Configure SAP HANA service smart data integration for SAP BTP with the SAP HANA service for SAP BTP

Navigate into the space in which you are developing in your subaccount.

Select Service Instances and click the Dashboard icon for the service of type hana-db

Use your email account to login:

If prompted for authorization, click Authorize. Take note of the endpoint

Click the SAP HANA cockpit icon.

Use the user SYSTEM and the password you set as the database password.

Open the SQL console.

The Database Explorer will automatically open a SQL console connected to your database.

Download the Data Provisioning Agent from the SAP Software Center. Choose SPS3 Patch 52 or higher.

For more information about installing the Data Provisioning Agent for productive environments check the documentation in SAP Help

Choose a directory in your file system and use the following command to extract the file into it.

You can download SAPCAR to extract your file from the SAP Support Portal,

sapcar -xvf <<DOWNLOADED FILE>>

The previous command has created a new directory. Navigate into it and execute hdbsetup.

Alternatively, you can use hdbinst from a command line.

Go into step 2. Choose an installation path and make a note of it, you will need it later:

Review the options and click Install

Wait until installation finishes and you get confirmation that Installation finished successfully

You will use the command-line tool to configure the data provisioning agent to connect to your SAP HANA instance using a secure JDBC connection.

Open a command line or terminal with administration rights.

For Windows, search for cmd and use the context menu to choose Run as Administrator.

Use the following commands to set the environment variables to the installation path you specified in step 2:

• For Windows:
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  set DPA_INSTANCE="C:\usr\sap\dpa"

• For Linux:
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  export DPA_INSTANCE=/usr/sap/dpa

Switch to that directory using command cd. For example:

cd %DPA_INSTANCE%

Navigate into the bin directory. Execute the configuration script agentcli with parameter --configAgent.

cd bin
agentcli --configAgent

Start with option 2 . Start or Stop Agent and start the agent with option 1 . Start Agent.

Use b . Back to go back to the main menu. Continue with option 6 . SAP HANA Connection.

Choose option 3 for JDBC.

Choose true for Use Web Socket to connect

###Note: This option is available in the Data Provisioning Agent version 2.3.5.2 or higher.

Get the database ID from the SAP HANA Service Dashboard

And concatenate /service/ and database ID to form the Web Socket URL

Get the endpoint for Web Socket also from the SAP HANA Service Dashboard

And use it to complete the Host and Port

Choose true for Use encrypted JDBC connection

Use SYSTEM (or an administration user in a non-trial environment) and its credentials.

Choose an option for the HTTP proxy.

Enter user JDCBUSR and a password. Choose true. This user will be created for you.

The configuration agent will connect and create the user. Press Enter when prompted.

Make sure the IP address from which you are connecting the agent is whitelisted.

Enter b to go back to the main menu. Choose option 7. Agent Registration and follow the instructions to register your local computer as an agent.

Finally, register an adapter using option 8.

Use FileAdapter when prompted. Use Quit to exit the configuration agent.

From a command prompt, use the following command to set an access token.

agentcli --setSecureProperty

Enter option 8.

Set a token and make a note of it. This example uses HANAToken

Press Enter and quit the configuration tool.

Download this sample file into the default workspace.

The default workspace is located in <<ROOT DIRECTORY>>\workspace, for example, \usr\sap\dpa\workspace .

Create a text file called salarydata.cfg with the following content:

#Configuration file for data load
CODEPAGE=UTF-8
ERROR_ON_COLUMNCOUNT=false
ESCAPE_CHAR=\
EXPONENTIAL=E
FORCE_DIRECTORY_PATTERN=C:\usr\sap\workspace
FORCE_FILENAME_PATTERN=salarydata.csv
FORMAT=CSV
LENIENT=true
LOCALE=en_US
ROW_DELIMITER=\n
SKIP_HEADER_LINES=1
COLUMN=id;INTEGER;
COLUMN=salary;INTEGER;
COLUMN=start_year;INTEGER;
COLUMN=gender;NVARCHAR(256);
COLUMN=region;NVARCHAR(256);
COLUMN=T-Level;NVARCHAR(256);

Save the configuration file in the same directory.

Go back to the Database Explorer. You will see the adapter under Catalog -> Data Provisioning Agents

You should see the agent you registered.

Right-click on Remote Sources. Choose Add Remote Source

Choose FileAdapter

Call the source LocalFile. The Source location should automatically choose the agent you registered on step 4.

Set the path to the workspace directory in which you downloaded the CSV file

Scroll down to the credentials and choose Technical User as the credentials mode and enter the access token in the AccessToken field. If you used the example token before, enter HANAToken.

Click Create

Check the remote objects to make sure configuration has been successful and to complete the validation below.