11 Administration of Information Models

Techniques You’ll Master

• Learn how to validate information models
• Understand the activation process
• Explain the difference between design-time and runtime objects
• Learn the transport process for importing and exporting objects
• Understand schema mapping
• Describe delivery units
• Perform refactoring techniques on information models
• Document modeling work
• Translate information models into other languages

Up to this point, we provided overviews of and instructions for creating information models. In this chapter, we’ll look at the steps you need to take to ensure your models are valid. In addition, we’ll walk through how to bring these models into a production environment so end users can utilize them. You’ll learn how to validate, activate, transport, refactor, document, and translate your information models.

Real-World Scenario

You have created new information models for your project. All the modeling work was performed in your development system. You feel confident about the work you have delivered, so now it’s time to take it to the production system. You need to transport your information models through the SAP HANA landscape. Before end users can use your information models in the production system, your models need to be activated in the production system.

As the project progresses, new customer requirements arise. Your information models need to adapt to changing business conditions. You ensure they do so by using the refactoring tools built into the SAP HANA modeling tools. Also, because your end users are scattered across the globe, you have to translate your information models into various languages.

As your project approaches the final go-live date, you must ensure that your information models are properly documented.

Objectives of This Portion of the Test

The objective of this portion of the SAP HANA certification is to test your understanding of how to administrate the information models you have built.

The certification exam expects SAP HANA data modelers to have a good understanding of the following topics:

• Validating and activating models
• The difference between design-time and runtime objects
• The transport process, exporting and importing information objects, delivery units, and schema mapping
• Refactoring information models
• Documenting and translating information models

[»] Note

This portion contributes up to 10% of the total certification exam score.