SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.

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Supported platforms (PAM)
Initial Publication: June 12, 2021
Last Update: March 19, 2025
Applicability: BI 4.3 RTM - SP04
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Supported Platforms
1. Operating System
2. Language
This document is also applicable to Edge BI 4.3 and Crystal
Server 2020.
3. Browser
4. Java Application Server For Edge BI 4.3 and Crystal Server 2020:
5. Portal Server • Only Windows and Linux operating systems are
6. IIS (IOMS only)
supported.

7. CMS + Audit Repository For Crystal Server 2020:

8. Directory Server (LDAP) • The following components are not supported with
9. Other Technology Crystal Server 2020: Web Intelligence, Analysis, edition
10. Virtualization Technology
for OLAP, SAP ERP / BW integration, Oracle ERP
integration.
11. Cloud Infrastructure
This document is not applicable for SAP BusinessObjects
12. Cloud Storage Platform
Mobile Clients Supported Platforms (PAM).
13. Authorization Server (OAuth 2.0)
14. OLAP Server support by Product For BI 4.3 Maintenance Strategy document: click here
15. SAP BW Support by Product (incl. SAP BW/4HANA)
16. SAP HANA Support by Product (incl. SAP HANA Cloud)
17. SAP S/4HANA Support by Product
How to read the tables in this document
18. SAP Datasphere Support by Product
19. Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources “✓” means supported with BI 4.3 ✓
20. Crystal Report 2020 Data Access “-” means not supported -
21. Data Services and Information Steward

Appendix
▪ Minimum Hardware + Operating System Patch Requirements + Supported Locales + Glossary

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Operating System Support

64-bit BusinessObjects BI Server Products

Minimum Latest
Provider Name Name Notes
Supported version certified version *

AIX AIX Power 7.1 TL1 7.3 TL2

Amazon Linux 2 2
Suse x86_64 SLES 12 15 SP06 Refer to Page 84 of this document for more information about
minimum OS patch requirement.
Red Hat x86_64 EL 7.2 8.10 / 9.5
RHEL 9.x is supported from :
Linux
- 4.3 SP03 patch 1
Oracle Linux (RHCK)(UEK) 7.2 8.9 / 9.4 - 4.3 SP02 patch 9
Oracle Linux 9.x is supported from :
- 4.3 SP03 patch 6
- Known performance issues. Refer to SAP Note 2934379.
Solaris Solaris SPARC 11.4 11.4 - Solaris 11.3, EOL October 2020. Refer Oracle Solaris 11.3
Support.
Windows Windows Server 2016 2025

64-bit BusinessObjects BI Desktop Client Products

Minimum Latest
Provider Name Name Notes
Supported version certified version *
Windows Server 2016 2025
Windows
Windows Client 10 11 23h2
SAP BusinessObjects BI server components only support 64-bit operating systems. Only 64-bit OS are supported: details. This is not a complete list of platform/connectivity services.
Dashboard and Explorer are removed from BI 4.3, for complete details, refer to SAP Note 2801797.

Please check supported Operating System details on Common Cryptographic Library (CCL / SAPJCE) PAM Link

*The Operating System coming minor releases (Oracle Linux 8.x for example) are compatible by reference. Regularly, some certifications will be planned on latest Operating System release.
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Language Support by Products

UI: The user interface for all BI 4.3 products is localized into the languages listed below.
Data: Data stored in Unicode format can be accessed and displayed in all products and is not restricted to the languages below.

Ukrainian (***)(*4)
Kazakh (***)(*4)
T Chinese (*1)
Hebrew (***)

Portuguese
Norwegian

S Chinese

Arabic (***)
Japanese

Hungarian

Romanian

Slovenian
Slovakian
Swedish
Russian

Spanish
German
English

Finnish

Korean
Danish

French

Turkish
Polish
Italian
Dutch

Czech
Thai
BusinessObjects Enterprise
Products

BusinessObjects BI Server
Products ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

BusinessObjects BI Desktop
Products ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

(***) Arabic, Hebrew, Ukrainian and Kazakh Support

BI launch pad (*2) (*3)

BI workspaces (viewing only) (*3)

Crystal Reports Web Viewer (*3)
Web Intelligence
- Web Intelligence Rich Internet Application (Fiori Viewer) (*3)
- Web Intelligence Rich Client
Analysis, edition for OLAP (*3)

(*1) Traditional Chinese is not supported by Platform Search

(*2) BI platform plug-in components that can be accessed through the BI launch pad are not all supported in Arabic. Supported BI platform plug-in components are listed separately in this table.
(*3) For those browser-based components that support Arabic, support is limited to Firefox.
(*4) Ukrainian and Kazakh are not supported in Universe design tool.
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Browser Support

Minimum Latest
Provider Name Name Notes
Supported version certified version

Apple Safari Safari 11 Safari 17

Google Chrome 106.x 119.x The current version of Google Chrome and Microsoft Chromium Edge are supported
based on testing with earlier versions of these browsers. Although SAP will work to
maintain compatibility with them.
Microsoft Chromium Edge 106.x 119.x Please be aware that issues may be introduced when significant changes are made to
Google Chrome and Microsoft Chromium Edge between BI Support Packages releases.

For more information about Firefox Extended Support Releases (ESR):

Mozilla Firefox ESR 60.x 115.x
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/

Only 64 bit browsers are supported.

Web Intelligence in BI 4.3 is touch ready for Reading mode only.

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Java Application Server Support

• The platforms on this slide are supported as application servers. For more information, please refer to the Web Application Deployment Guide.
• Windows Server, Linux, AIX and Solaris are supported.
• Except SAP NetWeaver Java Application Server, all listed application servers are compatible with Oracle JDK8 and IBM Java 8 (minimum JRE version is 1.8.0_301).
• Any HTTP server supported by the application server vendor can be used with the supported application server.

Minimum
Latest Supported
Provider Name Name Supported Notes
certified version since
version

Certified with SAP JVM 8 also.

As free open-source third-party web application server, SAP recommends you
contact a qualified third-party vendor or consultant for performance tuning,
Apache Tomcat 8.x 9.x 4.3 SP00
security related issues and load balancer configurations (see SAP KBA
2280098).
Please check KBA 2112338 for bundled tomcat and JVM version

Support for the WebSphere On Demand Router is described in SAP Note

8.5 Liberty 20 4.3 SP00
1869511.
IBM WebSphere Application Server
Due to securities related changes, mandatory WAS minimum version is 9.0.5.6.
9.0.5.6 Liberty 21 4.3 SP02
Previous versions are not compatible with 4.3 SP02

12.2 12.2 4.3 SP00 Central Management Console (CMC) application and Analysis edition for OLAP
Oracle WebLogic Server (AOLAP) are not supported on Oracle WebLogic 12C and 14 application server
14.1 14.1 4.3 SP02 (see SAP Notes 2900108 and 3060695).

7.1 7.2 4.3 SP00 To use JBOSS with Mobile Server, refer to SAP Note 2207211.
Red Hat JBoss EAP
7.3 7.4 4.3 SP02

- 7.50 SP19 4.3 SP00 SAP JVM 8

SAP NetWeaver Java Application Server (*1)
7.50 SP22 7.50 SP31 4.3 SP02 SAP JVM 8.1.080
(*1) By backward compatibility, NetWeaver Java Application Server coming minor releases are compatible by reference with SAP BI. Regularly, some certifications will be planned on latest release.
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Portal Server Support

Windows Server, Linux, AIX and Solaris are supported.

Minimum Latest Supported

Provider Name Name Notes
Supported version certified version since

Support for the WebSphere On Demand Router is described in SAP Note

8.5 9 4.3 SP00
1869511.
IBM WebSphere Portal
Due to securities related changes, mandatory WAS minimum version is
9.0.5.6 9.0.5.6 4.3 SP02
9.0.5.6. Previous version are not compatible with 4.3 SP02

Microsoft SharePoint 2013 2016 4.3 SP00 Windows Server only

7.4 SP01 7.50 SP19 4.3 SP00 SAP JVM 8

SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal (*1)
7.50 SP22 7.50 SP29 4.3 SP02 SAP JVM 8.1.080

(*1) By backward compatibility, NetWeaver Enterprise Portal coming minor releases are compatible by reference with SAP BI. Regularly, some certifications will be planned on latest release.
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IIS Support by Operating System (IOMS only)

IIS is supported for Integration option for Microsoft SharePoint (IOMS) only.

