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:
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.
displays the parameters
for the SAP login profile that is associated with the configured SAP
server that you select. The valid login parameters follow:
specifies the three-digit
client identification number that is associated with the selected
login profile.
specifies the SAP logon
language.
displays information
about the library in which the extracted SAP metadata is saved. The SAS Libraries group box includes the following:
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.
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.