Composite Application Framework (CAF) and SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (SAP NetWeaver BW) integration allows you to extract CAF services' data and load it into an SAP NetWeaver BW system.
In your SAP NetWeaver BW system, you may need to use data provided in a CAF business object node (BON). To use the BON data, you have to configure connectivity between the CAF and the SAP NetWeaver BW system. Then you will be able to view the CAF data represented as a DataSource for SAP NetWeaver BW. SAP NetWeaver BW uses a DataSource to transfer the required data.
To establish the connectivity between the SAP NetWeaver BW and the CAF system, CAF uses a connector.
The data in SAP NetWeaver BW system is represented using DataSources. CAF exposes its data in a suitable way, which allows SAP NetWeaver BW to recognize it as a concrete type of DataSource. At the same time CAF BONs are not changed, so you do not need to care about the format of the data. For the SAP NetWeaver BW system, CAF:
To ease the data extraction, CAF:
Testing CAF's Data without SAP NetWeaver BW Connectivity
Before establishing connection with an SAP NetWeaver BW system, you can check the data provided by a BON using a dedicated CAF's test servlet. You can use the servlet to simulate functionality testing of CAF and SAP SAP NetWeaver BW integration, without actually using SAP NetWeaver BW. For example, you can retrieve a list of all DataSources that CAF provides or extract data from those DataSources.
To use the test servlet, you must have assigned the user you log on with to the role SAP_CAF_DEVELOPER.
To start the Test Servlet, use the URL
http://<host>:<port>/bwtest/CAFAdapterTest
Instructions on how to use the servlet are provided when you open the URL above.
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