Data Connectivity
Connecting your on-premise or cloud data sources is the first step to making data-driven decisions with SAP Analytics Cloud. Establishing the connection settings requires people with expertise from different areas of your organization to ensure a smooth and under control deployment. Learn more on this page.
Alert: Live Direct Connections Affected in Version 107 of Google Chrome / Microsoft Edge Browsers due to Private Network Access (PNA) specification
Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge has disabled the Private Network Access (PNA) specification as of version 102 but it will be re-enabled with warnings in version 104 and will fully block private requests in version 107 (at the earliest). Please see the following blog and article for more information on the rollout plan and what configurations are required for your system:
Page Contents
On this page, you will find the following resources on Data Connectivity:
Getting Started
- 💡 Playbook: Making Connections – SAP Analytics Cloud Data Connectivity Selection
- Video: Connecting to Real-time Data with Live Data Connections - How?
- Article: SAP Analytics Cloud Content — Live vs. Import Connections
- Article:
A Trial User's Guide to SAP Analytics Cloud Connections - Training Course: SAP Analytics Cloud Data Connectivity & Authentication openSAP Free Course
- Training Course: SACDC1 - SAP Analytics Cloud: Administration and Connectivity
- Help: Managing a Connectivity Project - Roles & Responsibilities
Live Connectivity
Overview
- Article: Everything You Need to Know about SAP Analytics Cloud Connections
- Help: Natively Supported Data sources for Live Connectivity
- Help: How Live Data Connections Work
- đź’ˇ Playbook: Expand Live Analytics to Heterogeneous Sources via SAP HANA
- Webinar: Expand Live Data Connectivity to Heterogeneous Data Sources via SAP HANA
- Guide: Expand Live Data Connectivity to Heterogeneous Data Sources via SAP HANA
- đź’ˇ Blog: Expand Live Data Source Options via SAP Datasphere
- đź’ˇ Guide: Expand Data Source Options
for Live Data Connectivity via SAP Data
Warehouse Cloud - Blog: SAP Analytics Cloud Tunnel Connectivity and its use cases
BW and BW/4HANA
- Help: Live Data Connections to SAP BW and SAP BW/4HANA
- Use Case: Analyse your data live with SAP Analytics Cloud on SAP BW on HANA & SAP BW/4HANA
- Blog: SAP Analytics Cloud Live Data Connection to SAP BW
- Blog: Live Data Connection to SAP BW or BW/4HANA Using a Tunnel Connection (SAML 2.0 SSO)
- Support Content (former SCN Wiki): BW Live Connectivity
- Wiki: BW Live Performance Best Practices
S/4HANA Cloud and S/4HANA On-Premise
- Help: Live Data Connections to SAP S/4HANA
- đź’ˇ Live Data Connection to S/4HANA using Tunnel Connection with SSO based on Principal Propagation
- Blog: Connect to S/4HANA on-premise with SAP Analytics Cloud Live Direct Connection using CORS
- Blog: Setting up SSL on S/4HANA Application Server
- Blog: SAC – Live connection to S/4
HANA On-Premise
- Help: Live Data Connections to SAP HANA
- Blog & Videos: SAP Analytics Cloud – Live Connection to SAP HANA using CORS
- Blog: Connection to HANA on-premise using CORS
- Blog: Apache HTTPS Reverse Proxy for SAP Analytics Cloud Live Connections (CORS)
- Blog: Set up the analytics adapter for SAP HANA XS Advanced with SSO for SAP Analytics Cloud
- Blog: Live Data Connection to SAP HANA Using a Tunnel Connection with SAP Analytics Cloud
- Blog: Configure SAC & HANA to use Tunnel Connection with Password Authentication
- Service Offering: SAP Analytics Cloud connectivity setup for SAP HANA database
- Blog: Expand Live Data Connectivity to Heterogeneous Data Sources via SAP HANA
- Blog: Enabling HANA for Geospatial Analysis
- Blog: Consuming HANA Geospatial data in SAP Analytics Cloud
- Guided Answer: Failed to connect to (source) system when using Live Data connection to SAP HANA On-Premise
- KBA: 2525191 - How to use SAP HANA MDS tracing with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)?
