SAP and Analytics

SAP is the standard ERP solution in many companies and by combining it with the Pentaho business intelligence platform, you can gain valuable insights from your SAP data and create real business value. Pentaho from Hitachi Vantara is the leading software for data integration and big data analytics.

The combination of SAP and Pentaho enables customers to gain valuable insights from their SAP data and create real business value:

When managing data ingestion from internal and external data sources
To protect investments in SAP and drive cost reduction where appropriate
To carry out cost-effective offloading scenarios

An implemented Pentaho Analytics solution can be extended at any time by any data source (e.g. new NoSQL databases, Git for internal development departments, video analytics, etc.). This makes Pentaho a secure investment solution.

Pentaho offers a cost-effective alternative to SAP's own analytics offering which enables companies to independently evaluate their data.
Result: independence from SAP.

Pentaho provides fast, flexible, ad-hoc visual analysis and reporting, enabling SAP users to gain new insights and make data-driven decisions from day one on.
Result: increasing the value of SAP.

With fast, flexible dashboards and analytics, Pentaho enables SAP customers to access all data from any SAP or non-SAP system.
Result: flexibility in combining data sources.

Simplified access to SAP sources

Removal of roadblocks for blending SAP data with other corporate and device data

Minimizing the effort required by data engineers to access and blend SAP data

Increased productivity through the continued use of existing SAP-modules

Reduction of manual tasks and activities

Future proofs analytic investments across the enterprise

Pentaho is some kind of a multi tool for data management. The Hitachi SAP Data Connector is properly a swiss army knife of working with SAP. The video introduces Hitachi's Connectivity package and a demo video that gives a first impression of work with the SAP data connector.

Christopher Keller
Head of Professional Services and Development Big Data Analytics & IoT

Are you planning a SAP-data integration project?

SAP data needed for strategic and tactical decisions
SAP data has proprietary format and structure
SAP data is transaction-oriented

Preparation and enhancement of SAP data
Storage of historical data in Data Warehouse / Lake
Automated, standardized processes

Better availability of data for decisions
Increase of data quality
Reduction of many manual activities

Data from SAP and non SAP systems (e.g. NoSQL) are to be merged.
Data is stored in heterogeneous silos in the company
KPIs need context information

Integration of the various data sources
Data preparation for descriptive and prescriptive analyses
Self-Service Analytics for End Users

Better data utilization enables deeper insights
Competitive advantages through tailor-made provision of information

Increasing data volume leads to higher license costs
Data must be distributed according to volume and performance.

Implementation of an architecture with SAP Hana and Hadoop
Distribution of data storage and processing on the appropriate platform

Decreasing license costs
Hadooponomics (Source: Forrester)
1 Node HANA ► 750k p.a.
1 Node Hadoop ► 2-3k p.a.
Faster time-to-value with Pentaho

	Customer	Business case
	Waste Management Germany	Hitachi Data Connector for SAP ERP optimizes waste management processes and saves public resources. Data from SAP ERP is integrated with information from operational sources to a central data warehouse that enables in-depth analytics.
	Automotive Germany	The world‘s leading manufacturer for car window supplies gains deeper insights in their production processes by integrating data from SAP and non-SAP systems in their central supplier and project controlling platform.
	Manufacturing Germany	To become a data-driven enterprise, this global industry leader integrates their data from corporate, manufacturing and supplier systems in a central data lake. Thus providing one single access point to insights about the company‘s processes and products.
	IT Services Romania	The Hitachi Data Connector for SAP ERP and SAP BW is an essential part of a full solution stack for data integration and analytics. Thus providing data models and use cases for easy implementation and higher ROI.
	Public Dubai	To better monitor Dubai‘s huge construction projects and budgets, data from project management systems is integrated with information about budgets spend and material usage from SAP – providing in-depth analytics of project progress and costs.
	Production Germany	With offices in 50 countries, this workholding specialist oversees their processes by combining data from SAP and non-SAP systems for reporting and analytics.
	Industrial Group Germany	Consolidated KPIs are crucial for this holding with 15 companies and 29 subsidiaries in 12 countries. Hence reporting and analytics are based on a central data warehouse which integrates data from different data sources and sub-companies.