CASE STUDY

Introduction to SAP HANA

Chapter 2

Product MOTIVATION PREREQUISITES

SAP HANA XSA It is your first day at work for No Prerequisites
Global Bike Inc. Your supervisor
Level wants you to explore the analysis NOTES
features of SAP HANA XSA and to
Beginner none
learn how to use SAP HANA
WebIDE and its analysis tab by
Focus visualizing a pre-defined dataset
Get an overview of the
available features in SAP
HANA WebIDE

Authors
Marwin Shraideh
Raul Fernandez Alvarez

Last Update
31 December 2019

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Process Overview

Learning Objective Get to know SAP HANA WebIDE and its analysis tab Time 20 min
by visualizing a dataset
Employees involved Sarah Garcia (Business Analyst)

It is your first day at work for Global Bike Inc. Your supervisor wants you to explore the analysis
features of SAP HANA XSA. He tells you something about calculation views, tables and that the
necessary data is already available. For accessing the data and the tools of SAP HANA, he also
provides you with access information for the SAP HANA WebIDE, that you just got to know.
Without leaving you some time to ask questions, your supervisor places a piece of paper on your
desk and leaves the room by saying: “I want to have the numbers by the end of the day!”. The
sheet of paper lists the following:
• Pie Chart: Revenue for each company.
• Pie Chart: 2011’s top five US companies that generated most revenue.
• Bar Chart: Yearly generated revenue of top-five US firms
• Send Screenshot of bar chart (png) via mail to me
After completing this case study, you will be able to navigate through the Database Explorer and
analyze data within the SAP HANA WebIDE.

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Table of Contents
Process Overview .................................................................................................................. 2
Task 1 – Log-In & Display the GBI DEMO Sales Data ....................................................... 4
Task 2 – Display 2011 U.S. Customer Revenues in a Pie Chart........................................... 8
Task 3 – Compare U.S. Customer Annual Revenues Over Time ....................................... 11
Task 4 – Export your Visualization as PNG File ................................................................ 12

Figures

Figure 1: Log On Screen ................................................................................................................... 4

Figure 2: Database Explorer ............................................................................................................. 5
Figure 3: Request for adding a new database.................................................................................. 5
Figure 4: Adding an HDI Container ................................................................................................. 5
Figure 5: View content of an added database in the database explorer ............................................ 6
Figure 6: Open data of a calculation view ........................................................................................ 6
Figure 7: Analysis perspective in WebIDE....................................................................................... 7
Figure 8: Visualizing revenue per customer ..................................................................................... 8
Figure 9: Visualizing revenue per customer in a pie chart ............................................................... 9
Figure 10: Top five U.S. companies by revenue............................................................................. 10
Figure 11: Switching to the analysis tab in the data preview of WebIDE ...................................... 11
Figure 12: Annual sum of revenues from 2007 to 2011 in a bar chart ........................................... 12

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Task 1 – Log-In & Display the GBI DEMO Sales Data

Open a browser (Google Chrome is recommended) and enter the following

URL of the SAP HANA XSA WebIDE:

https://<FQDN> Link to Excel

Login with your username and your password. Required information is

provided by your instructor.

Figure 1: Log On Screen

Once you click on Log On, you will be redirected to the SAP HANA XSA
WebIDE.

Switch to the Database Explorer by clicking on the tab on the left upper
corner of the WebIDE as highlighted in figure 2:

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Figure 2: Database Explorer

You will be asked if you would like to add a database to the Database Explorer
automatically, as shown in figure 3:

Figure 3: Request for adding a new database

Click on “Yes”.
A new dialog will open. Make sure that for “Database Type” HDI Container
is selected and search for “GBIDEMO” in the search bar as shown in figure 4:

Figure 4: Adding an HDI Container

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Select GBIDEMO… and leave the Name to Show in Display as it is, since
we will continue to refer to this HDI-Container as GBIDEMO-Container.
You should now be able to see the database as shown in figure 5.
As a second step, select Column Views and enter GBI_DEMO_
SALES_CUBE_CV in the search bar to find the calculation view you need to
access.

