Data Sources in Cross-Database Comparison
You can compare data from various sources. The system displays the available data sources based on the selected extraction strategy.
Features
The types of data source that you can use for your comparison can be divided into the following areas:.
Data sources from an ABAP system:
Data sources from an external database:
Data sources based on a file:
You can define customer-specific source types in Customizing under 
SAP Solution Manager
Capabilities (Optional)
Business Process Operations
Data Consistency Management
Cross-Database Comparison
Define Cross-Database Comparison Source Types
.
Activities
Choose an extraction strategy for your comparison.
The system displays the relevant data source types.
Enter the data required to establish a connection to the data sources.
Provide the information required to extract data based on the selected data source.
Verify that the connection is working by choosing
Validation
Test Connection to Source 1
or Validation
Test Connection to Source 2
.Click
Generate Extractors
and generate the extractors for source 1, source 2, or both.