» ExtractingyourSAPdatatoanydestinationenvironment

» Fast,simple,user-friendly

» 8differentSAPinterfacetechnologies

» Graphicaluserinterface–nopreviousprogrammingknowledgerequired

» Centralsecuritymanagementandmonitoring

» Module-independentextractionfromSAPERPandBW

» Instantdatawarehousingformaximumdesignperformance

Instant Data Warehousing with SAP data

Overview

XtractUniversalenablesyoutosavedatastreamsfromSAPtoany destination environment,andtherebysignificantlyreducedevelopmenttime,thankstoahigh degree of automation.

TheresultismaximumROIwithminimumriskandcost.Inaddition,XtractUniversalisalsovirtuallyindependentoftheclient’sdesiredorexistingdatawarehousetechnology,andcanthereforealsobeintegratedintoexistingdataintegrationlandscapes:» Oracle

» Tableau

» MSSQLServer

» AmazonRedshift

» IBMDB2

» Teradata

» EXASolution

» Qlik

» Alteryx

» Salesforce

+ Generictransportprotocols,suchasOData,CSV,andHTTP

Scaling and security: Enterprise-ready

Whetherintendedforuseasadatamartsolutionforindividualdepartmentsorsubsidiariesoraspartofanenterprise-wideBIstrategy,XtractUniversalcanmeetallITandspecialistuserrequirements:» Centralmonitoringofallextractionactivitiesanddetailedlogging

» WidevarietyofextractiontypesthatcanbeusedtoextractdatafromallSAPmodulesandSAPBW

» Securityandusermanagementwithoptionalactivedirectorylinkingforhandlinghighlysensitive data

» Integrateddatatypesafetyandtraceability,fromsourcethroughdestination

Xtract Universal

Amazon Redshift Db2

Integration of SAP ERP

Integration of SAP BW

Table, Table Join & Query

WithXtractTable, Table Join & Query,massdatacanbeextractedquicklyandreliably.

AnykindofWHEREstatementscanalsobeprocessedtorestrictdataasdesired.DynamicSQLstatementsaresupportedbytheuseofvariables.Itisalsopossibletolink(Join)andaggregatetables.

XtractQuerymakestype-safedataflowsfromSAPqueriesavailableinamatterofseconds.Theselectionscreenscanbedynamicallyfilledwithvariables.

DeltaQ

TheXtractDeltaQcomponentistheflagshipXtractcomponentforBusinessIntelligenceapplications.

DeltaQcanbeusedtoaccesstheextractorAPIoftheSAPsystem,andtherebyutilizethefunctionalitythatBWsystemsalsousetomanagetheirdatasupplyfromtheERPproductionsystem.Thisensuresreal,securedeltatransferofdata.

Report

WithXtractReport,ABAPreportscanbeusedasdatasources.

Thisensuresmaximuminvestmentsecuritywhenmigratingtonon-SAPenvironments:Existingreportsandtheirbusinessprocesslogicdonotneedtoberebuilt–whichwouldentailacertainamountofoutlay–astheycancontinuetobeusedwithXtractReport.

BAPI

TheBAPIcomponentcanbeusedtointegrateBAPIsandRFCfunctionmodulesdirectlyintothedataflow.ThismeansthatbusinessprocesslogicontheSAPsystemsidecanbeusedtoretrievedata.

BW Cubes

Thedrag&dropfunctioncanbeusedtoeasilyextractattributesandkeyfiguresfromBW Cubes andBEx Queries.Thisturnscomplex,multidimensionaldatastructuresintorelationaldatathatiseasytohandle.

Dataisdynamizedusingqueryvariables.Apackagingfunctionisavailableforhandlinglargedatavolumes.

Hierarchy, Open Hub Service

XtractHierarchyextractshierarchiesfromanSAPBWsystem.Additionaloptionalfeaturescanbeactivatedtoalsosimultaneouslyextractdescriptiontextsorremoveleadingzeroesfromthedata,forexample.XtractHierarchysupportstheparent/childandnaturaldisplayformats.

WiththeOpen Hub Service (OHS),SAPprovidesanintegratedextractionmethodforcubes,InfoObjects,ODSobjects,andmore.

