Automated Continuous SAP Netweaver Gateway Data Replication to OneLake in Microsoft Fabric



Use CData Sync for automated, continuous, customizable SAP Netweaver Gateway data replication to OneLake in Microsoft Fabric.

Always-on applications rely on automatic failover capabilities and real-time data access. CData Sync integrates live SAP Netweaver Gateway data into your OneLake instance in Microsoft Fabric, allowing you to consolidate all your data into a single location for archiving, reporting, analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and more.

Configure OneLake as a Replication Destination

Using CData Sync, you can replicate SAP Netweaver Gateway data to OneLake. To add a replication destination, navigate to the Connections tab.

  1. Click Add Connection.
  2. Click the Sources tab and locate Azure OneLake connector.
  3. Click the Configure Connection icon at the end of that row to open the New Connection page. If the Configure Connection icon is not available, click the Download Connector icon to install the OneLake connector. For more information about installing new connectors, see Connections in the Help documentation.
  4. After the connected is added, enter the following Basic connection properties under Settings to connect to OneLake:
    • Connection Name: Enter a connection name of your choice.
    • File Format: Select the file format that you want to use. Sync supports the CSV, PARQUET, and AVRO file formats.
    • URI: Enter the path of the file system and folder that contains your files (for example, onelake://Workspace/Test.LakeHouse/Files/CustomFolder).
    • Auth Scheme: To connect with an Azure Active Directory (AD) user account, select Azure AD for Auth Scheme. CData Sync provides an embedded OAuth application with which to connect so no additional properties are required.
    • Data Model: Specify the data format to use while parsing the selected file format documents and generating the database metadata.
    • If you are hosting CData Sync (locally or in your own cloud):
      • Use CData CallbackURL: Disable the toggle.
      • Callback URL: Enter the Callback URL.
    • If you are using CData Sync Cloud, leave the Use CData CallbackURL toggle enabled.
  5. Navigate to the Advanced tab and scroll down to the Miscellaneous section.
  6. In Include Files, enter the file format initially selected.
  7. Select Create from Insert Mode dropdown. The other Insert Mode options are Overwrite and Batch.
  8. Now, navigate back to Basic settings and click Connect to Azure OneLake.
  9. Once connected, click Create & Test to save the connection.

You are now connected to OneLake and can use it as both a source and a destination.

NOTE: You can use the Label feature to add a label for a source or a destination.

In this article, we will demonstrate how to load SAP Netweaver Gateway data into OneLake and utilize it as a destination.

Configure the SAP Netweaver Gateway Connection

You can configure a connection to SAP Netweaver Gateway from the Connections tab. To add a connection to your SAP Netweaver Gateway account, navigate to the Connections tab.

  1. Click Add Connection.
  2. Select a source (SAP Netweaver Gateway).
  3. Configure the connection properties.

    SAP Gateway allows both basic and OAuth 2.0 authentication. You can use basic authentication to connect to your own account, or you can use OAuth to enable other users to retrieve data from your service with their accounts. In addition to authenticating, set the following connection properties to access SAP Gateway tables.

    • Url: Set this to the URL of your environment, or to the full URL of the service. For example, the full URL might appear as: https://sapes5.sapdevcenter.com/sap/opu/odata/IWBEP/GWSAMPLE_BASIC/. In this example, the environment URL would just be: https://sapes5.sapdevcenter.com.
    • Namespace: Set the appropriate Service Namespace. In the example above, IWBEP is the namespace. It is optional if the full URL to the service is specified.
    • Service: Set this to the service you want to retrieve data from. In the example above, the service is GWSAMPLE_BASIC. It is not required if the full URL is specified.

    Authenticate via Basic Authentication

    In basic authentication, you use your login credentials to connect. Set the following properties:

    • User: This is the username you use to log in to SAP Gateway.
    • Password: This is the password you use to log in to SAP Gateway.

    Authenticate via OAuth Authentication

    You can connect to SAP Gateway using the embedded OAuth connectivity (without setting any additional authentication connection properties). When you connect, the OAuth endpoint opens in your browser. Log in and grant permissions to complete the OAuth process. See the OAuth section in the online Help documentation for more information on other OAuth authentication flows.

  4. Click Connect to SAP Netweaver Gateway to ensure that the connection is configured properly.
  5. Click Save & Test to save the changes.

Configure Replication Queries

CData Sync enables you to control replication with a point-and-click interface and with SQL queries. For each replication you wish to configure, navigate to the Jobs tab and click Add Job. Select the Source and Destination for your replication.

Edit the Job

  1. In the Advanced tab of the Job, click Edit Replicate Options and select the Insert Mode as Single File from the dropdown (If the Insert Mode is selected as "Create" in the OneLake connector.)
  2. In "Batch" mode, you need to set the Insert Mode in Jobs to File Per Batch.
  3. In "Overwrite" mode, both Single File and File Per Batch work.

Replicate Entire Tables

To replicate an entire table, click Add Tables in the Tables section, choose the table(s) you wish to replicate, and click Add Selected Tables.

Customize Your Replication

You can use the Columns and Query tabs of a task to customize your replication. The Columns tab allows you to specify which columns to replicate, rename the columns at the destination, and even perform operations on the source data before replicating. The Query tab allows you to add filters, grouping, and sorting to the replication.

Schedule Your Replication

In the Schedule section, you can schedule a job to run automatically, configuring the job to run after specified intervals ranging from once every 10 minutes to once every month.

Once you have configured the replication job, click Save Changes. You can configure any number of jobs to manage the replication of your SAP Netweaver Gateway data to OneLake.

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