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Introduction to SAP OData V2 Connector

You can use SAP OData V2 Connector to access SAP applications from Data Integration. You can read from or write to OData V2-compliant applications in SAP deployed in the cloud or on-premises.

SAP OData V2 (Open Data Protocol Version 2) is a service that defines best practices to build and consume RESTful APIs. The SAP OData V2 service helps you to create, read, update, and delete SAP data in a standardized way in the data integration process. SAP OData V2 Connector communicates with the SAP OData APIs version 2 that are exposed through the SAP OData V2 service and enables effective data integration between the SAP system and other applications.

Use SAP OData V2 Connector to read data from hierarchical and flat entities, and write data to flat entities.

When you use SAP OData V2 Connector, you can create an SAP OData V2 connection and use the connection both as a source and a target in a mapping and task. When you run the mapping or task, the agent reads data from or writes data to entities that are exposed and accessible through the OData V2-compliant application in SAP based on the workflow and SAP OData V2 connection configuration.

You can switch mappings to advanced mode to include transformations and functions that enable advanced functionality.

Example

You want to read and filter sales order data from SAP S/4HANA. Use SAP OData V2 Connector to call the required sales order OData V2 API in SAP S/4HANA. You can then process the response obtained from SAP S/4HANA.

You can use the SAP OData V2 Connector to communicate with the SAP OData V2 service APIs to read and filter data related to business partner, customer, supplier, and vendor entities. You can also use transformations on data for better results.