Connect to SAP BusinessObjects BI Data in Aqua Data Studio



Access SAP BusinessObjects BI data from tools in Aqua Data Studio such as the Visual Query Builder and the Table Data Editor.

The CData JDBC Driver for SAP BusinessObjects BI integrates SAP BusinessObjects BI data with wizards and analytics in IDEs like Aqua Data Studio. This article shows how to connect to SAP BusinessObjects BI data through the connection manager and execute queries.

Create a JDBC Data Source

You can use the connection manager to define connection properties and save them in a new JDBC data source. The SAP BusinessObjects BI data source can then be accessed from Aqua Data Studio tools.

  1. In Aqua Data Studio, select Register Server from the Servers menu.
  2. In the Register Server form, select the 'Generic - JDBC' connection.
  3. Enter the following JDBC connection properties:
    • Name: Enter a name for the data source; for example, SAP BusinessObjects BI.
    • Driver Location: Click the Browse button and select the cdata.jdbc.sapbusinessobjectsbi.jar file, located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
    • Driver: Enter the Driver's class name, cdata.jdbc.sapbusinessobjectsbi.SAPBusinessObjectsBIDriver.
    • URL: Enter the JDBC URL, which starts with jdbc:sapbusinessobjectsbi: and is followed by a semicolon-separated list of connection properties.

      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.

      Built-in Connection String Designer

      For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the SAP BusinessObjects BI JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.

      java -jar cdata.jdbc.sapbusinessobjectsbi.jar

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

      A typical JDBC URL is below:

      jdbc:sapbusinessobjectsbi:User=username;Password=password;Url=http://myinstance:6405/biprws

Query SAP BusinessObjects BI Data

You can now query the tables exposed.

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