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Software Development on the SAP HANA Platform

By : Mark Walker
Book Image

Software Development on the SAP HANA Platform

By: Mark Walker

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Software Development on the SAP HANA Platform
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Quick reference


Here is a quick overview of the main topics covered in this chapter.

Object

Usage

Creation

Graphical calculation view

Allows you to work with data from different sources at once, combining and, filtering data as you require

Quick Launch | Calculation View, Provide Name and Description, select type as Graphical. Add source(s), map fields to output node, Activate.

Aggregation block

Sums data from raw tables, filters view on requested fields

In view definition, add block type of aggregation. Map source fields.

Projection block

Same as aggregation, but no summing of data lines from input (no difference when source is a view)

In view definition, add block type of projection. Map source fields as required.

Join block

Joins data from several sources in a view

In view definition, add block type of join. Link to source blocks. Create junctions between fields as required.

Union block

Like a join, combines data from different sources. Data should have the same format...