New capabilities in SAP HANA are introduced with every SP. One such important one is the ability to process XML data which has been introduced with SAP HANA 2.0 SPS1 and SPS2.
XML is in common use for interchange of data over the Internet. Thus, applications require data in xml format for communication with other entities. With the data stored in the RDMS, as SAP HANA, in relational mode as tables, the application layer requires to process the data and render in the format which could be used for communication. Similarly, when the data reaches the application layer, it needs to again process this data, but now to be able to store in the database as tables (format understood by the RDBMS).
XML is in common use for interchange of data over the Internet. Thus, applications require data in xml format for communication with other entities. With the data stored in the RDMS, as SAP HANA, in relational mode as tables, the application layer requires to process the data and render in the format which could be used for communication. Similarly, when the data reaches the application layer, it needs to again process this data, but now to be able to store in the database as tables (format understood by the RDBMS).
