Purpose: SAP HANA (High-Performance Analytic Appliance) Is An Application That Uses In-Memory

SAP
SE (/ɛseɪˈpi/; Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung,

"Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing") is a German multinational software
corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations.[2]
[3][4]
SAP is headquartered in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany with regional offices in 180
countries.[5][4] The company has over 425,000 customers in over 180 countries[6] and is a component
of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index.[7]
SAP S/4HANA is short for SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA, meaning that it is thefourth
version of SAP Business Suite, but is designed to run only on SAP HANA.S/4HANA originated
in SAP HANA, the in-memory database released in 2011.
SAP HANA (high-performance analytic appliance) is an application that uses in-memory

database technology that allows the processing of massive amounts of real-time data in a short
time. The in-memory computing engine allows HANA to process data stored in RAM as
opposed to reading it from a disk.
Flexibility and Versatility. One of the greatest benefits of SAP HANA is its compatibility with
other databases, hardware and software, making it one of the most versatile data solutions
available. This means your team can achieve greater analytic capabilities, without giving up the
interfaces they trust
SAP S/4HANA is SAP's ERP for large enterprises. It is the successor of SAP R/3 and SAP ERP and

is optimized for SAP's in-memory database SAP HANA.
Purpose[edit]
The offering is an Enterprise Resource Planning software package meant to cover all day-to-day
processes of an enterprise (for example, order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, plan-to-product, and
request-to-service) and core capabilities[1]. It integrates functions from lines of businesses as well as
industry solutions, and also re-integrates portions of SAP Business Suite products such as SAP
SRM, SAP CRM and SAP SCM. However SAP Business Suite 4 only runs on the SAP
HANA database, and thus it is packaged as one product: SAP S/4HANA.[2] SAP's classical R3, ERP
and ECC based business suite and related products were designed to run on several database
platforms, including those from Oracle, Microsoft and IBM.[3]
History[edit]
The platform SAP HANA has been available since 2010, and SAP applications like SAP ERP and
the SAP Business Suite have been able to run on the SAP HANA database and/or any other
database.[4]
The launch of the new suite, called SAP S/4HANA,[5] took place on 3 February 2015 at the New York
Stock Exchange. The event introduced cloud and on premise editions, and launched the on-premise
edition. Availability of the cloud edition followed at SAPPHIRE NOW (SAP’s annual customer
conference) on 6 May 2015 in Orlando, Florida.[6]
SAP S/4HANA is being called SAP's biggest update to its ERP strategy and platform in over two
decades.[7] Post-launch, Gartner analysts noted that SAP S/4HANA represented a “transformational
shift,” but raised questions about the functionality, availability, pricing and migration surrounding
S/4HANA.[8]
By 21 April 2015, 370 customers had purchased S/4HANA. After the first half of 2015, positive
growth was confirmed for SAP. In October 2015 SAP confirmed that S/4HANA had exceeded over
1300 customers. [9][10][11] Growth continued through the third quarter of 2015.[12] Following its third
quarter earnings announcement, SAP said the number of SAP S/4HANA customers had risen to
1,300.[13] After fourth quarter close of 2016, SAP announced that 5,400 customers had implemented
SAP S/4HANA. By 30 June 2018, the customer base for product reached 8,900 customers[14].
There are numerous ERP systems with the same intention. Some of the product’s competitors in
the Software as a Service space are Oracle,[15] Microsoft and Workday, Inc.[16]
Editions[edit]
The S/4HANA product offering consists of two editions: SAP S/4HANA On-Premise and SAP
S/4HANA Cloud.
SAP S/4HANA On-Premise is similar in terms of coverage, functionality, industry-specific support,
and localization to the current SAP Business Suite (in 39 languages, 64 country versions).
SAP also offers SAP S/4HANA Cloud (in 18 languages, 33 country versions).[17] SAP has
emphasized the product as pivotal to its cloud shift.[18]
Both editions consist of functionality for finance, accounting, controlling, procurement, sales,
manufacturing, plant maintenance, project system, and product lifecycle management, plus
integration with SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Ariba, SAP Hybris, SAP Fieldglass and SAP Concur.
Overview of releases[edit]
SAP S/4HANA (on-premise) releases are once per year, SAP S/4HANA Cloud releases are
quarterly. Version coding for both editions: YYMM example 1709 - September 2017.
SAP S/4HANA On-Premise releases:
 SAP S/4HANA Finance 1503: March 2015

