SAP Integration
 
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SAP drivers & connectors
for data integration

Connect with SAP R/3 and SAP ERP from reporting tools, databases, and custom applications through standards-based drivers. Easily integrate SAP data with BI, reporting, analytics, ETL tools, and custom solutions.

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ETL/ELT
CData Sync
Integrate SAP data into any database or data warehouse
SQL Server
SSIS Tasks
Integrate SAP with SQL Integration Services
Command-Line Access
PowerShell
Automate SAP tasks form the command-line with PowerShell
Reporting & Spreadsheets
Excel
Connect to live SAP data from your favorite Spreadsheet
BI & Analytics
Power BI
Tableau
Connect to live SAP data from your favorite BI tool
Semantic Layer
CData Virtuality
Access SAP through a unified logical data access layer
Connect Apps
ODBC
JDBC
ADO.NET
Extend common applications and tools with drop-in connectivity
Python Connectivity
Python Connector
Connect SAP with Python and Data Science projects
AI Connectivity
AI / MCP Server
Easily connect SAP to AI assistants, copilots, & agents.

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SAP data integration

Access SAP data in all of the systems you use every day, including BI & analytics tools, databases, data warehouses, and custom apps. Customers commonly use CData's SAP connectivity to:

  • Provide a logical data layer of abstraction that shields users from the complexity of data access and integration.
  • Get blazing-fast access to data for BI, reporting, and data integration with highly optimized read/write performance.
  • Securely explore tables, columns, keys, data, and full meta-data based on user identity.

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Office Depot Leverages CData to 'Lift and Shift' Critical Data and Enable Analytics Integration

“CData allows us to take that Snowflake data and put it in a cube with that sub-two second response time our end-users are looking for.”

— Daniel Ligas
Office Depot IT Architect


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Belden Supports Growing Marketing Requests by Centralizing Data Access in the Cloud

“CData connects our Tableau to Google Analytics, Google Ads, and Salesforce. Now we’ve also got connectors set up for Pardot, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. And I have all these things all in one place with no upkeep on my end.”

— Paul Summitt
Belden D&A IT Supervisor


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Logi Analytics Brings Real-Time Data to Analytics Dashboards for SaaS

“As we expand into and serve new industries and markets, having broad-spectrum data connectivity within our products will improve our ability to support additional customers and data reporting scenarios”

— Jaimi Panini
VP of Product & Development for Logi Analytics


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The CData difference

Our standards-based approach to connectivity streamlines data access and insulates usrs from the complexities of integrating SAP data.

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Unparalleled SAP Connectivity

Get full access to your SAP data wherever you need it. CData is the undisputed leader in SAP connectivity providing the most comprehensive access to live SAP data anywhere. Thousands of customers and hundreds of leading data ISVs rely on our connectivity to make the most of their data.

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Fastest time to value

Reduce reducing development cycles and accelerating the overall time to market. Our pre-built, optimized connectors eliminate the need for complex custom development, allowing for fast, secure access to Workday data.

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Unbeatable price-performance

By standardizing and streamlining how systems interact with SAP our products reduce development costs and timelines, slash architectural complexity.

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Blazing data access

Our SAP connectivity is fast — really fast. In fact, over twice as fast as other solutions. Our engineers have optimized our drivers for maximum performance all the way down to the socket level, delivering truly exceptional data access.

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Future-proof integration

We continuously test against changes in the SAP APIs & protocols used to connect, preventing downtime in your data and analytics processes.

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Enterprise-class technical support

CData is dedicated to helping you find success with SAP. We work as an extension of your team to help solve your toughest data challenges. Thousands of customers and hundreds of ISVs rely on our services to make the most of their data.

SAP data for AI agents and assistants


SAP MCP server connectivity for AI

Enable AI agents, assistants, and workflows to access SAP data to improve output, tailoring responses to your actual business data and reducing hallucinations.

  • Let executives, PMs, and analysts use natural language to query live Access data — without needing SQL, BI tools, or training.
  • Secure data controls. Users authenticate with their own credentials using the source's most trusted form of authentication to connect to the AI client.
  • With query pushdown, parallel execution, and bulk operations, the SAP MCP server delivers fast answers from even the largest orgs
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SAP connectivity for BI & analytics


BI & Analytics Integration

Live SAP access for analytics

Access SAP data in all of the systems you use every day, including BI & analytics tools, databases, data warehouses, and custom apps.

  • Connect SAP (and any other data source) to your favorite analytics, automation, or data management app without moving data
  • Bi-directional SAP connectivity through common data endpoints
  • Enable SAP governability and data privacy with user-level permissioning at the source level.

SAP ETL, replication, & data warehousing


Automate SAP data replication

CData Sync automatically replicates data from hundreds of on-premises and cloud data sources — like SAP — to any modern database, data lake, or data warehouse.

  • Create automated SAP data flows in minutes with point-and-click data replication
  • Facilitate reporting, business intelligence, and analytics for decision support
  • Archive data for disaster recovery
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Data Replication & ETL

Consolidate SAP data management


Data Management

Data management integration enables organizations to better manage their human resources data, optimize decision-making, and ensure compliance with data governance policies. Technologies like ODBC, JDBC, and ADO easily connect with all kinds of popular data management applications.

Connect SAP to data management systems to:

  • Provide a single, accurate source of truth for employee and resource data.
  • Ensure consistency, data quality, and integration across systems.
  • Improve data discoverability, governance, and compliance, allowing for easy tracking, auditing, and efficient data use across the organization.

