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SAP HANA ETL-Based Replication

The Extraction-Transformation-Load (ETL) based data replication uses SAP BusinessObjects Data Services (hereafter referred to as Data Services) to load the relevant business data from the source system, SAP ERP, and replicate it to the target, SAP In-Memory Database (IMDB). This method allows you to read the required business data on the level of the application layer. You deploy this method by defining data flows in Data Services and scheduling the replication jobs. Since this method uses batch processing, it allows also for data checks, transformations, synchronizing with additional data providers, and the merging of data streams. The data replication is operated by Data Services. Its main components are the Data Services Designer, where you model the data flow, and the Data Services Job Server for the execution of the replication jobs. An additional repository is used to store the meta data and the job definitions. Data Flow As for any replication scenario you have to def