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Real Time Analytics with SAP Hana

You're reading from   Real Time Analytics with SAP Hana Enhance your SAP HANA skills using this step-by-step guide to creating and reporting data models for real-time analytics

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2015
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ISBN-13 9781782174110
Length 226 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Vinay Singh Vinay Singh
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Kickoff – Before We Start FREE CHAPTER 2. SAP HANA Data Modeling Approach 3. Different Ways of SAP HANA Data Load 4. Creating SAP HANA Artifacts Attribute Views and Analytical Views 5. Creating SAP HANA Artifacts – Analytical Privileges and Calculation Views 6. Understanding Text Search and Hierarchies in SAP HANA 7. Using Decision Tables and Transporting SAP HANA Content 8. Consuming SAP HANA Data Models 9. An Introduction to Application Function Library Index

Creating a restricted measure and a calculated measure

First of all, we will create a new analytical view (I hope you learned it well in the last chapter to do it yourself now). We will use two tables as the base table—sales and product (the table definition and sample data can be downloaded from Packt Publishing website). Re-verify that the structure of the table is as follows:

The following screenshot shows the Sales table:

Creating a restricted measure and a calculated measure

The following screenshot shows the Product table:

Creating a restricted measure and a calculated measure

Steps to create restricted measure and calculated measure:

  1. Our analytical view should look like this with joins:
    Creating a restricted measure and a calculated measure
  2. The join type is referential, with a cardinality of 1..N (PRODUCT to SALES table). Join the tables as shown in the following screenshot:
    Creating a restricted measure and a calculated measure
  3. Add to Output | SALES.CURR and PRODUCT.PRODUCT_TEXT.
    Creating a restricted measure and a calculated measure
  4. In the Semantics node, set the type for both columns to attribute. Select the hidden flag for the PRODUCT_TEXT attribute.
    Creating a restricted measure and a calculated measure
  5. In the Semantic node, define the type for AMT as Measure:
    Creating a restricted measure and a calculated measure
  6. Rename the measure (Rename AMT | Total_sales...
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