Using SAP Crystal Reports as a Linked (Open) Data Front-End via ODBC

© 2012 OpenLink Software, All rights reserved.

Using SAP Crystal Reports

as a Linked (Open) Data clientvia

Virtuoso’s ODBC Driver

By Kingsley Idehen (@kidehen)

Founder & CEO, OpenLink Software

http://kidehen.idehen.net/dataspace/person/kidehen#this

http://www.openlinksw.com/dataspace/organization/openlink#this


Situation Analysis

Agility is the timeless pursuit of enterprises and individuals alike. In all cases, access, integration,

and dissemination of data is pivotal.

Linked Open Data (LOD) Cloud


Situation Analysis


Data is growing exponentially along the

following dimensions:

•Volume -- production

•Velocity – dissemination fire-hoses

•Variety – APIs and underlying data Models

•Virtuosity – insight discovery expectations.

All of this happens while the total hours in day

remains constant at 24 hours!

Product Value Proposition


Enterprise and Individual Agility

via Data Virtualization, without

compromising performance,

scalability, security, or

investments in existing

infrastructure!

Product Architecture


A high-performance, scalable,

secure, and operating-system-

independent server designed

to handle contemporary

challenges associated with

data access, data integration,

and data management.

Data Virtualization Middleware


An in-built middleware layer

(“Sponger”) for creating

Linked Data Views over

Heterogeneous Data

Sources.

Pluggable Linked Data Cartridges/Drivers


A collection of prefabricated

and customizable Data

Extraction, Transformation,

and Lookup cartridges

(drivers) covering a vast

ranges of data formats and

data access protocols.

Sophisticated Content Crawler


DBMS hosted Content

Crawler that leverages

loosely coupled binding to

the Sponger Middleware

component for

transformation of

unstructured and semi-

structured data into Linked

Data.

How Do I Get Going?

Download, install, and experience the power of coherent integration of disparate data sources, data access protocols, and data representation formats.

In an nutshell, commence exploitation of powerful business intelligence, socially enhanced collaboration, data virtualization, and entity analytics without writing a line of code!

Turn "Big Data" into exploitable "Smart Data" without compromise!


http://download.openlinksw.com/virtwiz/

http://support.openlinksw.com/supportweb/InstallationGuides%23Virtuoso

http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/middleware/

http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/rdbms-engine/

http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/linked-data/

http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/howto/

How Does Virtuoso Expose LOD Cloud Data To ODBC Clients?

Creation of ODBC accessible SQL Views using SPASQL (SPARQL inside SQL) that targets local data

Ditto via SPARQL-FED (Federated SPARQL) for external SPARQL endpoints.

Example instances include:

DBpedia (Linked Data version of Wikipedia content and LOD Cloud nexus)

URIBurner Service for “on the fly” transformation of data from: LinkedIn, Facebook,

Twitter, Google+, Freebase, Disqus etc.

Live Linked Open Data LOD Cloud Cache.


http://dbpedia.org/About

http://uriburner.com/

http://lod.openlinksw.com/fct

Virtuoso ODBC Driver Installation &

Configuration


Install Virtuoso ODBC Driver


Installer

Wizard

Screen

#1



Installer

Wizard

Screen

#2



Installer

Wizard

Screen

#3



Installer

Wizard

Screen

#4



Installer

Wizard

Screen

#5



Installer

Wizard

Screen

#6

Done!

Using Crystal Reports & ODBC


Start

Application

Attaching External Tables via ODBC -1


Start External

Table

Attachment

Wizard

Attaching External Tables via ODBC - 2


Table Attachment

Wizard will

automatically use the

ODBC Administrator

to Lookup Existing

Data Source Names

(DSNs)



There isn’t an existing

Virtuoso ODBC Data

Source Name in place,

so we select the File

Data Source Name

radio button.



Select the Google

Drive File to which

the Virtuoso ODBC

File DSN resolves.



Select the Google

Drive File to which

the Virtuoso ODBC

File DSN resolves.



