Why SAP Business Warehouse?

Because SAP Business Warehouse is unlike any other data warehousing application on the market. SAP BW runs on traditional RDBMS databases – or on the SAP HANA in-memory database for lightning-fast performance. Consume and integrate SAP and non-SAP data, and access thousands of prebuilt data models to reduce development time.

Simplify your data warehouse architecture and free up more time for line-of-business requirements
Integrate SAP and non-SAP applications into one environment – for a single version of the truth
Confidently scale your enterprise data warehouse from gigabytes to petabytes
Deploy SAP BW on-premise, in the cloud, or in a hybrid environment

Learn how SAP Business Warehouse can simplify the lives of business users and IT staff:

Functional Capabilities

With SAP Business Warehouse 7.5, we offer two product options: SAP Business Warehouse powered by SAP HANA and SAP Business Warehouse, edition for SAP HANA.

SAP Business Warehouse powered by SAP HANA

SAP Business Warehouse powered by SAP HANA runs on DB2 and Oracle databases in addition to the SAP HANA database.

Dramatically improve performance for data loading, querying, analysis, staging, and planning processes
Simplify data modeling using a modern user interface, ADSO, and CompositeProvider
Cut development time with prebuilt models and Eclipse-based modeling tools
Take advantage of enhanced virtualization capabilities
Consume and integrate mixed architecture scenarios: SAP BW on SAP HANA and SAP HANA data marts

SAP Business Warehouse, edition for SAP HANA

SAP Business Warehouse, edition for SAP HANA, runs with SAP HANA-optimized objects and UIs. The use of classic / non-SAP HANA functionality is restricted.

Run SAP BW 7.5 (SP1) with new and optimized SAP HANA objects only
Simplify data governance
Speed time to market with new and flexible data modelling patterns

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SAP BW 7.5

SAP BW 7.4

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System requirements for
SAP Business Warehouse

System and software requirements vary according to specific customer scenarios – please refer to the SAP Business Warehouse Sizing Guide for details. Also, please see the Product Availability Matrix for the latest information on updates and releases.

Product Availability Matrix*

Sizing Guide*

Licensing and purchasing options for
SAP Business Warehouse

The modular structure of SAP Business Warehouse allows you to license and pay for only the functionality and number of users that you require at any given time. Start with the packages and licenses your organization needs right now and add more users and functionality as your needs evolve. This product is deployed on-premise or in the cloud, and requires a perpetual license.

Please contact your local SAP account executive for additional licensing and purchasing options.

Buy SAP software now and pay later — with our flexible payment plans and financing options

Consult Licensing SAP Software: A Guide for Buyers for general licensing information

See what our customers are saying

This retail giant operates 120 apparel and décor stores in Turkey. Find out how they’re using SAP Business Warehouse powered by SAP HANA to run ad hoc reports on 5 years of historical data in seconds – and gain deeper insight into customer demand.

E.ON

E.ON Energie Kundenservice GmbH had a treasure trove of insights deep within its 6 million customers’ worth of energy consumption and sales data, but access was far too slow. E.ON consolidated its data in the cloud using the SAP Business Warehouse application powered by SAP HANA, making analysis at the individual customer level practical and delivering many bottom-line benefits.

Read the business study

Ensure a successful implementation and maximize your ROI with information resources that support the different phases of SAP Business Warehouse – from planning and installation to operation.

- Plan
- Install
- Operate
- Train

Refer to Installation Guide: SAP BW powered by SAP HANA* or SAP BW, edition for SAP HANA* for important information about installation and upgrade planning.

Confirm that you have a license key

To request permanent license keys, you need authorization under myProfile*. To extend your authorization, please contact an SAP user administrator*.

Download the software

Visit the SAP Support Portal* to download the SAP Business Warehouse software installation package for your edition.

Need additional help with your implementation?
Contact SAP Digital Business Services or SAP Enterprise Support services

Find an SAP partner to help with your implementation

Complete the installation steps
Refer to Installation Guide* for a step-by-step
overview of the installation process, including a list of required tools and associated documentation.

Need additional help with your implementation?
Contact SAP Digital Business Services or SAP Enterprise Support services

Find an SAP partner to help with your implementation

Refer to Application Operations Guide: SAP Business Warehouse* to learn how to manage, maintain, and run your SAP application at peak performance.

Ensure the security of SAP BW

Download the SAP Business Warehouse Security Guide* for important information on ensuring the security of your software.

Need additional help with your implementation?
Contact SAP Digital Business Services or SAP Enterprise Support services

Find an SAP partner to help with your implementation

Become fully competent with SAP BW from beginning to end – with your own learning path. The SAP BW Implementation Learning Journey helps you choose your path based on your role, area of interest, learning needs, and preferred training method.

View the catalog

Browse the SAP BW curriculum

View the SAP Business Warehouse training and certification catalog for instructor-led courses and e-courses covering planning, reporting, administration and more and train when and where it’s convenient for you.

Learn more

Plan and carry out a successful upgrade to the latest release of SAP Business Warehouse – so you can take advantage of the new features and capabilities right away.

- Plan
- Upgrade

Download the Product Availability Matrix to review upgrade paths for SAP BW.

Download the matrix now

Identify dependencies

Use the Upgrade Dependency Analyzer to determine if your upgrade will have an impact on your other systems.

Access the analyzer

Plan your upgrade

The Upgrade Master Guide contains important information about SAP BW upgrade planning.

Read the guide*

Size the implementation

Use the Web-based Quick Sizer tool to help you select an economically balanced system based on your requirements.

Open the Quick Sizer tool*

Plan landscape changes

The Landscape Planner lets you visualize your existing system landscape, simulate changes, and analyze the impact.

Use the planner*

Complete the upgrade steps

Refer to the SAP Business Warehouse Upgrade Master Guide for an overview of the upgrade process, including a list of required tools and associated documentation.

View the guide*

Ask the community

Visit the SAP Data Services community for the latest technology news and updates. Ask questions, post comments, and discuss issues.

Visit the community

Need additional help with your upgrade? Contact SAP Digital Business Services or SAP Enterprise Support services

Find an SAP partner to help with your upgrade

Support

Get the support you need to keep SAP Business Warehouse running at peak performance. Our experts can help you maximize the value of your software, take advantage of new business models and capabilities, and more.

Troubleshoot and Maintain

SAP Support Portal: Search our knowledge base, log incidents, obtain license keys, download software, and more

SAP Product Documentation

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Ask the Community

Search for answers, post your questions, and share your knowledge in the SAP BW powered by SAP HANA community

Visit the software support and maintenance community on SCN

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Contact Support

We're here to help. Get in touch with the SAP Digital Business Services using one of these options:

Report an incident via the SAP Support Portal

E-mail us for non-technical assistance

Call us for non-technical assistance

Contact us on Twitter

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Support plans from SAP

Visit the SAP Support Portal

SAP Digital Business Services

Expert Community

Connect with SAP experts – and get the latest news and views on SAP Business Warehouse implementations, upgrades, innovations, and best practices.

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Insider’s View: SAP’s Data Warehousing Strategy

Learn about our overall strategy for highly flexible data warehousing – which combines application and SQL approaches with in-memory performance.

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Why SAP Business Warehouse?

Functional Capabilities

Suggested Resources

System requirements for
SAP Business Warehouse

Licensing and purchasing options for
SAP Business Warehouse

Combine the power of SAP BW with the simplicity of the cloud

See what our customers are saying

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