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Get the Report →Build a PostgreSQL Interface for SAP BusinessObjects BI Data using the CData JDBC Driver
Use the Remoting features of the SAP BusinessObjects BI JDBC Driver to create a PostgreSQL entry-point for data access.
There are a vast number of PostgreSQL clients available on the Internet. From standard Drivers to BI and Analytics tools, PostgreSQL is a popular interface for data access. Using our JDBC Drivers, you can now create PostgreSQL entry-points that you can connect to from any standard client.
To access SAP BusinessObjects BI data as a PostgreSQL database, use the CData JDBC Driver for SAP BusinessObjects BI and a JDBC foreign data wrapper (FDW). In this article, we compile the FDW, install it, and query SAP BusinessObjects BI data from PostgreSQL Server.
Connect to SAP BusinessObjects BI Data as a JDBC Data Source
To connect to SAP BusinessObjects BI as a JDBC data source, you will need the following:
- Driver JAR path: The JAR is located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
Driver class:
cdata.jdbc.sapbusinessobjectsbi.SAPBusinessObjectsBIDriver
- JDBC URL:
The URL must start with "jdbc:sapbusinessobjectsbi:" and can include any of the connection properties in name-value pairs separated with semicolons.
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
Build the JDBC Foreign Data Wrapper
The Foreign Data Wrapper can be installed as an extension to PostgreSQL, without recompiling PostgreSQL. The jdbc2_fdw extension is used as an example (downloadable here).
- Add a symlink from the shared object for your version of the JRE to /usr/lib/libjvm.so. For example:
ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so /usr/lib/libjvm.so
- Start the build:
make install USE_PGXS=1
Query SAP BusinessObjects BI Data as a PostgreSQL Database
After you have installed the extension, follow the steps below to start executing queries to SAP BusinessObjects BI data:
- Log into your database.
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Load the extension for the database:
CREATE EXTENSION jdbc2_fdw;
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Create a server object for SAP BusinessObjects BI:
CREATE SERVER SAPBusinessObjectsBI FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER jdbc2_fdw OPTIONS ( drivername 'cdata.jdbc.sapbusinessobjectsbi.SAPBusinessObjectsBIDriver', url 'jdbc:sapbusinessobjectsbi:User=username;Password=password;Url=http://myinstance:6405/biprws', querytimeout '15', jarfile '/home/MyUser/CData/CData\ JDBC\ Driver\ for\ Salesforce MyDriverEdition/lib/cdata.jdbc.sapbusinessobjectsbi.jar');
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Create a user mapping for the username and password of a user known to the MySQL daemon.
CREATE USER MAPPING for postgres SERVER SAPBusinessObjectsBI OPTIONS ( username 'admin', password 'test');
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Create a foreign table in your local database:
postgres=# CREATE FOREIGN TABLE mycustomreport ( mycustomreport_id text, mycustomreport_StoreName text, mycustomreport_TotalRevenue numeric) SERVER SAPBusinessObjectsBI OPTIONS ( table_name 'mycustomreport');
postgres=# SELECT * FROM mycustomreport;