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Import Data Connection to SAP Business ByDesign Analytics

You can create a connection that allows you to import data from SAP Business ByDesign Analytics.

Prerequisites

SAP Analytics Cloud needs a Data Service URL to create a connection to SAP Analytics Business ByDesign. Before creating a new connection, check that the Data Service URL
uses the right format in SAP Analytics Business ByDesign. For more information, check SAP Note 2913312 .

1. Login to SAP Analytics Business ByDesign system.

2. Navigate to Business Analytics, and select Design Data Sources.

3. Search for your data source and click Build OData Queries.

4. Click Generate Metadata Query.

You should get the following URL: <system URL>/sap/c4c/odata/analytics/ds/<madav_ID>.svc/$metadata

This query will run in the browser with technical user ID and credentials.

5. Remove $metadata from URL.

The URL should now be: <system URL>/sap/c4c/odata/analytics/ds/<madav_ID>.svc. Save that URL for step 5 in the procedure below.

Context

 Note
While OData exposes one-to-many navigation, SAP Analytics Cloud cannot follow these relationships because doing so would distort the measures at the parent level.
OData v4.0 supports Lambda operators “any” and “all”, which can reduce the collection of children to a single Boolean value. For this to work, both the server and SAP
Analytics Cloud must support OData v4.0.

Procedure
1. From the side navigation, choose Connections (Add Connection) .

The Select a data source dialog will appear.

2. Expand Acquire Data and select SAP Business ByDesign Analytics.

3. In the New SAP Business ByDesign Analytics Connection dialog, do the following:

4. Enter a name and description for the connection.

5. Enter the Data Service URL published during your configuration.

 Note
All the parameters entered in the Data Service URL field are ignored in both authentication and data queries.

6. Select the authentication type.

Basic Authentication

Client Authentication

No Authentication

7. Provide the authentication details based on the authentication type you selected:

For Basic Authentication, enter the User Name and Password of the user you want to import data from.

For Client Certification, you must provide the X.509 certificate which contains the public/secret key certificate.

 Note
If you want to share the credential details, select the option Share these credentials when sharing this connection. Otherwise, users must enter their own
credentials in order to use the connection. If you don't share your credentials, users will be able to edit their credentials at any time without having to start a data
acquisition process.

8. Choose Create.

The new connection is added to the list of connections on the Connections screen.

9. Repeat these steps for all the SAP Analytics Business ByDesign data sources you would like to leverage in SAP Analytics Cloud. Each data source must have its
dedicated connection.

10. If you want to create a model based on this connection, see Import Data to Your Model.

 Note
Select the Enable users to schedule for story publishing option if you want to let your users schedule the publishing of stories.

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Related Information
Import Data Connection to OData Services

Import Data Connection to an SAP BW or SAP BW/4HANA System

How to create a connection that allows you to import models from an SAP Business Warehouse (BW) system.

Prerequisites
You are connecting to an SAP BW system, version 7.3x or higher, an SAP BW/4HANA 1.0 system, SP4 or higher, or an SAP BW/4HANA 2.0 system, SP0 or higher.

You have completed ONE of the following setup options:

Performed setup using the SAP Analytics Cloud Agent Simple Deployment Kit. For more information, see SAP Analytics Cloud Agent Simple Deployment Kit.

 Note
The SAP Java Connector (JCo) must be installed using the instructions in the Post-Setup Guide included in the kit.

Performed a manual setup of the following required components:

1. The Cloud Connector must be installed. For more information, see Installing the Cloud Connector.

2. The SAP Analytics Cloud agent must be installed. For more information, see Installing SAP Analytics Cloud Agent.

3. The SAP JCo must be installed. For more information, see Installing the SAP Java Connector (JCo).

4. The Cloud Connector must be configured. For more information, see Configuring the Cloud Connector.

5. The SAP Analytics Cloud agent must be configured in SAP Analytics Cloud For more information, see Configuring SAP Analytics Cloud Agent.

You've assigned the required SAP BW authorizations.

R/3 Role Maintenance - PFCG

Select role (or create a new one)

Authorizations tab - Display/Change Authorization Data

The following authorizations are needed for BW connections. The first table summarizes the RFC authorizations, while the second table focuses on the R/3
authorization objects required for BW.

Authorization Activity Name of RFC Object Type of RFC Comments

Object Object

S_RFC Execute Function Module Required for creating a connection - Function

RFCPING
module RFCPING is called to verify that the
connection exists.

Error message: Proper error message is shown.

S_RFC Execute Function Module Required for searching queries.

BICS_CONS_SET_GET_SESSION_PROP
An empty list is returned when the user is not
authorized to access these function modules.
DDIF_FIELDINFO_GET
Error message: No error message is shown.

