SAP BusinessObjects BI Connection

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SAP BusinessObjects BI is SAP’s suite of business intelligence and reporting tools empowering data-driven decision-making.

This topic describes how to authenticate to SAP BusinessObjects BI and configure any necessary connection properties in the SAP BusinessObjects BI connection connector.

Prerequisites #

Before You Connect

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

• Url: Set this to the SAP BusinessObjects BI rest API URL. After logging into Central Management Console, choose Applications from the combo box.

  After that double click on RESTful Web Service and you’ll see the access URL. By default it is, http://{Server-Name}:6405/biprws.

• User: Set this to the username of your instance.

• Password: Set this to the password of your instance.

Connection Configuration #

Each connection property available in the SAP BusinessObjects BI connector is explained below.

Connection Name #

The name of the connection to be created should be provided. This is the name that will display on the list of available connections.

URL #

The URL of the rest API exposed by the SAP BusinessObjects BI.

You can find the correct URL after logging in the Central Management Console.

From the combo box choose ‘Applications’. After that, double-click on ‘RESTful Web Service’ and you’ll see the access URL.

By default, it is http://{SERVER-NAME}:6405/biprws.

User #

The SAP BusinessObjects BI user account used to authenticate.

Password #

The password used to authenticate the user.

Enable SSL #

Option for creating the connection with SSL enabled.

Upload Keystore File #

Option to upload keystore file.

Add Configuration: Additional properties can be added using this option as key-value pairs.

After entering all the details, click on the TEST button.

If the connection service identification and authentication details are provided correctly, a success message stating “connection available” is generated.

Click on the CREATE button to save the changes.

If the details are incorrect or the server is down, you will get a message “Connection unavailable”.