New Features in Version 2021.5

Monitoring Data Provisioning Agent Logs

There's no need any more to leave SAP Data Warehouse Cloud for analyzing Data Provisioning Agent issues. We have integrated the agent adapter framework log (framework.trc file) and the agent adapter framework trace log (framework_alert.trc file) into SAP Data Warehouse Cloud. Administrators can enable the log access for the agent in the Data Integration tab of the Administration and review the logs from the agent's tile.

For more information, see Monitoring Data Provisioning Agent Logs.

Enable or Disable Features for a Connection

To improve transparency regarding features such as Remote Tables or Data Flows that you can use with a connection and to easily enable or disable a feature for the connection, you can now find a Features section in the connection creation wizard and in the editing dialog. Selecting the Data Provisioning agent to use remote tables for accessing data in on-premise sources moved to the new section. You can disable a feature for the connection as long as the connection isn't used yet.

For more information, see Create a Connection.

Tailored Connection Type for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Sources

With the new connection type SAP S/4HANA Cloud you can directly connect to SAP S/4HANA Cloud instances. It makes connection creation easier because it provides configuration options tailored to the source and replaces the need of using the SAP ABAP connection type for connecting to SAP S/4HANA Cloud. You can use the new connection type for data flows as well as for building views and accessing data with remote tables.

For more information, see SAP S/4HANA Cloud Connections.

Enhanced ABAP Connectivity for Data Flows

For your legacy ABAP systems that haven’t installed the ABAP Pipeline Engine extension (APE) or DMIS Addon, you can now leverage Operational Data Provisioning (ODP) connectivity when modeling data flows. Connection types SAP ECC and SAP BW support respective source systems that haven’t intalled APE, connection type SAP ECC additionally supports SAP S/4HANA versions lower than 1909.

For more information, see SAP ECC Connections and SAP BW Connections.

SAP Landscape Transformation Replication Server Connectivity for Data Flows

You're using SAP Landscape Transformation Replication Server (SAP LT Replication Server) to facilitate trigger-based replication of data in your system landscape? Go for using connection type SAP ABAP to establish a connection to SAP LT Replication Server and use the connection and sources it provides in data flows.

For more information, see SAP ABAP Connections.

Change Management

Rename View Columns

You can now edit both the business and technical names of your view columns in a projection node.

For more information, see Reorder, Rename, and Exclude Columns in a Graphical View.

Locked Spaces Now Allow Save

You can now save changes to data layer objects, even if your space is locked.

For more information, see Review Your Space Status.

Data Flow

In a data flow, you can define filter conditions for the consumption of datasets from CDI, OData, and ABAP CDS sources in the Source Filters section of Properties pane. Filter conditions can be defined on same or different columns.

Time Data

SAP ABAP-based data sources need specific data types and format for Date.

With the DATE_SAP we now support the modeling of generated time dimensions with these sources and enable you to create models and reports on various time granularities such as year, quarter and month.

To get the update, go to your space, open the space details → Time Data and click  (Update) .

Terminology Change for Database Users

We've changed the terminology for the database users. Instead of speaking about data ingestion and data consumption, we now refer to the two different privileges that you can select when creating a database user; read (formely known as ingestion) and write (formerly known as consumption).