Purpose
This blog will focus on basic setup of Smart Data Access (SDA) and then outline some problems that customers have encountered. Some of the issues outlined in the troubleshooting section come directly from incidents that were created.
There is already a lot of information on Smart Data Access which this blog does not aim to replace. Throughout the blog, I will reference links to other documentation that can cover the topics in more detail.
What is Smart Data Access (SDA)?
SDA allows customers to access data virtually from remote sources such as Hadoop, Oracle, Teradata, SQL Server, and more. Once a remote
connection to a data source is done we can virtually connect to the tables and query against is or use in data models as if it were data that resides in a SAP
HANA database.
This allows it so customers do not have to migrate or copy their data from other databases into a SAP HANA database.
How to Setup SDA?
Smart Data Access was introduced in SAP HANA SP6, so if you intend on using SDA be on at least this revision.
Prior to connecting to a remote database you will need to configure an ODBC connection from the server to the remote database. For
assistance on how to install the Database drivers on how to install the database drivers for SAP HANA Smart Data Access please refer to SAP note
1868702 and refer to the SAP HANA Learning Academy videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BomjFbJ25vo&index=16&list=PLkzo92owKnVx_X9Qp-jonm3FCmo41Fkzm
This blog will focus on basic setup of Smart Data Access (SDA) and then outline some problems that customers have encountered. Some of the issues outlined in the troubleshooting section come directly from incidents that were created.
There is already a lot of information on Smart Data Access which this blog does not aim to replace. Throughout the blog, I will reference links to other documentation that can cover the topics in more detail.
What is Smart Data Access (SDA)?
SDA allows customers to access data virtually from remote sources such as Hadoop, Oracle, Teradata, SQL Server, and more. Once a remote
connection to a data source is done we can virtually connect to the tables and query against is or use in data models as if it were data that resides in a SAP
HANA database.
This allows it so customers do not have to migrate or copy their data from other databases into a SAP HANA database.
How to Setup SDA?
Smart Data Access was introduced in SAP HANA SP6, so if you intend on using SDA be on at least this revision.
Prior to connecting to a remote database you will need to configure an ODBC connection from the server to the remote database. For
assistance on how to install the Database drivers on how to install the database drivers for SAP HANA Smart Data Access please refer to SAP note
1868702 and refer to the SAP HANA Learning Academy videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BomjFbJ25vo&index=16&list=PLkzo92owKnVx_X9Qp-jonm3FCmo41Fkzm
