SAP BW/4HANA 2023

Feature Overview
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ERP migration from on-prem to “RISE with
without SAP BW
SAP” changes the use right of SAP BW
SAP cloud ERP subscription license models do not
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SAP S/4HANA Cloud 3 SAP Datasphere

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SAP BW/4HANA Cloud SAP
Private Edition1 Datasphere
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SAP ERP SAP BW 7.X

Operational reporting

RISE with SAP SAP BW/4HANA Cloud SAP BW/4HANA & SAP Datasphere SAP Datasphere
Migrate your ERP Safe-guard investments by Combine the strengths of SAP BW/4HANA with the innovation, Direct adoption in green-field approach,
system to the cloud lifting existing landscape to the openness, and self-service abilities of SAP Datasphere in a leverage SAP BW bridge if required
with confidence cloud – “RISE with SAP” hybrid scenario. Leverage the SAP BW bridge to re-use and
integrate SAP BW-based data ingestion and staging (incl.
ABAP code to reduce SAP BW footprint over time.
1 SAP BW/4HANA is fully supported until 2040 and can also be deployed on-premises; SAP BW NetWeaver 7.5 also available in private cloud
2 SAP cloud ERP includes the embedded BW, which is not intended for data warehouse use cases
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SAP BW/4HANA 2023 SP00 •
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SAP Community
SAP BW/4HANA blogs
Innovation Update • SAP BW/4HANA Roadmap

SAP BW/4HANA 2026 1 2 3 FP

+ 7 years of mainstream maintenance in
alignement with SAP S/4HANA

SAP BW/4HANA 2023 1 2 3 FP

3 SP’s and 1 FP per year are
planned

Administration Data Protection&Privacy Modeling User Interface

• SAP BW Bridge: Synchronization • Enhancements anonymization in • Enhancements Re-modelling • Enhancements of SAP BW
of developments in SAP Data Protection Workbench capabilities for Datastore Objects Modeling Tools
BW/4HANA with the SAP Bridge - Support of Datastore Objects (advanced) via JSON
in Hybrid Landscapes with SAP (advanced) type ‘Data Mart’
Datasphere - Support propagation of
• Messaging Request anonymized data and Cold Store
• Further enhancements Data data Upgrade
Transfer Process (DTP) - New Formula Editor for
anonymization (supporting check • Direct upgrade from SAP BW/4HANA 2021 or SAP BW/4HANA
and simulation of Anonymization 2.0 possible
• Effort comparable with a FeaturePack Upgrade
rules
• Please see also SAP Note: 3365187 - Information/Restriction
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Data Protection & Privacy
Data Protection & Privacy
Enhancements Anonymization capabilities Data Protection Workbench

Support of Datastore Objects (advanced) type ‘Data Mart’

• Anonymization of key fields supported
• If anonymization results in duplicate records keyfigures are aggregated as defined in
the Datastore Object (advanced)

Propagation of anonymized data

• Propagation of anonymized data to subsequent data targets possible when Data Store Object
supports propagation
• An additional entry (Action) in the menu is offered ’Perform Anonymization with Propagation’

New formula editor for Anonymization Rules

• A new formula editor for Anonymization Rules is available
• Data preview feature to simulate anonymization
• Metadata check of Anonymization Rules (i.e. data type of constants)

Support update of anonymized data into Cold Store targets

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SAP BW/4HANA 2023
Enhancements Administration
Administration
Object synchronization between SAP BW/4HANA and SAP Bridge
• Syncronize existing developments between SAP BW/4HANA
and the SAP Bridge in hybrid landscapes with SAP Datasphere
• For hybrid landscapes with SAP BW/4HANA and SAP Datasphere
where major developments are still being performed in SAP
BW/4HANA

Procedure
• Run Report RS_B4HANA_ALLOW_OBJECT_SYNCH
• Option to select all or only certain object types to be updated in the
SAP Bridge

• Execute Task List

• SAP_BW4_TRANSFER_CHECK_SYNC to test the feasibility of the
update
• SAP_BW4_TRANSFER_CLOUD_SYNC to do the update
• It appears to be a standard Shell Task List, however it knows about the
update scenario and hence will not refuse to transfer objects that are
already transferred. Also, it performs additional checks.

