Access Live SAP HANA Data in Excel (Desktop)

Microsoft Excel is a widely used spreadsheet software application, primarily used for tasks related to data management, analysis, and visualization. When combined with Connect Spreadsheets by CData, you gain immediate access to SAP HANA data directly within Excel, facilitating data analysis, collaboration, calculations, and more. This article shows how to connect to SAP HANA in Connect Spreadsheets and access and update live SAP HANA data in Excel spreadsheets.

Connect Spreadsheets is the easiest way to get all your live data into Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets - no more downloading, wrangling, and uploading files again. Just connect to your data, select the dataset you'd like to see, and import it into your spreadsheet.

Configure SAP HANA Connectivity for Excel

Connectivity to SAP HANA from Excel is made possible through Connect Spreadsheets. To work with SAP HANA data from Excel, we start by creating and configuring a SAP HANA connection.

1. Log into Connect Spreadsheets, click Connections and click Add Connection
2. Select "SAP HANA" from the Add Connection panel
3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to SAP HANA.

   Set the Server, Database and Port properties to specify the address of your SAP Hana database to interact with. Set the User and the Password properties to authenticate to the server.

4. Click Create & Test
5. Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add SAP HANA Connection page and update the User-based permissions.

With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to SAP HANA data from Excel.

Access Live SAP HANA Data in Excel

The steps below outline connecting to Connect Spreadsheets from Excel to access live SAP HANA data.

1. Open Excel, create a new sheet (or open an existing one).
2. Click Insert and click Get Add-ins. (if you have already installed the Add-In, jump to step 4).
3. Search for Connect Spreadsheets and install the Add-in.
4. Click Data and open the CData Connect Spreadsheets Add-In.
5. In the Add-In panel, click "Log in" to authenticate with your Connect Spreadsheets account
6. In the Connect Spreadsheets panel in Excel, click Import
7. Choose a Connection (e.g. SAPHANA1), Table (e.g. Buckets), and Columns to import
8. Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit
9. Click Execute to import the data and opt to overwrite the existing sheet or create a new one.

Update SAP HANA Data from Excel

In addition to viewing SAP HANA data in Excel, Connect Spreadsheets also lets you update and delete SAP HANA data. Begin by importing data (as described above).

1. Update any cell or cells with changes you want to push to SAP HANA (your changes will be in red)
2. In the Connect Spreadsheets Add-In panel, select Update
3. Optionally highlight the cell(s) you wish to update and select an update option ("Update All" or "Update Selected")
4. Click Execute to push the updates to SAP HANA

A notification will appear when the update is complete

Live Access to SAP HANA Data from Spreadsheet Apps

New, you have a direct, cloud-to-cloud connection to live SAP HANA data from your Excel workbook. You can add more data to your workbook for calculations, aggregations, collaboration, and more.

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