Based on SAP HANA SPS 11 Update 1.6.2017 # Retesting the APPLY_FILTER() approach on rev. 112.07 showed that it is now possible to simply hand APPLY_FILTER() an IN condition with a list of integers. Read More » On multiple mistakes with IN conditions

Far fetched… # A colleague asked me over a year ago (2015 and SPS 9 … sounds ancient now, I know) whether it is possible to leverage information models in a different SAP HANA instance via SDA (Smart Data Access - look… Read More » Modelling Learning Double Action or two things I just learned about modelling in SAP HANA SPS 11

Dear SAP HANA aficionados If have not been living under a stone lately and visited the SAP HANA corners of SCN (SAP HANA and In-Memory Computing, SAP HANA Developer Center) recently you surely will have noticed that… Read More » SAP HANA community alert 260416: new moderator aboard

Today’s tidbit is one of those little dumb things that happen every now and then and when I think: “Great, now this doesn’t work… WTF…?” Usually that’s a bit frustrating for me as I like to think that I know how stuff… Read More » *click* – *click* – *doubleclick* and nothing happens

Fellow Community members, readers and otherwise interested! Today I share a change in the organisation of this community. Last week I returned the moderator and space editor privileges and the duties that come with… Read More » Things keep changing around here!

Fresh out of the Christmas/New Year vacation I yesterday received this question from one of my colleagues: Hi Lars I am trying to set up a demo to show MDC at FKOM. I am trying to configure MDC via the Python script… Read More » HANA dude analyses Python error and this happened next… (plus: something with Andy Warhol)

Dear all Since there had been quite big changes happening to me (which will affect my engagement here on SCN) I thought I pen down a few lines about that. Read More » Changes, News and Annoucement

In Quick notes during a fiddle-session I played around with a table that contained all possible values for a date column. To fill it I used a FOR LOOP with an INSERT and a COMMIT every 10000 records. That took 9:37… Read More » Fiddle riddle – Amazing: stuff gets faster and takes less space!

For a while now I am working as a Solution Architect for the SAP Custom Development organisation. This is the team you’d call when you want custom-built solutions that perfectly fit into your standard solution landscape.… Read More » Quick notes during a fiddle-session

You know illusionists, right? Folks like David Copperfield, David Blaine or Ricky Jay - we’ve all seen them and were left in awe and amusement when they performed their unbelievable tricks. Read More » Doing the trick again