Windows Server Windows Server Windows Server

2012 R2 2016 2019
Application Server Version

8.5 ✓ - -
IIS
10 - ✓ ✓

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CMS + Audit Repository Support [1/2]

Operating systems supported : Windows Server, Linux, AIX and Solaris

Provider Name Name Version Database Connector Exceptions

Only 64-bits versions are supported

11.1 Db2 Client 11.1

Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Not supported with Solaris 11
11.5 Db2 Client 11.5
IBM
11.1 Db2 Client 11.1
Db2 Workgroup Edition
11.5 Db2 Client 11.5

MaxDB MaxDB 7.9

2014 SQL Server Native Client 11 or ODBC Driver 13

2016 Microsoft ODBC Driver 13

Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Microsoft ODBC Driver 13 Not supported with Linux and Unix platforms.
Microsoft
2019 Microsoft ODBC Driver 17

2022 Microsoft ODBC Driver 18

Azure SQL Database Microsoft ODBC Driver 13 Not supported with Linux and Unix platforms.

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CMS + Audit Repository Support [2/2]

Operating systems supported : Windows Server, Linux, AIX and Solaris

Provider Name Name Version Database Connector Notes

Only 64-bits versions are supported

5.7 MySQL C-API Not supported with Solaris 11.

Refer to SAP Note 2733936.

4.3 SP02 and lower version restriction:

MySQL MySQL AB MYSQL 8 version is not supported with RHEL 8 and SLES 15
Operating Systems. Refer to SAP Note 3058411.
8.0 MySQL C-API
For MySQL 8.0.28 and upper version, please follow SAP Note
3215377

12c Oracle Net Client 12c

Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) is supported.
12c R2 Oracle Net Client 12c Oracle Exadata is supported
Oracle Oracle Oracle 12c R1/R2 and 18c no longer supported by vendor.
18c Oracle Net Client 18c Please refer to SAP Note 1174136
.
19c Oracle Net Client 19c

SAP HANA 2.0 SPS 03 up to 07

Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7 Sybase Open Client 15.7

Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 16 Sybase Open Client 16

Sybase SQL Anywhere 17 Sybase SQL Anywhere ODBC Driver 17

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Directory Server (LDAP) Support

Windows Server, Linux, AIX and Solaris are supported.

Minimum Latest
Provider Name Name
Supported version certified version

Computer
CA Directory - 14.0
Associates

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.4 6.4

Microsoft Active Directory 2019 2022

NetIQ eDirectory 9.0 SP02 9.1

Internet Directory 12.2 12.2

Oracle
ODSEE 11g Release 1 (11.1.1) 11g Release 1 (11.1.1)

Redhat LDAP Server 10.4 10.4

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Other Technology Support

Except for eTrust Siteminder, only Windows operating system are supported.

Minimum Latest
Provider Name Name Notes
Supported version certified version

Adobe Adobe Reader 19 21

Computer Associates
eTrust Siteminder 12.52 12.8 All Platforms supported.
Access Management
Microsoft Active Directory
2012 R2 2019
(including LDS support)

.NET Framework 4.6 4.8

- SPs of Microsoft Office that are higher than the minimum listed SPs
Microsoft are supported by reference.
- MS Office 64 bit is supported on Live Office.
Microsoft Office 2013 Office 365/2021 - Live Office Panel for Outlook is removed since 4.3 SP03.
- No support for integrating with Office 365 cloud offerings as such.
Office 365 support is only for the version of Microsoft Office being
supported.

SAP SAP GUI 7.60 8.0 SAPGUI 8.0 supported since 4.3 SP04

Freedom Scientific Jaws 2023 2023 SAP note 893585

Reverse Proxy
Apache HTTP Server 2.2 and 2.4
WebSEAL 6 and 7
Not supported for Mobile Server

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Virtualization Technology Support

Server Virtualization
Refer to the SAP Note 1492000 for the general statement on virtualization technology support, and related notes for virtualization support on operating
systems supported in this release.

Desktop Virtualization
Refer to the table below:

Windows Linux
Desktop Virtualization
Citrix XenApp 7.15 [Windows Server 2016] ✓ -

Docker Docker - ✓

Remote Desktop Services ✓ -

Microsoft
Hyper V SAP Note 1492000 -
FreeRDP [Suse SLES v12] - ✓
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Rdesktop [SUSE SLES v12] - ✓
Connectivity
Cendio Thinlinc [Windows Server 2016] ✓ -
Cendio Thinlinc [Suse SLES v12] - ✓

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Cloud Infrastructure Support

SAP Business Intelligence 4.3 solutions can be deployed on cloud infrastructure for productive and non-productive purposes.
The following cloud infrastructure offerings are certified for deployment:

Additional Notes
Cloud Infrastructure Offering
(for supported combinations, client/server components)

Alibaba Cloud SAP Note 2688086

Alibaba Cloud (JuShiTa variant) SAP Note 2314398

Amazon Web Services (AWS) SAP Note 1656099

Google Cloud Platform (Compute Engine) SAP Note 2538880

IBM SoftLayer Cloud SAP Note 2279688

Microsoft Azure Cloud SAP Note 2145537

Oracle Cloud SAP KBA 2650732

SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC) Support via HEC Solution Portfolio List (*1)

(*1) Edge BI products not supported on HEC

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Cloud Storage Platform Support

SAP Business Intelligence 4.3 solutions can be configured with cloud storage platforms for publication and sharing of corporate documents such as Excel and Text
files, and other types of documents.
Refer to the table below for supported cloud storage offerings:

Additional Notes
Cloud Storage Platform Offering
(for supported combinations, client/server components)

Google Drive (*1) Support via SAP BI Platform (*2)

Microsoft OneDrive (*1) Support via SAP BI Platform (*2)

(*1) Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive are only supported by SAP BI Platform, Web Intelligence and Crystal Reports
(*2) To access Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive, need to first configure an Authorization Server (OAuth 2.0) in SAP BI Platform
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OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication Support

SAP Business Intelligence 4.3 solutions can be configured or deployed on infrastructure supporting OpenID authentications.
By default, OpenID Connect standard protocol (*1) is supported and following products have been certified.

Provider Name
Google Google Federated Identity / Workload Identity Federation
Microsoft Azure Active Directory V2 / Entra
SAP Identity Authentication Service

(*1) OpenID Connect Authentication is only supported through the Enterprise Authentication alias.

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SAML authentication Support

SAP Business Intelligence 4.3 solutions can be configured or deployed on infrastructure supporting SAML authentications.
By default, SAML standard protocol (*1) is supported and following products have been certified.

Provider Name
Google Google Federated Identity / Workload Identity Federation
Microsoft Azure Active Directory V2 / Entra
SAP Identity Authentication Service

(*1) SAML Connect Authentication is only supported through the Enterprise Authentication alias.

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OLAP Server Support by product

This section is applicable to BI tools such as SAP BusinessObjects Analysis edition for OLAP, Web Intelligence(*3), Crystal Reports for Enterprise(*3) and Semantic
Layer; except Crystal Reports 2020 (covered in Crystal Reports 2020 Data Access slide)

Provider Name Version Connectivity Notes

2008 / 2012 XMLA No longer supported by Microsoft.

Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services
2014 / 2016 / 2017 / 2019 XMLA

Oracle Essbase v11 JAPI

Oracle OLAP (*1) v11.1.0.7 + XMLA

SAP BusinessObjects Financial Consolidation v10.1 XMLA

v7.5 SP5 XMLA No longer supported by SAP.

SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation for Microsoft platform
No longer supported as of SAP
v10.1 XMLA
BPC 10.1 SP18+
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation for NetWeaver (*1) v10.1 BICS

SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management v10 XMLA

SAP BW See SAP BW and SAP BW/4HANA slides BICS

SAP HANA See SAP HANA and SAP HANA Cloud slides BICS / MDX (*2)

SAP Datasphere See SAP Datasphere slides BICS

Teradata OLAP (*1) v16 / v17 XMLA

(*1) Not supported on Web Intelligence, Crystal Reports for Enterprise and Semantic Layer (*3) Web Intelligence and Crystal Reports for Enterprise could consume Universes on supported
(*2) SAP HANA via MDX interface is only supported by Web Intelligence and Semantic Layer OLAP sources, and could also consume directly OLAP connections on SAP BW / SAP HANA
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SAP BW Minimum version per product - Overview (*1)

Please refer to SAP Note 1869560, for details on the level of support for BEx query elements, and typical BEx query functionality for all BI client tools.