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Administration
Enhancements Administration

Enhancements Data Transfer Process (DTP)

• Transmission of non-cumulative data via SAP Operational Data Provisioning (ODP)
improved
• Performance improvements for Datastore Objects (advanced) and
CompositeProvider where database aggregation is not activated1
• Enable customer defined navigational attributes for SAP HANA execution

1) 3316562 - Performance: Use DTIS in Aggregating Extractions

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Administration
Enhancements Administration

Further Enhancements
• Analytic Authorizations for InfoObjects via ODATA
• Additional option to activate Analytic Authorizations in the ODATA interface to prove access
to authorized values of the attributes of an InfoObject

• Messaging Request
• Improved handling of RSPM packages in scenarios with high frequent data loads via write
interface enabled DSO
• New Process Type for Process Chains available to regularly close open messaging
requests: ‘Close Messaging Request‘ (PUSH_MSGR)

• Housekeeping Tasklist
• Collection of typical Housekeeping activities in one tasklist (SAP_BW4_HOUSEKEEPING in transaction:
STC01)
• Variants for process chains

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SAP BW/4HANA 2023
Modeling
Modeling
Enhancements Modeling

• AdditionalRe-modeling capabilities for Datastore ObjectObjects

(advanced) via JSON
• Adding content to a newly created column in an existing Datastore Object (advanced)
via re-modeling toolset was only possible:
• by filling it with constant values
• of by copying the content of another column of the same record
• With SAP BW/4HANA 2023 it is possible to fill the new column with a JSON formula
to fill-in:
• Constant values
• Content from another field of the record (or substrings)
• Arithmetic- and SQL functions cobining the two latter ones
• It is also possible to user fields of other tables (which are part of an existing Datastore
Object or InfoObject

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SAP BW/4HANA 2023
User Interface
User Interface
Enhancements User Interface – SAP Modeling Tools Eclipse

• Structure Overview and Notes in SAP BW Query Designer(ad

• Gives detailed overview of the structure definition
• Technical Names can directly be adjusted
• Possibility to add a note to the member of a structure which is stored in the query
context

• Preview functionality Anonymization

• View original value together with the anonymized output as a preview
advanced) via JSON

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User Interface
Enhancements User Interface – SAP Modeling Tools Eclipse

• Copy filter definitions in Data Transfer Processes

• Possibility to copy filter definitions between Data Transfer
Processes
• Copy also possible across projects
• Target compatibility is checked and only suitable definitions
copied

• Package Explorer
• Allows browsing within BW projects on assigned package
• Separate display of different object types by folders

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Data Transfer Process – Copy & Paste
§ Support to copy & paste a filter definition
between 2 DTPs.
§ Copy & Paste is global available within of a
running BW-MT instance.
So also between 2 different projects.
§ Target compatibility will be checked and
allows to merge also only suitable
definitions.

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 User Interface
Data Transfer Process – Enhanced Process Chain Monitoring
§ Detailed Process Chain Monitors which
have been introduced with the SAP Bridge
are also available in SAP BW/4HANA now
§ Drill-down from general overview to
detailed Process Chain Runs
§ New KPIs e.g. like average CPU usage
usage of ABAP-/database storage

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SAP BW/4HANA 2023
Appendix
 After the end of mainstream
maintenance, SAP offers customer-
specific maintenance. What that
means in detail, you can find here:
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/
#/notes/52505

Product/Solution Version EOM date Next release

SAP NetWeaver BW 7.5 NetWeaver 7.5 (Mainstream) 31.12.2027 None

NetWeaver 7.5 (Extended) 31.12.2030 None

SAP BW Accelerator SAP BW Accelerator 7.2 31.12.2027 None

SAP BPC for NetWeaver SAP SBOP PC 10.1 FOR SAP NW 31.12.2027 None

SAP BPC 11.1 21.12.2024 SAP BPC 2021

SAP BPC 2021 31.12.2027 Next innovation

release1
SAP BW/4HANA 2.0 31/12/2024 SAP BW/4HANA
2021
SAP BW/4HANA 2021 31/12/2027 SAP BW/4HANA
SAP BW/4HANA 2023
Support until at least 2040 as per maintenance strategy
SAP BW/4HANA 2023 31/12/2030 SAP BW/4HANA
update. Major releases (versions) planned, extending
2026
maintenance as per SAP policy

Regarding SAP NetWeaver BW 7.5 running in an

embedded mode in ERP or S/4HANA please see also
note: 2952947 – SAP BW operating modes

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