reading monitoring views using JDBC in HANA with runtime licesne

[ASEG]

Hello folks,

I have a utility that makes JDBC calls to SAP HANA DB and only reads from the monitoring views there. No modifications or business data access is made. I use a HANA user with 'monitoring' role for this. We are migrating to SAP PCE environment soon and apparently, the HANA license there would be a 'runtime' license. There is concern that using the utility above for the read-only access to SAP HANA might still cause SAP license violation issues. SAP Licensing guides, indirect access guides and forum postings are providing contradicting information regarding whether its a violation or not, adding to my confusion. Please let me know whether I can continue to use my java utility to check the performance of HANA DB as mentioned above in SAP PCE HANA with runtime license. 

By the way, do you know anybody who is offering SAP PCE S/4 HANA environment for paid/free testing? SAP does not offer true SAP PCE test environment and we cannot test any license issues with environments procured in SAP Cloud Appliance Library trials. I'm trying with EPI use but not sure. 

Thank you!

-Regards

Aseg 

[HakanHaslaman]

SAP HANA licensing terms vary per agreement, making it hard to definitively answer your question. Generally, if your utility only reads from monitoring views without modifying or accessing business data, it shouldn't violate the license. I'm unaware of third-party providers offering SAP PCE S/4 HANA testing environments. Please contact your SAP account representative for accurate information based on your agreement.

[ASEG]

Thanks Hakan. Apparently the official stance of SAP is that this should be a license violation. Our SAP account executive Wong, Elizabeth <elizabeth.wong01@sap.com> is extremely helpful with her silence. Thanks anyways