RFC_GET_FUNCTION_INTERFACE

RSBOLAP_BICS_STATISTIC_INFO

RSOBJS_GET_NODES

RSOBJS_GET_SUPPORTED_TYPES RSOBJS_INIT

S_RFC Execute Function Group Required for executing a query/reading the

RSBOLAP_BICS_PROVIDER metadata and data.

RSBOLAP_BICS_PROVIDER_VAR

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Authorization Object Authorizations Value Comments

S_RS_AUTH Name of the BW authorization

BIAUTH MU_BW_3 object defined in transaction
RSECADMIN.

Required for executing the

query/reading the data.

Not required for searching the

queries.

S_RS_COMP Activity Display is required for

ACTVT Display,Execute searching the BW objects.

Activities Display and Execute are

RSINFOAREA BUSINESSOBJECTS_QA required for executing a
query/reading query data -
RSINFOCUBE Z_BOBJ Restriction to specific info areas,
cubes, or queries possible.
Example: only query
RSZCOMPID QRY_VAR_H_MDT_HNM_MDT
QRY_VAR_H_MDT_HNM_MDT on
cube Z_SAP is visible.
RSZCOMPTP Query

S_RS_COMP1 Activity Display is required for

ACTVT Display, Execute searching for BW objects.

Activities Display and Execute are

RSZCOMPID QRY_VAR_H_MDT_HNM_MDT required for executing a
query/reading the query data -
RSZCOMPTP Query Restriction to specific queries
and/or owners possible.

RSZOWNER *

Procedure
1. From the side navigation, choose Connections (Add Connection) .

The Select a data source dialog will appear.

2. Expand Acquire Data and select SAP BW.

3. In the New BW Connection dialog, enter the following information:

a. In the Connection Information section, add a Connection Name and Description.

b. In the Data Source Configuration section, select the Location of your Cloud Connector from the list.

c. Enter the Application Server, System Number, Client ID, and Language.

d. Enter the User ID and the Password for your SAP BW system.

 Note
If you want to share the credential details, select the option Share these credentials when sharing this connection. Otherwise, users will need to enter their
own credentials in order to use the connection. If you don't share your credentials, users will be able to edit their credentials at any time without having to
start a data acquisition process.

 Note
Select the Enable users to schedule for story publishing option if you want to let your users schedule the publishing of stories.

 Note
To export data back to an SAP BW or SAP BW/4HANA System, see the OData Services procedure in Export Models and Data.

4. Choose Create.

The new connection is added to the list of connections on the Connections screen.

Related Information
Import Data to Your Model

Support Matrix for Importing Data from SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP BW/4HANA

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See what SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP BW/4HANA data-import functionality is compatible with SAP Analytics Cloud.

 Note
For information on supported versions of SAP BW and SAP BW/4HANA, see System Requirements and Technical Prerequisites.

BEx Query Elements SAP Analytics Cloud Notes

(BW Data Import)

InfoProvider Dimension No The organizational structure of InfoProvider Dimension is

not supported.

Characteristics Yes

Key Figures Yes

Free Characteristics Yes

Restricted Key Figures Yes

Calculated Key Figures Yes

Display Attributes Restriction A BW attribute can be acquired into SAP Analytics Cloud as
a "Property" of a Perspective column.

This requires the end user to manually change the

representing attribute column in SAP Analytics Cloud as a
Property classification.

Navigational Attributes Restriction A BW attribute can be acquired into SAP Analytics Cloud as
a "Property" of a Perspective column.

This requires the end user to manually change the

representing attribute column in SAP Analytics Cloud as a
Property classification.

BEx Query Filter (defined under Characteristic Restrictions) Yes

BEx Query Filter (defined under Default Values) Yes

Custom Key Figure Structure Yes

Custom Characteristic Structure Yes

Hierarchical Custom Key Figure Structure No

Hierarchical Custom Characteristic Structure No

Selection of elements of a custom structure in the report No

Support for 2 structures from BEx Query No

Compounded Characteristics Yes

Support for Characteristic Data Type NUMC Restriction Characteristics members with type NUMC are interpreted
as String type in SAP Analytics Cloud, and not as numbers.

Support for Characteristic Data Type CHAR Yes

Support for Characteristic Data Type DATS Restriction Characteristics members with type DATS can be acquired in
SAP Analytics Cloud. However, the data type must be
manually set by the end user as type Date.

