SAPIDTManagingConnections

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AconnectioninIDTisusedtoconnecttoarelationaloranOLAPdatasourceusingSAPBusinessObjects
reportingtool.Itcanbealocalconnectionoraconnectionpublishedinacentralrepository.

DifferentTypesofConnectionsSupportedinIDT
FollowingarethetypesofconnectionsthataresupportedinIDT

RelationalConnection

ThisisusedtodesignDataFoundationlayerinInformationDesigntool.Youcanimporttablesandjoinsfrom
datasource.

OLAPConnection

UsinganOLAPconnection,youcandesignabusinesslayerwhilecreatingaUniverse.Itallowsyoutoconnect
tomultidimensionalschemadirectlyandtoimportthemforUniversedesign.Later,theycanbeusedwithSAP
BusinessObjectsreportingtool.

BICSClient

ToconnecttoSAPNetWeaverBW,youcanuseSAPBICSclientmiddlewaretoprovideaccesstoBExquery.
ConnectionsinIDTcanbelocallysavedortheycanbesecuredandpublishedinacentralrepository.

Localconnectionsaresavedas.cnxfilesandtheycanbeaccessedbyanyuserwhoisrunningIDT.Onceyou
publishtheconnectiontotherepository,theyarechangedtoasecuredconnection.

AsecuredconnectionispublishedintotherepositoryandsavedinConnectionfolder.Youcanalsocreate
securedconnectionsbyusingInsertRelationalandInsertOLAPconnectioncommandsfromtherepository
resourceview.

Followingarethekeypropertiesofasecuredconnection

Usersmustbeauthenticated.

Userrightscanbedefinedattheuserleveltograntordenyaccesstoconnectionsorconnection
properties.

Securedconnectionscanbeusedorsharedbyauthenticatedusers.

CreatingaNewConnectioninIDTRelational
GotoInformationDesigntoolunderBIclient.TocreateanewRelationalconnection,firststartwithanew
projectunderLocalProjectview.
ClickNewProjectEntertheProjectNameFinish.

RightclickonProjectnameNewRelationalConnection.

Entertheconnection/resourcenameclickNext.

Selectthemiddlewareasperdatasource.YoucanselectSAPornonSAPasdatasourceandsetuparelational
connectiontothedatabase.

WehaveselectedSAPfromthelistSAPHANAJDBCclickNext.
EntertheAuthenticationmode,usernameandpassword.EnterthehostnameandtheInstancenumberandclick
Next.

Inthenextwindow,youcandefineconnectionparameterslikeTimeout,Arrayfetchsize,ArrayBindsize,etc.
ClickFinish.
ARelationalconnectiontosourcedatabaseiscreatedwith.cnxfileextension.YoucanclickTestConnection.

LowerpartofWindowtellsyouaboutconnectionparametersLoginparameters,configurationparameters,etc.

TestConnectionSuccessful

Similarly,youcancreateaRelationalconnectionforotherdatasources.

WehavetopublishthisconnectiontotheRepositorytomakeitavailableforuse.
RightClickonconnectionnamePublishconnectiontoRepositoryEnterBOrepositorypassword
ConnectFinishYes.

.cnssecuredRepositoryconnection

.cnxlocalunsecuredIfyouusethisconnectionitwillnotallowyoutopublishanythingtotherepository.

ThisshowshowarelationalconnectioncanbecreatedintheInformationDesignTool.Tosummarizethesteps
thatareinvolvedincreatingaconnection

Enterthenameoftheconnection
Selectthemiddlewareforthetargetdatabase
Entertheloginparameterstoconnecttotherelationaldatasource
ConfigureandcustomizeparameterstooptimizetheconnectionandFinish
Tochangeittosecure,publishtheconnectiontotheRepository

RenamingorDeletingaConnection
Torenameordeleteaconnection,rightclickonconnectionnameunderLocalProjectsarea.
YoucanalsodeleteoreditaRelationalconnectionlikethis.

CreatingaNewConnectioninIDTOLAP
AnOLAPconnectionisusedtoconnecttomultidimensionalvieworadatamodeltodesignBusinessLayerin
InformationDesigntool.

TocreateanewOLAPconnection,rightclickonProjectnameNewOLAPConnection.

Entertheconnectionname,descriptionandclickNext.
Next,selectanOLAPmiddlewaredriver.ItshowsalistofallavailableOLAPdatasources.Youcanselectany
ofOLAPdatasourceasperrequirement.

NotethatyoudontneedtocreateaDataFoundation,asanOLAPdirectlyhitstheBusinessLayer.Youcan
definedimensionsandmeasuresandotherpropertiesatBusinessLayer.

SelectthesuitablemiddlewaredrivertoconnecttoOLAPdatasourceandclickNext.
Entertheconnectionparameters,authenticationdetails,systemname,instancenumber,etc.andclickNext.
Youcanalsoselectaspecificcubetoconnectorallthecubesinthedesigntimerepository.Ifyouselecta
particularcube,thenusingthisOLAPconnectionyoucandesignBusinessLayeronlyontheobjectsavailablein
thatcube.

ClickFinish.

Now,youneedtopublishtheconnectiontotheRepository.RightclickonconnectionPublishtheConnection
totheRepository.
LoginParametersforConnection
WhenyoucreatearelationaloranOLAPconnectioninIDTtoconnecttoanydatasource,youhavetoprovide
loginparametersofsourcedatabasesuchasHostNameandInstanceNumber.

ConnectionParameters
Whilecreatingaconnection,youcanconfigurevariousconnectionparameters

ConnectionPoolModeThisisusedtokeeptheconnectionactive.

PoolTimeoutWhenyousettheconnectionpoolmodetokeepconnectionactivefor,lengthoftimein
minutestokeepconnectionopen.

ArrayFetchSizeThistellsthemaximumnumberofrowsthatcanbefetchedfromthedatabase.

ExampleSupposeyouenteravalueof25andyouqueryreturns150rowssoitwillbefetchedwith6fetches
of25rowseach.

ArrayBindSizeThisfieldisnotrequiredfordesigningUniverseinIDT.

LoginTimeoutItdeterminestheminutesaconnectionattemptstimeoutandanerrormessageisdisplayed.

TherearevariouscustomparametersthatcanalsobedefinedlikeConnectInit,Hint.

EditingaConnection
Toeditaconnection,doubleclickontheconnectionnameinLocalProjectView.

GotoGeneralInformationtabEdit.

Toedittheconnectionparameters,clickEditbutton.Youcanedittheauthenticationdetailsandconnection
parameters.

Tochangethemiddlewaredriver,clickChangeDriver.SelecttheDriverfromthedropdownlist.

Youcanalsotesttheavailabilityofthedatabaseserver,clickTestConnection.

The"ConnectionDefinition"paneshowstheinformationstoredabouttheconnectionLoginparameters,
Configurationparameters,etc.