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EXERCISE

SAP HANA Data Modeling

Duration: 30 minutes
Scenario: The Global Bike Company has acquired a new data warehouse solution based on
SAP HANA. You use the SAP HANA Web-based Development Workbench to
explore the basic functionality provided by this solution.
Objective: The objective is to gain an overview of the Web Workbench and the different data
structures used by SAP HANA. You will learn how to connect to a SAP HANA
database. Furthermore you will learn how to navigate through the catalog and editor
perspective of the Web Workbench, and how to display different objects in these
perspectives. Finally, you will learn how to access the HANA Launchpad including
the HANA curriculum material.

Task 1: Logon to the Web-based Development Workbench

Exercise Logon to the Web-based Development Workbench Time 10 min

Task You logon to the SAP HANA Web Workbench

Start the Web Workbench using the URL

http://<Full Hostname>:<http port>/sap/hana/ide/
The hostname and http port will be provided by your instructor
Enter the user name GBI-### and your password.
User name and password will be provided by your instructor
If you logon the first time, you will be asked to change your password. Please do so.
The password rules are as following:
- Minimum 8 characters
- Password must contain capital and small letters
- Password must contain numbers

After logon, you are directed to the welcome screen of the Web Workbench.

Task 2: Display a table in the catalog perspective

Exercise Display a table in the catalog perspective Time 10 min

Task Navigate through the catalog perspective and display a table.

On the welcome screen, click on Catalog to open the catalog perspective.

Open the table GBI_DEMO.GBI_DEMO_CUSTOMER

Hint: In the following, tables are identified using the naming convention
<database schema.table>.
Navigator View → Catalog → GBI_DEMO → Tables → GBI_DEMO_CUSTOMER

Open the table definition

Right click on table name → Open Definition

Answer the following questions using the table definition:

a) What is the data type and length of field COUNTRY?
b) Is the table of type Column Store or Row Store?

Display the contents of the table

Right click on table name → Open Content

Task 3: Display a calculation view in the editor perspective

Exercise Display a calculation view in the editor perspective Time 5 min

Task Navigate through the editor perspective and display a calculation view.

Switch back to the welcome screen of the Web Workbench

On the welcome screen, click on Editor

Open the calculation view GBI_DEMO_PROD_DIM_CV located in package gbi-demo.WebIDE

Navigator View → Content → gbi-demo → WebIDE →
GBI_DEMO_PROD_DIM_CV.calculationview
Double click on the view name.

What is the name of the database tables used in this view?

Hint: Click on the Projection node. The name of the schema and the table is
listed in the Mapping section.

Task 4: Logon to the HANA Launchpad

Exercise Logon to the HANA Launchpad Time 5 min

Task Logon to the HANA Launchpad and navigate through its contents.

The web-based HANA Launchpad is part of the SAP HANA server that you used in the previous
exercises. It provides HANA curricula material for download as well as links to the SAP HANA
Web Workbench.

Start the HANA Launchpad using the URL http://<Full Hostname>:<http port>
The hostname and http port will be provided by your instructor

Download the Curriculum Materials PDF for Curriculum #1 – Introduction to SAP HANA