XtractOHSsupportsallOHSprocessesthroughtodeltaextraction.

Instant data warehousing – maximum design performance

TheideaofinstantdatawarehousingwithXtractUniversalistomaketheloadprocessdesignas simple, and therefore as fast as possible.

Whetheryouwanttocreateacompany-wideenterprisedatawarehouseorsetupadatamartforasingletaskoradepartment,thefirststepisalwaystoretrievetherelevantdata.

Automatic conversion of SAP objects

TherelevantdestinationobjectcanbeveryeasilycreatedfromtheSAPsourceobjectautomatically.Duringthisprocess,themetadatafortheobjectinquestionisoptimallyandautomaticallytransferredtothedestination.Acustomernumberthatconsistsof10digitsintheSAPsystem,forexample,willalsohave10digitsinthedestinationsystem.Theaccuracyofavaluefieldwiththreedecimalplaceswillnotbeaffected.Thisprocessisgenerallyreferredtoastype safetyandissystematicallyimplementedforInstantDataWarehousing.

Theprocessingofdatacontentworksjustliketheautomaticprocedurefortransferringmetadata.Inthesimplecaseofafullload,theentireSAPobjectisreplicated.Evenmoreinterestingistheincremental delta load process,thatis,thelimitingofthedownloadtothedatacontentthathasbeenchangedoraddedsincethelastdownload.Thedatatobeloadedisthenupdatedagainstthedataalreadyavailableinthetargetsystemfrompreviousdataruns.Thedataupdatecaneitheralsobeautomaticor,dependingontheclient’sspecificrequirements,extendedtoinclude individual add-ons in the load process.

Integration in existing landscapes

Almost any standard schedulercanbeusedtotriggertheextractionprocess–inthesimplestcase,usingtheWindowsTaskScheduler.EvenSAP’sjobcontrolsystemcantriggerthedatatransfer,dependingonthedesiredarchitecture

Downstreamtransformationprocessesworkanalogoustoextractionscheduling.IfthedesiredarchitecturerequirestheuseofanETLorELTtool,suchasInformatica,Talend,orOracleDataIntegrator,thesecanbesimplyaddedtotheautomaticallygenerateddestinationobjects.

Destinations

Maximum flexibility in heterogeneous data warehouse landscapes

XtractUniversalsupportsanumberofenvironmentsasthetargetforthedataextraction,includingOracle, Tableau, MS SQL Server, IBM DB2, Teradata, EXASolution, Qlikandmanymore.Inaddition,datastreamsarealsoprovidedinothercommonformats,suchasOData, CSV, and XML,tofacilitateaccesstotargetenvironmentsthatarecompatiblewithsuchformats(forexample,Excel,Access,TableauandalargenumberofthirdpartysoftwareproducersandOEMpartners).

Thearchitectorpoweruserdecidesonthedegreeofautomation.Inthesimplestcase,theSAPsourceobjectisreplicatedintherelevanttargetenvironment,whereitiscompiledautomaticallytogetherwithallitsmetadata.Thedatatypesaretransferredwithasfewchangesaspossible.Standardizedconversionroutines(forSAPdatefields,forexample)guaranteequickresultsandprovidethearchitectwiththebestpossiblesupport.This,ofcourse,isalsothecaseforupdatingdeltas,thatis,datathathaschangedsincethelastdataextraction.

Ifdesired,everydetailofthetransferprocesscanalsobemanaged.ThismeansthatthearchitectcanchoosetoadjusttheuserandmetadatafromtheSAPsourceastheywishalreadyduringthedatatransferprocess–thiscanincludesimpletypeconversionsorformatconversions,aswellasmasterdatahistorization,qualitychecks,andindividualroutinesforupdatingincrementaldata.

AlloftheseprocessesaremappedusingtherelevantSQLdialectsforthetargetsystemsandapowerful,in-housescriptlanguage.Dependingonthearchitecture,othertargetsystemoptionscanalsobeutilized,suchasMacrosormorecomplexprocedures.

License and costs

» Licensedper server.

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Maintenance

6 months maintenance & support included.» Alwaysuptodate.

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