CDS view power Analysis for Office - as well as Fiori App

CDS views are indeed a powerful way to fuel your analytical applications, including Analysis for Office and Fiori apps. Here's a breakdown of how they work:

What are CDS Views?

CDS views (Core Data Services views) are a way to define and consume data models in SAP HANA. They offer a simpler, more efficient alternative to traditional SQL views. Essentially, they act as a bridge between your database and your applications.

How CDS Views Empower Analysis for Office

Analysis for Office is a Microsoft Office add-in that allows you to analyze data from SAP systems like BW and HANA. Here's how CDS views enhance it:

• Simplified Data Access: CDS views provide a clear, structured way to access data, making it easier to build reports and perform analysis in Analysis for Office.
• Performance Boost: CDS views are optimized for HANA, leading to faster data retrieval and improved performance in Analysis for Office.
• Data Security: You can control access to data by defining authorization checks within the CDS view itself, ensuring data security in your reports.

How CDS Views Empower Fiori Apps

Fiori apps are SAP's modern user interface for business applications. CDS views play a crucial role in these apps:

• Data Foundation: CDS views serve as the underlying data source for many Fiori apps.
• Odata Integration: CDS views can be easily exposed as OData services, which are the standard way to connect Fiori apps to backend data.
• Real-time Analytics: CDS views on top of HANA enable real-time analytical capabilities in Fiori apps.

Key Advantages of CDS Views:

• Efficiency: Optimized for HANA, resulting in faster data processing.
• Maintainability: Easier to understand and maintain than complex SQL views.
• Reusability: Can be reused across different applications.
• Extensibility: Can be extended to include custom logic and calculations.

Important Considerations:

• Annotation @AnalyticsDetails.query:true: To make a CDS view consumable in Analysis for Office, ensure it has this annotation and is C1-released.
• OData Publishing: For Fiori apps, you'll likely need to publish your CDS view as an OData service using the @OData.publish: true annotation.

By leveraging CDS views, you can create efficient, insightful, and user-friendly analytical applications with both Analysis for Office and Fiori.