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Analyze SAP ByDesign Data in Infragistics Reveal
Use the CData API Server to create an OData API on top of SAP ByDesign data and visualize live SAP ByDesign data in Ingragistics Reveal.
Reveal is a data visualization solution provided by Infragistics and can be paired with the CData API Server and SAP ByDesign ADO.NET Provider to build dynamic dashboards from live SAP ByDesign data. The CData API Server generates an OData API for SAP ByDesign, which is natively consumable in Reveal. In this article, we walk through connecting to SAP ByDesign in API Server and connecting to the API Server from Infragistics Reveal to create a simple dashboard.
Connect to SAP ByDesign from API Server
CData API Server uses a straightforward, point-and-click interface to connect to data sources and generate APIs.
- Open API Server and click Settings -> Connection -> Add Connection
- Select "SAP ByDesign"
- Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to SAP ByDesign.
Set the following connection properties to connect to SAP ByDesign.
- Url: Set this to the Url of your SAP ByDesign site. For example, https://test.sapbydesign.com
- User: Set this to the username of your account.
- Password: Set this to the password of your account.
- CustomService or AnalyticsService: Only one of these must be specified. If you have a custom service you want to retrieve data from, specify CustomService. If you want to retrieve the reports of a analytical service, specify AnalyticsService.
If neither is specified, 'cc_home_analytics.svc' will used as a default for the AnalyticsService property. If you are not sure what service to specify, you can always query the Services view to list available services.
Add SAP ByDesign Resource Definitions in API Server
After connecting to SAP ByDesign, create Resources, which represent API endpoints for SAP ByDesign data.
- Click Settings -> Resources -> Add Resource
- Select the SAP ByDesign connection
- Select the table you wish to retrieve and click Next
- (Optional) Edit the resource to select specific fields and more
- Save the settings
Add an API Server User
Create a User to connect to SAP ByDesign from Reveal through API Server.
- Click Settings -> Users
- Click Add
- Configure a User with access to the SAP ByDesign Connection and Resource(s)
(Optional) Configure Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
When accessing and connecting to multiple different domains from an application such as Ajax, there is a possibility of violating the limitations of cross-site scripting. In that case, configure the CORS settings in Settings -> Server.
- Enable cross-origin resource sharing (CORS): ON
- Allow all domains without '*': ON
- Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, PUT, POST, OPTIONS
- Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Authorization
Save the changes to the settings.
Create a Dashboard in Reveal
With the API Server configured, we can visualize SAP ByDesign data in Reveal.
- Log into Reveal and click Dashboards -> New
- Click Data Source -> OData Feed
- Specify the API Server API endpoint URL, for example: https://serverurl/api.rsc
- Select Generic Credentials and specify the API Server username and authentication token
- Select the entity you wish to visualize
- Select fields and choose a chart type
More Information & Free Trial
At this point, you have created a simple dashboard from live SAP ByDesign data. For more information on creating OData feeds from SAP ByDesign (and more than 150 other sources), visit the API Server page. Download a free, 30-day trial and start working live SAP ByDesign data in tools that consume OData APIs.
