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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 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
This APOS solution was extremely easy to deploy, simplifying the process of connecting to Google BigQuery and our other data sources. We were also pleased with live data connecting using the APOS Live Data Gateway because it kept all data within the corporate firewall for an added level of security.
Sunil Kumar, SAP Enterprise Architect, WR Grace
W.R. Grace established direct data connectivity in live mode to Oracle, SQL Server and Google BigQuery for more informed analytics - 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
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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.
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Performant live data connectivity with current data from non-SAP sources 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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