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Introduction to SAP Datasphere catalog sources

You can use Metadata Command Center to extract metadata from a source system.
A source system is any system that contains data or metadata. For example, SAP Datasphere is a source system from which you can extract metadata through an SAP Datasphere catalog source with Metadata Command Center. A catalog source is an object that represents and contains metadata from the source system.
Before you extract metadata from a source system, you first create and register a catalog source that represents the source system.
When Metadata Command Center extracts metadata, Data Governance and Catalog displays the extracted metadata and its attributes as technical assets. You can then perform tasks such as analyzing the assets, viewing lineage, and creating links between those assets and their business context.
You can only extract metadata using this catalog source.
Preview Notice: Effective in the November 2024 release, the SAP Datasphere catalog source is available for preview. Preview functionality is supported for evaluation purposes but is unwarranted and is not supported in production environments or any environment that you plan to push to production. Informatica intends to include the preview functionality in an upcoming release for production use, but might choose not to in accordance with changing market or technical circumstances. For more information, contact Informatica Global Customer Support.

Extraction and view process

To extract metadata from a source system, configure the catalog source and run the extraction job in Metadata Command Center. Then view the results in Data Governance and Catalog.
The following image shows the process to extract metadata from SAP Datasphere:
The image shows the process of metadata extraction from an SAP Datasphere source system that begins with prerequisites verification, continues with the creation of the catalog source, and ends with viewing the results.
After you verify prerequisites, perform the following tasks to extract metadata from SAP Datasphere:
  1. 1Register a catalog source. Create a catalog source object, select SAP Datasphere, and then select and test the connection.
  2. 2Configure the catalog source. Specify the runtime environment, configure the metadata extraction capability, and add filters for metadata extraction.
  3. 3Optionally, associate stakeholders. Associate users with technical assets, giving the users permission to perform actions determined by their roles.
  4. 4Run or schedule the catalog source job.
  5. 5Optionally, if the catalog source job generates referenced asset objects, you can assign a connection to referenced source system assets.
    6. You can view the lineage with object references without performing connection assignment. After connection assignment, you can view the objects.
After you run the catalog source job, you view the results in Data Governance and Catalog.

About the SAP Datasphere catalog source

You can use the SAP Datasphere catalog source to extract metadata from an SAP Datasphere source system.
SAP Datasphere is a public cloud software as a service data warehouse that includes services for data modeling, data integration, cataloging, and data warehousing across SAP and non-SAP data.

Extracted metadata

You can use the SAP Datasphere catalog source to extract metadata from an SAP Datasphere source system.
Metadata Command Center extracts the following metadata from an SAP Datasphere source system:

Compatible connectors

Before you configure a catalog source, you must connect to the SAP Datasphere source system.
Use the SAP OData V4 connector to connect to the SAP Datasphere source system.
For information about configuring a connection, see Connections.