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Microsoft-SAP Technical Guidance

Microsoft is committed to providing you with technical information on how to better integrate Microsoft and SAP solutions, reduce complexity, and have a continued focus on TCO. As such, providing the latest technical details and know-how on how to implement and integrate Microsoft and SAP technologies is of utmost importance. From learning about details on Microsoft SQL Server for SAP environments to integrating SAP applications with the Microsoft Office System, you'll find a breadth of knowledge in this section.

Such technical information is always a work in progress as new versions of technologies are released, best practices are refined, and some technologies are no longer applicable. Therefore, bookmark this page and return often. We're confident you will find helpful information to aid in your efforts of either implementing SAP on the Microsoft Windows and SQL Server platform or integrating SAP with Microsoft .NET.

Please click on the links below for individual technical documents and resources.

Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence Overview Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) provides easy-to-use, certified access to SAP data to help you make better, more informed decisions. With Microsoft BI, you can use the familiar tools in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and the 2007 Microsoft Office system environment to create, analyze, and share your own reports and BI dashboards. For more information, see the Microsoft BI and SAP site on Microsoft.com.

Interoperability Resources - Business Intelligence
Integration Topic Document Abstract Date

NetWeaver BI, Queryview, Web Service, C#

 Unloading fact data from SAP BI 7.0 using the Queryview Web Service and C#

This paper describes how to unload fact data from SAP NetWeaver BI using C# and the “queryview” Web service. The paper contains a walk-through of how to use the queryview Web service within a C# console program in order to unload fact data from SAP NetWeaver BI without the need of any additional driver or library installation.

1/2009

SQL Server 2005/2008, BI

 Using SQL Server 2008 Integration Services with SAP BI 7.0

This white paper demonstrates the use of the Microsoft Connector 1.0 for SAP BI in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services packages. It shows how to load data into SAP BI by using the SAP BI destination, how to extract data from SAP BI by using the SAP BI source, and how to prepare extracted data for analysis in SQL Server Analysis Services.

12/2008

SQL Server 2005/2008, BI

 Table Partitioning in SAP BI on Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005/2008

SQL Server 2005/2008 supports range table partitioning which SAP BI can use to partition PSA and fact tables. The basic idea of table partitioning is to create separate physical parts but one logical view. This helps especially to maintain huge tables with many millions of rows. In SQL Server2005/2008 one table can have a max of 1000 partitions.

11/2008

NetWeaver BI Hierarchies, SAP BI 7.0

 How to unload Hierarchies from SAP BI 7.0

This paper describes how to unload hierarchies from SAP NetWeaver BI 7.0. In SAP NetWeaver BI master data usually consists of attribute, text and hierarchy data. A simple example could be data about employees like name, age, title and so on in a SAP BI system. In addition one could store hierarchy information which describes the organization chart (who is a manager and who reports to whom?). The official interface in SAP NetWeaver BI to unload data is called Open Hub Service. It allows unloading master data of type “attribute” and “text” but has no option to unload hierarchy information. This raises the question how it could be accomplished to unload hierarchical information using other interfaces or mechanisms.

9/2008

BI, NetWeaver BW, XMLA

 Unloading Master Data from SAP BI 7.0 using XMLA and C#

This paper describes how to unload data from SAP NetWeaver BI using C# and the SAP NetWeaver BI XMLA Web service. The paper contains a walk-through of how to use the XMLA Web service within a C# console program in order to unload master data from SAP NetWeaver BI without the need of any additional driver or library installation.

2/2008

BI, NetWeaver BW, SQL Server Integration Service

 Unloading Master Data from SAP BI 7.0 using Open Hub Service

This paper describes how to use SAP Open Hub Service for unloading data from SAP NetWeaver BI for integrating with Microsoft Business Intelligence (Microsoft BI). The paper contains a detailed walk-through of how to configure SAP NetWeaver BI for unloading the master data and retrieving this data in Microsoft SQL Server by using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS).

2/2008

BI, NetWeaver BW

 Video: SQL Server Reporting Services and SAP BW - Video

Video that provides an example of integrating SQL Server Reporting Services and SAP BW.

12/2006

BI, NetWeaver BW

 Video: Microsoft BI for SAP Data Warehousing Scenario

Video that provides an example of integrating Microsoft BI with SAP BW.

12/2006

BI, NetWeaver BW

Video: How to Connect to SAP BW via the Microsoft .NET Data Provider

Video: How to Connect to SAP BW via the Microsoft .NET Data Provider for NetWeaver BI and leverage the new query designer to quickly build a report.

04/2006

BI, NetWeaver BW, Open Hub Services

 Loading Data from SAP BW into Microsoft Analysis Services Using Open Hub Service

The following paper should help to get a quick start on how to load data from SAP BW into an external Microsoft Analysis Services MOLAP cube using the BW Open Hub Service. Unlike using the SAP Connector for .NET to access one of the BW APIs, its not necessary to write any code. Open Hub Service is the officially recommended way to unload data from SAP BW into external data targets. Whenever you extract data from a mySAP BI environment into 3rd-party target systems, your SAP BW Enterprise Data Warehouse functions as an Open Hub Platform. Since extracting data from SAP BW by any means requires additional licensing, please make sure to contact your SAP representative.

06/2005

NetWeaver BW, .NET

 Access to the SAP BW ODS BAPI using C# and SAP Connector for Microsoft .NET 2.0

The following paper will help to get a quick start on how to access the ODS BAPI in SAP BW using the new SAP .Net Connector 2.0. The main focus is to demonstrate how easy it became to call the BAPI functions as SAP .NET Connector generates all the code which is necessary to handle the RFC ( Remote Function Call ) part.

09/2004

NetWeaver BW, .NET

 Access to the SAP BW OLAP BAPI using C# and SAP Connector for Microsoft .NET 2.0

The following paper will help to get a quick start on how to access the OLAP BAPI in SAP BW using the new SAP .Net Connector 2.0. The main focus is to demonstrate how easy it became to call the BAPI functions as SAP .NET Connector generates all the code which is necessary to handle the RFC ( Remote Function Call ) part.

09/2004

Related Links

Provision full SAP interoperability with Microsoft Platforms using the iNet Business Optimization Platform – ERP-Link

Integrate SAP with SQL Server Integration Services - Theobald Software

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