Sage 200 Reporting and Star Schemas in OBIEE

The CData ODBC Driver for Sage 200 is a standard database driver that can integrate real-time access to Sage 200 data into your data warehouse or directly into your reporting tool. This article shows how to bypass the data warehouse and import operational Sage 200 data into Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE).

See the knowledge base for ODBC integrations with ETL tools like Informatica PowerCenter. For an ETL solution into Oracle Warehouse Builder, use the driver with the Oracle ODBC Gateway to Access Sage 200 Data as a Remote Oracle Database.

Connect to Sage 200 as an ODBC Data Source

If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.

• Schema: Determines which Sage 200 edition you are connecting to. Specify either StandardUK or ProfessionalUK.
• Subscription Key: Provides access to the APIs that are used to establish a connection. You will first need to log into the Sage 200 API website and subscribe to the API edition that matches your account. You can do so here: https://developer.columbus.sage.com/docs/services/api/uk. Afterwards, the subscription key may be found in your profile after logging into Sage 200.

When you configure the DSN, you may also want to set the Max Rows connection property. This will limit the number of rows returned, which is especially helpful for improving performance when designing reports and visualizations.

Import Sage 200 Metadata

Follow the steps below to use the OBIEE Client Tools to import Sage 200 metadata into an OBIEE repository. You can then integrate Sage 200 data into your business models.

1. Open the Administration Tool and click File -> New Repository.

2. In the Connection Type menu, select ODBC 3.5 and select the CData DSN.
3. Select the metadata types you want to import under the Relational Sources option and then select Sage 200 tables. 👁 Tables to be imported into the repository. (Salesforce is shown.)
   

You can now create star schemas based on Sage 200 tables: 👁 Fact and dimension tables. (Salesforce is shown.)