1. The 2 Roles of BW – Architecturally
Stand-alone BW
BW-owned persistence
multiple sources (SAP + non-SAP)
explicit modeling of semantics, security, storage
 S/4HANA one of many sources
Embedded BW
no BW-owned persistence
embedded into single source (like S/4HANA)
re-use of application's semantics, security, storage
 embedded into S/4HANA
Database
HANA, ASE, ORCL, MSFT, IBM
Data Warehouse Layer
data management, transformation, cleansing, staging
Analytics
OLAP + planning
models + other meta data
Repository BW
Analytics
OLAP + planning
models + other meta data
Repository
Data Warehouse Layer
data management, transformation, cleansing, staging BW
Database
HANA, ASE, ORCL, MSFT, IBM

2. Use Cases X Deployment Options
operational analytics
cross-system analytics
embedded  
stand-alone 