Creating a JDBC Data Source

You can create a JDBC data source to connect from your Java application. Creating a JDBC data source based on the CData JDBC Driver for SAP BusinessObjects BI consists of three basic steps:

• Add the driver JAR file to the classpath. The JAR file is located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory. Note that the .lic file must be located in the same folder as the JAR file.
• Provide the driver class. For example:
  

  cdata.jdbc.sapbusinessobjectsbi.SAPBusinessObjectsBIDriver

• Provide the JDBC URL. For example:
  

  jdbc:sapbusinessobjectsbi:User=MyUser;Password=MyPassword;Url=http://myserver:6405/biprws;
  
  or
  
  jdbc:cdata:sapbusinessobjectsbi:User=MyUser;Password=MyPassword;Url=http://myserver:6405/biprws;

  The second format above can be used whenever there is a conflict in your application between drivers using the same URL format to ensure you are using the CData driver. The URL must start with either "jdbc:sapbusinessobjectsbi:" or "jdbc:cdata:sapbusinessobjectsbi:" and can include any of the connection properties in name-value pairs separated with semicolons.

Connecting to SAPBusinessObjectsBI

To connect to your SAP BusinessObjects BI instance, you must set the following:

• Url: The SAP BusinessObjects BI REST API URL. To discover this:
  1. Log into the Central Management Console.
  2. Choose Applications from the combo box.
  3. Select RESTful Web Service. The Central Management Console displays the access URL, which is http://{Server-Name}:6405/biprws by default.

• User: The username of your instance.
• Password: The password of your instance.