Infocube & DSO DB Partitioning: still needed with SAP BW on HANA?

[carlos_basto2]

Hi, experts!!!

Can anyone please explain if the feature "DB Partitioning", launched and increased (DSO also has this capability) in SAP BW 7.3, is still needed in SAP BW on HANA environment?

I can still see this option in  SAP BW "Extras" and don't know what is it intended for in SAP BW on HANA.

Thanks in advance.

Regards.

Carlos Basto

[carlos_basto2]

I've identified in some blogs of Klaus Nagel that the fact table of a HANA-optimized InfoCube can (and must) no longer be partitioned semantically, i.e. using a time characteristic to split the data into disjoint partitions.

http://www.saphana.com/servlet/JiveServlet/previewBody/1363-102-2-1810/SDN_HANA_opt_InfoCube%20FINAL...

Can anyone add any additional comments on it? Does anyone else get another point of view?

Thanks in advance.