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Real Time Analytics with SAP Hana
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Real Time Analytics with SAP Hana

by Vinay Singh
October 2015
Beginner to intermediate
226 pages
4h 32m
English
Packt Publishing
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JOINS in SAP HANA

To address some specific business cases and have improved execution, SAP HANA introduces some additional JOINS on top of existing SQL JOINS. These SAP HANA specific JOINS are as follows:

  • Referential JOIN
  • Text JOIN
  • Temporal JOIN
  • Star JOIN
  • Spatial JOIN

Let's see the scenarios when we should consider using these SAP HANA specific JOINS :

Type

Scenario / use case

Remarks

Referential JOIN

Facts with matching dimensions only where referential integrity is ensured.

It's the default join type in SAP HANA.

Facts returned are dependent on queried attributes.

Text JOIN

Multi language table.

Needs a language column.

Behaves as the left outer join.

Temporal JOIN

A key date within a validity period.

Acts as a referential join.

Star JOIN ...

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ISBN: 9781782174110