Product specifications
• New connectivities are available through Connection Server. See the
Product Availability Matrix
for
more information.
• A new driver is available for SAP ERP systems (SAP R/3 Release 4, mySAP ERP 2004, and SAP
ERP 6) through SAP JCo 3.x API on all platforms.
• The driver for CSV files through BusinessObjects OpenConnectivity has been improved.
• Single sign-on support has been added to:
• Oracle EBS through Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
• SAP ERP systems
• SAP HANA database 1.0 SP3 through JDBC
• The Data Access layer supports Oracle stored procedures inside a package.
• Connection Server implements a load balancing mechanism in server mode.
• Native Connectivity Service (64-bit) can use HOARD memory allocation functionality on MS Windows.
• The Data Access layer provides end-to-end tracing for SAP HANA connections through ODBC and
JDBC with CA Wily Introscope.
• The data access drivers support large variable length data types for binaries and characters through
ODBC, JDBC, OCI, CTLib, DB2 CAE, and OLE DB network layers.
Note:
Support of these data types has been added for Crystal Reports applications only.
• The data access drivers support MONEY and CURRENCY data types for correct display of currency
symbols in reports.
Related Topics
• Load balancing
• Memory allocation
• CSV file connections
• SAP ERP connections
• Oracle EBS connections
• SAP HANA connections
2.4 Key tasks
The Data Access Guide provides you with key information for managing configuration parameters and
establishing connections. For each of these following tasks, refer to the appropriate section below:
• How to set the server working mode?
• How to choose the drivers you want to load?
• How to configure data access drivers?
• How to check connection configuration?
• How to create JDBC connections?
• How to create SAP HANA connections ?
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