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advanced customizing and layout of the site, more in-depth knowledge of CSS and the above-mentioned<br />

JavaScript libraries is required.<br />

What is the <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong> Info Access HTTP Service?<br />

In the first place, <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong> is a database. It stores any type of raw data in its tables: master data, transactional<br />

data, numbers, texts, and so on. But <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong> can do more than a classic database. <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong> also enables you<br />

to turn raw data into meaningful information.<br />

For the world of numbers, there are the analytics features of <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong>. By joining, aggregating, and calculating,<br />

they can turn raw facts and numbers into meaningful measures and key figures.<br />

For the world of texts, there are the full text search and text analysis features of <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong>. By tokenizing,<br />

stemming, normalizing, and analyzing semantically, they can turn a set of strings into a structured and searchable<br />

text corpus.<br />

So there is meaningful information in <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong>. But it is still not instantly available to business end users. SQL is<br />

a very powerful tool for accessing and processing <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong> information. However, it operates on a very<br />

technical level deep down in the stack and far from an end user UI.<br />

This is where the info access service of <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong> steps in. As long as you only need read-access, meaning<br />

search or basic analytics, the service provides shortcuts to Web and mobile UIs.<br />

<strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong> Info Access Architecture<br />

The <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong> info access HTTP service wraps search and analytic SQL queries and exposes them through an<br />

HTTP interface. On the UI layer, Info Access offers the HTML5 development kit including UI widgets and Web site<br />

templates. No intermediate layer is required. To provide Info Access apps to your users, you only need <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong><br />

and a Web browser.<br />

11.3.2 Installing the Service and the Toolkit<br />

The UI toolkit and the service are part of the default <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong> shipment, but they are not installed automatically.<br />

They are shipped as separate delivery units that you can import and activate quickly as described below.<br />

Importing the Delivery Units<br />

● <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong> Appliance Software, support package stack (SPS) 05 or higher, running on a server.<br />

<strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong> <strong>Developer</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />

Enabling Search<br />

P U B L I C<br />

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