Parallel Processing and Parameters
Leverage SQLScript in stored procedures, user defined functions, and user defined libraries.
Overview
You will learn
- How to take full advantage of parallel processing in SAP HANA by using table variables
Prerequisites
Prerequisites
- This tutorial is designed for SAP HANA Cloud.
- Tutorials: Creating Stored Procedures
Steps
Intro
In this exercise, we will modify the code of procedure get_po_header_data so that it takes full advantage of the parallel processing within HANA by using table variables.
Return to your procedure called
get_po_header_data.
Existing Procedure Define two tabular output parameters which will be used to explicitly pass the results of the SELECT statements to the caller.

Define output Next, assign SELECT statements to the output parameters as shown here.

assign select The completed code should be similar to this.
SQLScriptPROCEDURE "get_po_header_data"( OUT EX_PO_CREATE_CNT TABLE( CREATE_CNT INTEGER, "CREATEDBY" NVARCHAR(255)), OUT EX_PO_CHANGE_CNT TABLE( CHANGE_CNT INTEGER, "MODIFIEDBY" NVARCHAR(255)) ) LANGUAGE SQLSCRIPT SQL SECURITY INVOKER --DEFAULT SCHEMA <default_schema_name> READS SQL DATA AS BEGIN ex_po_create_cnt = SELECT COUNT(*) AS CREATE_CNT, "CREATEDBY" FROM "OPENSAP_PURCHASEORDER_HEADERS" WHERE ID IN ( SELECT "POHEADER_ID" FROM "OPENSAP_PURCHASEORDER_ITEMS" WHERE "PRODUCT_PRODUCTID" IS NOT NULL) GROUP BY "CREATEDBY"; ex_po_change_cnt = SELECT COUNT(*) AS CHANGE_CNT, "MODIFIEDBY" FROM "OPENSAP_PURCHASEORDER_HEADERS" WHERE ID IN ( SELECT "POHEADER_ID" FROM "OPENSAP_PURCHASEORDER_ITEMS" WHERE "PRODUCT_PRODUCTID" IS NOT NULL) GROUP BY "MODIFIEDBY"; END
Save the procedure.

Save Procedure Perform a Deploy

Deploy Use what you have learned and return to the Database Explorer page and run the procedure again.

DBX The CALL statement will be inserted into a new “SQL” tab. Click the Run button

Run Check the execution time again, you may notice that it is a bit faster this time depending on your system. The reason is that these SQL statements are now executed in parallel.

Check execution time
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