Product Connectivity BW 7.50 and later (*2)

Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office (*3) ✓

BICS (Direct to BW)
Analysis, edition for OLAP ✓
Crystal Reports for Enterprise BICS ✓
Web Intelligence (Direct to BW and via a dimensional UNX) ✓
Crystal Reports for Enterprise Direct to Data (D2D) -
Crystal Reports 2020 Direct BW Connection ✓
Crystal Reports Enterprise ✓
Multi source universe
Live Office ✓
(Relational)
Web Intelligence ✓
Live Office ✓
OLAP UNV
Web Intelligence ✓
BEx Web Applications (*4) (Integrated with BI 4) ✓

Useful links: SAP Note 1648480 about SAP NetWeaver 7 Maintenance.

(*1) The most recent version tested and certified is BW 7.5 SPS30. (*3) Use Analysis, edition for MSFT Office 2.8 SP3 version or higher with BI 4.3. Refer to the Analysis,
(*2) By backward compatibility, BW 7.5 coming releases are compatible by reference with SAP BI, but will be edition for MSFT Office PAM for details.
planned for certification as soon as they will be released. (*4) Please consult SAP notes 1476156 and 1541365.

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SAP BW/4HANA Minimum version per product - Overview (*1)

BW/4HANA 1.0 and later BW/4HANA 2021 and BW/4HANA 2023 and
BW/4HANA 2.0 and later
(*1) later later

Connectivity Last certified SP20 (*2) Last certified SP16 (*2) Last certified SP10 (*2) Last certified FPS3 (*2)
Product
Analysis, edition for OLAP BICS (Direct to BEx) ✓ ✓ ✓
Analysis, edition
BICS (Direct to BW) ✓ ✓ ✓
for Microsoft Office
Crystal Reports for BICS ✓ ✓ ✓
Enterprise (Direct to BEx and via a
Web Intelligence dimensional UNX) ✓ ✓ ✓
Crystal Reports 2020 Direct to BW query ✓ ✓ ✓
Live Office UNV or relational UNX and via Web
✓ ✓ ✓
Intelligence

Note: Multisource relational universes are not supported on SAP BW/4HANA.

(*1) The end of maintenance date for BW/4HANA 1.0 was end of 2021. See SAP Note 3087277
(*2) By backward compatibility, BW/4HANA coming releases are compatible by reference with SAP BI, but will be planned for certification as soon as they will be released.

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SAP HANA Support per product - Overview (*1)

Please refer to SAP Note 2631562, for details on the level of support for HANA features, and typical HANA view functionality for all BI client tools (*3).

Product Connectivity HANA 2.0 and later (*2)

Web Intelligence Direct access and Relational UNX universe ✓

Crystal Reports 2020 Direct connection ✓

Crystal Reports for Enterprise Direct to Data ✓

Analysis Edition for OLAP INA / HTTP ✓

Analysis Edition for Microsoft Office (*4)(*6) (*7) INA / HTTP ✓

INA / HTTP / MDX
Web Intelligence ✓
(Direct Access and Dimensional UNX universe)

Crystal Reports for Enterprise ✓

Relational UNX universe
Live Office (*5) ✓

(*1) The most recent version tested and certified in HANA 2.0 SPS07 (*4) Please refer to the Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office PAM for details.
(*2) By backward compatibility, HANA 2.0 coming releases are compatible by reference with SAP BI, but (*5) Range prompts not supported for relational UNX created on HANA.
will be planned for certification as soon as they will be released. (*6) Use Analysis, edition for MSFT Office 2.8 SP3 version or higher with BI 4.3.
(*3) SAP HANA 1.0 is no longer supported by SAP. (*7) With Hana 2. HANA 2 the SAP HANA plugin EPM-MDS is required.

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SAP HANA Cloud Support per product - Overview

SAP HANA Cloud 1.0

Product Connectivity

Crystal Reports 2020 Direct Connection ✓

INA (*1)
Web Intelligence ✓
(Direct Access and Dimensional UNX universe)
JDBC / ODBC (*2) (*3)
Crystal Reports for Enterprise ✓
(Relational UNX universes)

JDBC / ODBC (*2) (*3) ✓

Web Intelligence
(Relational UNX Universes) ✓

(*1) To connect to SAP HANA Cloud via INA, make sure executing user has InA role and EXECUTE privileges on EXECUTE_MDS procedure.
(*2) To connect to SAP HANA Cloud via JDBC/ODBC, make sure to use SAP HANA Client version 2.4.167 (or 2.4.67 for the JDBC driver) or later. See SAP HANA Cloud slide.
(*3) To access HANA Calculation views available on SAP HANA Cloud via JDBC/OBDC, make sure executing user has the SELECT privilege provided by the role PUBLIC for views in _SYS_BI
schema. See SAP Note 3386847.
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SAP S/4HANA Minimum version per product - Overview (*1)

S/4HANA
S/4HANA S/4HANA S/4HANA S/4HANA S/4HANA S/4HANA
1709 /
1809 1909 2020 2021 2022 2023
1805
Last Last Last Last
Last certified Last certified Last certified
Product Connectivity certified certified certified certified
SP06 (*2) SP02 (*2) FPS1 (*2)
SPS14 (*2) SPS12 (*2) SPS10 (*2) SP08 (*2)
Analysis, edition for OLAP BICS (Direct to BEx) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Analysis, edition
BICS (Direct to BW) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
for Microsoft Office
Crystal Reports for Enterprise BICS ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Web Intelligence (Direct to BW and via dimensional UNX) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
UNV or relational UNX and via Web
Live Office ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Intelligence

Useful link: SAP Note 2900388 about maintenance for the SAP S/4HANA product line until 2040.

(*1) Latest S/4HANA version is supported with all BI 4.3 versions

(*2) By backward compatibility, S/4HANA coming releases are compatible by reference with SAP BI, but will be planned for certification as soon as they will be released

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SAP Datasphere Support per product - Overview

SAP Datasphere 1.0 Notes

Product Connectivity

BICS INA (*1)

✓ Support of SAP Datasphere Analytic Models only
(Direct Access and Dimensional UNX universe)
Web Intelligence
JDBC / ODBC (*2)
✓
(Relational UNX Universes)

JDBC / ODBC (*2)

Crystal Reports for Enterprise ✓
(Relational UNX Universes)

Support of SAP Datasphere views via Open SQL Schema

JDBC / ODBC (*2)
✓
(Relational UNX Universes, starting 4.3 SP04)
Crystal Reports 2020
JDBC / ODBC (*2)
✓
(Direct Connection)

(*1) To connect to SAP Datasphere via INA, need to first setup an Authorization Server Configuration in SAP BI Platform from the OAuth Client registered in your Datasphere tenant
(*2) To connect to SAP Datasphere Cloud via JDBC/ODBC and also access the underlying SAP HANA Cloud, need to first create Database users in your Datasphere tenant.

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Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources [1/2]

• Amazon Athena, Aurora, EMR, RDS, Redshift
This section is applicable to Semantic Layer clients such
• Cloudera CDH, CDP as Web Intelligence, Crystal Reports Enterprise and
• Databricks Databricks (NEW) Lumira

• Denodo Denodo By default, all Semantic Layer data sources are

• Generic Java Beans, JDBC, ODBC, OLEDB, OData, Web Services, Text and XML files supported in UNX universes. Refer to Semantic Layer
Data Source support by product for more details.
• Google BigQuery
• Greenplum Greenplum Windows and Unix platforms are supported for all
Semantic Layer data sources. For ODBC connections
• Hewlett Packard Vertica (UPGRADE)
on Unix, UnixODBC or DataDirect OBDC can be
• Hortonworks HDP required.
• IBM Db2 for i, Db2 for LUW, Db2 for zOS, Db2 Warehouse, Informix (UPGRADE), Netezza
Refer to Deprecated Semantic Layer Data Sources for
• MapR MEP (UPGRADE) data sources deprecated or removed in this BI release.
• MariaDB MariaDB
Refer to OAuth Semantic Layer Data Sources for OAuth
• Microsoft Azure, MS Access & Excel, MS Parallel Data Warehouse, MS SQL Server (UPGRADE), Text Files
data sources supported in this BI release.
• MongoDB MongoDB
• Oracle MySQL, Oracle Database and Exadata, Oracle Cloud, Oracle e-Business Suite Refer to the Semantic Layer Data Source Support Policy
for support conditions on vendor databases by SAP.
• PostgreSQL PostgreSQL (UPGRADE)
• PrestoDB PrestoDB
• Progress OpenEdge
(NEW) New DB in current BI 4.3 version
• SAP BI Platform CMS DB, Datasphere, ERP, HANA, HANA Cloud, HANA Cloud Data Lake (NEW),
HANA Vora, MaxDB, Vora (UPGRADE) Upgraded DB in current BI 4.3 version

