SAP SQL Anywhere component

Overview

With the SAP SQL Anywhere component, you can produce fully customized SAP SQL Anywhere data flows in Semarchy xDI.

The database structure can be fully reverse-engineered and stored in xDI Metadata. You can then use it when designing mappings and processes to adapt your business rules according to your requirements.

Install the SAP SQL Anywhere Component

If you did not install it yet, install the SAP SQL Anywhere component in Designer by following the component installation process.

Third-party libraries

Due to licensing restrictions, we cannot distribute the Java libraries for this database. You must obtain them yourself.

After you have the necessary SAP SQL Anywhere libraries, create a SAP SQL Anywhere module for your project, and add the libraries to the module.

Supported features

Common features

Feature Description

Reverse

This technology can be reverse-engineered to xDI Metadata.

DDL/DML Operations

Supports DML/DDL operations, such as Insert, Update, Select, Delete, Create or Drop.

Integration Methods

  • Append

  • Incremental Update

Load Methods

  • Generic Load

Staging Methods

Can be used as a stage for data transformation, mutualization, and more. The following methods are supported:

  • Staging as Sub-Query

  • Staging as View

  • Staging as Table

Rejects

Supports defining Reject rules to detect or filter out specific data during integrations.

Replication

Supports replicating data to or from this technology using Replicators.

Sub-metadata support

The SAP SQL Anywhere component lets you create Sub-Metadata on SAP SQL Anywhere schema and query folder Metadata nodes.

To learn more about Sub-Metadata, see Work with Sub-metadata.