Build SAP Business Warehouse-Powered Applications in Claude Code with CData MCP Server

Claude Code is an AI-powered command line tool that enables agentic coding workflows. With support for MCP, Claude Code can connect to local tools and enterprise data sources directly from your terminal, enabling natural language interaction with live systems without switching context.

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard for connecting LLM clients to external services through structured tool interfaces. MCP servers expose capabilities such as schema discovery and live querying, allowing AI agents to retrieve and reason over real-time data safely and consistently.

The following steps cover installing the CData MCP Server for SAP Business Warehouse, configuring the connection to SAP Business Warehouse, connecting the MCP Server add-on to Claude Code, and querying live SAP Business Warehouse data from within the terminal.

Step 1: Download and install the CData MCP Server for SAP Business Warehouse

1. To begin, download the CData MCP Server for SAP Business Warehouse
2. Find and double-click the installer to begin the installation
3. Run the installer and follow the prompts to complete the installation

When the installation is complete, you are ready to configure your MCP Server add-on by connecting to SAP Business Warehouse.

Step 2: Configure the connection to SAP Business Warehouse

1. After installation, open the CData MCP Server for SAP Business Warehouse configuration wizard

   NOTE: If the wizard does not open automatically, search for "CData MCP Server for SAP Business Warehouse" in the Windows search bar and open the application.

   
2. In MCP Configuration > Configuration Name, either select an existing configuration or choose to create a new one
3. Name the configuration (e.g. "cdata_sapbusinesswarehouse") and click OK

4. Enter the appropriate connection properties in the configuration wizard

   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.

   
5. Click Connect to authenticate with SAP Business Warehouse
6. Then, click Save Configuration to save the MCP Server add-on

This process creates a .mcp configuration file that Claude Code will reference when launching the MCP Server add-on. Now with your MCP Server add-on configured, you are ready to connect it to Claude Code.

Step 3: Connect the MCP Server add-on to Claude Code

1. Install the Claude Code CLI using the terminal
2. Open the Claude Code configuration file at ~/.config/claude-code/config.json (or the location shown after initialization)

Option 1: Manually add the MCP configuration

1. Open the mcp.json file in your preferred editor
2. Add the code shown below

{
"mcpServers" : {
  "cdata_sapbusinesswarehouse" : {
    "type" : "stdio",
    "command" : "C:\Program Files\CData\CData MCP Server for SAP Business Warehouse\jre\bin\java.exe",
    "args" : [ "-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8", "-jar", "C:\Program Files\CData\CData MCP Server for SAP Business Warehouse/lib/cdata.mcp.sapbusinesswarehouse.jar", "cdata_sapbusinesswarehouse" ],  
    "env" : {}
  }
}
}

NOTE: The command value should point to your Java 17+ java.exe executable, and the JAR path should point to the installed CData MCP Server add-on .jar file. The final argument must match the MCP configuration name you saved in the CData configuration wizard (e.g. "cdata_sapbusinesswarehouse").

Option 2: Copy the MCP configuration from the CData MCP Server for SAP Business Warehouse UI

1. After saving and testing your connection in the configuration wizard, click Next

2. Select Claude Code from the AI MCP Tool dropdown

3. Click Copy JSON to copy the generated MCP configuration to your clipboard

4. Paste the copied JSON into the mcp.json file

Step 4: Verify connection in Claude Code

Claude Code provides tools to verify the connection is active before building.

1. Open a terminal and navigate to your project directory. Run the command claude mcp list
2. Check that your configuration name appears with a Connected status

3. Start Claude Code by running claude
4. Inside the Claude Code session, type /mcp to view active servers

Step 5: Query live SAP Business Warehouse data in Claude Code

With the connection verified, you can now use natural language prompts to query and work with live SAP Business Warehouse data.

1. Prompt Claude Code to review the instructions for your MCP connection to ensure it has all the appropriate context when writing code
2. Start building with natural language prompts! For example:

   For my project, data from the Sales is very important. Pull data from the most important columns like CustomerCount and City.

Claude Code will use the MCP add-on to connect to SAP Business Warehouse, retrieve the requested data, and provide results directly in your terminal

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