 SAP S/4HANA 1511: November 2015
 SAP S/4HANA Finance 1605: May 2016
 SAP S/4HANA 1610: October 2016
 SAP S/4HANA 1709: September 2017
 SAP S/4HANA 1809: September 2018
 SAP S/4HANA 1909: Q4 2019
SAP S/4HANA Cloud releases:
 SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1603: March 2016
 SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1605: May 2016
 SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1608: August 2016
 SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1611: November 2016
 SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1702: February 2017
Deployment[edit]
SAP S/4HANA can be deployed on premises, in the cloud, or through a hybrid model.[19]
Implementation[edit]
There are various ways to get to S/4HANA. This depends on a customer’s starting point. For
example, new implementation, system conversion, and landscape transformation.[20]
 New implementation - This is a new implementation of SAP S/4HANA (green field):

customers who are migrating from a non-SAP legacy system or from an SAP ERP system and
implementing a fresh system that requires an initial data load. In this scenario, the SAP
S/4HANA system is implemented, and master and transactional data are migrated from the
legacy system, thus standard data migration tools and content has to be used.
 System conversion - This is a complete conversion of an existing SAP Business Suite
system to SAP S/4HANA (brownfield): customers who want to change their current SAP ERP
system to SAP S/4HANA. This scenario is technically based on Software Update Manager
(SUM) with Database Migration Option (DMO) in case the customer is not yet on SAP HANA as
the underlying database.
 Landscape transformation - This is a consolidation of current regional SAP systems into one
global SAP S/4HANA system or a split out of different parts of a system: customers who want to
consolidate their landscape or carve out selected entities (such as a company code) or
processes into a single SAP S/4HANA system.
Product lifecycle[edit]
Both SAP S/4HANA on-premise and the SAP S/4HANA cloud editions have release strategies. The
cloud editions are released quarterly. The on-premise edition has one new release per year, and
receives additional functionality and corrections in the form of Feature Pack Stacks (FPS) or Service
Pack Stacks (SPS) each quarter.
On-premise: Each year, SAP is shipping a new product version of its on-premise SAP S/4HANA
product (e.g. SAP S/4HANA 1610) this will always be followed by three successive FPS on a
quarterly basis, after this SAP releases the next product version and the previous product version is
receiving SPS on a quarterly basis until the end of mainstream maintenance. Technically, a FPS is
like a SPS, but it may include non-disruptive, non-mandatory features. The numbering of FPS/SPS
will be consecutive, i.e. the first SPS after a FPS3 would be consequently SPS4.[21]
Embedded Analytics[edit]
SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics is the collection of all analytics features integrated in SAP
S/4HANA suite. It is the real time analysis on the transactional system. SAP delivered many pre-built
models and reports using VDM (Virtual Data Models) which are based on CDS (Core Data Services)
views. This eliminates the need to have a separate data warehousing system and the need to
replicate data - where the data is usually one day old.
Embedded analytics brings transaction data and analytics into one platform with one Single Source
of Truth. SAP Embedded Analytics can be consumed / reported through various reporting tools,
including SAP Advanced Analysis for Office, SAP Lumira, SAP Predictive Analysis, SAP Fiori, SAP
Smart Business Cockpits, SAP Design Studio, SAP Cloud for Analytics, KPI Modelling Apps ( Fiori ),
Query Browser / Query Builder and EPM – for planning and consolidation.[22]

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SAP

SE (/ɛseɪˈpi/; Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung,

SAP HANA (high-performance analytic appliance) is an application that uses in-memory

SAP S/4HANA is SAP's ERP for large enterprises. It is the successor of SAP R/3 and SAP ERP and

 SAP S/4HANA Finance 1503: March 2015

 New implementation - This is a new implementation of SAP S/4HANA (green field):

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