HANA Cloud
- Help: Live Data Connection to SAP HANA Cloud (CF) Using an "SAP HANA Cloud" Connection and SSO
- Blog: Connect SAP Analytics Cloud to HANA Cloud (CF) in Three Clicks
- Blog: Live Data Connection from SAC to SAP HANA Cloud (CF) with Single-Sign-On
- Help: Live Data Connection to SAP HANA Cloud (NEO) Using a Direct Connection and SSO
- Blog: Getting Started with SAP HANA Cloud (NEO) using the HANA Analytics Adapter (HAA)
- Video: HANA Cloud: SAP Analytics Cloud - Single Sign-On
HANA as a Service
- Blog: Live access to SAP HANA Service (CloudFoundry)
- Blog: Live Connection Between SAP Analytic Cloud and Cloud Foundry HANA DB
- Blog: Connecting the SAP HANA Service (HaaS) on Cloud Foundry to SAP Analytics Cloud – The lazy approach series
- Blog: Establish a live connection with SAP Analytics Cloud from SAP Cloud Platform- Cloud Foundry
- Blog: Consuming SAP HANA (CF) data into SAP Analytics Cloud through Live connection – End to End scenario
SAP Datasphere*
- Blog: How to connect SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Datasphere
- Help: Live Connection to SAP Datasphere
- SAP Note: Limitations to SAP Datasphere Live Connectivity (Requires S-User ID)
*SAP Data Warehouse Cloud has evolved into SAP Datasphere, a unified service for data integration, cataloging, semantic modeling, data warehousing, and virtualizing workloads across SAP and non-SAP data. While content may references SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, the content applies to SAP Datasphere. See this news article for more information:
SAP Data Intelligence
Live Data Connect (BusinessObjects Universe & Web Intelligence)
- Blog: Live Data Connect for BOBJ
- Blog: Live Data Connect 3.3
- Help: Live Data Connect Installation and Security Guide
- SAP Note: SAP Live Data Connect Release Notes (Requires S-User ID)
- Blog: SAP Analytics Cloud: Live Universe Connection over the Internet
- Blog: SAP Analytics Cloud: SSO to Live Universe Data Connection using Azure AD SAML
- Help: SAP Analytics Cloud universe feature support
- Help: Limitations to SAP Universe Live Data Connections
- KBA: 2527393 - Live Data Connection to SAP Universes via SAP BOE Live Data Connection
Import Connectivity
Overview
SAP Sources
- Blog: Cloud Connector, explained in simple terms
Blog:Import data from SAP Cloud Platform (SCP) HANA database via OData
- Blog: Setting up an Import Connection setup between SAP S/4HANA Cloud and SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning
Other Sources
- Blog: SAP Analytics Cloud - Connect Unsupported MS SQL Server Versions (Workaround)
- Blog: Cloud Connector, explained in simple terms
- Blog: Getting Started with Open Connectors in SAP Analytics Cloud
- Blog: Connect to Dropbox using Open Connectors in SAP Analytics Cloud
- Blog: Connecting SAP Analytics Cloud to Snowflake (Import mode)
Troubleshooting
- KBA: 2630653 - Troubleshoot and Trace SAP Analytics Cloud Import Connectivity to on-premise data
- Blog: Troubleshooting Guide: SAP Analytics Cloud Agent
- Guided Answer: Import Data Connection to On-premise Data sources using SAPCP Cloud Connector only
- Guided Answer: Import Connection issue to On-premise Data sources requiring SAPCP Cloud Connector and SAP Analytics Cloud agent
- Guided Answer: Import connection issues to Cloud Data Sources
Technical & Support Articles
- Guided Answer: Troubleshooting connectivity issues in SAP Analytics Cloud
- KBA: 2589761 - Connecting to live data sources
- KBA: 2358097 - Connecting to on-premise data sources
- KBA: 2630653 - Tracing SAP Analytics Cloud connecting to imported data
- KBA: 2397165 - How do I connect SAC to the SAP Cloud Platform (SAP CP) Cloud Connector and the SAP Analytics Cloud Agent?
- Guided Answer: Live HANA connection issue
- Blog: FAQ SameSite Cookie and Direct Live Connections
- Help: SameSite Cookie Configuration for Live Data Connections
- KBA: 2902697 - SAP Analytics Cloud agent - Frequently Asked Questions and Additional Information
- KBA: 3158133 - SAP Analytics Cloud Best Practice - How to analyze traces to help troubleshoot data acquisition issues? | SAP Knowledge Base Article