Query SAP Business Warehouse Data in DataGrip

DataGrip is a database IDE that allows SQL developers to query, create, and manage databases. When paired with the CData JDBC Driver for SAP Business Warehouse, DataGrip can work with live SAP Business Warehouse data. This article shows how to establish a connection to SAP Business Warehouse data in DataGrip.

Create a New Driver Definition for SAP Business Warehouse

The steps below describe how to create a new Data Source in DataGrip for SAP Business Warehouse.

1. In DataGrip, click File -> New > Project and name the project
2. In the Database Explorer, click the plus icon () and select Driver.
3. In the Driver tab:
   • Set Name to a user-friendly name (e.g. "CData SAP Business Warehouse Driver")
   • Set Driver Files to the appropriate JAR file. To add the file, click the plus (), select "Add Files," navigate to the "lib" folder in the driver's installation directory and select the JAR file (e.g. cdata.jdbc.sapbusinesswarehouse.jar).
   • Set Class to cdata.jdbc.sapbusinesswarehouse.SAPBusinessWarehouse.jar
   Additionally, in the advanced tab you can change driver properties and some other settings like VM Options, VM environment, VM home path, DBMS, etc
   • For most cases, change the DBMS type to "Unknown" in Expert options to avoid native SQL Server queries (Transact-SQL), which might result in an invalid function error
4. Click "Apply" then "OK" to save the Connection

Configure a Connection to SAP Business Warehouse

1. Once the connection is saved, click the plus (), then "Data Source" then "CData SAP Business Warehouse Driver" to create a new SAP Business Warehouse Data Source.
2. In the new window, configure the connection to SAP Business Warehouse with a JDBC URL.

   Built-in Connection String Designer

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

         java -jar cdata.jdbc.sapbusinesswarehouse.jar
       

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

   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.

   
3. Set URL to the connection string, e.g.,

   jdbc:sapbusinesswarehouse:URL=https://mysapserver:8000;AuthScheme=Basic;User=username;Password=password;

4. Click "Apply" and "OK" to save the connection string

At this point, you will see the data source in the Data Explorer.

Execute SQL Queries Against SAP Business Warehouse

To browse through the SAP Business Warehouse entities (available as tables) accessible through the JDBC Driver, expand the Data Source.

To execute queries, right click on any table and select "New" -> "Query Console."

In the Console, write the SQL query you wish to execute. For example:

SELECT CustomerCount, City FROM Sales WHERE Country = 'US'

Download a free, 30-day trial of the CData JDBC Driver for SAP Business Warehouse and start working with your live SAP Business Warehouse data in DataGrip. Reach out to our Support Team if you have any questions.