Product specifications

Creating a connection to Data Federator XI 3.0 Query

Server

8.1 About Data Federator XI 3.0 Query Server connections

You can create connections to tables deployed on Data Federator XI 3.0 Query Server, in order to use

these tables with an SAP BusinessObjects application.

This chapter describes configuration settings you must do on Data Federator XI 3.0 Query Server and

Connection Server to create connections.

You can only create connections to Data Federator XI 3.0 Query Server by using the universe design

tool. This chapter also indicates the configuration that must be made to the connection wizard to be

able to create connections.

JDBC connections

There is no additional settings for creating JDBC connections. The Data Federator JDBC driver comes

with the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.0 and is configured to run seamlessly

with Data Federator XI 3.0 Query Server.

ODBC connections

With ODBC connections, the configuration depends on the SAP BusinessObjects application that you

use. The process differs if you are creating a connection to use with Web Intelligence Rich Client.

Caution:

SAP recommends you use a JDBC connectivity to connect SAP BusinessObjects applications to Data

Federator XI 3.0 Query Server. JDBC connectivity is available on all platforms (Microsoft Windows,

UNIX flavors, and Linux).

The Data Federator ODBC middleware can only be used on Microsoft Windows and because of the

use of an OpenAccess ODBC-JDBC bridge, has impacts on performance.