See Glossary for additional information

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Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources [2/2]

• SAP Sybase Adaptive Server Entreprise, IQ, SQL Anywhere

• Snowflake Snowflake

• SQLite SQLite

• Starburst Starburst Enterprise

• Teradata Teradata (UPGRADE)

• Trino Trino

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Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Universe Type Crystal Reports for Enterprise

Data Source Family (*1) Notes
UNV SSU MSU Direct to Data (D2D) (*2, *3)
Amazon Only AWS Redshift is supported in UNX MSU.
- ✓ - ✓
Only AWS Redshift and Hive in EMR are supported in CR4E D2D
Cloudera - ✓ - ✓ Only Hive on Cloudera is supported in CR4E D2D
Databricks - ✓ - -
Denodo - ✓ - -
Generic Only Generic OData 2.0 is supported in UNX MSU.
✓ ✓ - ✓
Java Beans and Web Services are not supported in CR4E D2D
Google - ✓ - -
Greenplum ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Hewlett Packard ✓ ✓ ✓ -
Hortonworks - ✓ - ✓ Only Hive in HDP is supported in CR4E D2D
IBM Db2 for z/OS, Informix and Netezza Performance Server are not
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
supported in UNX MSU and CR4E D2D
MapR - ✓ - ✓ Only Hive is supported in CR4E D2D.
MariaDB - ✓ - -
Microsoft MS Parallel Data Warehouse and Azure databases are not
supported in both UNX MSU and CR4E D2D.
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
MS SQL Server 2022 is not supported in CR4E D2D (see SAP
note 3383227)
MongoDB - ✓ - ✓
(*1) In this table, a data source family is defined as supported if the majority of its databases is supported by the product. Otherwise see additional notes if available.
(*2) Crystal Reports for Enterprise (CR4E) Direct to Data (D2D) covers both reports created via ‘Connection by Vendor’ in CR4E Designer, and reports based on BI platform relational connections. If a DB vendor
or version is not available in CR4E Designer ‘Connection by Vendor’ list, use BI platform relational connection instead.
(*3) Refer to the Universe (SSU & MSU) columns if your CR4E report is built on a Universe (UNX).
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Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Universe Type Crystal Reports Enterprise

Data Source Family (*1) Notes
UNV SSU MSU Direct to Data (D2D) (*2, *3)
Oracle MySQL, Oracle Database and Exadata are supported in CR4E
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
D2D
PostgreSQL ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
PrestoDB - ✓ - -
Progress ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Salesforce.com - ✓ ✓ ✓ No longer supported as of SAP BI 4.3 SP04
SAP Only SAP HANA and MaxDB are supported in UNX MSU.
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Vora and HANA Vora are not supported in CR4E D2D
SAP Sybase ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Snowflake - ✓ - ✓
SQLite - ✓ - -
Teradata ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Trino - ✓ - -

(*1) In this table, a data source family is defined as supported if the majority of its databases is supported by the product. Otherwise see additional notes if available.
(*2) Crystal Reports for Enterprise (CR4E) Direct to Data (D2D) covers both reports created via ‘Connection by Vendor’ in CR4E Designer, and reports based on BI platform relational connections. If a DB vendor
or version is not available in CR4E Designer ‘Connection by Vendor’ list, use BI platform relational connection instead.
(*3) Refer to the Universe (SSU & MSU) columns if your CR4E report is built on a Universe (UNX).
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Amazon Athena
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

Athena JDBC Athena JDBC42 Driver 2.0 4.3 SP02 Athena Engine Version Reference

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Amazon Aurora
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type
MySQL in Amazon MySQL 8.0 JDBC Driver (mysql- Release Notes for Aurora MySQL
JDBC 4.3 SP02
Aurora connector-java-8.0.12) Certification done with TLS 1.2+.

PostgreSQL in Amazon PostgreSQL 12.00 JDBC Driver

JDBC 4.3 SP02 Release Notes for Aurora PostgreSQL
Aurora (postgresql-42.2.11.jar)

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Amazon EMR
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type
SAP OEM Hive JDBC42 / ODBC
Hive in Amazon EMR 5 JDBC / ODBC 4.3 SP00 Amazon EMR 5.x release versions
Driver 2.06

SAP OEM Hive JDBC42 / ODBC

Hive in Amazon EMR 6 JDBC / ODBC 4.3 SP02 Amazon EMR 6.x release versions
Driver 2.06

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Amazon RDS
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

MariaDB in Amazon RDS JDBC Use MariaDB JDBC connection 4.3 SP03 RDS for MariaDB

MySQL in Amazon RDS JDBC Use MySQL 8.0 JDBC connection 4.3 SP03 RDS for MySQL

Oracle in Amazon RDS JDBC Use Oracle 21c JDBC connection 4.3 SP03 RDS for Oracle release notes

PostgreSQL in Amazon
JDBC Use PostgreSQL JDBC connection 4.3 SP03 RDS for PostgreSQL release notes
RDS

SQL Server in Amazon

JDBC Use SQL Server JDBC connection 4.3 SP03 RDS for SQL Server
RDS

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Amazon Redshift
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type
SAP OEM Redshift JDBC4 Driver
JDBC 4.3 SP00
1.02 Redshift Release Notes
Amazon Redshift Including support for AWS Redshift Datashares
SAP OEM Redshift ODBC Driver via External Schema Tables
ODBC 4.3 SP00
1.04

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Cloudera
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type
SAP OEM Hive JDBC4 / ODBC
Hive in CDH 6 JDBC / ODBC 4.3 SP00
Driver 2.06
CDH 6 Release Notes
SAP OEM Impala JDBC42 /
Impala in CDH 6 JDBC / ODBC 4.3 SP00
ODBC Driver 2.06

SAP OEM Hive JDBC4 Driver

Hive in CDP 7 JDBC 4.3 SP02
2.06
CDP Release Notes
SAP OEM Impala JDBC42 Driver
Impala in CDP 7 JDBC 4.3 SP02
2.06

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Databricks
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

Databricks JDBC Databricks JDBC Driver 02.06.32 4.3 SP04 Databricks Release Notes

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Denodo
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

Denodo 7 JDBC JDBC Driver for Denodo Platform 7.0 4.3 SP00 Denodo Platform 7.0 Documentation

JDBC / ODBC Driver for Denodo

Platform 8.0 (denodo-vdp-jdbcdriver-
Denodo 8 JDBC / OBDC 4.3 SP02 Denodo Platform 8.0 Documentation
8.0-update-20210209 / denodo-vdp-
odbcdriver-8.0-update-20210209)

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Generic (*1)
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

Generic Java Beans JavaBean N/A 4.3 SP00 No SQL. Only exposed as stored procedures.

