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Best Practices for SAP BI using DB2 9 for z/OS - IBM Redbooks

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<strong>BI</strong> Java Connector<br />

One of a set of four JCA (J2EE Connector Architecture)-compliant resource<br />

adapters that allow you to connect applications built with the <strong>BI</strong> Java SDK to<br />

heterogeneous data sources:<br />

► <strong>BI</strong> JDBC Connector (<strong>for</strong> relational JDBD-compliant data sources)<br />

► <strong>BI</strong> ODBO Connector (<strong>for</strong> ODBO-compliant OLAP data sources)<br />

► <strong>BI</strong> <strong>SAP</strong> Query Connector (a component of the <strong>SAP</strong> Web Application Server<br />

Basis)<br />

► <strong>BI</strong> XMLA Connector (<strong>for</strong> OLAP data sources such as <strong>SAP</strong> BW 3.x)<br />

You can also use the Connectors to make external data sources available in <strong>BI</strong>,<br />

via <strong>BI</strong>'s UD Connect. In the SDK, the term connector is synonymous with<br />

resource adapter.<br />

<strong>BI</strong> JDBC Connector<br />

A resource adapter <strong>for</strong> the Business Intelligence domain based on Sun's Java<br />

Database Connectivity (JDBC), which is the standard Java API <strong>for</strong> Relational<br />

Database Management Systems (RDBMS). The <strong>BI</strong> JDBC Connector may be<br />

deployed into <strong>SAP</strong>'s Web Application Server, and allows you to connect<br />

applications built with the <strong>BI</strong> Java SDK to over 170 JDBC drivers, supporting<br />

data sources such as Teradata, Oracle®, Microsoft SQL Server®, Microsoft<br />

Access, <strong>DB2</strong>, Microsoft Excel, and text files such as CSV.<br />

You can also use the <strong>BI</strong> JDBC Connector to make these data sources available<br />

in <strong>BI</strong>, via <strong>BI</strong>'s UD Connect.<br />

The JDBC Connector implements the <strong>BI</strong> Java SDK's I<strong>BI</strong>Relational interface.<br />

<strong>BI</strong> ODBO Connector<br />

A resource adapter <strong>for</strong> the Business Intelligence domain based on Microsoft's<br />

ODBO (OLE DB <strong>for</strong> OLAP), which is the established industry-standard OLAP<br />

API <strong>for</strong> the Windows plat<strong>for</strong>m. The <strong>BI</strong> ODBO Connector may be deployed into<br />

<strong>SAP</strong>'s Web Application Server, and allows you to connect applications built with<br />

the <strong>BI</strong> Java SDK to ODBO-compliant OLAP data sources such as Microsoft<br />

Analysis Services, SAS, and Microsoft PivotTable® Services.<br />

You can also use the <strong>BI</strong> ODBO Connector to make these data sources available<br />

in <strong>BI</strong>, via <strong>BI</strong>'s UD Connect.<br />

The ODBO Connector implements the <strong>BI</strong> Java SDK's I<strong>BI</strong>Olap interface.<br />

Appendix A. Glossary <strong>for</strong> <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>BI</strong> 287

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