Connect to SAP with no-code

SAP is often at the center of a wide range of repetitive tasks. With low-code/no-code tools, users can automate these tasks reducing manual effort and errors.

  • Customize SAP and integrate it with other systems (like CRM, HR, or accounting software) without writing complex code.
  • Create custom dashboards, reports, or data visualizations by integrating SAP data with other systems.
No-Code Data Integration

Build fully-integrated custom applications


Custom Application Integration

From custom AI and analytics to performance managemement and learning platforms, developers are leveraging our drivers to power all kinds of real-time integrations with SAP.

A SAP driver is a software library that enables applications to interact with SAP as though it were a traditional database. These drivers simplify communication by abstracting API complexities, presenting Salesforce data in a structured, database-like format.

A SAP connector is a tailored integration designed to allow proprietary applications or unique systems to seamlessly interact with SAP. Built on the same robust engine as our SAP drivers, these connectors provide effortless real-time access to SAP data for extended application functionality.

Drivers streamline integration by abstracting SAP APIs, allowing you to access its data through standard interfaces like SQL, making them perfect for data-focused applications.



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Virtualize access to SAP data

Data virtualization tools helps organizations achieve better data access, more agile decision-making, and greater efficiency in managing data across diverse systems.

Integrating SAP with data virtualization tools allows organizations to combine this data with other sources like ERP systems, CRM platforms, or financial databases without physically moving or duplicating data. This unified access enables faster, more efficient decision-making.

Data Management

Connect to live SAP data in spreadsheets


Spreadsheet Integration

Work with live SAP data seamlessly in Excel and Google Sheets.

  • Always work with live SAP data — no more downloading, copying, and pasting
  • Filter and get just the attributes and data you actually need
  • Refresh data with a click or set a schedule
  • Update SAP records right from your spreadsheet
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Frequently asked SAP integration questions

Common questions about SAP drivers & connectors for data and analytics integration

The SAP driver acts like a bridge that facilitates communication between various applications and SAP, allowing the application to read, write, and update data as if it were a relational database. The SAP driver abstracts the complexities of SAP APIs, authentication methods, and data types, making it simple for any application to connect to SAP data in real-time via standard SQL queries.

Working with a SAP Driver is different than connecting with SAP through other means. SAP API integrations require technical experience from a software developer or IT resources. Additionally, due to the constant evolution of APIs and services, once you build your integration you have to constantly maintain SAP integration code moving forward.

By comparison, our SAP Drivers offer codeless access to live SAP data for both technical and non-technical users alike. Any user can install our drivers and begin working with live SAP data from any client application. Because our drivers conform to standard data interfaces like ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET etc. they offer a consistent, maintenance-free interface to SAP data. We manage all of the complexities of SAP integration within each driver and deploy updated drivers as systems evolve so your applications continue to run seamlessly.

Many organizations draw attention to their library of connectors. After all, data connectivity is a core capability needed for applications to maximize their business value. However, it is essential to understand exactly what you are getting when evaluating connectivity. Some vendors are happy to offer connectors that implement basic proof-of-concept level connectivity. These connectors may highlight the possibilities of working with SAP, but often only provide a fraction of capability. Finding real value from these connectors usually requires additional IT or development resources.

Unlike these POC-quality connectors, every CData SAP driver offers full-featured SAP data connectivity. The CData SAP drivers support extensive SAP integration, providing access to all of the SAP data and meta-data needed by enterprise integration or analytics projects. Each driver contains a powerful embedded SQL engine that offers applications easy and high-performance access to all SAP data. In addition, our drivers offer robust authentication and security capabilities, allowing users to connect securely across a wide range of enterprise configurations. Compare drivers and connectors to read more about some of the benefits of CData's driver connectivity.

With our drivers and connectors, every data source is essentially SQL-based. The CData SAP driver contains a full SQL-92 compliant engine that translates standard SQL queries into SAP API calls dynamically. Queries are parsed and optimized for each data source, pushing down as much of the request to SAP as possible. Any logic that can not be pushed to SAP is handled transparently client-side by the driver/connector engine. Ultimately, this means that SAP looks and acts exactly like a database to any client application or tool. Users can integrate live SAP connectivity with ANY software solution that can talk to a standard database.

The SAP drivers and connectors offer comprehensive access to SAP data. Our SAP driver exposes static and dynamic data and metadata, providing universal access to SAP data for any enterprise analytics or data mangement use. To explore the SAP driver data model, please review the edition-specific SAP driver documentation.

Using the CData SAP drivers and connectors, SAP can be easily integrated with almost any application. Any software or technology that can integrate with a database or connect with standards-based drivers like ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, etc., can use our drivers for live SAP data connectivity. Explore some of the more popular SAP data integrations online.

SAP Analytics is universally supported for BI and data science. In addition, CData provides native client connectors for popular analytics applications like Power BI, Tableau, and Excel that simplify SAP data integration. Additionally, native Python connectors are widely available for data science and data engineering projects that integrate seamlessly with popular tools like Pandas, SQLAlchemy, Dash, and Petl.

SAP data integration is typically enabled with CData Sync, a robust any-to-any data pipeline solution that is easy to set up, runs everywhere, and offers comprehensive enterprise-class features for data engineering. CData Sync makes it easy to replicate SAP data any database or data warehouse, and maintain parity between systems with automated incremental SAP replication. In addition, our SAP drivers and connectors can be easily embedded into a wide range of data integration tools to augment existing solutions.

Absolutely. CData offers native Excel Add-Ins for SAP integration. These Add-Ins provide live access to SAP data directly from Microsoft Excel.

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