Generic JDBC JDBC N/A 4.3 SP00 Java JDBC API Reference

BusinessObjects ODATA 2
Generic OData 2.0 ODATA 4.3 SP00 OData Version 2.0 Reference
connector

Generic ODBC 3 ODBC N/A 4.3 SP00 ODBC API Reference

Generic OLEDB OLE DB N/A 4.3 SP00 OLE DB API Reference

BusinessObjects Text File

Text Files BO OC 4.3 SP00
connector

Web Services (WSDL BusinessObjects Web Service

BO OC 4.3 SP00
1.1) connector

BusinessObjects XML File

XML Files BO OC 4.3 SP00
connector

(*1) Generic: Standard connectivity or middleware tested by SAP on a reference source: MS SQL for ODBC and OLE DB or MySQL for JDBC. For customer drivers based on Generic, see the Data
Source Support Policy statement

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Google
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type
Google BigQuery 1.82 (google-
BO OC 4.3 SP00
cloud-bigquery-1.82.jar)

BigQuery JDBC Google BigQuery JDBC 1.2.25 4.3 SP03 Google BigQuery Release Notes

ODBC Google BigQuery ODBC 2.4.6 4.3 SP03

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Greenplum
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

Greenplum 5 JDBC / ODBC DataDirect 7.1 – GreenPlum 7.10 4.3 SP00 Greenplum 5 Release Notes

DataDirect 7.1 JDBC Driver for

JDBC 4.3 SP00
Greenplum - 6.0.0.000.181
Greenplum 6 Greenplum 6 Release Notes
DataDirect 7.1 Greenplum Wire
ODBC 4.3 SP00
Protocol - 07.16

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Hewlett Packard
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type
HP Vertica 11.1 JDBC / ODBC
HP Vertica 11 JDBC / ODBC 4.3 SP03 HP Vertica 11 Release Notes
Driver

HP Vertica 12.0 JDBC / ODBC

HP Vertica 12 JDBC / ODBC 4.3 SP04 HP Vertica 12 Release Notes
Driver

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Hortonworks
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type
SAP OEM Hive JDBC4 / ODBC
Hive in HDP 3 JDBC / ODBC 4.3 SP00
Driver 2.06
Hortonworks HDP 3 Release Notes
SAP OEM Spark JDBC42 /
Spark in HDP 3 JDBC / ODBC 4.3 SP00
ODBC Driver 2.06

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IBM - Db2 for i

Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

Db2 Client Db2 Connect v10.05 4.3 SP00

Db2 for i v7
ODBC Db2 iSeries Access ODBC 13.00 4.3 SP00 Only on Windows.

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IBM - Db2 for LUW

Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

Db2 Client Db2 Client 11.05 4.3 SP01

Release Notes for Db2 Version 11 for Linux,
Db2 for LUW 11
Unix and Windows
JDBC JDBC Driver Version 4.26 4.3 SP01

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IBM - Db2 for zOS

Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

Db2 Client Db2 Client 11.01 4.3 SP00

Db2 for z/OS 12 IBM release note
JDBC JDBC Driver Version 4.22 4.3 SP00

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IBM - Db2 Warehouse

Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

Db2 Client Db2LUWClient 11.5 4.3 SP00

Db2 Warehouse 3 IBM Db2 Warehouse 3 Release Notes
JDBC db2driver-for-JDBC-sqlj-v11.5 4.3 SP00

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IBM - Informix Dynamic Server

Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

Informix Dynamic IBM Informix JDBC driver / Client

JDBC / ODBC 4.3 SP00 IBM Informix 12 Release Notes
Server 12 SDK 3.7

Informix Dynamic IBM Informix JDBC driver / Client

JDBC / ODBC 4.3 SP03 IBM Informix 14 Release Notes
Server 14 SDK 4.50

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IBM - Netezza
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

JDBC Netezza JDBC Driver 11.0 4.3 SP01

Netezza Performance
IBM Netezza 11 Release Notes
Server
Netezza ODBC Driver 7.2
ODBC 4.3 SP01

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MapR
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type
SAP OEM Hive JDBC4 / ODBC
Hive in MEP 7 JDBC / ODBC 4.3 SP02 MEP 7 Hive Release Notes
Driver 2.06

SAP OEM Impala JDBC42 /

Impala in MEP 7 JDBC / ODBC 4.3 SP02 MEP 7 Impala Release Notes
ODBC Driver 2.06

SAP OEM Spark JDBC42 /

Spark in MEP 7 JDBC / ODBC 4.3 SP02 MEP 7 Spark Release Notes
ODBC Driver 2.06

SAP OEM Hive JDBC4 2.6.10 / MEP 8 Hive Release Notes

Hive in MEP 8 JDBC / ODBC 4.3 SP03
ODBC Driver 2.6.4 Only on Windows and Linux for ODBC

SAP OEM Spark JDBC42 2.6.21 MEP 8 Spark Release Notes

Spark in MEP 8 JDBC / ODBC 4.3 SP03
/ ODBC Driver 2.6.6 Only on Windows for ODBC

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MariaDB
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

MariaDB JDBC MariaDB Connector/J 3.0.7 4.3 SP03 MariaDB Release Notes

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Microsoft - Azure
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type
Microsoft JDBC Driver 8.4 for
JDBC SQL Server (mssql-JDBC- 4.3 SP01
8.4.1.jre8.jar)
Azure SQL Database What is Azure SQL Database

ODBC SQL Server Native Client 17.05 4.3 SP01

Microsoft JDBC Driver 6.0 for

Azure Synapse
JDBC SQL Server 4.3 SP00 Azure Synapse Analytics releases
Analytics
(sqlJDBC_6.0.8112.200)

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Microsoft - Access and Excel

Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type
MS Access / Excel
ODBC Office Access ODBC 15.00 4.3 SP00 Only on Windows.
2013

MS Access / Excel
ODBC Office Access ODBC 16.00 4.3 SP00 Only on Windows.
2016

MS Access / Excel Only on Windows.

ODBC Office Access ODBC 16.00 4.3 SP00
2019

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Microsoft - MS Parallel Data Warehouse

Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since
Version Type
MS Parallel Data
JDBC SQL Server 2016 driver for JDBC 4.3 SP00
Warehouse

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Microsoft - SQL Server

Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type
JDBC: SQL Server driver for JDBC
(sqlJDBC4.jar)
SQL Server 2014 / JDBC / ODBC / ODBC: SQL Server Native Client 11.0 /
4.3 SP00 SQL Server 2014 Release Notes
2016 OLEDB Data direct 7.0.1 for all unix only
OLEDB : OLE DB Driver 18.3 for SQL
Server 2014 only
JDBC: MS JDBC Driver 6.4 for SQL
Server (mssql-jdbc-6.4.0.jre8.jar)
JDBC / ODBC / ODBC: ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server
SQL Server 2017 4.3 SP00 SQL Server 2016 Release Notes
OLEDB / Data direct 7.0.1 for all unix only
OLEDB: OLE DB Driver 18.3 for SQL
Server
JDBC: JDBC Driver 8.4 for SQL Server
(mssql-JDBC-8.4.1.jre8.jar)
JDBC / ODBC / ODBC: ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server
SQL Server 2019 4.3 SP01 SQL Server 2019 Release Notes
OLEDB / Data Direct 8.00 for all unix only
OLEDB: OLE DB Driver 18.4 for SQL
Server
JDBC: JDBC driver 12.2 for SQL server
(mssql-jdbc-12.2.0.jre8.jar)
JDBC / ODBC / ODBC: ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server
SQL Server 2022 4.3 SP04 SQL Server 2022 Release Notes
OLEDB / Data Direct 8.00 for all unix only
OLEDB: OLE DB Driver 18.6 for SQL
Server

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Microsoft - Text Files

Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

MS Text Files ODBC MS Text ODBC Driver 4.3 SP00 Only on Windows.

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MongoDB
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

JDBC SAP OEM MongoDB JDBC Driver 1.3 4.3 SP01

MongoDB Release Notes
MongoDB Support for MongoDB 4.x and 5.x versions
MongoDB 5.x is only supported on ODBC
ODBC SAP OEM MongoDB ODBC Driver 2.3 4.3 SP03

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Oracle - MySQL
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

MySQL 5 JDBC / ODBC MySQL JDBC / ODBC 5.3.4 4.3 SP00 MySQL 5.x Release Notes

MySQL 8.0 Release Notes

mysql-connector-java-8.0.12 / MySQL
MySQL 8 JDBC / ODBC 4.3 SP00 No support for MySQL 8
ODBC 8.0.12
ODBC on Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 8

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Oracle - Oracle Database and Exadata

Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

Oracle Database / JDBC / ODBC(*) No longer supported by vendor. Please refer to

Oracle JDBC/ODBC/OCI Version 12c R2 4.3 SP00
Oracle Exadata 12c / OCI SAP Note 1174136

Oracle Database / JDBC / ODBC(*) No longer supported by vendor. Please refer to

Oracle JDBC/ODBC/OCI Version 18.3 4.3 SP00
Oracle Exadata 18c / OCI SAP Note 1174136

JDBC Oracle JDBC Version 19.3 4.3 SP00

Oracle Database / Oracle Database 19c Release Notes

ODBC(*) Oracle ODBC version 19.11 4.3 SP02
Oracle Exadata 19c Exadata System Software Releases Notes

OCI Oracle OCI 19.0 4.3 SP00

JDBC Oracle JDBC Version 21.6 4.3 SP03

Oracle Database 21c ODBC Oracle ODBC version 21.03 4.3 SP03 Oracle Database 21c Release Notes

OCI Oracle OCI 21.0 4.3 SP03

(*) ODBC connections are not supported for Oracle Exadata.

