SAP Hybris Cloud for Customer data can be exported into SAP Lumira using the connector available from the download centre in the system.  Once the add-in has been installed locally, the user can log into the SAP Hybris Cloud for Customer tenant directly from SAP Lumira and access data using existing report views.  Once these links are saved, related SP Lumira analyses can be refreshed with updated data from the SAP Hybris Cloud for Customer system.

​We have recently completed a complex Flexible Reporting programme for a global consumer goods company where we were engaged to help them transform an underperforming SAP BW implementation into a sophisticated BI landscape underpinned by a “gold standard SAP BW on HANA implementation” (SAP’s words not ours!).

​Following hot on the heels of the DVW Alteryx Connector for SAP, the fastest, easiest way to extract data from SAP into Alteryx, De Villiers Walton has developed the, DVW Alteryx Data Loader for SAP.

A recent LinkedIn posting, “Alteryx Here Alteryx There Alteryx Everywhere on Azure” by, Håkan Söderbom kicked off a flurry of activity at DVW Analytics. 

​The question: Can Alteryx customers install the Alteryx Connector for SAP (“ACS”) on Microsoft Azure and still successfully extract data from SAP? 

​In this second part of a two-part blog, I offer some practical tips on how you can build the business case to justify the investment to implement or migrate your existing SAP BW installation to SAP BW on HANA. If you missed the first part of the blog you can catch up here.

In this first part of a two-part blog, I address the need to build a compelling business case to make the investment in implementing or migrating your existing SAP BW installation to SAP BW on HANA. In the second blog, I offer some practical tips on how you can build the business case to justify the investment. If you are already convinced that SAP BW on HANA is right for you and you need advice and support with the development of your specific business case then skip straight to our risk-free, fixed price business case offer.

​Do you recognise any of the following issues or challenges with your SAP BW/BI implementation?

In this blog I want to focus on the architecture involved in realising a company-wide Information Management (IM) solution for flexible reporting and in so doing challenge the current dominance of the single, corporate Enterprise Data Warehouse platform.

​​Slow to generate, under-utilised and inaccurate Business Intelligence (BI) data puts organisations at a competitive disadvantage. In this paper, Daneel de Villiers, managing director and co-founder of De Villiers Walton, explains how the SAP consulting specialist’s back to basics Performance Review for SAP BI identifies the causes of SAP Business Warehouse difficulties and allows organisations to generate better Business Intelligence.

​Slow to generate, under-utilised and inaccurate Business Intelligence (BI) data can put manufacturers and distributors at a competitive disadvantage. Here, Daneel de Villiers, managing director of De Villiers Walton Ltd, explains how getting to the root of difficulties with underlying IT systems has enabled leading players in the grocery industry, such as the SHS Group, to generate better Business Intelligence.