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SAP HANA SPS 09 - What’s New? SAP HANA Answers
SAP HANA Product Management November, 2014
(Delta from SPS 08 to SPS 09)

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Agenda
Overview
Release Theme
New Features / Enhancements
Installation
Documentation

3. Overview

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SAP HANA Answers
For HANA users, SAP HANA Answers is the fastest path to HANA information and expertise in the cloud, directly accessible from HANA Studio, and optimized for your current context.
HANA Answers provides a single point of entry into the world of HANA documentation and collaboration helping you to learn, implement and troubleshoot every aspect of HANA.
Website URL: https://answers.saphana.com

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SAP HANA Answers Accelerate your successful adoption of SAP HANA
What is it?
Knowledge hub for HANA
Content hub of HANA information
Context-driven information access and sharing – Patent Pending
Crowd-sourced knowledge base
Integrated with HANA Studio
Collaborate based on interests
Powered by HANA XS on HANA Cloud Platform
Benefits to Customers / Partners
Improved Experience and Productivity
Find solutions faster
Showcase your knowledge
Discussions
Notifications
Answers returned based on your context
Stay in the flow (in Studio)
Access all HANA technical information from one place

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SAP HANA Answers
SCN (HANA Communities)
SAP Help
SAPHANA.com
SAP HANA Academy
Web Browser
powered by
HANA Cloud Platform
HANA Studio
ANSWERS PLUGIN
Content
SAP HANA Answers
Videos, Help Files, Discussions, Notifications
In-Memory Knowledgebase and Search

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HANA Answers View
Your source of valuable content and your connection to the HANA network of experts
Notification Indicator
Someone has answered your question or posted something of interest to you
SAP HANA Answers HANA Studio Integration
Toolbar Menu
Click blue Answers icon to find content or ask a question. Alternatively, press the F10 key
Contextual Awareness
Highlighted text as well as your current context determine the recommended content

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Interact with the HANA Answers community
Stay in Studio
View document and videos directly in studio
Vote
Vote up/down this document or post
Follow
Receive notifications regarding this document or post
Add value
Provide your feedback / Share your knowledge
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9. Release Theme

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SAP HANA Answers – What’s New in SPS 09? Release Theme
The SPS 09 version of SAP HANA Answers includes some basic feature improvements to round out it’s initially planned scope.
These new features were chosen based on the prioritization of customer and other stakeholder requests.

11. New Features / Enhancements

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SAP HANA Answers – What’s New in SPS 09? Integration with Web-based Development Workbench
Hot Key is CTRL-F10

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SAP HANA Answers – What’s New in SPS 09? Now Includes SAP Notes

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SAP HANA Answers – What’s New in SPS 09? Answer and Browse Tabs
Answer tab reveals all open questions across all recognized HANA communities
The Browse tab shows the latest posts from all HANA communities

15. Installation

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SAP HANA Answers – What’s New in SPS 09? Automatic Installation
SAP HANA Answers integration is automatically enabled for the Web IDE.
SAP HANA Answers plugin is now bundled with the SAP HANA Studio.
Important Note
SAP HANA Answers is an optional component and service offered under separate terms of use and privacy statements found on the SAP HANA Answers site at https://answers.saphana.com. SAP HANA Answers is not part of the official SAP HANA Platform license or product.
The installer enables the SAP HANA Answers integration feature by default. Administrators can disable the SAP HANA Answers integration feature. To learn more, visit the SAP HANA Answers Installation guide found here: 2090744 - SAP HANA Answers Installation Guide

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SAP HANA Answers – What’s New in SPS 09? SAP HANA Studio Installation using hdbsetup.exe (1 of 2)
See new option for SAP HANA Answers.
Deselect the checkbox for the SAP HANA Answers feature if you do not wish to install the Studio plugin for HANA Answers.
The plugin can be uninstalled, from Help -> Installation Details.
On versions prior to SPS09, Help->Install New Software -> What is Already Installed

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SAP HANA Answers – What’s New in SPS 09? SAP HANA Studio Installation using hdbsetup.exe (2 of 2)
See warning message on Review and Confirm screen when the SAP HANA Answers option is selected.

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SAP HANA Answers – What’s New in SPS 09? SAP HANA Studio Installation using hdbinst.exe (1 of 2)
See optional feature during command line installation.

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SAP HANA Answers – What’s New in SPS 09? SAP HANA Studio Installation using hdbinst.exe (2 of 2)
See warning message before confirmation.

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SAP HANA Answers – What’s New in SPS 09? SAP HANA Studio Installation – Command Line Help
Install can be run in batch mode without interruption.
Command line help shows optional features and note.

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SAP HANA Answers – What’s New in SPS 09? SAP HANA Server Installation
The SAP HANA Answers integration with the Web-based Development Workbench is enabled by default.
It can be disabled at the database level.
To disable: set the enabled parameter to false. This setting is found in the answers section of the indexserver.ini.
The change takes effect immediately.

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SAP HANA Answers – What’s New in SPS 09? SAP HANA Server Installation – Multi-Tenant Database Containers
The parameter to disable the SAP HANA Answers integration with the Web-based Development Workbench can be set for each individual database in a multi-tenant configuration.

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SAP HANA Answers – What’s New in SPS 09? SAP HANA Studio Plugin Installation for Versions Prior to SPS 09
Install the Plugin for your SAP HANA Studio!
From HANA Studio:
1.Click on Help->Install New Software
2.In the "Work with" input box, enter https://answers.saphana.com/updates
3.Click the "Add" button and complete the wizard
That's all! Now from HANA Studio, highlight some text and press F10 or click the HANA Answers button.
https://answers.saphana.com/updates

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Disclaimer
This presentation outlines our general product direction and should not be relied on in making a purchase decision. This presentation is not subject to your license agreement or any other agreement with SAP.
SAP has no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this presentation or to develop or release any functionality mentioned in this presentation. This presentation and SAP’s strategy and possible future developments are subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice.
This document is provided without a warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. SAP assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in this document, except if such damages were caused by SAP intentionally or grossly negligent.

26. Documentation

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How to find SAP HANA documentation on this topic?
•In addition to this learning material, you can find SAP HANA platform documentation on SAP Help Portal knowledge center at http://help.sap.com/hana_platform.
•The knowledge centers are structured according to the product lifecycle: installation, security, administration, development:
SAP HANA Options
SAP HANA Advanced Data Processing
SAP HANA Dynamic Tiering
SAP HANA Enterprise Information Management
SAP HANA Predictive
SAP HANA Real-Time Replication
SAP HANA Smart Data Streaming
SAP HANA Spatial
•Documentation sets for SAP HANA options can be found at http://help.sap.com/hana_options:
SAP HANA Platform SPS
What’s New – Release Notes
Installation
Administration
Development
References
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Contact information
Mark Hourani
SAP HANA Product Management
AskSAPHANA@sap.com

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