Overview

Use the Extract from R/3 wizard in SAS Management Console to extract SAP R/3 metadata to SAS data sets. You can use it to specify which metadata you want to extract from your SAP R/3 System. For example, you can extract metadata for a specific range of SAP R/3 tables. After you pre-extract the SAP R/3 metadata, you can perform the following tasks:
  • Use the SAP R/3 Register Tables wizard to browse and view the SAP R/3 tables.
  • Select which tables you want to use as data sources in SAS Data Integration Studio.
  • Write metadata about those data sources to your metadata repository.
Pre-extracting your SAP R/3 metadata with the Extract from R/3 wizard improves performance when you are browsing, and you can perform text-based searches on extracted metadata. When you can access the SAP metadata, you can know more about the data in your SAP R/3 tables. This knowledge helps you identify the data sources that you want to use in SAS Data Integration Studio.
The following windows are available in the Extract from R/3 wizard: