Connecting to SAP Business Warehouse

Establishing a Connection shows how to authenticate to SAP Business Warehouse and configure any necessary connection properties. You can also configure provider capabilities through the available Connection properties, from data modeling to firewall traversal. The Advanced Settings section shows how to set up more advanced configurations and troubleshoot connection errors.

Connecting from Visual Studio

The CData ADO.NET Provider for SAP Business Warehouse provides a seamless integration with Microsoft Visual Studio. The provider is registered as an ADO.NET provider with Visual Studio, allowing for integration with visual designer tools, Server Explorer, and ADO.NET data source configuration wizards.

Visual Studio Version Support

The CData ADO.NET Provider for SAP Business Warehouse supports Visual Studio versions 2017 and later.

.NET Version Support

The CData ADO.NET Provider for SAP Business Warehouse supports .NET Framework 4.0 and above as well as .NET Standard 2.0.

SAP Business Warehouse Version Support

The provider leverages the built-in XMLA endpoint to enable live access to SAP Business Warehouse instances version 3.5 and above.

See Also

See the following for information about creating connections, building models, and creating real-time reports:

• See Using ADO.NET to create ADO.NET connection objects from code.
• See Using Entity Framework or Using Entity Framework Core to build an EF model based on the SAP Business Warehouse connection.
• See Using SSRS to connect to SAP Business Warehouse and create real-time reports.
• See Using DbProviderFactory to connect to SAP Business Warehouse from generic ADO.NET code.