How to setup Model View OData

SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud has been gaining a lot of traction for quite some time from its public release. As more customers are now having their feet wet with the application, so as the demand for additional features which will benefit everyone in the long run.

As such, one of the most sought after feature is a function which has the ability to consume and read data from external OData. With the use of OData endpoint or what appears to be a URL containing lots of information, data extraction have been made easy with the introduction of Model View OData.

The same as with the existing Model Functions which consume data from external table, Model View Odata can easily be set up in Modeling Screen just like how Model View HANA Table/View is configured. As an overview of the steps 1) Create a Connection, 2) Fill in the needed information, 3) Use the connection created connection then map the source fields, 4) Save, Activate and Show then voilà, data are now available in SAP PaPM Cloud Environment.

In the case of Model View OData, there are pre configurations which need to be done prior to the execution of the above numbered steps. So in this blogpost, I will give you the step-by-step guide on how to consume data from an external Odata such as SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Model.

1. An external OData should be available for consumption such as SAC Model or any opensource OData service like Northwind. Below is an example of a Model in SAC.

   Note: The URL provides the Model ID which will be useful in the later steps.
   

2. In order to establish connection between the SAP PaPM Cloud Subaccount and SAC through creating Destination in SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), get OAuth Client Credentials in SAC as well as the Token URL.
   2a. In SAC, go to System -> Administration -> App Integration Tab
   
   2b. In the list of available Configured Clients, hover over one configured client -> Choose Edit OAuth Client then get the Client ID and Client Secret. Otherwise, with proper authorization, you can Set Up the OAuth Client by yourself.
   
3. Go to SAP BTP and choose the subaccount where you want to test the integration.
   
   3a. Choose Destination and choose New Destination.
   
   3b. Fill in the following info then save changes.

   Field	Values
   Destination Name	Unique name of destination in current subaccount.
   Type	HTTP
   Description	Any description for Destination Name
   URL	URL of SAC excluding entries from /sap/fpa…. onwards
   Proxy Type	Internet
   Authentication	Oauth2ClientCredentials
   Client ID	Get information from Configured Clients on step 2b
   Client Secret	Get information from Configured Clients on step 2b
   Token Service URL Type	Dedicated
   Token Service URL	Get information from Application Integration Tab on step 2b
   Additional Properties	Choose New property then input below default values: request headers {“x-sap-sac-custom-auth”:”true”} Mark Check – Use default JDK trust store.

   

4. Go to the Connection Management in PaPM Cloud Application and Create OData Connection pointing to your model in SAC. Fill in with the following information:
   

   Field	Values
   Destination Name	name of the created destination from BTP
   Entity Set Name	refers to the section of OData where the data to be consumed resides e.g. FactData
   Service Root	additional path options. In case of SAC, it will point to SAC Model /api/v1/dataexport/providers/sac/<SAC Model ID> see Note in Step 1 e.g. /api/v1/dataexport/providers/sac/CPPJAP1CH9L6I8QMXKXWFS3K0
   Maximum Page Size	specifies the maximum number of entities returned per page of OData results e.g. 10000. If nothing is maintained, by default this will be set to 1000.

   

5. Create Model Table OData in Modeling Screen. Fill in the information of created connection in the properties panel. Choose Edit Fields in order to map the fields. Activate the function then choose Run. Show results.

SAP Analytics Cloud Model data is now available in SAP PaPM Cloud through Model View OData Function. I hope you that you’ve picked up a thing or two which can be helpful in your data export battles.

In case you want to know how to SAC consume data in SAP PaPM Cloud visit my new blogpost: How SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) pulls data from SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud (SAP PaPM Cloud)

Stay tuned for future updates about new features to be released! Cheers!