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Get the Report →Create SAP HANA XS Advanced-Connected Visualizations in Klipfolio
Use CData Connect Server to connect to SAP HANA XS Advanced from Klipfolio and build custom visualizations using live SAP HANA XS Advanced data.
Klipfolio is an online dashboard platform for building real-time business dashboards for your team or your clients. When paired with CData Connect Server, you get instant access to SAP HANA XS Advanced data for visualizations, reports, and more. This article shows how to create a virtual database for SAP HANA XS Advanced in Connect Server and build visualizations from SAP HANA XS Advanced data in Klipfolio.
CData Connect Server provides a pure SQL Server interface for SAP HANA XS Advanced, allowing you to easily build reports from live SAP HANA XS Advanced data in Klipfolio — without replicating the data to a natively supported database. As you build visualizations, Klipfolio generates SQL queries to gather data. Using optimized data processing out of the box, CData Connect Server pushes all supported SQL operations (filters, JOINs, etc) directly to SAP HANA XS Advanced, leveraging server-side processing to quickly return the requested SAP HANA XS Advanced data.
Create a Virtual SQL Server Database for SAP HANA XS Advanced Data
CData Connect Server uses a straightforward, point-and-click interface to connect to data sources and generate APIs.
- Login to Connect Server and click Connections.
- Select "SAP HANA XS Advanced" from Available Data Sources.
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Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to SAP HANA XS Advanced.
SAP HANA XSA uses the OAuth authentication standard. Before connecting, it is necessary to establish an SAP HANA XSA OData Service. See the OAuth section in the Help documentation for a guide.
- Click Save Changes
- Click Privileges -> Add and add the new user (or an existing user) with the appropriate permissions.
With the virtual database created, you are ready to connect to SAP HANA XS Advanced data from Klipfolio.
Connect to SAP HANA XS Advanced in Klipfolio
The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect Server from Klipfolio to create a new SAP HANA XS Advanced data source.
- Open Klipfolio
- Click in Data Feeds on the left panel to add a new data source.
- Search for and select MS SQL as the Service.
- Click "Create a custom MSSQL data source"
- Configure the data source by setting the SQL Server connection properties:
- Host: your instance (e.g., CONNECT_SERVER_URL)
- Port: 1433
- Database: your database (e.g., SAPHanaXSA1)
- Driver: MS SQL
- Username: your Connect Server username
- Password: your Connect Server password
- SQL Query: any query to retrieve data (e.g., SELECT * FROM )
- Select the checkbox to "Include column headers"
- Click "Get data" to preview the SAP HANA XS Advanced data before building a data model.
Build a Data Model
After retrieving the data, click "Continue." In the new window, configure your data model.
- Confirm that the model includes all columns you wish to work with
- Name your model
- (optional) Set the Description
- Set "Header in row" to 1
- Click the toggle to "Exclude data before row" and set the value to 2
- Click "Save data feed"
Create a Klip
With the data modeled, we are ready to create a Klip (or visualization) of the data to be used in the Klipfolio platform for dashboards, reporting, and more.
- Click "Add Metric"
- Select a measure, placed on the y-axis, to track.
- Select up to five dimensions/columns, for the x-axis, that you wish to visualize.
- Click "Save metric"
SQL Access to SAP HANA XS Advanced Data from Applications
Now you have a Klip built from live SAP HANA XS Advanced data. You can add it to a new dashboard, share, and more. Easily create more data sources and new visualizations, produce reports, and more — all without replicating SAP HANA XS Advanced data.
To get SQL data access to 200+ SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources directly from your applications, try CData Connect Server.