Asian Paints Real-Time Analytics with SAP HANA and SAP IQ

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Asian Paints Real-Time Analytics with SAP HANA and SAP IQ

Case study showing how Asian Paints used SAP HANA and SAP IQ near-line storage to enable real-time analytics across large data volumes from 35,000 dealers and 23 plants.

Published

June 4, 2026

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3 min read

Source

SAP

Asian Paints migrated data to the SAP HANA platform and implemented SAP IQ for near-line storage to address performance issues caused by rapid growth and expanding dealer networks. The solution delivered 90% faster data extraction, 6:1 compression ratios, and unified access to current and historical data for sales, supply chain, and inventory analysis. Managers gained self-service reporting capabilities and reduced aging inventory analysis from days to seconds.

Key takeaways

SAP HANA sidecar implementation reduced data cube size from 180 GB to 30 GB with 6:1 compression

SAP IQ near-line storage enabled cost-effective access to three years of historical data alongside hot data in HANA

Data extraction performance improved over 90% across acquisition, transformation, loading, and reporting

Aging inventory reports for 5,000+ SKUs across 200 locations completed in one pass instead of days

Self-service analysis enabled real-time dealer performance tracking and exception-based auditing

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