DB CONNECT support Hyperion database(Essbase)

[Former Member]

Hi,

Does DB CONNECT support Hyperion database(Essbase) for SAP BW 3.5/7.0.

Regards

CSM Reddy

[dorothea_stein]

Hi,

assuming that you talk about ABAP DB CONNECT, this is not the case. From ABAP, SAP supports at maximum secondary connections to databases that are also supported by SAP as SAP databases (Oracle, the three DB2s, MSSQL, MAXDB).

You also need to be aware that not every OS on your application server is able to connect to every database listed above. In case of SAP on iSeries, you need to have a Windows Appserver to be able to connect against most other databases supported by SAP.

For more details about ABAP multi-connect refer to SAP note 323151, or the iSeries note 445872.

However, the JAVA part of the WebAS provides means to open secondary connections against any database which support a JDBC driver. The BW UDI connector (which uses that ability) might also support the Hyperion database. I'm not familar with their plans.

Hope that helps.

Dorothea