Configure a Connection Profile

From the CData ribbon, click Get Data and select From SAP BusinessObjects BI connection/s to launch the CData Query window. To setup a new connection, you will have to click the New SAP BusinessObjects BI Connection button. Here you can set the connection settings, test the connection, and save the connection profile.

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.

• AuthScheme: Set this to the type of authentication to use when connecting to SAP BusinessObjects BI.

Basic

To connect to SAP BusinessObjects BI using the default Basic authentication mechanism, set the AuthScheme to Basic, and set these properties:

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

Enterprise

To connect to SAP BusinessObjects BI using Enterprise authentication, set the AuthScheme to Enterprise, and set these properties:

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

LDAP

To connect to SAP BusinessObjects BI using LDAP authentication, set the AuthScheme to LDAP, and set these properties:

• User: The LDAP username.
• Password: The password of the LDAP user.

WinAD

To connect to SAP BusinessObjects BI using Windows AD authentication, set the AuthScheme to WinAD, and set these properties:

• User: The Windows Active Directory user.
• Password: The password of the user.

CyberArk

To connect to CyberArk, set the AuthScheme to CyberArk, and set these properties:

• User: The CyberArk login name (user@domain).
• Password: The CyberArk user's password.
• SSOLoginURL: The app's single sign on URL.
• SSOExchangeURL: The url used for the exchange of the SAML token for SAP BusinessObjects BI credentials.

If you have configured MFA, you must use combinations of SSOProperties to authenticate using CyberArk. Set any of the following, as applicable:

• MFAType: If you have configured MFA, set this to the name of the mechanism that should be selected during authentication.
• MFAPassCode: If you have configured MFA, set this to a valid answer for the selected mechanism.
  If you set this to an empty or an invalid value, the add-in initiates the out-of-band mechanism. The add-in polls the API until the challenge is completed through user interaction before deciding on closing the connection.
• MFATimeout: If you have configured MFA, set this to the number of seconds the add-in should continue polling the API until the challenge is completed through user interaction. By default, the add-in polls the API for 60 seconds before closing the connection.
  

Example connection string:

AuthScheme=CyberArk;SSOLoginURL='https://abc1234.id.cyberark.cloud/run?appkey=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&customerId=ABC1234';User=cyberarkUserName;Password=cyberarkPassword;SSOExchangeUrl=http://myserver:8080/biprws/saml/SSO;

Connection Properties

The Connection properties describe the various options that can be used to establish a connection.

Managing Connections

After successfully authenticating to SAP BusinessObjects BI you will be able to customize the data you are importing. To learn more about this, see Managing Connections.

See Also

• Querying Data: Use the data selection wizard to pull data into a spreadsheet. You can also configure scheduled data refresh here.
• Using the Excel Add-In: Find other ways to interact with SAP BusinessObjects BI data, such as using the available CData Excel Functions.