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Selecting a Data Provider 
The IT process Selecting a Data Provider enables business experts to select data providers that are based either on data from SAP NetWeaver BI or on multidimensionally stored data from third-party providers.
This IT process is part of the following IT scenario:
IT Scenario |
Scenario Variants |
Enterprise Reporting, Query, and Analysis |
Ad-hoc Query and Analysis |
In order to run this process, you need a data provider. You have created data providers in one of the following IT processes:
The following process runs primarily in the BI Java usage type:
You choose the required data provider from the open dialog of the Web Analyzer.
You have selected a data provider.