HANDS ON

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SAP Analytics Hands On Exercise

Data Acquisition from a JDBC
Connection
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Contents
Introduction...............................................................................................................................................2
Create a JDBC connection for an on-premise SAP Sybase SQL Anywhere database .....................................3
Create a model and import the data based on a freehand SQL query through the JDBC connection ...........6
Create a visualization and a story with the acquired data ......................................................................... 11
Introduction
Goal
In this hands-on workshop, you will create a JDBC connection in SAP Analytics Cloud to an on-premise
SAP Sybase SQL Anywhere database, create a model and import data from the database.

Background
SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) allows for data acquisition through a JDBC connection from on-premise
databases including SAP Sybase SQL Anywhere database. The data is acquired and stored in SAP
Analytics Cloud. This exercise shows available functionality once the prerequisites are in place.
Prerequisites have already been installed and configured in the landscape.

Prerequisites
Setting up an SAP HANA Cloud Connector and SAP Analytics Cloud Agent is required to allow SAC to
acquire data from on-premise systems. For more information on prerequisites, please refer to the following
blog:
https://blogs.sap.com/2016/05/11/enable-sap-cloud-for-analytics-for-data-acquistion-from-on-
premise-systems/

Purpose
At the end of this exercise, you should be able to:
• Create a JDBC connection in SAP Analytics Cloud to an on-premise SAP Sybase SQL Anywhere
database.

• Create a model based on a freehand SQL Query and acquire the data from SAP Sybase SQL
Anywhere database into SAP Analytics Cloud

• Create a story and a visualization with the acquired data in SAP Analytics Cloud
Create a JDBC connection for an on-premise SAP Sybase SQL
Anywhere database
In this section, you will set up a JDBC connection from SAP Analytics Cloud to an on-
premise SAP Sybase SQL Anywhere database.

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1. Using Chrome browser, enter

the SAP Analytics Cloud tenant
URL your instructor provided to
you and logon with your
assigned user id.

Note:
Replace the XXX in the
“USER_XXX” with your
assigned student number from
your instructor.

2. Click on the menu icon in the

top left. From the dropdown,
choose Connection.

3. From the top right hand icons,

choose the “+” icon to add a
new connection.
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4. From the drop down menu

choose

Import Data Connection à

SQL Databases

5. Enter the SAP Sybase SQL

Anywhere Database
Connection details as follows:
(replace XXX with your
assigned student id)

Connection Name:
JDBC_Sybase_XXX

Description: JDBC Sybase SQL

Anywhere DB Connection XXX

Connection Type: Select “Sybase

SQL Anywhere 16” from the
dropdown menu

Server (host:port): Localhost:2638

Database: BI4_AUDIT

User Name: dba

Password: Welcome1

Click Create to create the

connection

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6. You should now see your new

SAP Sybase SQL Anywhere
JDBC connection displayed in
the available connections list.

Next, you will create an

analytics model and acquire
data from the SAP Sybase SQL
Anywhere database through
the JDBC connection to SAP
Analytics Cloud.

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Create a model and import the data based on a freehand SQL
query through the JDBC connection
Before importing data from SAP Sybase SQL Anywhere Database, it is important to
create a business-focused model for the data. This will include defining a query
based on SAP Sybase SQL Anywhere Database to control what data will be acquired
and then creating a model that will set the dimensions and measures you bring in.

Action Screenshot

7. Choose the menu icon on the top

left and select
+ Create à Model to create your
business data model.

8. Choose how to start your model

by selecting “Use a datasource”.
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9. A menu will appear on the right,

choose “SQL Databases” as an
acquisition data source.

10. For the Connection Type: use

the dropdown to select the
“Sybase SQL Anywhere 16”.

For Connection Name, use the

dropdown to select the connection
you created in the previous steps,
for example, JDBC_Sybase_XXX
where XXX is your student id.

For the Query Name, use the

dropdown to choose “Create New
Query”.

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11. You will now define your Query

details to control what data you
will bring in. A list of available SAP
Sybase SQL Anywhere Database
queries is displayed based on the
authorizations of the user dba that
was entered in the Sybase SQL
Anywhere Database connection.

In this example, we will acquire

SAP Sybase SQL Anywhere
database system objects
information by defining a
“Freehand SQL” query instead of
selecting from the available query
list.

Enter the following where XXX is

your assigned studnet id.

Query Name:
systemObjects_XXX

Description: system objects XXX

Select Data: select the radio

button “Freehand SQL”

Enter the SQL statement:

SELECT * FROM sys.syscatalog

Click Next.
12. A SQL query is made to the SAP
Sybase SQL Anywhere database
to retrieve the system objects
information of the database.

Click Done on the Preview screen

to load the data from the database
to SAP Analytics Cloud.

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13. You will see that 8 dimensions will

be displayed as columns with
names:

creator
tname
dbspacename
tabletype
ncols
primary key
check
remarks

14. From the right pane, change the

Model Name to
systemObjectsFromJDBC_xxx
where XXX is your student id.

DO NOT CREATE THE MODEL

YET.

Check if there is any mapping

quality issue at the bottom of the
screen.

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Create the model by clicking on

the Create Model button.

15. From the Create Model popup,

click the Create button.

16. The new model is now displayed

as part of the model list and the
acquired data can be used to
create visualizations.

Next, you will utilize the model

and acquired data for your
analytics requirements.

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Create a visualization and a story with the acquired data
In this section, you will create a visualization and story with the acquired data from
SAP Sybase SQL Anywhere database. The purpose of the step is show that you can
consume data from a JDBC connection to an on-premise database in SAP Analytics
Cloud from analytics point of view.

Action Screenshot

17. From the top left menu icon,

choose +Create - Story from
the dropdown.

18. Add a Canvas Page to the

story.

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19. Add a chart to the canvas.

20. For the data source, select the

model created in previous steps
from the dropdown.

It will be easier if you just type

your student ID in the search
box.

Click OK.

21. By default, a bar chart is

created. Set “ncols” for the
MEASURE, and “creator” for
the DIMENSIONS of the chart.

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22. Click on the “Save” button and

select Save in the dropdown
menu.

23. Enter the story “Title” as

following:
JDBC_Sybase_System_Object
s_XXX

where XXX is your student ID.

24. You have successfully finished

the exercise.

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