Replicate Multiple SAP ByDesign Accounts

CData Sync is a stand-alone application that provides solutions for a variety of replication scenarios such as replicating sandbox and production instances into your database. CData Sync includes a web-based interface that makes it easy to manage multiple SAP ByDesign connections. In this article we show how to use the web app to replicate multiple SAP ByDesign accounts to a single database.

Configure the Replication Destination

Using CData Sync, you can replicate SAP ByDesign data to any number of databases, both cloud-based and on-premises. To add a replication destination, navigate to the Connections tab.

1. Click Add Connection.
2. Select a destination and enter the necessary connection properties. In this article, we use SQLite.
3. Enter the necessary connection properties. To replicate SAP ByDesign to a SQLite database, enter a file path in the Data Source box.
4. Click Test Connection to ensure that the connection is configured properly.
5. Click Save Changes.

Configure SAP ByDesign Connections

You can configure connections to SAP ByDesign from the Connections tab. To add a connection to one of your SAP ByDesign accounts, navigate to the Connections tab. For each SAP ByDesign account you wish to replicate, do the following:

1. Click Add Connection.
2. Select a source (SAP ByDesign).
3. Configure the connection properties.
   
   

   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 Connect to ensure that the connection is configured properly.
5. Click Save Changes.

Configure Queries for Each SAP ByDesign Instance

CData Sync enables you to control replication with a point-and-click interface and with SQL queries. To configure a replication, navigate to the Jobs tab and click Add Job. Select the Source and Destination for your replication.

Replicate Entire Tables

To replicate an entire table, click Add Tables in the Tables section, choose the table(s) you wish to replicate, and click Add Selected Tables.

Customize Your Replication

You can use a SQL query to customize your replication. The REPLICATE statement is a high-level command that caches and maintains a table in your database. You can define any SELECT query supported by the SAP ByDesign API. To customize your replication, click Add Custom Query in the Tables section and define the Query Statement.

The statement below caches and incrementally updates a table of SAP ByDesign data:

REPLICATE [Inventory Balance];

You can specify a file containing the replication queries you want to use to update a particular database. Separate replication statements with semicolons. The following options are useful if you are replicating multiple SAP ByDesign accounts into the same database:

• Use a different table prefix in the REPLICATE SELECT statement:

  REPLICATE PROD_[Inventory Balance] SELECT * FROM [Inventory Balance];

• Alternatively, use a different schema:

  REPLICATE PROD.[Inventory Balance] SELECT * FROM [Inventory Balance];

Schedule Your Replication

In the Schedule section, you can schedule a job to run automatically, configuring the job to run after specified intervals ranging from once every 10 minutes to once every month.

Once you have configured the replication job, click Save Changes. You can configure any number of jobs to manage the replication of the data from your different SAP ByDesign accounts.