Obtaining the System Identifier and User Credentials
In SAP Business Data Cloud, to start extracting metadata from an SAP Datasphere system, you need to obtain the login credentials for the authorized user. For a standalone SAP Datasphere setup, you need the following information to connect the SAP Datasphere system to the catalog: the identifier for the system you want to connect to and the login credentials for the authorized user.
Obtaining the System Identifier
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If you are connecting to the local system, this information is automatically entered.
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If you're the system owner for the external SAP Datasphere system, you can get the identifier on your own from the external system.
In the side navigation area, click (System)
(About). In the dialog, find the Tenant field and copy the identifier for use later.
Obtaining the Login Credentials for the Authorized User
When you connect to the system, you need the login credentials for the authorized user account. This user account is used to authenticate the source system and to monitor and extract changes to the assets.
If the user doesn't already exist in the system, ask the system administrator to create it in the source system. The objects monitored from the SAP Datasphere system are limited to those objects that this user can view. As a best practice, and to prevent future extraction issues, use an email address specifically created for this connection. Alternatively, you can use an existing email address for a shared mailbox, such as admin@company.com.
If you're a system administrator with the appropriate privileges for the SAP Datasphere system, you can create this user. For example, you have the DW Administrator role. For information, see Managing Users and Roles.
The user must be a viewer in all spaces or a subset of spaces. In a scoped role that includes viewer privileges, you (the DW Administrator) can assign the user to the spaces from which the user will extract metadata. You can use the predefined scoped role DW Scoped Viewer or create a custom role that includes viewer privileges and then create a scoped role based on the custom role. Review the following table as a guide for setting up the user's permission access. For information, see Create a Scoped Role to Assign Privileges to Users in Spaces.
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Extract Metadata |
Standard Roles and Space Membership |
Scoped Roles and Space Membership |
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From all spaces |
Role: DW Viewer role Space: Member of all spaces |
Scoped Role: DW Scoped Viewer role for all spaces |
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From one or more specified spaces |
Role: DW Viewer role Space: Member of some spaces |
Scoped Role: DW Scoped Viewer role for some spaces |
Next Steps
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In SAP Business Data Cloud, go to the SAP Business Data Cloud cockpit to set up the authorized user. See Setting Up the Authorized User for Metadata Extraction.
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In a standalone SAP Datasphere setup, go to the local SAP Datasphere to create the connection. See Manually Connecting an SAP Datasphere System.