Establish Connectivity to SAP Analytics Cloud

This article details how to establish connection with SAP Analytics Cloud.

PREREQUISITES:

  • For OAuth, it is required to create an OAuth client. See more details below.
  • For SAP Analytics Cloud to allow content to be shown in iframe, it is required to add the MI domain to trusted origins. See more details below.
Expand or collapse content Creating OAuth Client

The OAuth authorization type for SAP Analytics Cloud Plugin connection profiles requires configuring an OAuth client.

From your organization's SAP HANA Cloud account, access System > Administration > App Integration tab and create a new client, if needed:

  1. Input a Name.
  2. The Purpose field should be set to API Access.
  3. The Access options should be as follows:
    • Story Listing;
    • Analytics Content Network Interaction;
    • Translation Service;
    • Modeling;
    • User Provisioning.

On the same popup (OAuth Client), find the following parameters:

  • Client ID;
  • Secret.

Find the following parameters on the same tab, App Integration:

  • Authorization URL;
  • Token URL.

See the screen below.

Expand or collapse content Adding Trusted Origin

To allow SAP Analytics Cloud content to be shown an in iframe, add https://*.<hostname> as a new trusted domain entry via your organization's SAP HANA Cloud account under

  • System > Administration > App Integration > Trusted Origins.

1. Create New Data Source

Access Admin > Collection & Storage > Data Sources

  1. [+New Data Source]
  2. Choose "SAP Analytics Cloud" from the Plugin drop-down list.
  3. [Next]

2. Provide Required Parameters

  1. Data Source Name: Input a descriptive phrase.
  2. [Create]
  3. Choose Auth Type:
    • Client Credentials: Specify fields as described below;
    • OAuth: Additionally, specify Authorization URL and [Get Token]. See details above.
  4. Basic URL: Input the tenant URL (without /sap/fpa/ui/app.html).
  5. Token URL: Specify Token URL. See details above.
  6. Client ID: Specify Client ID. See details above.
  7. Secret: Specify Secret. See details above.

Optionally, toggle on:

IMPORTANT: Make sure not to include extra slashes at the end of URLs for required parameters.

3. Configure Optional Parameters

ParameterDescription
FolderSpecify Folder names to filter the collected objects. Use a comma as the delimiter.
Web password
Specify the password for your SAP HANA account to collect images for External Reports.
Web username
Specify the username for your SAP HANA account to collect images for External Reports.

The check_protocol_security parameter on the Plugin Config Page controls whether or not the protocol has to be HTTPS.

4. Proceed with Advanced Configuration

Advanced Configuration settings can be set to default values unless Data Source requires more precise tuning. For more details on how to proceed, refer to Advanced Data Source Configuration.

Click [Test Connection] button in the upper right corner.