Connecting to an SAP System

Analysis for Office connects directly either to an SAP BusinessObjects BI platform, an SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW) system or the SAP Analytics Cloud. Once you are connected to one of these systems, you can save workbooks to the system and access the data sources available to you using connections created on that system.

When you first insert a data source, you are prompted to connect to the SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform.

The figure shows the screenshot of the SAP BusinessObjects logon dialog.

If you do not use an SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform, you can choose Skip and connect to an SAP BW system or SAP Analytics Cloud.

If you skip connecting to an SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform, you are prompted to choose an SAP BW system or SAP Analytics Cloud and log on.

The figure shows the screenshot of the SAP Datasphere Connection dialog.

You must connect to one of these systems in order to proceed.

Let's summarize:

• Analysis for Office connects to SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform, SAP BW, and SAP Cloud systems.
• Users can save workbooks and access data sources; prompted to connect upon first data source insertion.