SAP Data Warehouse Cloud (DWC)
Before we introduce what SAP DWC is, first, let’s understand the differences between a data lake and a data warehouse.
A data lake is a data repository that holds a large amount of raw data in its natural format, often coming from disparate sources, including a mix of structured, semi-structured (CSV, XML, and JSON), and unstructured data formats. It offers an effective solution for collecting and storing large amounts of data but doesn’t necessarily need to process it until it is required for use.
In contrast, data warehousing has a more focused use case that is optimized to store and transform large amounts of data for advanced queries and analytics in a more structured relational database. It has two key functions: it acts as a federated repository of business data, and then as the query execution and processing engine of the data. The goal of a modern data warehouse...