SAP BW / Board connection - issue on data read preview

Hello

I've succesfully tested a connection from SAP BW to BOARD using the trial version of the SAP Connector, but:

From the BOARD Connector Designer I can see the preview of the query but in Board SAP Data Reader I cannot see the preview: all fields contains a string like "abc###".

This makes really difficult mapp the fields and set properly ETL rule, or debug the application if something is not correctly updated.

Anyway , figures are uploaded in Board correctly.

Has anyone experienced this behaviour? Due to? How can I fix it?

Than, I cannot save some settings in BOARD Connector such as decimals and column separator, but maybe this is due to the trial version. Can someone confirm this?

See attachment, containing some screenshots

thanks!

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Helmut Heimann

Hi Daniele Di Lorenzo,

Fields containing “abc###” is usual behavior with this connector – the connector doesn’t really extract data at this stage, no fix available
can be due to the trial version, although I’m not quite sure, sorry. But in my experience, the trial and the official version are working exactly the same way.

Kind Regards,

Helmut

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Helmut Heimann

Hi Daniele Di Lorenzo,

Fields containing “abc###” is usual behavior with this connector – the connector doesn’t really extract data at this stage, no fix available
can be due to the trial version, although I’m not quite sure, sorry. But in my experience, the trial and the official version are working exactly the same way.

Kind Regards,

Helmut

Leone Scaburri

When you use the Browse option from a datareader, BOARD execute the extractor in preview mode to display a small set of data in short time.

The preview function is not “fully” supported for all SAP object. This limitation is due to some SAP objects, like BAPI or SAP Query, because it is necessary to complete the execution of the process to get the preview, losing the benefits of this function.

For these objects, when you run an extractor in preview mode, BOARD Connector check all parameters and configuration but doesn't run the process on SAP and shows dummy values.

Regards,

Leone