Support for Characteristic Data Type TIMS No

Support for Key Figures Data Type Amount / Quantity Yes

Support for Key Figures Data Type DATS No

Support for Key Figures Data Type TIMS No

Information about configured Filters in the BEx Query No

BEx Text Elements No

Support for Conversion EXIT No

Variables in BEx Query SAP Analytics Cloud Notes

(BW Data Import)

Optional Variables Yes

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Variables in BEx Query SAP Analytics Cloud Notes

(BW Data Import)

Mandatory Variables Yes

Characteristic Value Variables Yes

Formula Variables Yes

Hierarchy Variables Yes

Hierarchy Node Variables Yes

Hierarchy Version Variable Yes

Key Date Variable Yes

Text Variables Yes

Variable Processing Type: User Entry / Default Value Yes

Variable Processing Type: Replacement Path Restriction Restriction: For the variable processing type Replacement
Path, variables with replacements from the query result are
not supported, when the query again (first query) has
variables that are configured as ready for input.

Variable Processing Type: Customer / SAP Exits No

Variable Processing Type: Authorization Yes

Variable Representation : Single Value Yes

Variable Representation : Multiple Single Value Yes

Variable Representation : Interval / Range Value Yes

Variable Representation : Selection Option Yes

Variable Representation : Selection Option Operator Yes

Functionality (except Contains Pattern)

Variable Representation : Selection Option Operator No

Functionality – Contains Pattern

Variable Representation : Selection Option Include / Yes

Exclude Functionality

Variable Representation : PreCalculated Value Set Yes

Support for manual entry of values Yes

Support for Variables in Defaults Values area of BEx Query Yes

Support for single Key Date Variable Yes

Support for multiple Key Date Variables in single BEx Query No

Support for cascading Hierarchy / Hierarchy Node Variable Yes

dependency

Support for cascading variables for Compounded No

Characteristics

Support for Variable Default Values Yes

Support for BW Variable Variants No

Support for BW Variable Personalization No

Copy / Paste variable values from clipboard No

Filling variable values from Microsoft Excel File No

Merge / Unmerge Variables No

Defining Variable Sequence in the report No

Variable Sequence based on BEx Query Designer Yes

Support for validating values before executing the report No

Read Mode for list of values (master data, InfoCube) No

List of Values : Search in Key values Yes

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Variables in BEx Query SAP Analytics Cloud Notes

(BW Data Import)

List of Values : Search in Description Values Yes

List of Values : Sort values based on Key Values No

List of Values : Sort values based on Description Values No

BEx Query Functionality SAP Analytics Cloud Notes

(BW Data Import)

Currency / Unit Conversion (defined in BEx Query) Yes

Currency / Unit Conversion (defined at the client level) No

Condition in Rows (from BEx Query) Restriction Conditions along the Rows only.

It is possible to acquire BW data results based upon a BEx

condition rule at the time of data import. The condition is
determined by the underlying rules defined in the BEx
query, and the "structure of the query".

Once the BW dataset is acquired to SAP Analytics Cloud,

the OLAP engine is no longer involved. Hence, the user must
be careful in dealing with the BW dataset in SAP Analytics
Cloud, as the context of the BEx condition support is no
longer applied.

Thus, the support of conditions may not behave as you

would expect compared to an OLAP BI client.

Condition in Columns (from BEx Query) No

Conditions for fixed set of characteristics (from BEx Query) Restriction Conditions along the Rows only.

It is possible to acquire BW data results based upon a BEx

condition rule at the time of data import. The condition is
determined by the underlying rules defined in the BEx
query, and the "structure of the query".

Once the BW dataset is acquired to SAP Analytics Cloud,

the OLAP engine is no longer involved. Hence, the user must
be careful in dealing with the BW dataset in SAP Analytics
Cloud, as the context of the BEx condition support is no
longer applied.

Thus, the support of conditions may not behave as you

would expect compared to an OLAP BI client.

Condition for independent characteristics (from BEx Query) Restriction Conditions along the Rows only.

It is possible to acquire BW data results based upon a BEx

condition rule at the time of data import. The condition is
determined by the underlying rules defined in the BEx
query, and the "structure of the query".

Once the BW dataset is acquired to SAP Analytics Cloud,

the OLAP engine is no longer involved. Hence, the user must
be careful in dealing with the BW dataset in SAP Analytics
Cloud, as the context of the BEx condition support is no
longer applied.

Thus, the support of conditions may not behave as you

would expect compared to an OLAP BI client.

Defining Conditions in the report No

Exceptions (defined in BEx Query) No

Constant Selection No

Cell Editor Calculation No

Local calculations (defined in BEx Query) No

Exception Aggregation No

Zero Suppression Restriction Zero suppression defined along the columns is not
supported.

Zero suppression defined along the rows is applied at time

of data import.

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