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How to pipe SAP Data to CSV in PowerShell
Use standard PowerShell cmdlets to access SAP tables.
The CData Cmdlets Module for SAP is a standard PowerShell module offering straightforward integration with SAP. Below, you will find examples of using our SAPERP Cmdlets with native PowerShell cmdlets.
About SAP Data Integration
CData provides the easiest way to access and integrate live data from SAP. Customers use CData connectivity to:
- Access every edition of SAP, including SAP R/3, SAP NetWeaver, SAP ERP / ECC 6.0, and SAP S/4 HANA on premises data that is exposed by the RFC.
- Perform actions like sending IDoc or IDoc XML files to the server and creating schemas for functions or queries through SQL stored procedures.
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Connect optimally depending on where a customer's SAP instance is hosted.
- Customers using SAP S/4HANA cloud public edition will use SAP NetWeaver Gateway connectivity
- Customers using SAP S/4HANA private edition will use either SAP ERP or SAP NetWeaver Gateway connectivity.
While most users leverage our tools to replicate SAP data to databases or data warehouses, many also integrate live SAP data with analytics tools such as Tableau, Power BI, and Excel.
Getting Started
Creating a Connection to Your SAP Data
You can connect to SAP systems using either librfc32.dll, librfc32u.dll, NetWeaver, or Web Services (SOAP). Set the ConnectionType connection property to CLASSIC (librfc32.dll), CLASSIC_UNICODE (librfc32u.dll), NETWEAVER, or SOAP.
If you are using the SOAP interface, set the Client, RFCUrl, SystemNumber, User, and Password properties, under the Authentication section.
Otherwise, set Host, User, Password, Client, and SystemNumber.
Note: We do not distribute the librfc32.dll or other SAP assemblies. You must find them from your SAP installation and install them on your machine.
For more information, see this guide on obtaining the connection properties needed to connect to any SAP system.
$conn = Connect-SAPERP -Host "$Host" -User "$User" -Password "$Password" -Client "$Client" -System Number "$System Number" -ConnectionType "$ConnectionType" -Location "$Location"
Selecting Data
Follow the steps below to retrieve data from the MARA table and pipe the result into to a CSV file:
Select-SAPERP -Connection $conn -Table MARA | Select -Property * -ExcludeProperty Connection,Table,Columns | Export-Csv -Path c:\myMARAData.csv -NoTypeInformation
You will notice that we piped the results from Select-SAPERP into a Select-Object cmdlet and excluded some properties before piping them into an Export-Csv cmdlet. We do this because the CData Cmdlets append Connection, Table, and Columns information onto each "row" in the result set, and we do not necessarily want that information in our CSV file.
The Connection, Table, and Columns are appended to the results in order to facilitate piping results from one of the CData Cmdlets directly into another one.Ready to get started?
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SAP ERP Cmdlets
An easy-to-use set of PowerShell Cmdlets offering real-time access to SAP ERP data. The Cmdlets allow users to easily read, write, update, and delete live data - just like working with SQL server.
