SAP HANA

based on revision 48 (SPS 5) of SAP HANA Studio and Database Maybe I’m a grouch about our software design from time to time. Maybe I’ve been working in support for too long and got the ‘problem glasses’ still on. I start… Read More » Running up that hill – a quick note on improving SAP HANA

Based on revision 46 (SPS 5) of SAP HANA Studio and Database Hello once again! While reading through the recently released SPS 05 RKT material (here) (that is, IF you have access to this RKT material), specifically the… Read More » Show me the timelines, baby!

Based on revision 45 (SPS 5) of SAP HANA Studio and Database One thing I found a bit annoying with HANA had been the fact that it was not possible to go and change table definitions later on as easily as I was used to… Read More » SPS 5 quick note – on NULL values

Based on revision 45 (SPS 5) of SAP HANA Studio and Database As projects with HANA (just like with any other technology) move on, at some point in time the requirement to perform tests and trainings comes up. Read More » Say cheese… on taking snapshots with SAP HANA

based on rev. 41 of SAP HANA Studio Dear fellow SAP HANA users! SAP HANA SPS5 has just been released which means it’s patch-o-clock for my system. As usual, the actual update procedure was straightforward and… Read More » Quick note on cleaning up the SAP HANA Studio folders after upgrade installations

Based on revision 41 of SAP HANA Studio and Database Dear HANA database tribe, I know the title of this is cheesy but the topic is actually so not exciting that I had to come up with something to draw your short… Read More » You got to fight for your right to … setup tracing

Dear all! It’s been a while since my last activity here in SCN - and boy what a while it was :smile: . In the last couple of months I was travelling to Canada, Australia and New Zealand - partly for SAP and partly as a… Read More » Travelling on to new exciting places...

UPDATE, 04.09.2017 # UPDATE: The HANA documentation has been improved, extended and overhauled a couple of times since the last update to this blog nearly four years ago. Read More » How to setup SAP HANA SQL reference web search with your browser

Dear HANA support activists and those who just happen to have to deal with SAP HANA! When dealing with customer messages a large share of the work is related to collecting required data from the customer’s system. This… Read More » Collecting HANA support information easily

HANA is a great way to waste a lot of money. Yes, I’m serious here. If you decide to implement this new platform at your site but just copy your coding 1:1 to HANA, you’re going to waste money. Read More » Still no silver bullet