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Oracle Cloud
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

JDBC / ODBC /
Oracle Cloud Database Oracle JDBC/ODBC/OCI 21c-based drivers 4.3 SP03 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
OCI

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Oracle E-Business Suite

Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Version Middleware Type Minimum Middleware Version Notes

See supported Oracle Database slide for compatibility

Oracle EBS OCI Support by compatibility
with Oracle EBS

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PostgreSQL
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type
JDBC: PostgreSQL JDBC postgresql-
42.2.5
PostgreSQL 11 JDBC / ODBC 4.3 SP00 PostgreSQL 11 Release Notes
ODBC: PostgreSQL 11.00 ODBC
(psqlODBC 11.0.0)
JDBC: PostgreSQL 12.00 JDBC Driver
(postgresql-42.2.11.jar)
PostgreSQL 12 JDBC / ODBC 4.3 SP01 PostgreSQL 12 Release Notes
ODBC: PostgreSQL 12.01 ODBC
Driver (psqlODBC_12_01_0000)
JDBC: PostgreSQL JDBC postgresql-
42.2.19
PostgreSQL 13 JDBC / ODBC 4.3 SP02 PostgreSQL 13 Release Notes
ODBC: PostgreSQL 13.00 ODBC
Driver

JDBC PostgreSQL JDBC postgresql-42.3.3 4.3 SP03

PostgreSQL 14 PostgreSQL 14 Release Notes
ODBC PostgreSQL 13.02 ODBC Driver 4.3 SP03

JDBC PostgreSQL JDBC postgresql-42.5.4 4.3 SP04

PostgreSQL 15 PostgreSQL 15 Release Notes
ODBC PostgreSQL 13.02 ODBC Driver 4.3 SP04

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PrestoDB
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type
Presto JDBC Driver (presto-jdbc-350.jar
PrestoDB (*1) JDBC from io.prestosql foundation / presto- 4.3 SP02 PrestoDB Release Notes
jdbc 0.263.jar)

(*1) PrestoDB connectors are supported by reference in SAP Business Intelligence. This means that if there are issues occurring on these connectors, customers should contact PrestoDB Support,
as described in the Data Source Support Policy statement

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Progress OpenEdge
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

JDBC OpenEdge JDBC Driver 5.1.4 4.3 SP01

OpenEdge 12 OpenEdge 12.0 Release Notes
ODBC OpenEdge ODBC Driver 7.16 4.3 SP01

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SAP - BI Platform CMS System Database

Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type
BI Platform CMS
BO OC BI Platform CMS DB connector 4.3 SP00
System Database

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SAP - Datasphere
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

To run with Datasphere via SQL, make

sure to use version 2.4.167 (2.4.67 for
SAP Datasphere JDBC / ODBC HANA JDBC / ODBC Driver 2.0 SP7 4.3 SP03
the JDBC driver) or later of the SAP
HANA client interfaces.

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SAP - ERP
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

mySAP ERP 2004 JCO SAP JCO 3.0.17 4.3 SP00

SAP ERP 6 JCO SAP JCO 3.0.17 4.3 SP00

4.3 SP00 Should support: R/3 Enterprise, R/3 4.0, R/3

SAP ERP R/3 JCO SAP JCO 3.0.17
4.6, MySAP ERP 2004.

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SAP - HANA
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

SAP HANA Database 2.0 Release Notes

SAP HANA JDBC/ODBC HANA JDBC / ODBC Driver 2.0 SP7 4.3 SP03 On Solaris and AIX Unix platforms, use
HANA ODBC Driver 2.0 SP03
(02.03.0123) because of a product issue.

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SAP - HANA Cloud

Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

To run with HANA Cloud via SQL,

make sure to use SAP HANA Client
SAP HANA Cloud JDBC / ODBC HANA JDBC / ODBC Driver 2.0 SP7 4.3 SP03 version 2.4.167 (or 2.4.67 for the JDBC
driver) or later of the SAP HANA client
interfaces.

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SAP - HANA Cloud, data lake

Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

SAP HANA Cloud, HANA DATALAKE CLIENT - ODBC SAP HANA Cloud, Data Lake
ODBC 4.3 SP04
data lake Driver 17.01.04 Documentation

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SAP - HANA Vora

Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since
Version Type
SAP OEM HANA Vora JDBC / ODBC
SAP HANA Vora JDBC / ODBC 4.3 SP00
Driver

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SAP - MaxDB
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since
Version Type

SAP MaxDB JDBC / ODBC MaxDB JDBC / ODBC 7.9.08.23 4.3 SP00

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SAP - Vora
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since
Version Type

Vora 1 JDBC SAP OEM HANA Vora JDBC Driver 4.3 SP00

Vora 2 JDBC SAP OEM HANA Vora JDBC Driver 4.3 SP00

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SAP Sybase - Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)

Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

JDBC Sybase JDBC 7.07 4.3 SP00

Adaptive Server SAP ASE 15 Release Notes
Enterprise 15 No stored procedures support in universes.
Sybase Open
Sybase Open Client 15.7 4.3 SP00
Client

JDBC Sybase JDBC Jconn4.jar 4.3 SP00

Adaptive Server SAP ASE 16 Release Notes
Enterprise 16 No stored procedures support in universes.
Sybase Open
Sybase Open Client 16 4.3 SP00
Client

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SAP Sybase - IQ
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

JDBC Sybase JDBC jconn4.jar 4.3 SP00

IQ 16.1 SAP IQ 16.1 Release Notes
ODBC Sybase ODBC for Sybase IQ 16.1 4.3 SP03

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SAP Sybase - SQL Anywhere

Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since
Version Type

JDBC Sybase JDBC Jconn4.jar 4.3 SP00

SQL Anywhere 16
ODBC SQL Anywhere ODBC Driver 16 4.3 SP00

JDBC Sybase JDBC Jconn4.jar 4.3 SP00

SQL Anywhere 17
ODBC SQL Anywhere ODBC Driver 17 4.3 SP00

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Snowflake
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

JDBC Snowflake JDBC version 3.13 4.3 SP00

Snowflake Snowflake Release Notes
ODBC Snowflake ODBC version 2.22 4.3 SP00

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SQLite
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

SQLite BO OC SQLite C Library version 3.38.5 4.3 SP03 SQLite Documentation

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Starburst Enterprise
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

Starburst Release Notes

Starburst Enterprise JDBC Use Trino JDBC connection 4.3 SP04
Support by reference to Trino

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Teradata Corporation
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

Teradata 16 JDBC / ODBC Teradata JDBC / ODBC Driver 16.20 4.3 SP00 Teradata 16 Release Notes

JDBC Teradata JDBC Driver 17.20 4.3 SP03

Teradata 17.20 Release Notes
Teradata 17 Support for Teradata Vantage 2.x / Teradata
Database 17.20 (including 17.05 and 17.10) versions.
ODBC Teradata ODBC Driver 17.20 4.3 SP03

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Trino
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Provider Name / Middleware

Minimum Middleware Version Supported since Notes
Version Type

Trino (*1) JDBC Trino JDBC Driver (trino-jdbc-395.jar) 4.3 SP03 Trino Release Notes

(*1) Trino connectors are supported by reference in SAP Business Intelligence. This means that if there are issues occurring on these connectors, customers should contact Trino Support, as
described in the Data Source Support Policy statement

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Deprecated Semantic Layer data sources [1/2] (1*)

Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Vendor Database Name / Version Middleware Type Deprecated since Replaced by Notes

GreenPlum GreenPlum 4 JDBC/ODBC 4.3 SP02 GreenPlum 5 End of maintenance by vendor

Hewlett
Vertica 8 / 9 / 10 JDBC/ODBC 4.3 SP04 Vertica 11 End of maintenance by vendor
Packard

Db2 for z/OS 11 Db2 Client/JDBC 4.3 SP03 Db2 for z/OS 12 End of maintenance by vendor

Informix Dynamic Server 11 JDBC/ODBC 4.3 SP02 Informix Dynamic Server 12 End of maintenance by vendor
IBM
Puredata (Netezza) Server 7 JDBC/ODBC 4.3 SP02 Netezza Performance Server 11

DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows 10.5

JDBC/ODBC 4.3 SP02 no replacement
DB2 Workgroup Edition 10.5

Ingres Ingres 9 / 10 JDBC/ODBC 4.3 SP02 no replacement

MapR MEP 6 JDBC/ODBC 4.3 SP03 MEP 7

(*1) Deprecated: Used to be supported in the past but not anymore; excepted if mentioned as renamed, or replaced by another version. For more details, see the Data Source Support Policy
statement

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Deprecated Semantic Layer data sources [2/2] (1*)

Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Vendor Database Name / Version Middleware Type Deprecated since Replaced by Notes

Excel / Access 2010 ODBC 4.3 SP02 Excel / Access 2013 End of maintenance by vendor
Microsoft
SQL Server 2012 JDBC/ODBC/OLEDB/DataDirect 4.3 SP02 SQL Server 2014 End of maintenance by vendor

No longer supported by vendor.

