Different schemas in SAP HANA

Schemas are used to categorize database content according to customer defined groupings that have a particular meaning for users. Schemas also help to define access rights to the database objects. Schemas can help identify which tables to use when defining information models. But a model can incorporate tables from multiple schemas, which are:

  • System defined
  • User defined
  • SLT derived schemas

System defined schemas are delivered with the SAP HANA database and contain the HANA system's information. These are system schemas such as _SYS_BIC, _SYS_BI, _SYS_REPO, _SYS_STATISTICS, and so on.

Let's see more about these system defined schemas:

  • _SYS_BIC: This schema contains all the column views of activated objects. When the user ...

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