Before you begin
Before you create a catalog source, ensure that you have the information required to connect to the source system.
Perform the following tasks:
- •Assign the required permissions.
- •Configure a connection to the SAP BW/4HANA source system in Administrator
- •Install the SAP BW Reader transport files on the SAP machines that you want to connect to.
Note: If you don't install the latest version of the SAP BW Reader transport files, the following message appears on the
Registration page when you configure the catalog source:
The test connection for <Connection name> failed. Unable to fetch Function Module, please validate for transport installation For more information, see Installing SAP BW Reader transport files in the SAP Connector module in the Data Integration Connectors help.
- •Import SAP transports to the SAP BW/4HANA source.
- •Install the SAP JCo libraries.
- •Configure the JAVA_LIBS property in Administrator.
- •Create endpoint catalog sources for connection assignment.