Product specifications

• Contact your SAP representative to determine if there is a driver available, and if you are licenced
to use it.
• Use the Driver Development Kit (DDK) to develop a driver to use. Contact your SAP representative
for details.
When you create a new connection, you select the appropriate data access driver for the target data
source. For example, if you access an Oracle 10g database, you must install the appropriate middleware
(Oracle 10g Client), then the SAP BusinessObjects Oracle data access driver.
Caution:
Excel bean (bean_excel.jar) and CSV (dbd_open_sample.jar) data access drivers are driver
samples. You should not use them as is, but as starting points for developing more complex drivers by
using the DDK.
For an up-to-date list of supported data access drivers, check the SAP Service Marketplace at
http://service.sap.com/bosap-support, or contact your SAP representative.
For more information about the DDK, refer to the Data Access Driver Java SDK Developer Guide at
http://boc.sdn.sap.com.
3.3 Data access configuration files
Data access configuration files come with installation of the BI platform. They can be divided into the
following levels:
• Global level
The cs.cfg configuration file applies to all connections.
• Driver level
The SBO configuration files apply to specific drivers.
In addition to the configuration files that control a connection, each data access driver has an associated
PRM configuration file. These files control the way in which an application generates SQL depending
on the database software capabilities. They are used by applications such as the information design
tool.
3.3.1 About the cs.cfg global configuration file
The cs.cfg global configuration file used by all data access drivers is installed in the following location:
• connectionserver-install-dir\connectionServer
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