Automated SAP Ariba Procurement Data Replication to SQL Server

Always-on applications rely on automatic failover capabilities and real-time data access. CData Sync integrates live SAP Ariba Procurement data into your Teradata instance, allowing you to consolidate all of your data into a single location for archiving, reporting, analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and more.

Configure Teradata as a Replication Destination

Using CData Sync, you can replicate SAP Ariba Procurement data to Teradata. To add a replication destination, navigate to the Connections tab.

1. Click Add Connection.
2. Select Teradata as a destination.
3. Enter the necessary connection properties. To connect to Teradata, set the following connection properties (CData Sync ships with the Npgsql ADO.NET Provider for PostgreSQL):
   • Connection Name: Enter a connection name of your choice.
   • Data Source: Enter either the Teradata server name, the database computer (DBC) username, or the Teradata Director Program Id (TDPID).
   • User: Enter the username that you use to authenticate to your Teradata account.
   • Password: Enter the password that you use to authenticate to your Teradata account.
   • Auth Scheme: Select the authentication scheme. TD2 is the default scheme.
   • Database: Enter the name of your Teradata database.

     Note: If you do not specify a database, CData Sync connects to your default database.

   • Port: Enter the port number for your Teradata server. The default port value is 1025.
4. Click Test Connection to ensure that the connection is configured properly.
5. Click Save Changes.

Configure the SAP Ariba Procurement Connection

You can configure a connection to SAP Ariba Procurement from the Connections tab. To add a connection to your SAP Ariba Procurement account, navigate to the Connections tab.

1. Click Add Connection.
2. Select a source (SAP Ariba Procurement).
3. Configure the connection properties.
   
   

   In order to connect with SAP Ariba Procurement, set the following:

   • ANID: Your Ariba Network ID.
   • ANID: Specify which API you would like the provider to retrieve SAP Ariba data from. Select the Buyer or Supplier API based on your business role (possible values are PurchaseOrdersBuyerAPIV1 or PurchaseOrdersSupplierAPIV1).
   • Environment: Indicate whether you are connecting to a test or production environment (possible values are TEST or PRODUCTION).

   Authenticating with OAuth

   After setting connection properties, you need to configure OAuth connectivity to authenticate.

   • Set AuthScheme to OAuthClient.
   • Register an application with the service to obtain the APIKey, OAuthClientId and OAuthClientSecret.

     For more information on creating an OAuth application, refer to the Help documentation.

   Automatic OAuth

   After setting the following, you are ready to connect:

   APIKey: The Application key in your app settings. OAuthClientId: The OAuth Client Id in your app settings. OAuthClientSecret: The OAuth Secret in your app settings.

   When you connect, the provider automatically completes the OAuth process:

   1. The provider obtains an access token from SAP Ariba and uses it to request data.
   2. The provider refreshes the access token automatically when it expires.
   3. The OAuth values are saved in memory relative to the location specified in OAuthSettingsLocation.
4. Click Connect to ensure that the connection is configured properly.
5. Click Save Changes.

Configure Replication Queries

CData Sync enables you to control replication with a point-and-click interface and with SQL queries. For each replication you wish to configure, navigate to the Jobs tab and click Add Job. Select the Source and Destination for your replication.

Replicate Entire Tables

To replicate an entire table, click Add Tables in the Tables section, choose the table(s) you wish to replicate, and click Add Selected Tables.

Customize Your Replication

You can use the Columns and Query tabs of a task to customize your replication. The Columns tab allows you to specify which columns to replicate, rename the columns at the destination, and even perform operations on the source data before replicating. The Query tab allows you to add filters, grouping, and sorting to the replication.

Schedule Your Replication

In the Schedule section, you can schedule a job to run automatically, configuring the job to run after specified intervals ranging from once every 15 minutes to once every month.

Once you have configured the replication job, click Save Changes. You can configure any number of jobs to manage the replication of your SAP Ariba Procurement data to Teradata.