Does SAP Data Warehouse Cloud currently support PAL functions?

[thomasyuan]

With data models and calc views all set up, I am exploring potential predictive functionalities of SDWC with two options:

- Predictive functions through hana.ml & hana.ml.r packages

- SQL Script based PAL functions calls through JDBC connection

In both scenarios I was prompted privilege error. However, all of following SQL suggests SWDC tenant has AFL/PAL properly configured.

SELECT * FROM "SYS"."AFL_AREAS" WHERE AREA_NAME = 'AFLPAL';
SELECT * FROM "SYS"."AFL_PACKAGES" WHERE AREA_NAME = 'AFLPAL';
SELECT * FROM "SYS"."AFL_FUNCTIONS" WHERE AREA_NAME = 'AFLPAL';

I am wondering whether PAL functions are currently (July 2020) supported in SWDC or it is merely my misconfiguration?

Thanks.

[dvankempen]

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[dvankempen · Accepted solution]

Hi Thomas,

You can look this up in the SAP HANA Cloud documentation:

SAP HANA Predictive Analysis Library (PAL). This feature is planned but not initially available.

• Feature Scope Description for SAP HANA Cloud

To be informed about future plans, you can check the road map. It is currently set for Q3 but keep in mind that plans can always change:

• SAP Road Map Explorer: SAP HANA Cloud

[thomasyuan · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the links Denys. They are spot on. And I trust PAL will be a feature that is highly sought after.