SAP Server Page

Use the SAP Server page to select the configured SAP application server that is used to connect to your SAP System and read metadata for the tables and objects that are defined in your SAP database. The configured SAP server definition identifies the SAP login profile that is used to connect to your SAP System and the SAS library that stores the SAP System metadata. You can also use the SAP Server page to view the SAP server parameters and test the SAP server connection.
Note: The SAP server must be registered in SAS Management Console before you can use the SAS Data Surveyor for SAP tools. For more information about registering SAP servers, see the Server Manager Help in SAS Management Console.
The SAP Server page contains the following items:
Configured SAP Server
specifies the configured SAP server so that you can access the data that is stored in your SAP System. You can select an existing configured server from the drop-down list.
SAP Login
displays the parameters for the SAP login profile that is associated with the configured SAP server that you select. The valid login parameters follow:
Client
specifies the three-digit client identification number that is associated with the selected login profile.
Language
specifies the SAP logon language.
SAS Libraries
displays information about the library in which the extracted SAP metadata is saved. The SAS Libraries group box includes the following:
SAP Metadata Location
specifies the name of the library where the extracted SAP metadata will be saved. This location is where you store pre-extracted metadata in SAS data sets. For more information about libraries, see the Help for the Data Library Manager in SAS Management Console.
Directory
specifies the complete pathname of the directory in which the extracted SAP metadata will be saved.
The SAP Server page contains the following buttons:
View SAP Server Parameters
displays the View SAP Server Parameters dialog box so that you can view all parameters that have been defined for the selected SAP server. Server parameters include the connection method, connection parameters, and so on.
Test SAP Server Connection
tests the connection to the SAP server using the selected login profile and parameters and then displays a message indicating whether the connection was successful.

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