To identify which business processes to optimize for migration to SAP HANA, which steps should be taken?

The identification of business processes to optimize for migration to SAP HANA requires a comprehensive approach that integrates various analysis techniques to ensure effective optimization. By combining the results of the SQL Monitor with static source code analysis, you gain insights into both the runtime performance of SQL statements as well as their design and implementation characteristics in the code.

The SQL Monitor captures real-time performance data of SQL statements executed in the system, highlighting issues such as execution time and frequency. Meanwhile, static source code analysis examines how the code is structured and written, identifying inefficiencies or coding practices that could hinder performance on a HANA system. By integrating findings from these two analyses, you can pinpoint specific business processes that not only consume significant resources but also have areas that can be improved at the code level, leading to more effective optimizations for SAP HANA.

In contrast, activating the SQL Monitor in either a development or productive system solely provides performance data without the additional insights gained from source code analysis. Combining SQL Monitor results with ABAP runtime analysis narrows the focus on performance metrics without considering the code architecture. Thus, the most holistic and productive way to identify processes for optimization is through the integration of both the SQL Monitor results and static source code analysis.