How to leverage SAP data with Qlik

Andrea Corain

Principal Solution Architect

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• Giving users easy access to all data within multiple SAP systems

• Easily analyze a combination of SAP and non-SAP data

• Making sure users can only access authorized data and application

• Reducing IT expenditures and reliance on limited business analyst resources

• Ensuring integrations are certified by SAP

The challenge

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• Accelerating time-to-value by enabling self-service visualization and discovery against your SAP data

– Seamless combination of SAP and non-SAP content

– Governed data discovery

• Reducing TCO with multiple SAP integration connectors and tools to meet the requirements of each system

• Proven integration– Over 2,000 Qlik customers are already leveraging their SAP environment

– SAP certified integrations

• Strong partnership between SAP and Qlik– Dedicated SAP Connector R&D team at Qlik

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Qlik and SAP

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• Certified for SAP HANA

─ Regardless of whether HANA is used with an SAP application (Ex. ERP) or by itself

─ Valid for Qlik Sense 3.0 and higher

• Certified for SAP ERP and SAP BW

─ Certified with SAP NetWeaver platform and SAP HANA

─ Covers eight different SAP APIs

─ Valid for QlikView 11.2 and higher

─ Valid for Qlik Sense 2.0 and higher

Qlik is SAP certified

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Easily Connect to Add Value

• Qlik has a comprehensive set of SAP integration products available today

─ Enables SAP customers to get easy and quick access to all the data hidden in different SAP systems

─ Qlik’s Associative Model: SAP data can then easily be combined with Non-SAP data within individual Qlik applications

─ Creates value out of SAP systems within a few weeks – rather than months/years

─ Certified by SAP

SAP ERP Connectivity

SAP ERP / SAP CRM

ABAPDB

BAPI

DataSource

SAPExtractor

SQL Connector

Query Connector

Report Connector

Extractor Connector

BAPI Connector

QTQVCRFC

QlikFunction Modules

qvd

InfoSet

ABAP

OpenSQL

SAPQuery

Report

SAP BW Connectivity

SAP BI / BW

InfoCube

DB

Export Data

Source

BExQuery

OpenSQL

InfoObject

SAPExtractor

DSO

BAPIABAP

OLAP BAPI

QTQVCRFC

QlikFunctionModules

DSOBAPI

BEx Connector

DSO Connector

Extractor Connector

BAPI Connector

SQL Connector

OLAP Connector

qvdInfoProviderConnector

SAP Connectivity Strategy

Extractor Connector

BAPI ConnectorDSO ConnectorOLAP Connector

Report ConnectorQuery Connector

SQL Connector

MultiProvider

BEx Connector

2016 2017

HANA (via ODBC)

2018

User Interface

Release dates - TBD

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How does each Qlik Connector perform?

ConnectorERP

BW PerformanceImplem.

EffortQV Dev Effort

DeltaLoad

SQL YES YES FAST MEDIUM HIGH Program

Report YES NO MEDIUM HIGH SMALL No

Query YES NO MEDIUM HIGH SMALL Program

Extractor YES YES FAST HIGH MEDIUM YES

DSO NO YES FAST LOW MEDIUM Program

BAPI YES NO SLOW LOW SMALL NO

OLAP NO YES SLOW MEDIUM SMALL Program

Bex NO YES MEDIUM LOW SMALL Program

InfoProvider NO YES MEDIUM LOW SMALL Program

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QlikStart Templates for SAP ECC

• Contain the most important standard tables of each module. They are already combined to a data model

– Pre built linkages

– 100’s of Business answers

– Can be customized by customer

Available Templates

• AP - Accounts Payable

• AR - Accounts Receivable

• BW - Cube builder

• CO - Controlling

• GL - General Ledger

• HR - Human Resources

• MM - Materials Management

• PP - Production Planning

• PS - Project Systems

• SD - Sales and Distribution

HTML 5 Web Client

Visualization AnalysisCreation

Business Users/Business Analysts

Governed Data and Metrics Data Architects/

Web Developers

Custom API Apps and

ExtensionsSystem Administrator/Enterprise Architect

Qlik® Platform Architecture

Governance

Data Import &Incremental Updates

Direct Query &On Demand

Appendix – Accessing SAP HANA

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Qlik is SAP HANA certified

HANA Native HANA DB

Description HANA is the Data warehouse or used with customer developed applications

HANA is the database for SAP ERP or SAP BW

Qlik solution ODBC connectivity in QlikSense.

Qlik SAP Connectors package

Qlik Solution certified Qlik Sense 3.0 Qlik SAP Connectors package 6.x

Certification valid for Qlik Sense 3.x QlikView 11.2 and higher

Qlik Sense 2.0 and higher

Current certification expiration

May 2019 June 2018

Multiple methods to work with HANAScenario Connectivity Methods Comments

HANA DB HANA is the database for SAP ERP orSAP BW

• SQL Connector

• Report Connector

• Query Connector

• Extractor Connector

• BAPI Connector

• BEx Connector

• DSO Connector

• OLAP Connector

• Infoprovider

• These methods all involve connecting to the SAP application layer, not directly to HANA

• All of these connectors are packaged together in a single Qlik SAP Connector license

HANA Native Native HANA applications

• ODBC Connectivity

• ODBC Connectivity with Direct Discovery

• ODBC Connectivity with On Demand App Generation *

• Qlik Sense and QlikView both include ODBC Connectivity

• An ODBC driver also needs to be installed with SAP

• On Demand App Generation examples are shipped with QlikSense 3.0

* On Demand App Generation is a method that empowers the user to automatically create a purpose-built analysis app every time they select a slice of a very large data source.

Example - Qlik and HANA DB using SAP Connector package

BEX Connector

OLAP BAPI

BExQuery

InfoCube

InfoObjects

DSO

OlapConnector

Schema

SQLConnector

SAP BW on HANA

Extractor Connector

DSO Connector

Infoprovider Connector

SAP HANA Connectivitynative ODBC

SAP HANA (core/native)

DB

Source

Views

Source Tables/Views

Attribute Views

Analytic Views

Calculat.Views

ODBC Connector

qvd

Direct Connect (SQL)

On Demand App

Generation

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