Product specifications
6.2 SAP ERP connections
The Data Access layer allows the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform to connect to
SAP ERP systems through the SAP Java Connector (JCo) 3.x network layer. It provides a data access
driver that allows access to the following ERP objects:
• InfoSets
• SAP Queries
• ABAP functions
For more information about supported SAP ERP systems, see the
Product Availability Matrix
.
SAP ERP connectivities support single sign-on (SSO) on all platforms. For more information about
authentication, see the
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform Administrator Guide
.
SAP ERP connectivities also support Preferred Viewing Locale (PVL) for all authentication modes. You
deactivate the use of PVL by checking Save Language when creating the connection.
You can find the driver configuration files in the connectionserver-install-dir\connection
Server\jco directory. The jco.prm file lists the data access driver capabilities in term of database
operations.
The connection wizard provides a workflow to enter the necessary information to connect to SAP ERP
systems.
Related Topics
• Single sign-on support
6.2.1 Driver capabilities
The data access driver supports the following querying capabilities:
• basic operations (SELECT, WHERE, ORDER BY, GROUP BY, and AS)
• basic operators (=, !=, <, <=, >, >=, BETWEEN, NOT BETWEEN, IN, NOT IN, AND, OR) whose
operands can be either column names or constant values
• DISTINCT clause within SELECT statement
• constant values within SELECT statement
• LIKE and NOT LIKE accepts escape characters
• nested queries within FROM clause
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Data access driver reference