Oracle Oracle / Oracle Exadata 11 JDBC/ODBC/OCI 4.3 SP02 Oracle / Oracle Exadata 12
Please refer to SAP Note 1174136

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 10 JDBC/ODBC 4.3 SP03 PostgreSQL 11

Progress OpenEdge 10 / 11 JDBC/ODBC 4.3 SP02 OpenEdge 12

Salesforce.co OpenAccess for Salesforce / JDBC/ODBC

4.3 SP04 no replacement
m Salesforce.com

SAP HANA 1.0 JDBC/ODBC/OLAP 4.3 SP02 HANA 2.0 End of maintenance by vendor

SAS SAS 9 JDBC 4.3 SP02 no replacement

Teradata Teradata 15 JDBC/ODBC 4.3 SP03 Teradata 16

(*1) Deprecated: Used to be supported in the past but not anymore; excepted if mentioned as renamed, or replaced by another version. For more details, see the Data Source Support Policy

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OAuth support by Semantic Layer data sources

SAP Business Intelligence 4.3 supports OAuth authentications for the following data connections via Authorization Servers:

Vendor Database Name / Version Middleware Type Supported from Notes

Google BigQuery JDBC 4.3 SP03

Google
BO OC
Google Sheets 4.3 SP03 Only use by Web Intelligence
(SAP Implementation)

SAP SAP Datasphere BICS 4.3 SP04

Snowflake Snowflake JDBC 4.3 SP02

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Semantic Layer Data Source Support Policy

Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources

Support by certification
By default, Semantic Layer data sources are tested and certified internally by SAP for given database and middleware versions set as
reference versions. In issue cases, SAP provides support that is conditioned on the ability to reproduce the incident on the certification
reference versions.

Support by reference or by compatibility

Some data sources, tagged as compatible, are not tested by SAP, but are supported by reference with a compatibility statement between
middleware and database server publicly provided by the vendor. In issue cases, SAP provides support if and only if the incident is also
reproducible on database and middleware versions certified by SAP. otherwise, support will be provided by the vendor.

Limited Support for Generic Standard connectivity

Developers can implement custom Semantic Layer data sources based on Generic standard connectivity such as JDBC, ODBC, OLEDB or
JavaBeans. In issue cases, SAP provides support that is conditioned on the ability to reproduce the incident on the reference source: MS
SQL for ODBC and OLE DB or MySQL for JDBC. On the other hand, SAP does not provide support for the universe creation or the SQL
generation on the top of these custom connections based on Generic standard connectivity.

Support for deprecated data sources

Deprecated data sources are connections used to be supported in the past but not anymore; excepted if there are mentioned as renamed, or
replaced by another version. When replaced by another one, SAP continues providing support that is conditioned on the ability to reproduce
the incident on the certification reference of replacement versions.

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Crystal Reports 2020 Data Access

Suggested way to view find needed information: select Operating system + filter on Sources for your choice of data access.

Crystal Reports 2020 - Data Sources

• Please consult the file CR 2020 Data Access
CR 2020 Data Access

• Notes:
• Crystal Reports is offered as a 64-bit native binary. It requires 64-bit data source middleware connectivity on all operating systems.
• Crystal Reports uses the 64-bit ODBC registry on all versions of Windows. To administer 64-bit ODBC DSNs on 64-bit versions of Windows, run
the 64-bit ODBC Administrator, located here: %windir%\System32\odbcad32.exe

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Data Services, Information Steward, Lumira and Analysis for Office

Please refer to SAP Note 1740516 for information regarding the compatibility of Data Services and Information Steward.

For Add on Support on BI Platform, please refer to respective PAM.

Lumira:
Please refer to Lumira PAM.
Note: a mandatory upgrade to Lumira 2.4 is needed for Lumira support on BI 4.3.
Refer to SAP Note 2903302 for additional information.

Analysis For Office:

Please refer to Analysis for Office PAM.
Note: Analysis for Office 2.8 SP3 and greater is compatible with BI 4.3.

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Minimum HW and OS Patch Requirements - Windows

Minimum Screen Resolution
Screen resolution of [1024] x [768] is recommended
Minimum Server Hardware Requirements

For Evaluation Purposes:

CPU performance of at least 8000 SAPS
16 GB RAM minimum (at least 8GB of free memory is required to launch Promotion Management Wizard)

For Deployment & Sizing:

Please refer to the BI4 Sizing Guide, or check out the SAP BI Platform sizing & Deployment wiki or your SAP representative.
• For more information on SAPS, see the SAP Sizing portal: http://service.sap.com/sizing and also the SAP benchmarked vendor hardware list:
https://www.sap.com/about/benchmark.html
• If deploying to virtualized hardware, it is strongly recommended that the memory and CPU(s) be reserved for each virtual machine that is running the BI services.

Minimum Client Hardware Requirements

Dual Core CPU
2 GB RAM

Required Disk Space Requirements

SAP BusinessObjects BI (client installer):
BI4.3 Patch Update : 8 GB
BI4.3 Full Installation: 10.5 GB

SAP BusinessObjects BI (server installer):

BI4.3 Patch Update : 13.5 GB
BI4.3 Full Installation : 37 GB

Minimum OS Patch Requirements:

It is strongly recommended that systems are used with the latest Updates and all the required components are present.
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Minimum HW Requirements - Linux

Minimum Server Hardware Requirements

For Evaluation Purposes:
CPU performance of at least 8000 SAPS
For single user, 16 GB RAM minimum (at least 8GB of free memory is required to launch Promotion Management Wizard)

For Deployment & Sizing:

Please refer to the BI4 Sizing Guide, or check out the SAP BI Platform sizing & Deployment wiki or your SAP representative.
• For more information on SAPS, see the SAP Sizing portal: http://service.sap.com/sizing and also the SAP benchmarked vendor hardware list:
https://www.sap.com/about/benchmark.html
• If deploying to virtualized hardware, it is strongly recommended that the memory and CPU(s) be reserved for each virtual machine that is running the BI
services.

Note: Compiled binaries of SAP BusinessObjects BI software is supported on versions of the Linux operating system running on CPUs made by AMD or
Intel.

Required Disk Space Requirements

SAP BusinessObjects BI (server installer):

BI4.3 Patch Update : 13.5 GB
BI4.3 Full Installation : 37 GB

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Minimum OS Patch Requirements - Linux

Minimum Patch Level for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

Glibc, glibc-32bit
No additional components required outside the SLES 12 RTM install.
For a list of minimum patch requirements, refer to the following link

Minimum Patch Level for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15

Glibc, glibc-32bit
No additional components required outside the SLES 15 RTM install.
For a list of minimum patch requirements, refer to the following link

Required components for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x and based Red Hat Linux OS (eg Amazon Linux, Oracle linux etc)
For a list of minimum patch requirements, refer to the following link

Required components for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x or 9.x and based Red Hat Linux OS (eg Amazon Linux, Oracle linux etc)
32bit libnsl and 32 bit libxcrypt and 32Bits glibc
For a list of minimum patch requirements, refer to the following link

Required components for Promotion Management Wizard

Gtk3+ (example: yum install gtk3 libXtst xorg-x11-fonts-Type1)
Default internet browser installed (for embedded help only)

All OS versions: Higher patches beyond the specified minimum patch level may be used.