Select the Google

Drive File to which

the Virtuoso ODBC

File DSN resolves.

Connecting to Configured ODBC DSN - 1


Database

Authentication



Selecting an actual

Virtuoso Server

hosted Database



Selecting an actual

Virtuoso Server

hosted Database

Setting Up Remote Table Utilization


Selecting Fields

Setting Up Remote Table Utilization -- 2


Selecting Fields

For Group By Use

Selecting Report Template


Initial Report (with Group By in applied)


Query Results

Setting Up Drill-Down based on Groups


Query Results

New Report Page From Drill-Down


Query Results

Benefits?


Progressive Intelligence Accumulation via Links!

StructuredData

Structured Data

StructuredData

StructuredData

End Game?


Our Agility !!

Your Agility++ Their Agility++ My Agility++

OpenLink Company Overview OpenLink Software is a privately-held company founded in 1992 by its President &

CEO, Kingsley Idehen. The company is an industry acclaimed technology innovator in the following areas:

ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, and OLE-DB compliant Data Access Drivers for Oracle, SQL Server, Informix, Ingres, Sybase, Progress, MySQL, and PostgreSQL

High-Performance & Scalable Multi-Model (Relational & Graph) Database Technology

Data Integration Middleware (Data Virtualization Technology across a wide variety of Protocols & Formats)

Linked Data Deployment & Management

Web Application Server Technology

Socially-enhanced Distributed Collaborative Applications Platforms (Weblogs, Wikis, Feed Aggregation and Syndication, Web File Systems, Discussion Forums, etc.)

Identity Management.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenLink_Software

Products & ServicesSoftware Products

• OpenLink Universal Data Access Drivers (UDA) - High-performance data access drivers for ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, and OLE DB that provide transparent access to enterprise databases.

• OpenLink Virtuoso - available in single server and cluster editions that are deployed in cloud and/or enterprise modes.

• OpenLink Data Spaces Platform and Applications

• OpenLink Ajax Toolkit

• OpenLink Data Explorer

• An Open Source Data Access SDK for ODBC

All OpenLink products are delivered by download from the Internet (http, ftp, etc.). Temporary licenses are issued upon download and may be extended as needed, on a case-by-case basis. Permanent licenses are issued once payment is received.


http://uda.openlinksw.com/

http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/

http://ods.openlinksw.com/

http://oat.openlinksw.com/

http://ode.openlinksw.com/

http://iodbc.org/


Products & ServicesProfessional and Support Services

• OpenLink Product Support provides front-line email and phone support,web-based online support, and a variety of premium services such as phone, emergency, and onsite support.

• Our Support staff is comprised of individuals with extensive knowledge of data access, data migration, database administration, programming APIs, and other relevant skills.

• Services are sold in either Standard "Bronze" or Premium "Platinum" Support packages, with varying hours of availability, response times, etc.

• We also offer Custom Development, Training, and other Consultancy services. These services can be offered on- or off-site. Expenses for travel, accommodations, food, etc., associated with on-site services are charged separately.

Rates start at US$250 per person per hour.



http://support.openlinksw.com/support/online-support.vsp

Office Locations

USA

OpenLink Software, Inc 10 Burlington Mall Road Suite 265 Burlington, MA 01803 Tel.: +1 781 273 0900 Fax: +1 781 229 8030


UK

OpenLink Software Ltd. Airport House Purley Way Croydon, Surrey CR0 0XZ Tel.: +44 (0)20 8681 7701 Fax: +44 (0)20 8681 7702

Additional Information

OpenLink Software: OpenLink Software OpenLink Virtuoso Universal Data Access Drivers

Social Media Data spaces http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen/ (weblog) https://plus.google.com/112399767740508618350/

posts (Google+) https://twitter.com/#!/kidehen (Twitter) Hashtag: #LinkedData (Anywhere) .


Using SAP Crystal Reports as a Linked (Open) Data Front-End via ODBC

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