Connect to SAP OData

The SAP OData connector runs in all SAP On-Premise systems under SAP Business Suite and SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition. You can deploy an on-prem agent within the same subnet domain in cases in which the SAP system is behind a firewall.

CONNECT TO SAP ON-PREMISE SYSTEMS

Complete the following steps to connect to the SAP On-premise system through On-prem agent:

1

Navigate to the OPA installation file structure that allows you to grant agent access to HTTP resources.

2

Navigate to the config directory and configure your config.yml file.

Supported authentication

SAP OData connector supports following authentication types:

• Basic Authentication: supported by SAP On-Premise Business Suite applications and SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition.
• Client Certificate Authentication: supported by SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition.
• OAuth 2.0 Authentication: supported by SAP On-Premise Business Suite applications.
• OAuth BTP Authentication: supported by SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition.

Minimum permissions required

The following permissions are required to establish a basic connection:

SAP On-Premise Business suite applications and SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition

The following authorizations are required to establish a basic connection:

Authorization Object	Activity (ACTVT)
S_USER_GRP	03

Authorization Object	SRV_NAME	SRV_TYPE
S_SERVICE	[Service ID as captured in transaction code ST01]	[Service Type as captured in transaction code ST01 ]

Additional authorization required for OAuth2 connection:

Authorization Object	Activity (ACTVT)
/IWFND/ADM	03

Authorization Object	OA2_CLIENT	OA2_SCOPE
S_SCOPE	[OAuth 2.0 Client ID created in transaction code SOAUTH2]	[OAuth 2.0 Scope ID assigned to the Client ID. For example: /IWFND/SG_MED_CATALOG_0002]

SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition

Ensure that you set up Communication Management (opens new window) in your SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud instance to provide access to specific services to which you plan to connect. Refer to the SAP S/4HANA official documentation (opens new window) to check the relevant Communication Scenario to which the OData service is associated.