Structure of This Book20
Now that you have an idea of how the book is structured, the following list will
dive into the individual topics covered in each chapter of the exam:
왘 Chapter 1, SAP HANA Certification Track—Overview, provides a look at the
different certifications for SAP HANA: associate, professional, and specialist.
It then looks at the general exam objectives, structure, and scoring.
왘 Chapter 2, SAP HANA Training, discusses the available training and training
material other there for test takers, so you know where to look for answers
beyond the book. We identify the SAP Education training courses available
for classroom, virtual, and e-learning, in addition to SAP Learning Hub offer-
ings. We then look into additional resources, including official SAP documen-
tation, SAP HANA Academy video tutorials, and more.
왘 Chapter 3, Architecture and Deployment Scenarios, walks through the evolu-
tion of SAP HANA’s in-memory technology and how it addresses the prob-
lems of the past, such as slow disk. From there, you are given an overview of
the persistence layer, before looking at the different deployment options
including cloud deployments.
왘 Chapter 4, Information Modeling Concepts, discusses general modeling con-
cepts such as cubes, fact tables, the difference between attributes and mea-
sures, in addition to covering general modeling best practices.
왘 Chapter 5, Information Modeling Tools, you’ll get to know SAP HANA’s pri-
mary modeling tools, including SAP HANA studio and the SAP HANA web-
based development workbench. In addition, you’ll learn how to create new
information models, tables, and data.
왘 Chapter 6, Information Views, looks in depth at the three primary informa-
tion views in SAP HANA, as well as the tools for migrating old information
views, such as analytic and attribute views, to the new standard.
왘 Chapter 7, Advanced Information Modeling, takes what we’ve learned one
step further. In this chapter, you’ll learn to enhance information views with
calculated columns, filter expressions, and more.
왘 Chapter 8, SQL and SQLScript, reviews how to enhance SAP HANA models
using SQL and SQLScript to create tables, read and filter data, create calcu-
lated columns, implement procedures, use user-defined functions, and more.
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