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Hi,for some advanced string conversion I need to write my own user/ customer function. I have done this already in JAVA. Now I am looking for a way to embed this customer function into SAP Data Services 4.2. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any helpful...
Hi, I am wondering whether SLT is able to do advanced data transformation while replicating the data from a NON-SAP data source into a HANA table. In my case, I have a source table (log table on a NON-SAP system) that needs to be replicated into a ta...
Hi,in my scenario I am dealing with database events on HANA: If a database record is insert some logic shall be applied on that row and shall be written to another database table within HANA. The tricky thing is that the applied logic is based on wha...
Hi,I need to write my own function that converts a timestamp into the right format that is supported by HANA or is of right format of built-in functions. In an earlier discussion, the usage of built-in function like "to_bigdatetime('02/19/2010 10:15'...
Hi,while reading your answer... Has version 1.20 already been released (April 23rd, 2014)? Would be cool, as some version 1.18 has some challenges in writing more complex apps...Thanks and Best Regards.Markus
Hi Shiva,in theory I could re-write the function, but this will cost additional time. Because the JAVA function has been proven correctly due to its re-use in other projects as well. As the scripting options within SAP Data Services are limited w.r.t...
Hi Tobias,this is really helpful! Also in the understanding of the overall writing of user-defined functions or as you call it "transformation rule".Great help!Thanks so much.Markus
Hi All,thanks for the hints. It is good to know that I am not the only one who is asking for such an option The "window" option will not work for me as the amount of data that needs to be kept is way too big over time (daily growing). The getData ()...
Hi Jeff,thanks for the explanation. Now, I understand the main purpose of ESP. Nevertheless, my use case is not a really 100% replication use case: I have database table A. Anytime a record gets insert into A, I need to do some complex data maniplula...