What´s New? SAP HANA SPS 07 - SAP HANA Extended Application Services (XS)

1. What´s New? SAP HANA SPS 07
SAP HANA Extended Application Services (XS) &
Content Lifecycle Management (Delta from SPS 06 to SPS 07)
SAP HANA Product Management
December, 2013

2. Contents
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SAP HANA Extended Application Services (XS) Overview
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What’s New for XS in SPS 07
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SAP HANA Native Content Lifecycle Management Overview
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What’s New for SAP HANA Native Content Lifecycle Management in SPS 07
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SAP HANA User Interface Integration Services: Overview and What’s New
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3. Overview: SAP HANA Extended
Application Services (XS)

4. SAP HANA Extended Application Services (XS)
Introduction
What: Small footprint application server / web server / basis
for an application development platform inside SAP HANA
Rationale: Enable application development and deployment
while minimizing architectural “layers”
 Create apps that have an http-based UI (browser, mobile apps)
 Apps run directly on SAP HANA, w/o additional external servers or
components
-> simplified system architecture = low TCO
 Tight integration w/ SAP HANA DB -> best possible performance
Scope: wide range of apps
 Lightweight small web-based applications
 Complex enterprise business applications
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5. Development model for SAP HANA based native applications
SAP HANA extended application services offer
 Easy access to SAP HANA database via HTTP-based consumption
 Attractive, dynamic HTML5 UI applications via OData services or by
writing native application-specific code that runs in SAP HANA context
 Built-in web server to access static content stored in
SAP HANA repository
 …and much more
Application development following a layered approach
 UI rendering completely in the client (browser, mobile apps)
 Server-side procedural logic in JavaScript
 All artifacts stored in the SAP HANA repository
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6. SAP HANA Extended Application Services – Overview
Front-end Technologies
 http/s
 HTML5 / SAPUI5
 Client-side JavaScript
Control Flow Technologies
 OData
 Server-Side JavaScript
 XMLA
Client: Browser or Mobile
Presentation logic
SAP HANA
XS
Control flow logic
Data Processing Technologies
 SQL / SqlScript
 Calculation Engine Functions
 Application Function Library (AFL)
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Data
Calculation logic
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7. Development Model Overview
UIS
SAPUI5
CDS – Core Data Services
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Data Definition Language
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Query Language
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Expression Language
XSODATA
XSJS
XSXMLA
InA
HDBRole
HDBTable
CDS
SQLScript
SQL
Views
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8. What’s New for XS in SPS 07

9. CDS/HDBDD Syntax Changes - Associations
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Associations define
relationships between
Entities (tables)
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Not yet integrated into the
catalog/SQL but can be
referenced when defining
views within the same CDS
object
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10. CDS/HDBDD Syntax Changes - Views
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CDS syntax expands to
include the definition of
views
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Views can utilize the defined
associations between
entities
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Join type automatically
determined from association
definition of the entity
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11. Inactive Testing
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Ability to execute the inactive version of
xsjs, xsodata, xsjslib, or any static web
content
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Better support multiple developers working
on the same content at the same time as
they can test just their localized changes
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Requirements:
•
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Server must be running in developer_mode
On the client side set a cookie name
sapXsDevWorkspace to the name of your
Repository workspace
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12. Inactive Testing (continued)
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Ability to execute the inactive version of
xsjs, xsodata, xsjslib, or any static web
content
•
Better support multiple developers working
on the same content at the same time as
they can test just their localized changes
•
Prerequisites:
•
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Server must be running in developer_mode
On the client side set a cookie name
sapXsDevWorkspace to the name of your
Repository workspace
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13. OData CRUD XSJS Exits
UIS
SAPUI5
XSODATA
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Low coding OData REST service
generation framework
XSODATA
XSJS
XSXMLA
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Based upon existing tables and views
•
CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete)
operations support with SQLScript exits
InA
HDBRole
HDBTable
CDS
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New for SPS 07:
Create, Update, Delete exits support
XSJS
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SQLScript
SQL
Views
AFL
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14. OData JavaScript Exits
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Processing exits can reference xsjslib
files and specific JavaScript functions
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The database connection and
temporary tables with the before and
after values are passed to this
function
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Particularly useful for server-side
validations (but open for other use
cases too)
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15. Other Miscellaneous OData Features New in SPS 07
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Annotations: e.g. sap:label, sap:unit, sap:text – available for use with texts for analytic views
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Associations between parameterized CalcViews
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Access to translatable parts of arbitrary runtime objects - support for translatable texts
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16. Job Scheduling
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HANA now contains a Job
Scheduler which can run
XSJS and SQLScript
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New Development artifact:
XSJOB
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Extension to the Admin tool
to maintain job definitions
and view job logs
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17. Job Scheduling – XSCRON syntax
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CRON-like syntax for
controlling job timings and
repetitions
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18. Job Scheduling – XSJS API
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New Job extension to the
XSJS APIs
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Ability to programmatically
create and cancel jobs
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19. Authentication for XS: New Options for SPS 07
XS Authentication Options:
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Basic Authentication
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Form-based authentication
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SSO (Single-Sign On) via SAP Logon Tickets
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SSO via X.509 (standard for Public Key Infrastructure)
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SSO via SAML 2.0 (Security Assertion Markup Language)
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SSO via SAML2 also for XHR (ajax) - NEW for SPS 07
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SSO via Kerberos - NEW for SPS 07
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Outbound SSO via SAP Assertion Tickets - NEW for SPS 07
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20. Other Miscellaneous XS New Features in SPS 07
XS JavaScript / XS Layer:
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Last-Modified header for static resources
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HTTP Compression
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21. Overview: SAP HANA Native
Content Lifecycle Management

