SAP HEC (HANA Enterprise Cloud) Features
Database Features (7)
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Storage
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Availability
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Stability
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Scalability
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Security
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Data Manipulation
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Query Language
Configuration (5)
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Application Performance
Functions when integrated with multiple forms of external applications.
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Orchestration
Allows admisistrators to manage and organize storage, networks, and datacenters.
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Database Monitoring
Monitors performance and statistics related to memory, caches and connections.
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Anomaly Detection
Alerts users when unauthorized parties or malware is detected allowing administrators to remedy the issue.
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Network Security
Secures data at rest and in transit from unauthorized access.
Database Administration (3)
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Provisioning
Allows administrators to organize components of the database to maintain instance efficiency.
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Governance
Allows the creating and relinquishing of database access credentials.
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Auditing
Documents access and alterations of the database for analytics and reporting.
Availability (4)
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Scalability
Expands functionality while maintaining balanced loads. Serves growing demand without reducing functionality.
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Backup
The abillity to restore files to its original loacation or alternative sources on-demand.
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Archiving
Stores historical records of information for reverting or reference.
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Indexing
Helps users navigate databases by labeling and organizing datasets.
Security (7)
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Data Masking
Data masking provides an additional layer of access control that can be applied to tables and views.
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Authentication And Single Sign-On
Verifies identity of database users.
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Data Anonymization
Allows users to gain statistically valid insights from their data while protecting the privacy of individuals.
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Database Locking
Prevents other users and applications from accessing data while it is being updated to avoid data loss or update.
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Access Control
Allows permissions to be granted or revoked in the database, schema or table levels.
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Encryption
Built-in native encryption with enterprise key management.
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Authentication
Provides multi-factor authentication with certificates.
Data Management (2)
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Data Replication
Helps in improving the availability of data.
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Advanced Data Analytics
Uses machine learning algorithms to gain actionable insights.
Support (4)
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Text Search
Provides support for international character sets and full text search.
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Data Types
Supports multiple data types like primitive, structured, document etc.
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Languages
Supports multiple procedural programming languages like PL/PGSQL, Perl, Python etc.
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Operating Systems
Available on multiple operating systems like Linux, Windows, MacOS etc.
Performance (5)
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Disaster Recovery
Provides data recovery functionality to protect and restore data in a database.
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Data Concurrency
Allows multi-version concurrency control.
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Workload Management
Handles workloads, from single machines to data warehouses or web services with many concurrent users.
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Advanced Indexing
Allows users to quickly retrieve data through various types of indexing like B-tree, hash table etc.
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Query Optimizer
Helps interpret SQL queries and determine the fastest method of execution.
Management (4)
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Data Schema
Data is organized as a set of tables with columns and rows like a table structure.
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Query Language
Allows users to create, update and retrieve data in a database.
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ACID - Complaint
Adheres to ACID (atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability), a set of database transaction properties.
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Data Replication
Provides log-based or/and trigger-based replication.



