Enable SAP BusinessObjects Cloud for data acquisition from on-premise systems on my MacOS
There is an existing blog by Harjeet with detailed instructions on how to incorporate this on Windows, I am document this for those who have mac or *nix.
Below are list of components and their purpose:
1. SAP HANA Cloud Connector = Send on-premise data to HCP
2. Deploy SAP BusinessObjects Cloud Agent = Configuration for modeling
Install HANA Cloud Connector
Access https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/#cloud and download SAP JVM (latest):
Download the HANA Cloud Connector installation
Uncompress and place the folder under the Applications folder:
Start the Hana Cloud Connector by going to the unzip directory and type go.sh:
The default user name\pass is case sensitive: Administrator\manage
Setup a HCP account if not already at https://hcp.sap.com/try.html – this is where Hana Cloud Connector uploads the data.
To download BOC Agent access https://support.sap.com/swdc
Click Software Downloads.
Click Support Packages and Patches >> By Alphabetical Index (A-Z) >> and letter “C”
https://tomcat.apache.org/download-90.cgi
Getting Tomcat to host BusinessObjects Cloud (C4A) Agents:
https://tomcat.apache.org/download-90.cgi
Unzip and place the folder under /Applications/ folder
Change the file permissions
Kick start Tomcat
Download the BusinessObjects Cloud Agent:
Click Software Downloads.
Click Support Packages and Patches >> By Alphabetical Index (A-Z) >> and letter “C”
Deploy the BOC Agent (C4A_AGENT) to Tomcat’s WEBAPP directory:
Configure:
