Search & FAQ's

1. What is the benefit from #STREAM-Intelligence?

Our users organizations experience following benefits:

• Guaranteed 90% cut in $ costs for operational intelligence

• 59% faster time-to-delivery

• 100% secured with native SAP authorizations, no-code intelligence for cloud BI,AI and automation

2. Which technologies does it work with?

Currently, this technology works with SAP only. We support:

• Any SAP version (non-HANA or HANA)  for ERP, BW, CRM, APO, GTS, EWM, SRM etc

• All major clouds (AWS/GCP/ Azure) as well as on-premise deployments

• Major application providers like SAP BTP, Databricks, Snowflake, MS Fabric, Azure API-M, Logic Apps, Dynatrace etc

• User facing applications like MS Excel, PowerBI, Fabric, Tableau, Power Platform/Apps/ Automate etc

• Other apps that are REST-API compliant are supported 

3. How do we connect to SAP?

We always connect using the application layer, not directly to DB. We support following protocols:

• REST (recommended)

• OData

• RFC

4. Is this certified by SAP?

Yes, please review SAP certificate here

5. Is this certified by Microsoft?

Yes, please review Microsoft certificate here

6. Is this compliant with SAP Note# 3255746 that prohibits the use of ODP API for non-SAP applications?

Yes, by using modern REST API method approved by SAP instead of ODP API’s, our users are able to #STREAM-Intelligence from SAP.

7. Can I still use this to #STREAM-Intelligence to datalake?

Yes, we support Azure Datalake, Fabric Onelake, AWS S3, GCP CS, as well as NFS file share.

8. What SAP object types are supported?

We support following SAP object types (standard or custom Z) :

• Tables & Views [Full or delta CDC]

• Reports [ALV or Standard]

• TCODE

• SQVI Query

• CDS views

• BW Extractors

9. Is SAP BTP supported?

Yes, we support integration with SAP BTP using:

• CPI Integration Services

• CPI API Management

10. How is delta with CDC from tables supported?

We support delta from SAP tables & views in following modes:

• Time-series based: Date & time stamp 

• Document number based: SAP Document number & Item number

11. How is delta from reports / TCODES supported?

We leverage SAP variants on selection screen to incrementally #STREAM-Intelligence from reports etc. Of course, this is dependent on availability of time-series parameters (like date & time) on the selection screen.

12. What are the data formats supported?

Currently, we support following output formats for SAP data:

• CSV 

• JSON

• XML

• XLSX

• Parquet

13. Does the user need to code in SAP or apps [eg CDS etc]?

This a no-code API with one simple, consistent interface for #STREAM-Intelligence from >1.3 million SAP objects. By changing configuration in the app or JSON (eg, Azure or PowerBI), user will be able to get requested information.

14. How do we synch information security authorizations from SAP?

We support end to end security authorizations by using native SAP authorizations on any cloud, app or API endpoint. Basically, user is authenticated with their SAP credentials and their authorizations are carried over to consuming application. Eg, if user X is authorized in SAP to view purchasing data from company 1000 only (& not company 2000), he will automatically inherit the same security in the consuming application. 

Any changes made to their authorizations in SAP are automatically reflected in the application without any need for replication.

We highly recommend using SAP semantic models securely, instead of extracting tables data to 3rd party applications.

15. How do we secure information from SAP to cloud?

We support end to end information security using following mechanisms:

• HTTPS

• SAS tokens

• Public Signed URL

16. Do I need to code CDS views in SAP?

No. Existing CDS views are supported, but by using ready-to-use semantic data like reports, TCODEs etc without writing any code you are business ready from day-1.

17. Are custom objects like Z tables / reports etc supported?

Yes.

18. Is real-time supported?

Yes, using the REST API.

19. Is batch scheduling supported?

Yes, using SAP SM37, SAP BTP, Azure DF, Fabric, API Gateway or other scheduler tool.

20. Can I get business friendly labels from SAP data?

Yes, following labels are supported:

• Business labels

• Technical field names

• Both of above

21. How does this compare with other tools?

Summary of the comparison sheet is updated frequently & available upon request.

22. Can try the solution?

Yes, we provide free trial for 30 days with 100% refund guarantee for our solutions. 

23. Do I get support for installation phase?

Yes, you have the option to:

1. Free installation: using our installation guides and videos

2. Assisted installation: Expert led installation (recommended for complex landscapes only)

24. Can I use this technology to extract from SAP Datasphere?

Currently, we stream from SAP S4/ ECC, BW (NetWeaver or HANA) and other ABAP based systems. 

SAP datasphere can be integrated using ETL tools like Azure Data Factory etc.