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SAP Integration Specific Configuration Settings

Basically, you can start with the Layer2 Cloud Connector when you are able to see valid OData (some kind of XML data) in your browser. If you are not familiar with both, OData and SAP, take a look here to learn more.

To connect to SAP data the data source entity must be configured as follows in the Layer2 Cloud Connector Connection Manager:

Fig. Example connection configuration to directly connect to SAP demo data in their Devcenter via OData

Please note the following specific settings.

• Select the Layer2 Data Provider for OData to connect. The provider is part of the Layer2 Cloud Connector ADO.NET provider package and should be already installed. You will find an OData Provider specification here.
• Generally, you can use a connection string like this to connect:
  url=https://mysapportal.mydomain.com/pathtomycollection; Collection=TravelAgencies;
   User=myDomain\myUser; Password=myPassword; Authentication=Windows
• SAP offers free access to a demo system to verify the Layer2 Cloud Connector SAP connectivity. Please register here.
• To connect to the SAP demo system you can make use of a connection string similar to this:
  
  url=https://sapes5.sapdevcenter.com/sap/opu/odata/IWFND/RMTSAMPLEFLIGHT/; Collection=TravelAgencies; Authentication=Windows, SAPCsrfHeader; User=P********;
  
  Please replace the user token with your specific account and add a password to the password field.
• If you want to write to SAP, in some cases a CSRF Token is required to additionally secure the connection. Please use the following authentication method for this: Authentication=Windows,SAPCsrfHeader
• Several other authentication methods are generally supported. See provider specification linked above for more information.
• You can make use of OData to query your data as supported by the data provider and source system. For any specification of supported queries see SAP documentation. You can browse OData collections in the web browser. Simply paste your url from there.
• You can map your data fields to specific external fields in the Layer2 Cloud Connector. Please take care about data types (simple type conversions are supported).
• Please enter an appropriate primary key (column with unique values), depending on the query (see data preview for this).
• You can use the connection for uni- or bi-directional synchronization. In case of inserts (full CRUD) via external systems please take care of the primary key. SAP-side IDs will not work in his case.
• Data synchronization can be started manually in the Connection Manager, per command line or scheduled in the background by the Layer2 Cloud Connector Windows Service. Only data changes are processed (no delete/bulk import).
• No programming required to setup a connection and sync. No need to open your local network for access from outside.
• Depending on requirements there are some steps on the SAP-side to connect to specific data entities. Please contact SAP or view their documentation for more assistance.
• If you don't have OData access to your SAP data yet, you can alternatively connect and sync via database queries or intermediate text / csv files created by scripts.