How to schedule Xtract Universal extractions to load data from SAP

Xtract Universal supports integration of your SAP data in the most different target systems. After creating an extraction (Refer to the online help), you can run an extraction by just calling the correspondent URL that can be found in the Run Dialog (e.g. http://nbelzein:8065/?name=plants)

 

In this blog I will show you how to schedule the run of the Xtract Universal extractions that is as easy as calling a URL. Xtract Universal delivers the command tool XtractUniversalCmd.exe (to be found in the installation folder, e.g. C:\Program Files\XtractUniversal) to run an extraction using the cmd. We will use this approach to schedule an extraction with the windows Task Scheduler and the SQL Server Agent.

How to: Load data into a BW InfoObject with Xtract BW Loader

Xtract BW Loader is one out of the nine components of Xtract IS,  the SAP Connector for the SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) by Theobald Software.

BW Loader allows to load data to SAP BW objects using an InfoPackage (refer to SAP help to know more about InfoPackages).

In this blog I will show you how to use BW Loader in conjunction with an Infopackage to load data into  InfoObject Texts. You can use BW Loader in conjunction with other Infopackages too, to load data to other BW objects, like InfoObject attributes, hierarchies or InfoCubes.

How to open SAP GUI from browser

In this blog I will show how to launch SAP GUI from IE Browser using Javascript.

In Javascript we will use an ActiveXObject (wscript.shell) to call SAPshortcut.exe with the required parameters to open the SAP GUI.

The result should be as the following:

ERPConnect Services Video Tutorials

ERPConnect Services - Seamless connection of SAP and SharePoint 2010 ERPConnect Services (ECS) consists of two components, which allow you the complete range of data integration between SharePoint and SAP. No additional middleware is required – the integration runs completely within your SharePoint architecture.

• · ERPConnect Services Runtime (ECS Runtime) for interface programming with .NET
• · BCS Connector for connecting SharePoint lists with SAP objects or tables.

Extracting Datasources with the DeltaQ component

In this blog I will give an overview about extracting Datasources with the DeltaQ component to extract

• Extractors / Datasources from SAP ERP / ECC or


• Export Datasources from SAP BW / BI

and give some tips how to troubleshoot errors that may occur.

A Datasource is a set of fields that provide the data for a business unit (e.g. Customer, Material). Datasources are one of the data retrieval mechanisms in the SAP source system. Generally Datasources are used to transfer data from SAP ERP / ECC into SAP BW / BI. Export Datasources are used to transfer data from one SAP BW / BI system to another one.

With the DeltaQ component you can extract those Datasources to any third-party destination system supported by the Theobald Software products, even if you don't have an SAP BW / BI system.

The 1 Million Cell Limit when extracting BEX Queries and InfoCubes with the BWCube component from SAP BW

The BWCube component enables you extracting a BEX query or an InfoCube via the MDX Interface.
The MDX interface of the SAP BW system has a known restriction, if the Result contains too many cells (more than 1 million cell).
SAP officially states: "In general the MDX interface is not suitable for accessing mass data".

In this blog I will show you how to proceed in this case.

How to load SAP-data with Xtract Universal to Microsoft Access (and Excel)

Xtract Universal is since 2011 the newest member of the Xtract product line. Eight different SAP extraction types allow the BI architect to create an optimal, stable and fast data layer between SAP and different consumer applications.

Xtract Universal essentially consists of two components: a server component and a designer (client). The server component is responsible for the actual extraction. The consumer application communicates with the Server component, and these in turn with SAP. You use the Xtract designer for the design and configuration of the extractions.

Fore more information refer to the products page: http://www.theobald-software.com/en/products.htm
or to the help page: http://help.theobald-software.com

In this blog, I will show you how to load SAP-data with Xtract Universal to Microsoft Access.