SAP HANA Certification Guide

Rudi de Louw is an SAP HANA architect for SAP in South Africa, as well as an international speaker and trainer, principal consultant, and mentor. He has been working with SAP HANA for more than 5 years, and is the SAP HANA and big data market unit champion. He helped to set up several SAP HANA certification exams and is also the content owner for the SAP HANA professional certification examination. Rudi has provided software and technology solutions to businesses for more than 25 years, and has been with SAP since 1999. He has a passion for sharing knowledge, understanding new technologies, and finding innovative ways to leverage these to help people in their development.

... Acknowledgments ... 15
... Preface ... 17
... Structure of This Book ... 18
... Practice Questions ... 21
... Summary ... 22
1 ... SAP HANA Certification Track—Overview ... 23
... Who This Book Is For ... 24
... SAP HANA Certifications ... 25
... SAP HANA Application Associate Certification Exam ... 29
... Summary ... 34
2 ... SAP HANA Training ... 35
... SAP Education Training Courses ... 36
... Other Sources of Information ... 39
... Hands-On with SAP HANA ... 46
... Exam Questions ... 56
... General Examination Strategies ... 59
... Summary ... 60
3 ... Architecture and Deployment Scenarios ... 61
... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 62
... Key Concepts Refresher ... 63
... Important Terminology ... 89
... Practice Questions ... 91
... Practice Question Answers and Explanations ... 96
... Takeaway ... 99
... Summary ... 99
4 ... Information Modeling Concepts ... 101
... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 102
... Key Concepts Refresher ... 103
... Important Terminology ... 135
... Practice Questions ... 136
... Practice Question Answers and Explanations ... 144
... Takeaway ... 147
... Summary ... 148
5 ... Information Modeling Tools ... 149
... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 150
... Key Concepts Refresher ... 151
... Important Terminology ... 174
... Practice Questions ... 175
... Practice Question Answers and Explanations ... 178
... Takeaway ... 179
... Summary ... 180
6 ... Information Views ... 181
... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 182
... Key Concepts Refresher ... 183
... Important Terminology ... 213
... Practice Questions ... 214
... Practice Question Answers and Explanations ... 218
... Takeaway ... 220
... Summary ... 221
7 ... Advanced Information Modeling ... 223
... Objectives of this Portion of the Test ... 224
... Key Concepts Refresher ... 225
... Important Terminology ... 258
... Practice Questions ... 260
... Practice Question Answers and Explanations ... 264
... Takeaway ... 267
... Summary ... 268
8 ... SQL and SQLScript ... 269
... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 271
... Key Concepts Refresher ... 271
... Important Terminology ... 299
... Practice Questions ... 300
... Practice Question Answers and Explanations ... 306
... Takeaway ... 309
... Summary ... 309
9 ... Text, Spatial, and Predictive Modeling ... 311
... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 313
... Key Concepts Refresher ... 313
... Important Terminology ... 332
... Practice Questions ... 333
... Practice Question Answers and Explanations ... 337
... Takeaway ... 338
... Summary ... 339
10 ... Optimization of Information Models ... 341
... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 342
... Key Concepts Refresher ... 343
... Important Terminology ... 359
... Practice Questions ... 360
... Practice Question Answers and Explanations ... 363
... Takeaway ... 365
... Summary ... 366
11 ... Administration of Information Models ... 367
... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 368
... Key Concepts Refresher ... 369
... Important Terminology ... 390
... Practice Questions ... 392
... Practice Question Answers and Explanations ... 397
... Takeaway ... 400
... Summary ... 401
12 ... SAP HANA Live ... 403
... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 404
... Key Concepts Refresher ... 405
... Important Terminology ... 424
... Practice Questions ... 425
... Practice Question Answers and Explanations ... 428
... Takeaway ... 430
... Summary ... 430
13 ... Security ... 433
... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 434
... Key Concepts Refresher ... 435
... Important Terminology ... 459
... Practice Questions ... 461
... Practice Question Answers and Explanations ... 463
... Takeaway ... 465
... Summary ... 465
14 ... Data Provisioning ... 467
... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 468
... Key Concepts Refresher ... 469
... Important Terminology ... 502
... Practice Questions ... 505
... Practice Question Answers and Explanations ... 508
... Takeaway ... 510
... Summary ... 511
15 ... Utilization of Information Models ... 513
... Objectives of this Portion of the Test ... 514
... Key Concepts Refresher ... 515
... Important Terminology ... 538
... Practice Questions ... 538
... Practice Question Answers and Explanations ... 541
... Takeaway ... 542
... Summary ... 542
... The Author ... 543
... Index ... 545