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Access Live SAP BusinessObjects BI Data in Excel (Desktop) via Connect Cloud
Use CData Connect Cloud to gain access to live SAP BusinessObjects BI data from your Excel spreadsheets.
Microsoft Excel is a widely used spreadsheet software application, primarily used for tasks related to data management, analysis, and visualization. When combined with CData Connect Cloud, you gain immediate access to SAP BusinessObjects BI data directly within Excel, facilitating data analysis, collaboration, calculations, and more.This article shows how to connect to SAP BusinessObjects BI in your Connect Cloud instance and access live SAP BusinessObjects BI data in Excel spreadsheets.
CData Connect Cloud provides a pure cloud-to-cloud interface for SAP BusinessObjects BI, allowing you to easily access live SAP BusinessObjects BI data in Excel for the web. Simply use the Connect Cloud Add-In to query live data (or write your own). Using optimized data processing out of the box, CData Connect Cloud pushes all supported query operations (filters, JOINs, etc) directly to SAP BusinessObjects BI, leveraging server-side processing to quickly return SAP BusinessObjects BI data.
This setup requires a CData Connect Cloud instance and the CData Connect Cloud Add-In for Excel. To get started, sign up a free trial of Connect Cloud and install the free Connect Cloud Excel Add-In.
Configure SAP BusinessObjects BI Connectivity for Excel
Connectivity to SAP BusinessObjects BI from Excel is made possible through CData Connect Cloud. To work with SAP BusinessObjects BI data from Excel, we start by creating and configuring a SAP BusinessObjects BI connection.
- Log into Connect Cloud, click Connections and click Add Connection
- Select "SAP BusinessObjects BI" from the Add Connection panel
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Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to SAP BusinessObjects BI.
To connect to your SAP Business Objects BI instance, you must set the following connection properties:
- Url: set this to the rest API URL. After logging into the Central Management Console, choose 'Applications' from the combo box. Double-click on 'RESTful Web Service' and you'll see the access URL. By default it is, http://{Server-Name}:6405/biprws.
- User: set this to the username of your instance.
- Password: set this to the password of your instance.
- Click Create & Test
- Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add SAP BusinessObjects BI Connection page and update the User-based permissions.
With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to SAP BusinessObjects BI data from Excel.
Access Live SAP BusinessObjects BI Data in Excel
The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect Cloud from Excel to access live SAP BusinessObjects BI data.
- Open Excel, create a new sheet (or open an existing one).
- Click Insert and click Get Add-ins. (if you have already installed the Add-In, jump to step 4).
- Search for CData Connect Cloud Add-In and install the Add-in.
- Click Data and open the CData Connect Cloud Add-In.
- In the Add-In panel, click Authorize to authenticate with your CData Connect Cloud instance
- In the CData Connect Cloud panel in Excel, click Import
- Choose a Connection (e.g. SAPBusinessObjectsBI1), Table (e.g. MyCustomReport), and Columns to import
- Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit
- Click Execute to import the data
Live Access to SAP BusinessObjects BI Data from Cloud Applications
New, you have a direct, cloud-to-cloud connection to live SAP BusinessObjects BI data from your Excel workbook. You can add more data to your workbook for calculations, aggregations, collaboration, and more.
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