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Supported Locales - Linux

Language UNIX Locale
Arabic ar_SA.utf8
Czech cs_CZ.utf8
Danish da_DK.utf8
Dutch nl_NL.utf8
English en_US.utf8
Finnish fi_FI.utf8
French fr_FR.utf8
German de_DE.utf8
Hebrew he_IL.utf-8
Hungarian hu_HU.utf8
Italian it_IT.utf8
Japanese ja_JP.utf8
Kazakh kk_KZ.utf8
Korean ko_KR.utf8
Norwegian no_NO.utf8
Polish pl_PL.utf8
Portuguese pt_BR.utf8
Romanian ro_RO.utf8
Russian ru_RU.utf8
Slovakian sk_SK.utf8
Slovenian Sl_SI.utf8
Spanish es_ES.utf8
Swedish sv_SE.utf8
Simplified Chinese zh_CN.utf8
zh_TW.utf8
Traditional Chinese
zh_HK.utf8
Thai th_TH.utf8
Turkish tr_TR.utf8
Ukranian uk_UA.utf8

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Minimum Hardware Requirements

For Evaluation Purposes:
CPU performance of at least 8000 SAPS
16 GB RAM minimum

For Deployment & Sizing:

Please refer to the BI4 Sizing Guide, or check out the SAP BI Platform sizing & Deployment wiki or your SAP representative.
• For more information on SAPS, see the SAP Sizing portal: http://service.sap.com/sizing and also the SAP benchmarked vendor hardware list:
https://www.sap.com/about/benchmark.html
• If deploying to virtualized hardware, it is strongly recommended that the memory and CPU(s) be reserved for each virtual machine that is running the BI
services.

Required Disk Space Requirements

SAP BusinessObjects BI (server installer):

BI4.3 Patch Update : 13.5 GB
BI4.3 Full Installation : 37 GB

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Minimum OS Patch Requirements - AIX

Minimum Patch Level for AIX 7.1
Required AIX 7.1 operating system install plus:
Technology Level 5
IBM C++ Runtime Environment Components for AIX => xlC.aix61.rte:13.1.3.1

Minimum Patch Level for AIX 7.2

Required AIX 7.2 operating system install plus:
Technology Level 3
IBM C++ Runtime Environment Components for AIX => xlC.aix61.rte:13.1.3.1

Minimum Patch Level for AIX 7.3

Required AIX 7.3 operating system install plus:
Technology Level 0
IBM C++ Runtime Environment Components for AIX => xlC.aix61.rte:13.1.3.1

All OS versions: Higher patches beyond the specified minimum patch level may be used, but
they may not be officially tested by SAP.

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Supported Locales - AIX

Language UNIX Locale
Arabic AR_SA.UTF-8
Czech CS_CZ.UTF-8
Danish DA_DK.UTF-8
Dutch NL_NL.UTF-8
English EN_US.UTF-8
Finnish FI_FI.UTF-8
French FR_FR.UTF-8
German DE_DE.UTF-8
Hebrew he_IL.utf-8
Hungarian HU_HU.UTF-8
Italian IT_IT.UTF-8
Japanese JA_JP.UTF-8
Korean KO_KR.UTF-8
Kazakh KK_KZ.UTF-8
Norwegian NO_NO.UTF-8
Polish PL_PL.UTF-8
Portuguese PT_BR.UTF-8
Romanian RO_RO.UTF-8
Russian RU_RU.UTF-8
Slovakian SK_SK.UTF-8
Slovenian SL_SI.UTF-8
Spanish ES_ES.UTF-8
Swedish SV_SE.UTF-8
Simplified Chinese ZH_CN.UTF-8
ZH_TW.UTF-8
Traditional Chinese
ZH_HK.UTF-8
Thai TH_TH.UTF-8
Turkish TR_TR.UTF-8
Ukrainian UK_UA.UTF-8

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Minimum HW and Patch Requirements - Solaris

Minimum Server Hardware Requirements

For Evaluation Purposes:
CPU performance of at least 8000 SAPS
16 GB RAM minimum

For Deployment & Sizing:

Please refer to the BI4 Sizing Guide, or check out the SAP BI Platform sizing & Deployment wiki or your SAP representative.
• For more information on SAPS, see the SAP Sizing portal: http://service.sap.com/sizing and also the SAP benchmarked vendor hardware list:
https://www.sap.com/about/benchmark.html
• If deploying to virtualized hardware, it is strongly recommended that the memory and CPU(s) be reserved for each virtual machine that is running the BI services.

Minimum Patch Level for Solaris 11

Required Solaris 11.4 operating system install
Please refer to the BI Platform install guide for the list of required packages for Solaris 11

Required Disk Space Requirements

SAP BusinessObjects BI (server installer):
BI4.3 Patch Update : 13.5 GB
BI4.3 Full Installation : 37 GB

For a list of minimum patch requirements, refer to the following link

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Supported Locales - Solaris

Language UNIX Locale

Arabic ar_SA.UTF-8
Czech cs_CZ.UTF-8
Danish da_DK.UTF-8
Dutch nl_NL.UTF-8
English en_US.UTF-8
Finnish fi_FI.UTF-8
French fr_FR.UTF-8
German de_DE.UTF-8
Hebrew he_IL.utf-8
Hungarian hu_HU.UTF-8
Italian it_IT.UTF-8
Japanese ja_JP.UTF-8
Korean ko_KR.UTF-8@dict
Kazakh kk_KZ.UTF-8
Norwegian nb_NO.UTF-8
Polish pl_PL.UTF-8
Portuguese pt_BR.UTF-8
Romanian ro_RO.UTF-8
Russian ru_RU.UTF-8
Slovakian sk_SK.UTF-8
Slovenian sl_SI.UTF-8
Spanish es_ES.UTF-8
Swedish sv_SE.UTF-8
Simplified Chinese zh_CN.UTF-8@pinyin
zh_CN.UTF-8@radical
Traditional Chinese
zh_CN.UTF-8@stroke
Thai zh_TW.UTF-8@pinyin
Turkish tr_TR.UTF-8
Ukranian uk_UA.UTF-8

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Glossary [1/2]
Term Definition

AWS Amazon Web Services.

BI Business Intelligence.
BICS Business Intelligence Consumer Services. BICS connectivity is a way for BI tools to connect to Business Explorer (BEx) queries on the SAP NetWeaver BW server.
CA Directory LDAP Server Implementation for Computer Associates.
CR4E Crystal Reports for Enterprise.
D2D Direct to Data: it corresponds to a data source type in CR4E (mainly Connection by Vendor).
EhP Enhancement Package: an optional package that allows customers to take advantage of ongoing business innovation while keeping the core systems stable.
EOL End Of Life. Another term is End Of Maintenance.
FP Feature Package: Package that delivers non-disruptive innovation for generally available product versions, also bundling software corrections and legal changes.
FPS Feature Package Stack. FPS is similar to an SPS, but it includes non-disruptive and non-mandatory features.
GA General Availability date: point in time when a product a becomes generally available to all customers.
IDT Information Design Tool: application to define and manage UNX universes.
Knowledge Base Article. SAP Notes and SAP Knowledge Base Articles are support documents to help users to find answers to questions arising from their daily
KBA
work with SAP software products.
LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol.
Lightweight Directory Services for Active Directory. It is a LDAP directory service that provides support for directory-enabled applications, without the dependencies
LDS
and domain-related restrictions of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).
MSU Multi Source Universe: UNX modeling data federated from Multiple Source.
ODSEE Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer.

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Glossary [2/2]
Term Definition

OLAP UNV Universe based on an OLAP source defined with Universe Design Tool.
OS Operating System.
SAP software that has a version number, is delivered at a particular point in time and has defined maintenance phases. The terms “release” and “product version”
Release
are often used as synonyms.
RHCK Red Hat Compatible Kernel for Oracle Linux.
RHEL Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
RTC Release To Customer: date that marks the initial availability of software product for productive use during the controlled delivery phase.
SCN SAP Community Network.
SLES SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
SP Support Package is a bundle of software corrections available as a support package for a Java support package.
Support Package Stack is a set of support packages and patches for the respective software product version that shall be used in the given combination. Support
SPS package stacks should be seen as an entity in themselves; customers must heed the minimum requirements and dependencies between individual components and
apply the support packages and patches specified in the support package stack together.
SSU Single Source Universe: UNX modeling data from a Single Source.
TLS Transport Layer Security. It encrypts data sent over the Internet to ensure a better protection.
UEK Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Oracle Linux.
UDT Universe Design Tool: application to define and manage UNV universes.
UI User Interface.
UNV Relational Universe defined with Universe Design Tool (UDT). It can be converted to UNX file in Information Design Tool.
UNX Relational Universe defined with Information Design Tool (IDT).

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