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APOS Live Data Gateway solution expands, simplifies and unifies your data connectivity for SAP Analytics Cloud. This middleware platform provides virtualized data connectivity which enables live data connectivity to a vast range of non-SAP data sources. With Live Data Gateway, you can leverage the unique benefits of live data connections in SAP Analytics Cloud including your valuable non-SAP data.
Utilize data from existing location
Access relational, OLAP, Cloud, and Hadoop data using a single, simplified and consistent connection point into the available data. Blend data from multiple data sources with live connectivity View more
Data is always current
Live data connectivity to SAC and Datasphere and live data consumption using OData, JDBC, ODBC View more
Data never leaves the firewall
In Live data connection mode no sensitive data ever leaves the network environment, and only report metadata crosses the firewall
Unified Semantic Layer
Simplified data connection process enables easier report, dashboard and story creation by a broader range of users.
Leverage existing security
Control and govern what data is exposed through the semantic layer between your enterprise data sources and your SAP solutions
Leverage existing data modelling
Easily build and share views on your data for agile data modelling
APOS Data Gateway resolved a major issue we had with continued use of SAP Analytics Cloud. We experienced limitations in the way SAP Analytics Cloud handled visualizations on large imported data sets from Snowflake. Live data connectivity with APOS Data Gateway provided a path forward, allowing us to fulfill current SAP Analytics Cloud use cases and build new ones.
Paul Carey, Business Solution Manager - Information & Analytics, Britvic
Britvic achieved live connectivity from SAP Analytics Cloud to a large data repository in Snowflake with integrated authentication and SSO - Read more
In today's data landscapes it is critical that there is strong processing performance for large and growing data environments including Cloud and Big Data platforms. Live Data Gateway has been designed to thrive with such scenarios. See how the APOS Live Data Gateway performs with large data sets in Snowflake (288 billion rows - 10TB data set) and Google BigQuery (196 million rows)
APOS Live Data Gateway serves data with speed and consistency from an extensive range of relational, OLAP, Hadoop and Cloud sources. See the full list of over 150 supported data sources
Leverage data from multiple different data sources into a single, consolidated view and connect to that data live from SAP Analytics Cloud.
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The Data Virtualization layer of Live Data Gateway is the connection point into the many data sources that are supported - Cloud Data, Relational Data, OLAP Data, Hadoop Data, Applications (On-Premise and Cloud). All connectivity is managed through this single virtualized data connection point, meaning that no database drivers or other connections mechanisms are required by any consuming application or user environment, instead Live Data Gateway manages all of these connection details. The primary connection protocol is JDBC, however connection via OData, XMLA, JSON, REST, and API is also supported.
The Data Preparation Layer of Live Data Gateway enables important data transformation steps, and provides a simplified semantic layer for business users to easily navigate data and be shielded from the complexities of the underlying data structures. This semantic layer produces very strong benefits for both self-service analytics and self-service modelling.
Within the semantic layer, data views are created which define what data should be exposed, define measures and dimensions, manage data linking complexities, and rename data fields to meaningful business terms. With these data complexities managed centrally, the end users of the semantic layer can quickly and easily build reports and visualizations, all while the strong data control and governance mechanism is protecting against inappropriate data access.
Three types of data views can be utilized within the Data Preparation Layer:
The Data Consumption layer enables the communication of data requests into Live Data Gateway and the serving of the requested data. The simplified view into your data created in the data preparation layer allows for consumers to easily understand the data in business terms. Being able to consume data presented in business terms is a strong enabler of self-service. The semantic data of Live Data Gateway is served for consumption by SAP Analytics Cloud through the SAP Native protocol, but can also be consumed via OData, JDBC and ODBC.
Direct data connectivity in live mode to Oracle, SQL Server and Google BigQuery for more informed analytics - Read more
Expand and transform data connectivity to include all pertinent data sources in your Analytics.
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Leveraging data is an imperative, but we also know that it has its challenges, such as managing data from disparate sources.
SAPinsider's Kumar Singh describes the critical role of analytics in digital transformation.
94% of organizations need access to multiple data sources to support effective decision-making. Virtualized data connectivity is a timely, exciting solution.
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