22. Content lifecycle management in SAP HANA
Managing “content” in SAP HANA
SAP HANA content defined:
 Not part of the core SAP HANA DB installation itself
 Is delivered by SAP as part of SAP HANA optimized solutions
 Is created in SAP HANA-based development projects (partner, customer)
 Sometimes called “objects” or “artifacts”
Content comprises all kinds of objects, for example:
 Schemas and table definitions
 Attribute views, analytic views and calculation views
 Procedures and privileges
 SQLScript, JavaScript and HTML
 Roles and permissions
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23. Content lifecycle management in SAP HANA
The repository
The repository and lifecycle management of objects
 Native feature of SAP HANA providing “backend” functionality
for content lifecycle management
 Used to manage various types of design time objects (Content)
 During deployment/activation the design time objects become
runtime objects (Catalog)
SAP HANA Studio
Modeling Perspective
run time
Key functions provided by the repository:
 Object versioning
 Namespace concept
 Support for server-based development
design time
SAP HANA
content
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24. Content lifecycle management in SAP HANA
Transport of changes in a typical basic transport landscape
SAP HANA
Development
System
SAP HANA
QA/Test
System
SAP HANA
Productive
System
Delivery Unit
Delivery Unit
Delivery Unit
Packages
Packages
Packages
Views, Procedures, P
rivileges, etc.
Views, Procedures,
Privileges, etc.
Views, Procedures, P
rivileges, etc.
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25. SAP HANA Application Lifecycle Management (HALM)
Use cases
 New SAP customers
without ABAP-footprint
 SAP customers with the
need for a lightweight
transport management
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Simple and easy
Constraints
 Native SAP HANA transport tool,
which can be used without
additional systems
 Lightweight and easy-to-use tool
 Easy setup and minimal
configuration effort
 No central management of
extended system landscapes
 No transport synchronization
to non-HANA content
 No integration in SAP
process tools (ChaRM, QGM)
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26. What’s New: SAP HANA Native
Content Lifecycle Management

27. Change Tracking
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Optional mode for managing content in
a promote-to-production system
landscape (activate in HALM)
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Automatic recording of changes to a
change list
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Allows a developer (or team) to work
on a development artifact and release
the “change” only when the artifact is
ready to promote to the test system
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Provides more precise control over
which objects get transported from the
development system
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28. SAP HANA Application Lifecycle Management: Home Screen
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Usability enhancement
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Easy navigation to key
features
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Quick overview of
transport information
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29. SAP HANA Application Lifecycle Management: Dependency Viewer
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Graphical tool to display dependencies
between Delivery Units
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Graphical depiction is interactive – can be
rotated and shifted around to provide
different perspectives
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Useful for determining which Delivery Units
should be transported together
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Useful for detecting unwanted
dependencies, in order to clean them up
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30. SAP HALM: Create Application Wizard
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Wizard to expedite key initial
steps in application
development
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Creates design-time content
artifacts automatically
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31. More New HALM Features in SPS 07
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Tool support for transport of SAP HANA Changes (Change Tracking)
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Transport of SAP HANA products (all relevant Delivery Units and product definition)
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Improved system management (without additional logon)
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Object preview during plain file import
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Easier assignment for packages to Delivery Units
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HALM integration into SAP HANA Studio
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HALM integration into Web IDE (just a link)
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32. Other Miscellaneous Content LM New Features in SPS 07
Content Lifecycle Management:
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CTS+: exposing the contained object lists
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33. Overview and What’s New:
SAP HANA User Interface
Integration Services

34. SAP HANA UI Integration Services
Overview
With SAP HANA UI Integration Services, developers and designers can easily make use of standardized UI
services to be leveraged in their standalone HANA applications or - in addition - create and design application
sites based on SAP HANA applications using consistent UI patterns to support end-to-end business scenarios
with harmonized user experience across applications.
 Provides end users a state-of-the-art user experience
to seamlessly integrated HANA native applications
 Enables designers to easily organize applications and
widgets into sites via an intuitive design environment
 Gives developers a simple way to use standardized
services for creating application sites and
widgets, integrated in the SAP HANA Developer Studio
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35. SAP HANA UI Integration Services
Key Capabilities
 SAP HANA UI Integration Services provide a set of UI services and UI
patterns on top of HANA XS allowing the easy re-use of those services
as well as the aggregation of wrapped XS applications into shell
experiences
 The SAP HANA UI Integration Services are fully integrated into the SAP
HANA Developer Studio and provide wizards and a visual design time
environment for creating those shell experiences
 Examples of services provided by SAP HANA UI Integration Services:
o Sites and page building: state-of-the-art design environment for managing
sites, page navigation, layout and content
o Personalization and property persistence: persistency of widget properties
on user level
o Publish-Subscribe: eventing mechanism allowing cross-widget data
interchange
o Context: stable URL allowing bookmarking and sharing
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36. SAP HANA UI Integration Services
Development Environment
 SAP HANA UI Integration Services
are tightly integrated into the SAP
HANA Studio – the development
environment for SAP HANA Native
applications
 The creation of UI Integration
Services related objects is supported
by dedicated wizards
Editor for using UI
services API in your
code
Application site
Widget
 Developers enjoy the full life cycle
support of SAP HANA
Creation wizard for
application sites and
widgets
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37. SAP HANA UI Integration Services
What’s new in SAP HANA SPS 07
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Enhanced Catalog Services allowing to retrieve
non-widget content
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Widget Directory leveraging the new catalog
service enhancements
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New permissions mechanism on Application Sites
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Introduction of a new navigation service
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Supporting the Golden Reflection Theme and the
new Blue Crystal Theme
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Demo content available as part of the SHINE
demo package
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38. Disclaimer
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39. Thank you
Contact information
Ron Silberstein
SAP HANA Product Management
AskSAPHANA@sap.com
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