In this post, I cover strategies to deal with large data volumes when using SAP connectors in Power BI. https://youtu.be/snw6gpWYuTc

In this post, I cover things I have learnt and best practices using SAP Connectors in Power BI. Direct Query vs Import mode, Relational vs Multidimensional mode... etc. https://youtu.be/w2Vt-oGhmxU

A lot of my clients ask the following question: "Hey I am connecting to SAP HANA using import mode. I need to bring multiple years of data into Power BI for YoY analysis. This means millions of rows of data. When I try to refresh this dataset, it takes hours to complete and in most … Continue reading SAP HANA Connector – Incremental Refresh

As we know SAP HANA Connector is used to connect to SAP analytical and calc views. Sometimes HANA view might get complex and deep - it might have numerous joins, aggregations and the join might be between two fact tables (e.g. a join between Inventory and Sales tables). View might end up looking something like … Continue reading SAP HANA Connector – HANA view design to improve performance

As we know SAP HANA Connector can be used in both Direct Query and Import mode. When using Direct Query mode, we do get the option to create measures in Power BI. Not all DAX functions are supported. Aggregations like SUM, MIN, MAX, COUNT, DISTINCTCOUNT are the only ones supported. We need to be careful … Continue reading SAP HANA Connector – Effects of creating measures in Direct Query mode

SAP HANA connector in Power BI is available in two modes - Multidimensional and Relational. Let's look at the Pros and Cons of both these modes. Pros of Multidimensional Mode: Performance is good. Can connect to multiple data sources in Import mode. Parent child hierarchy is supported. SSL is supported. Cons of Multidimensional Mode: Composite … Continue reading SAP HANA Connector – Multidimensional or Relational mode