Visualize Live SAP Business Warehouse Data in Tableau

Tableau is a visual analytics platform transforming the way businesses use data to solve problems. When paired with the CData Tableau Connector for SAP Business Warehouse, you can easily get access to live SAP Business Warehouse data within Tableau. This article shows how to connect to SAP Business Warehouse in Tableau and build a simple chart.

The CData Tableau Connectors enable high-speed access to live SAP Business Warehouse data in Tableau. Once you install the connector, you simply authenticate with SAP Business Warehouse and you can immediately start building responsive, dynamic visualizations and dashboards. By surfacing SAP Business Warehouse data using native Tableau data types and handling complex filters, aggregations, & other operations automatically, CData Tableau Connectors grant seamless access to SAP Business Warehouse data.

NOTE: The CData Tableau Connectors require Tableau 2020.3 or higher. If you are using an older version of Tableau, you will need to use the CData JDBC Driver.

Connect to SAP Business Warehouse in Tableau

Open Tableau and click More under Connect -> To a Server. Select "SAP Business Warehouse by CData," then configure the connection and click "Sign In."

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.

Discover Schemas and Query Data

1. Select CData from the Database pull-down menu.
2. Select SAPBusinessWarehouse from the Schema pull-down menu.
3. Drag the tables and views you wish to visualize onto the join area. You can include multiple tables.
4. Select Update Now or Automatically Update. Update Now lets you preview the first 10,000 rows of the data source (or enter the number of rows you want to see in the Rows text box). Automatically Update automatically reflects the changes in the preview area.
5. Click the tab for your worksheet. Columns are listed as Dimensions and Measures, depending on the data type. The CData Tableau Connector discovers data types automatically, allowing you to leverage the powerful data processing and visualization features of Tableau.
6. Drag a field from the Dimensions or Measures area to Rows or Columns. Tableau creates column or row headers.
7. Select one of the chart types from the Show Me tab. Tableau displays the chart type that you selected.

Using the CData Tableau Connector for SAP Business Warehouse with Tableau, you can easily create robust visualizations and reports on SAP Business Warehouse data. Download a free, 30-day trial and get started today.