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



