You want to use an non-SAP external database in your SAP system. You can integrate and connect it to your BW ABAP system by using your BW JAVA system.
Please have a look at the PDFs attached to the SAP Note 1658310 - How to configure UD connect on the J2EE (710,..730) server for JDBC access to external dat... and wiki.scn document Configure UD Connect in NWA for 7.3 - SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse - SCN Wiki
Hints:
-1433 SQL port must be released between SQL DB system and SAP system.
-Suitable MSSQL driver for your version can be downloaded from Microsoft website or OSS. Please check SAP Note Note 639702 - JDBC Driver for Microsoft SQL Server respectively.
-In previous NW versions (before 7.*) , UD connect has been set up via Visual Admin. This document provides NW 7.3 example and configuration is set up via Netweaver Administrator. You can open your NWA via http://bw_java_host:bw_java_port/nwa .
In our case, both systems are in version of NW 7.30 and it's assumed that ABAP-JAVA integration is already completed. The external DB is MSSQL. In the document, you will find the screenshots that I've made.
1-Please create an RFC destination type T (TCP/IP) in ABAP part via sm59. Enter "Program ID" as "Registered Server Program", ABAP hostname and system number with (sapgwSN) as "Gateway Host" and "Gateway Service" :
2-Please login to your NWA page and navigate to Application Resources. Show "All JDBC drivers" and "Create new resource". Upload the correct MSSQL driver (e.g. sqljdbc.jar) and name it:
3- Show "All resources" and click resource adapter com.sap.ip.bi.sdk.dac.connector.jdbc .
4- Under "Loader References" tab below, create library:<the driver name from step2> as reference:
5- In "Application Resources" page show "JCA Connection Properties" and find SDK_JDBC. Then click "Configuration Properties" tab and fill the related areas:
UserName : The user which connects to SQL DB.
Password : The password of it.
DriverName : com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver
URL : The URL for the SQL DB : jdbc:sqlserver://SQL_DB_HOST:1433;databaseName=<SQL_DB_NAME>
FixedCatalog : <SQL_DB_NAME>
Below is screenshot from Visual Admin from previous Java System (NW7.0). The system information remained same but over NWA this time.
6-In "Application Resources" page, show "Resource Adapters" and find "SAPJavaResourceAdapter15". Then click "Properties" tab and fill the related areas:
ProgramID : Program ID that you've entered in RFC in ABAP part
MaxThreadCount : 0 (1 is also fine)
SAPClient : ABAP Client
UserName : The user which makes communication between ABAP and JAVA parts
Password : Password of it.
Language : EN
ServerName : ABAP part hostname
PortNumber : ABAP part system number
7-Open "Start & Stop : JAVA EE Services" page and restart "Connector Container" .
Test Page: http://host:port/TestJDBC_Web/TestJDBCPage.jsp
You should be able to see tables, views, etc of SQL DB.
SOME FREQUENT ERRORS:
*Credential error: "Login failed for user XXXXX"
Your user and password would be in UPPER CASE! Otherwise you can face login problems. Please avoid characters (? , ! , *, etc) in user name and password, if possible.
*Hostname cannot be resolved or the port 1433 is not open. You can check whether 1433 is open, with telnet command.
telnet SQL_DB_HOSTNAME 1433 should be successful.
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