SAP NetWeaver 7.4 is the compatible follow up release of SAP NetWeaver 7.3x. It runs on all established database platforms but was heavily optimized for SAP HANA. Get an overview of SAP NetWeaver 7.4 capabilities in the newest SAP Insider article: Innovate Without Disruption
Please browse the table below to get detailed information on specific spaces and topics on SCN. You will find a detailed description of end-to-end scenarios at the end of the page.
| Knowledge Areas | Related Links |
|---|---|
| Development Platforms | |
| ABAP on HANA | Run ABAP 7.4 on HANA in the Cloud: <link to ABAP on HANA as VAPP> |
| SAP HANA Cloud | SAP Netweaver Cloud Platform |
| SAP HANA Cloud Integration | <link tbd.> |
| SAP Mobile Platform (SMP) | SAP Mobile Platform Developer Center |
| Development Tools | |
| Eclipse Development Tools | ABAP in Eclipse Development Tools: ABAP Platform Developer Center HANA Cloud Development Tools: SAP HANA Cloud Developer Center Gateway Development Tools: <Linkt to GW Design time in Eclipse> Mobile Development Tools: SAP Mobile Platform Developer Center SAP HANA Studio Development Tools: SAP HANA Developer Center |
| User Interface Development Tools | SAP UI5 Development Tools: UI Development Toolkit for HTML5 Developer Center Floor Plan Manager: Floorplan Manager for Web Dynpro ABAP Visual Business: SAP Visual Business NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC): SAP NetWeaver Business Client |
| NetWeaver Hubs | |
| Portal | SAP NetWeaver Portal |
| Business Warehouse (BW) | SAP NetWeaver BW Powered by SAP HANA |
| Process Orchestration | |
| Identity Managment & Single-Sign-On (IdM & SSO) | |
| Landscape Virtualization Management (LVM) | Virtualization and Cloud Infrastructure |
| Cloud Appliance Library (CAL) | SAP Cloud Appliance Library |
| New & Emerging Topics | |
| SAP Mobile Documents | SAP Mobile Documents - SAP Enters Market for Mobile Collaboration |
| SAP Networking | <link to check> |
| Platform Matrix | |
| Help for NetWeaver 7.4 | http://help.sap.com/nw74 |
SAP NetWeaver Innovations: Cross NetWeaver Scenarios
SAP NetWeaver 7.4 is the compatible follow up release of SAP NetWeaver 7.3x. It runs on all established database platforms but was heavily optimized for SAP HANA.
SAP HANA artifacts such as HANA views and stored procedures can now be defined in the dictionary and consumed in ABAP programs. The Suite on HANA products are the main stakeholders. On the Java side, the NetWeaver hubs such as Portal, BPM and PI are enabled to run directly on HANA step by step based on the needs of our customers and their according adoption plans.
SAP UI5 and SAP Gateway are now integral parts of the SAP NetWeaver 7.4 platform making it easy to build innovative apps on top of the NetWeaver 7.4 platform (including Suite on HANA).
SAP HANA Cloud is SAP’s Java Platform as a Service offering. Customers and Partners can develop their applications on top of a runtime environment which is completely managed inside the SAP Cloud data center. SAP HANA Cloud is completely based on open source components. Applications for SAP HANA Cloud run in their VM container cleanly separated from each other. The underlying lean Java stack follows OSGI principles requesting services and system resources on an as needed basis. SAP HANA Cloud brings in a rich set of services for identity management, persistence, collaboration and integration. SAP HANA Cloud offers schema access to SAP HANA and Sybase ASE. A major use case is the development of innovative mobile applications that use the Mobile as a Service layer for onboarding and application management. The Gateway as a Service component facilitates service definition and consumption of services typically offered by on premise solutions such as SAP NetWeaver 7.4 and the Business Suite. SAP HANA Cloud acts as a bridge and integration hub spanning SAP and non-SAP on demand and on premise solutions.
In addition to Java other languages such as Javascript (in particular node.js) are in preparation to be provisioned by SAP HANA Cloud in the near future.
In order to optimally combine NetWeaver on premise and on demand offerings NetWeaver delivers end to end scenarios in 2013.
Check the SAP NetWeaver Roadmap (as published in SMP).
Scenarios in Detail
Market trends such as In Memory, Cloud and Mobile heavily impact the SAP NetWeaver end-to-end portfolio in 2013. Instead of following each trend individually NetWeaver end-to-end Scenarios in 2013 assume that these trends are combined in reality requiring a thorough and consistent approach to get the most out of their innovation potential.
Take a look at the scenario overview paper.
- Developer Scenarios - The developer scenarios emphasize the importance of an end-to-end developer experience when working with NetWeaver technology platform no matter whether you develop in the on premise or on demand context.
- Business Continuity - Reducing business downtime, independently whether planned or unplanned, becomes more and more a crucial task for all customers.
- One Identity and Access Management - The One Identity and Access Management scenario describes a straight-forward approach to set up harmonized user management and single sign-on for heterogeneous system landscapes using SAP NetWeaver Identity Management and SAP NetWeaver Single Sign-On.
- Virtualization - Cloud provisioning of SAP NetWeaver based on-Premise solutions
- Mobile - The core of the mobile scenario is centered around SAP HANA Cloud. As an alternative to traditional on-premise installations of the SAP Mobile Platform (SMP) all infrastructure components required to develop and run a mobile app are also available in the cloud as a service
- Integration - SAP HANA Cloud Integration offers a set of process integration capabilities for SAP as well as non-SAP on-premise and on-demand applications.
- The HANA Scenario- The HANA scenario basically is intended to leverage the speed and capabilities of SAP HANA both in on premise and on demand use cases.