacts
	Creating a Text Index
	Deploy the Database
	Add Data from a Local File
	Check the Data
	Creating Calculations Views
	Configure Differential Privacy via SQL View
	Create a Calculation View of Type Cube
	Join the SQL View and Table
	Configure the Join
	Configure Semantics
	Build and Test
	Summary
Index