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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. The metadata extracted differs based on the extraction method that you configure.
Metadata Command Center extracts the following metadata from an SAP Datasphere source system:
Metadata Extraction Method
Metadata Extracted
API
  • - Space
  • - Table
    • - Table Column
  • - View
    • - View Column
  • - Analytic Model
    • - Analytic Model Column
CLI
  • - Space
  • - Table
    • - Table Column
  • - Data Access Control
    • - Data Access Control Column
  • - Data Flow
    • - Data Flow Operator
      • - Data Flow Operator Column
  • - Task Chain
    • - Task Chain Node
  • - Transformation Flow
    • - View Transform
      • - View Transform Column
  • - View
    • - View Column
  • - Analytic Model
    • - Analytic Model Column
  • - Business Entity
    • - Business Entity Column
  • - Consumption Model
    • - Consumption Model Column
  • - Fact Model
    • - Fact Model Column
  • - Perspective
    • - Perspective Column

Data profiling for SAP Datasphere objects

Configure data profiling to run profiles on the metadata extracted from an SAP Datasphere source system. You can view the profiling statistics in Data Governance and Catalog.
You can run data profiles on the following objects:
For more information about the data types on which data profiling tasks run, see SAP OData V4 Data Type Reference.

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.