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The following blog is intended to be a guide to the typical steps and processes that are needed to fully utilize SAP BusinessObjects Cloud in an enterprise environment. These capabilities include: connecting and acquiring data from on-premises data sources (like SAP HANA and SAP BW) as well enterprise cloud data sources (like SAP SuccessFactors). In addition. the typical SAP BusinessObjects Cloud administrative tasks, like security and monitoring set-up. are explained. This blog is a "living document" and will be updated as SAP BusinessObjects Cloud evolves and new enterprise-related functionality and blog information is created.
 | DATA ACCESS |
This section describes the capabilities and features that allow BusinessObjects Cloud to connect to other data sources either in a live-online mode or in an offline (data acquisition) mode.
LIVE DATA CONNECTION
Live SAP HANA Connection:
- How to Setup Connection to a Remote HANA System for SAP Cloud for Analytics via SAP Web Dispatcher
- Remote Data Access Security Explained
- How to Setup Connection to a Remote HANA System for SAP Cloud for Analytics via Apache Reverse Proxy
- How to setup SAML 2 Single Sign-on for BusinessObjects Cloud and Remote HANA Systems
DATA ACQUISITION
Acquiring Data from On-premises Data Sources:
SAP BusinessObjects Cloud allows for data acquisition from your on-premises network, including BI4.x universes, SAP BW, SAP ERP, and SAP BPC MS, and SAP BPC NW. For this, you will need the SAP HANA Cloud Connector and the BusinessObjects Cloud Agent. With this, you can then connect to SAP ERP Central Component (ECC), SAP B/W (Acquisition Mode) and SAP BI Universes.
- SAP HANA Cloud Connector and SAP BusinessObjects Cloud Agent:
SAP BusinessObjects Cloud allows for data acquisition from various on-premises solutions, including BI4.x Universes, SAP BW, SAP ERP, and SAP BPC MS, and SAP BPC NW. This blog will cover how to setup the SAP HANA Cloud Connector and SAP BusinessObjects Cloud Agent to allow SAP BusinessObjects Cloud to acquire data from these sources.
- SAP ERP Central Component (ECC):
SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) is one of the most recognized assets that SAP owns. It is an enterprise resource planning software which consists in several modules that provide the organizations with great control over their key business processes.
For further information, see the "Connections" section of the SAP BusinessObjects Cloud User Guide.
Acquiring Data from Cloud Data Sources:
- SuccessFactors/OData:
The following content explains the capibility to connect SAP BusinessObjects Cloud to SAP SuccessFactors systems and other cloud sources via an OData connector.
- Introducing OData
- Also see the "Connections" section of the SAP BusinessObjects Cloud User Guide
- Salesforce.com
See the "Connections" section of the SAP BusinessObjects Cloud User Guide
(Dedicated blog coming soon)
- SQL Databases
See the "Connections" section of the SAP BusinessObjects Cloud User Guide
(Dedicated blog coming soon)
- Google Drive
See the "Data Import" section of the SAP BusinessObjects Cloud User Guide
- Local Files
Local files such as Microsoft Excel and .csv files can be imported to SAP BusinessObjects Cloud.
See the "Data Import" section of the SAP BusinessObjects Cloud User Guide
 | ADMINISTRATION |
USER MANAGEMENT/SECURITY
The following content explains the capability to correctly manage user profiles, user groups, security and authorizations within SAP BusinessObjects Cloud.
CONTENT IMPORT/EXPORT
The following content explains the capability for transporting stories and models from one tenant to another within SAP BusinessObjects Cloud. This functionality serves multiple purposes around content management, backup and change management.
MONITORING
The following content explains features that allow monitoring and auditing within SAP BusinessObjects Cloud. Access to logs is also available, which facilitates troubleshooting. Data loading is also supported as incremental or delta uploads of backend on-premises data.
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