Business Function Library

The Business Function Library (BFL) is one of these application libraries. It contains a prebuilt parameter driven function in the financial area. This library helps us develop compound business algorithms that are fully compliant with the SAP HANA calculation engine. The BFL extends the computation ability of SAP HANA with complex and performance-critical algorithms that are requested by applications.

Some of the areas which gets extended with these library are:

• Utilizing new hardware (for example, multicore, built-in vector engine)

• Massive parallel main memory processing

• Changing the boundaries between the application server and the data management layer

• Usage of extended SQL (SQLscript)

• Rich functionalities in the calculation engine

• Quick application delivery

The following are the prerequisites for using PAL:

• Installation of the latest SAP HANA SPS

• Installation of the AFL, which includes the PAL

• Enabling of the script server in the HANA instance. SAP note 1,650,957 describes...