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Create a connection

Before you configure the SAP Cloud for Customer catalog source, create a connection object in Administrator.
    1In Administrator, select Connections.
    2Click Add Connection.
    3Search for and select SAP OData V2 and then click Next.
    4Enter the following connection details:
    Property
    Description
    Connection Name
    Name of the connection.
    Each connection name must be unique within the organization. Connection names can contain alphanumeric characters, spaces, and the following special characters: _ . + -,
    Maximum length is 255 characters.
    Description
    Description of the connection. Maximum length is 4000 characters.
    Use Secret Vault
    Stores sensitive credentials for this connection in the secrets manager that is configured for your organization.
    This property appears only if secrets manager is set up for your organization.
    When you enable the secret vault in the connection, you can select the credentials that the Secure Agent retrieves from the secrets manager. If you don't enable this option, the credentials are stored in the repository or on a local Secure Agent, depending on how your organization is configured.
    Note:
    If you’re using this connection to apply data access policies through pushdown or proxy services, you cannot use the Secret Vault configuration option.
    For information about how to configure and use a secrets manager, see Secrets manager configuration.
    Runtime Environment
    The name of the runtime environment where you want to run tasks.
    Select a Secure Agent, Hosted Agent, serverless, or elastic runtime environment.
    Service Type
    The service type of the OData V2 application endpoint to which you want to connect.
    Select Default service type from the list.
    Service URL
    The service URL for the selected service type.
    If you select the Default service type, enter the root URL of the service in the following format:
    http://<Host name of the SAP server>:<Port number>/sap/opu/odata/sap/<Service name>/
    For example, if you want to connect to the ZALL_DATATYPE_SRV service in SAP when the host name is http://invs15con01.informatica.com and port number is 8081, enter the following service URL:
    http://<Host name of the SAP server>:<Port number>/sap/opu/odata/sap/ZALL_DATATYPE_SRV/
    If you select the SAP Gateway Catalog service type, enter the service URL in the following format:
    http://<Host name of the SAP server>:<Port number>/sap/opu/odata/IWFND/<Catalog service name>
    For example, if you want to connect to the CATALOGSERVICE;v=2 catalog service in SAP when the host name is abcd01con02.example.com and port number is 8081, enter the following service URL:
    http://abcd01con02.example.com:8081/sap/opu/odata/IWFND/CATALOGSERVICE;v=2
    5Select Basic as the authentication type.
    6Enter the authentication-specific properties.
    Property
    Description
    Username
    The user name to connect to the SAP OData V2 service.
    Password
    The password to connect to the SAP OData V2 service.
    The following table describes the advanced connection properties for basic authentication:
    Property
    Description
    SAP Custom Query Options
    Additional custom queries that you can use when you connect to the SAP OData V2 service.
    You can enter multiple SAP custom queries, separated by an ampersand (&), in the following format:
    <Custom query1>=<value>&<Custom query2>=<value>&<Custom query3>=<value>....
    For example, if you want to pass the SAP client number and language code when you connect to the SAP OData V2 service, enter the following custom queries:
    sap-client=400&sap-language=DE
    When you add queries, ensure that there is no space before and after the equal sign (=).
    For more information about the list of SAP custom queries that you can configure, see SAP URL parameters in the SAP documentation.
    7Click Test to test your connection to the source system.
    8Click Save.