Analytic Manager / OLAP Engine
Note that the terms Analytic Manager(Processor) and OLAP Engine are synonyms for to the same functionality which provides you with analytical OLAP functions and services. It is optimized for analyzing and reporting large datasets. This page contains detailed information to the Analytic Manager and some other related topics like F4 help and the interface to the data base (also called DataManager). It should help to get a better understanding of the basic concepts and give you a guideline how to analyze problems in these areas.
The content of this site is in large part valid for both, Netweaver BW systems (including S/4HANA embedded BW) and BW/4Hana systems. If this isn't the case we added a corresponding explanation to the affected topic/sub-page.
OLAP Layer
OLAP Core / Calculation of Formulas, Exception Aggregation, Constant Selection, Virtual Key Figures, Formula Variables ...
Query Performance and Memory Consumption / Query Performance and Memory Consumption
Embedded Reporting on ABAP CDS Views and CDS Based Query Examples / BW Query scenarios with ABAP and S/4HANA CDS Views
SAC BW Live Connection / SAC related OLAP topics
Analysis for Office / AO related OLAP topics
Support Tools / RSRT, RSTT, RSECADMIN, ..
BW OLAP Services
MasterData&F4 Help / F4 Modes, Special Characteristics, MasterData Read Services
Report to Report Interface / Report to Report Interface
Variable Processing / Customer Exit Variables, Refresh Variables, ...
Hierarchy Handling / Presentation Hierarchies
Currency Translation / Currency Translation
Unit Conversion / Unit Conversion
OLAP Authorizations / OLAP Authorization
InfoProvider Layer
Database Interface / Transaction LISTCUBE, RSDRI_INFOPROV_READ, Compression
Multiprovider / Multiprovider, SPO, Pruning
HANA Provider / Composite Provider, advanced DSO, Open ODS view, ...
Virtual Providers / InfoCubes based on Function Modules or DTP for Direct Access
Transient Objects / Transient Providers and Queries, Transient Objects based on CDS Views
Inventory Providers / Cubes/ADSOs with non-cumulative Key Figures
Query as InfoProvider / Query as InfoProvider
InfoSets / InfoSets
BW running on HANA Database and SAP BW/4HANA
Data Modeling / Hana Optimized Cube, CompositeProvider, Datastore Object (Advanced), Open ODS View
OLAP Analytical Engine / Hana Pushdown of features like Exception Aggregation
BW APIs to OLAP
MDX / MDX interface / MDX processor
Easy Query / Easy Query
OData / BW OData Queries
Other OT Topics
OLAP Cache / OLAP Cache
BWA - Business Warehouse Accelerator (BW-BEX-OT-BIA) / Business Warehouse Accelerator
BW Aggregates / OLAP Aggragates
SAP BW/4HANA Model Transfer
Analysis Process Designer (APD)