Connect to SAP Ariba Source Data as an External Source in Dremio

The CData JDBC Driver for SAP Ariba Source implements JDBC Standards and allows various applications, including Dremio, to work with live SAP Ariba Source data. Dremio is a data lakehouse platform designed to empower self-service, interactive analytics on the data lake. With the CData JDBC driver, you can include live SAP Ariba Source data as a part of your enterprise data lake. This article describes how to connect to SAP Ariba Source data from Dremio as an External Source.

The CData JDBC Driver enables high-speed access to live SAP Ariba Source data in Dremio. Once you install the driver, authenticate with SAP Ariba Source and gain immediate access to SAP Ariba Source data within your data lake. By surfacing SAP Ariba Source data using native data types and handling complex filters, aggregations, & other operations automatically, the CData JDBC Driver grants seamless access to SAP Ariba Source data.

Prerequisites

This article assumes you are utilizing Docker to run Dremio. You can create a Docker container with the Dremio service using a command similar to the follow:

docker run -d --name dremio -p 9047:9047 -p 31010:31010 dremio/dremio-oss

Where dremio is the name of the container, 9047 is the container's port for the Dremio web interface and 31010 is the port that maps to the Dremio query service. dremio/dremio-oss specifies the image to use.

Build the ARP Connector

To use the CData JDBC Driver in Dremio, you need to build an Advanced Relation Pushdown (ARP) Connector. You can view the source code for the Connector on GitHub or download the ZIP file (GitHub.com) directly. Once you copy or extract the files, run the following command from the root directory of the connector (the directory containing the pom.xml file) to build the connector.

mvn clean install

NOTE: The CData ARP Connectors are build to be compiled with Java 11. Be sure to install Java 11 and use the correct version. You can update your Java version using a command similar to the following:

sudo update-alternatives --config java

Once the JAR file for the connector is built (in the target directory), you are ready to copy the ARP connector and JDBC Driver to your Dremio instance.

Installing the Connector and JDBC Driver

Install the ARP Connector to %DREMIO_HOME%/jars/ and the JDBC Driver for SAP Ariba Source to %DREMIO_HOME%/jars/3rdparty. You can use commands similar to the following:

ARP Connector

docker cp PATH\TO\dremio-saparibasource-plugin-{DREMIO_VERSION}.jar dremio_image_name:/opt/dremio/jars/

JDBC Driver for SAP Ariba Source

docker cp PATH\TO\cdata.jdbc.saparibasource.jar dremio_image_name:/opt/dremio/jars/3rdparty/

Connecting to SAP Ariba Source

SAP Ariba Source will now appear as an External Source option in Dremio. The ARP Connector built uses a JDBC URL to connect to SAP Ariba Source data. The JDBC Driver has a built-in connection string designer that you can use (see below).

Built-in Connection String Designer

For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the SAP Ariba Source JDBC Driver. Double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command line.

java -jar cdata.jdbc.saparibasource.jar

Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

In order to connect with SAP Ariba Source, set the following:

• API: Specify which API you would like the provider to retrieve SAP Ariba data from. Select the Supplier, Sourcing Project Management, or Contract API based on your business role (possible values are SupplierDataAPIWithPaginationV4, SourcingProjectManagementAPIV2, or ContractAPIV1).
• DataCenter: The data center where your account's data is hosted.
• Realm: The name of the site you want to access.
• Environment: Indicate whether you are connecting to a test or production environment (possible values are TEST or PRODUCTION).

If you are connecting to the Supplier Data API or the Contract API, additionally set the following:

• User: Id of the user on whose behalf API calls are invoked.
• PasswordAdapter: The password associated with the authenticating User.

If you're connecting to the Supplier API, set ProjectId to the Id of the sourcing project you want to retrieve data from.

Authenticating with OAuth

After setting connection properties, you need to configure OAuth connectivity to authenticate.

• Set AuthScheme to OAuthClient.
• Register an application with the service to obtain the APIKey, OAuthClientId and OAuthClientSecret.

  For more information on creating an OAuth application, refer to the Help documentation.

Automatic OAuth

After setting the following, you are ready to connect:

APIKey: The Application key in your app settings. OAuthClientId: The OAuth Client Id in your app settings. OAuthClientSecret: The OAuth Secret in your app settings.

When you connect, the provider automatically completes the OAuth process:

1. The provider obtains an access token from SAP Ariba and uses it to request data.
2. The provider refreshes the access token automatically when it expires.
3. The OAuth values are saved in memory relative to the location specified in OAuthSettingsLocation.

NOTE: To use the JDBC Driver in Dremio, you will need a license (full or trial) and a Runtime Key (RTK). For more information on obtaining this license (or a trial), contact our sales team.

Add the Runtime Key (RTK) to the JDBC URL. You will end up with a JDBC URL similar to the following:

jdbc:saparibasource:RTK=5246...;API=SupplierDataAPIWithPagination-V4;APIKey=wWVLn7WTAXrIRMAzZ6VnuEj7Ekot5jnU;Environment=SANDBOX;Realm=testRealm;AuthScheme=OAuthClient;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH

Access SAP Ariba Source as an External Source

To add SAP Ariba Source as an External Source, click to add a new source and select SAPAribaSource. Copy the JDBC URL and paste it into the New SAPAribaSource Source wizard.

Save the connection and you are ready to query live SAP Ariba Source data in Dremio, easily incorporating SAP Ariba Source data into your data lake.

More Information & Free Trial

Using the CData JDBC Driver for SAP Ariba Source in Dremio, you can incorporate live SAP Ariba Source data into your data lake. Check out our CData JDBC Driver for SAP Ariba Source page for more information about connecting to SAP Ariba Source. Download a free, 30 day trial of the CData JDBC Driver for SAP Ariba Source and get started today.