Figure 5: View content of an added database in the database explorer

Right click on GBI_DEMO_SALES_CUBE_CV and select Open Data, as
shown in figure 6

Figure 6: Open data of a calculation view

A new analysis perspective opens as shown in figure 7:

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Figure 7: Analysis perspective in WebIDE

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Task 2 – Display 2011 U.S. Customer Revenues in a Pie Chart

Task Use the integrated visualization tool of the WebIDE in the data Time 10 min
preview perspective to create a report displaying displays the 2011
U.S. customer revenues in a pie chart. For this purpose, you must
change the initial visualization so that it displays the revenues for the
top five customers in a pie chart, filtering for both country and year
Name (Position) Sarah Garcia ( Business Analyst )

First, drag and drop CUSTOMER_NAME into the Label Axis – Box.
Afterwards, drag and drop REVENUE into the Value Axis – Box.
Choose pie chart as diagram type in the chart builder area by clicking on the
arrow next to the pie chart symbol and selecting “Pie” as shown in figure 8.

Figure 8: Visualizing revenue per customer

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A Pie chart will be visualized as shown in figure 9:

Figure 9: Visualizing revenue per customer in a pie chart

Start playing around with the pie chart by hovering over or clicking on one or
more segments as well as customer names in the legend. Can you see that
hovering over a segment / a customer name will highlight the customer name
/ segment? Clicking on a segment / a customer will label it and show you the
exact revenue amount.

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Task: Use the integrated visualization features of the WebIDE in data

preview again to create a second chart displaying the 2011’s top five U.S.
companies that generated most revenue. For this purpose, you have to use
another calculation view of type cube than in exercise 2.1.
Name: Sarah Garcia Position: Business Analyst

For creating a ranking an additional calculation view was created. This

calculation view filters by ‘US’ customers and the year 2011, ranks them by
total revenue generated and limits the results to the top five customers. You
will learn how to create these calculation views in chapter 3. For this exercise,
you will continue working with a predefined calculation view.
To open the new calculation view, search for GBI_DEMO_RANK
_2011_CUBE_CV in the search bar, right click and select Open Data.
Drag and drop CUSTOMER_NAME into Label Axis and Revenue into
Value Axis. Select a Vertical Bar Chart to visualize the data as shown in figure
10.

Figure 10: Top five U.S. companies by revenue

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Task 3 – Compare U.S. Customer Annual Revenues Over Time

Task You almost finished all the tasks that your boss has left you with. Time 5 min
Since you do not know how the calculation view for the annual sum of
revenues from 2007 to 2011 is called, you ask a colleague. He
immediately provides you with the necessary information. He also
tells you: “Make sure that you use a line chart at all cost! Our boss
loves them. I am pretty sure that he will be surprised by your great
chart selection instinct.” Motivated by such a nice hint from your
colleague, you start working.
Name (Position) Sarah Garcia (Business Analyst)

Search for the calculation view GBI_DEMO_REPORTING_CV, right-click it

and press Open Data.

Switch from the Raw Data Tab to the Analysis Tab, by clicking on
Analysis as shown in figure 11:

Figure 11: Switching to the analysis tab in the data preview of WebIDE
Afterwards, drag and drop Customer_Name into the Label Axis and Revenue
into the Value Axis.

Change the visualization to a bar chart by clicking the bar chart button
. Finally, add Year as additional dimension by dragging and dropping the
column into the field Label Axis. The resulting visualization is shown in task
4, figure 12.

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Task 4 – Export your Visualization as PNG File

Task Use the Export option to create a PNG file of your previously created Time 1 min
chart.
Name (Position) Sarah Garcia (Business Analyst)

Click on the Download Symbol and select Chart as shown in figure

12:

Figure 12: Annual sum of revenues from 2007 to 2011 in a bar chart

The Download starts immediately.

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