Integrate SAP Business Warehouse Data into Power Automate Desktop using CData Connect
CData Connect enables you to access live SAP Business Warehouse data in workflow automation tools like Power Automate. This article shows how to integrate SAP Business Warehouse data into a simple workflow, saving SAP Business Warehouse data into a CSV file.
CData Connect provides a live interface for SAP Business Warehouse, allowing you to integrate with live SAP Business Warehouse data in Power Automate — without replicating the data. Connect uses optimized data processing out of the box to push all supported SQL operations (filters, JOINs, etc) directly to SAP Business Warehouse, leveraging server-side processing to quickly return SAP Business Warehouse data.
Configure SAP Business Warehouse Connectivity for Power Automate
Connectivity to SAP Business Warehouse from Power Automate is made possible through CData Connect AI. To work with SAP Business Warehouse data from Power Automate, we start by creating and configuring a SAP Business Warehouse connection.
- Log into Connect AI, click Sources, and then click Add Connection
- Select "SAP Business Warehouse" from the Add Connection panel
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Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to SAP Business Warehouse.
To connect to SAP Business Warehouse, set the URL property to a valid SAP Business Warehouse server base URL. The driver must connect to SAP Business Warehouse instances hosted over HTTP with XMLA access.
The driver supports the following authentication schemes via the AuthScheme property:
- None: Anonymous authentication, if available on the server.
- Basic: Set User and Password and set AuthScheme to Basic.
- Kerberos: See the Using Kerberos section of the help documentation for the required Kerberos properties.
By default, the driver attempts to negotiate SSL/TLS by checking the server's certificate against the system's trusted certificate store. To specify another certificate, see the SSLServerCert property for the available formats.
- Click Save & Test
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Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add SAP Business Warehouse Connection page and update the User-based permissions.
Add a Personal Access Token
When connecting to Connect AI through the REST API, the OData API, or the Virtual SQL Server, a Personal Access Token (PAT) is used to authenticate the connection to Connect AI. It is best practice to create a separate PAT for each service to maintain granularity of access.
- Click on the Gear icon () at the top right of the Connect AI app to open the settings page.
- On the Settings page, go to the Access Tokens section and click Create PAT.
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Give the PAT a name and click Create.
- The personal access token is only visible at creation, so be sure to copy it and store it securely for future use.
With the connection configured and a PAT generated, you are ready to connect to SAP Business Warehouse data from Power Automate Desktop.
Integrate SAP Business Warehouse Data into Power Automate Workflows
After configuring CData Connect with SAP Business Warehouse, you are ready to integrate SAP Business Warehouse data into your Power Automate workflows. Open Microsoft Power Automate, add a new flow, and name the flow.
In the flow editor, you can add the options to connect to SAP Business Warehouse, query SAP Business Warehouse using SQL, and write the query results to a CSV document.
Add an Open SQL Connection Action
Add an "Open SQL connection" action (Action -> Database) and click the option to build the Connection string. In the Data Link Properties wizard:
- On the Provider tab: select Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server
- On the Connection tab:
- Select or enter a server name: set to tds.cdata.com,14333
- Enter information to lag onto the server: select "Use a specific username and password"
- Set User name to your CData Connect AI user name (e.g. [email protected])
- Set Password to your PAT
- Select the database: use the database configured above (e.g. SAPBusinessWarehouse1)
- Click "Test Connection" to ensure the connection is configured properly
- Click "OK"
After building the connection string in the Data Link Properties wizard, save the action.
Add an Execute SQL Statement Action
Add an "Execute SQL statement" action (Action -> Database) and configure the properties.
- Get connection by: SQL connection variable
- SQL connection: %SQLConnection% (the variable from the "Open SQL connection" action above)
- SQL statement: SELECT * FROM Sales
After configuring the properties, save the action.
Add a Write to CSV File Action
Add a "Write to CSV file" action (Action -> File) and configure the properties.
- Variable to write to: %QueryResult% (the variable from the "Execute SQL statement" action above)
- File path: set to a file on disk
- Configure Advanced settings as needed.
After configuring the properties, save the action.
Add a Close SQL Connection Action
Add a "Close SQL connection" action (Action -> Database) and configure the properties.
- SQL Connection: %SQLConnection% (the variable from the "Open SQL connection" action above)
After configuring the properties, save the action.
Save & Run the Flow
Once you have configured all the options for the flow, click the disk icon to save the flow. Click the play icon to run the flow.
Now you have a workflow to save SAP Business Warehouse data into a CSV file.
With CData Connect AI, you get live connectivity to SAP Business Warehouse data within your Microsoft Power Automate workflows.
SQL Access to SAP Business Warehouse Data from Cloud Applications
Now you have a direct connection to live SAP Business Warehouse data from Power Automate tasks. You can create more connections and workflows to drive business — all without replicating SAP Business Warehouse data.
To get SQL data access to hundreds of SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources directly from your cloud applications, sign up for a free trial of CData Connect AI.
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