Access Live SAP ByDesign Data in Excel 365

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Use CData Connect Cloud to gain access to live SAP ByDesign data from your Excel 365 spreadsheets.

Microsoft Excel 365 is a cloud-native version of Microsoft Excel. When paired with CData Connect Cloud, you can instantly access SAP ByDesign data from within Excel 365 for data analysis, collaborations, calculations, and more. This article shows how to connect to SAP ByDesign in your Connect Cloud instance and access live SAP ByDesign data in Excel 365 spreadsheets.

CData Connect Cloud provides a pure cloud-to-cloud interface for SAP ByDesign, allowing you to easily access live SAP ByDesign data in Excel 365. Simply use the partner Connect Cloud Add-In to generate a query (or write your own). Using optimized data processing out of the box, CData Connect Cloud pushes all supported query operations (filters, JOINs, etc) directly to SAP ByDesign, leveraging server-side processing to quickly return SAP ByDesign data.

This setup requires a CData Connect Cloud instance and the CData Connect Cloud Add-In for Excel 365. To get started, sign up a free trial of Connect Cloud and install the free Connect Cloud Excel 365 Add-In.


Connect to SAP ByDesign in Connect Cloud

CData Connect Cloud uses a straightforward, point-and-click interface to connect to data sources.

  1. Log into Connect Cloud, click Connections and click Add Connection
  2. Select "SAP ByDesign" from the Add Connection panel
  3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to SAP ByDesign.

    Set the following connection properties to connect to SAP ByDesign.

    • Url: Set this to the Url of your SAP ByDesign site. For example, https://test.sapbydesign.com
    • User: Set this to the username of your account.
    • Password: Set this to the password of your account.
    • CustomService or AnalyticsService: Only one of these must be specified. If you have a custom service you want to retrieve data from, specify CustomService. If you want to retrieve the reports of a analytical service, specify AnalyticsService.
      If neither is specified, 'cc_home_analytics.svc' will used as a default for the AnalyticsService property. If you are not sure what service to specify, you can always query the Services view to list available services.
  4. Click Create & Test
  5. Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add SAP ByDesign Connection page and update the User-based permissions.

With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to SAP ByDesign data from Excel 365.

Access Live SAP ByDesign Data in Excel 365

The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect Cloud from Excel 365 to access live SAP ByDesign data.

  1. Log into Excel 365, create a new sheet (or open an existing one).
  2. Click Insert and click Office Add-ins. (if you have already installed the Add-In, jump to step 4).
  3. Search for CData Connect Cloud Add-In and install the Add-in.
  4. Click Data and open the CData Connect Cloud Add-In.
  5. In the Add-In panel, click Authorize to authenticate with your CData Connect Cloud instance
  6. In the CData Connect Cloud panel in Excel 365, click Import
  7. Choose a Connection (e.g. SAPByDesign1), Table (e.g. [Inventory Balance]), and Columns to import
  8. Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit
  9. Click Execute to import the data

Live Access to SAP ByDesign Data from Cloud Applications

New, you have a direct, cloud-to-cloud connection to live SAP ByDesign data from your Excel 365 workbook. You can add more data to your workbook for calculations, aggregations, collaboration, and more.

Try CData Connect Cloud and get real-time data access to 100+ SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources directly from your cloud applications.