SAP SE
Enabling data access by external cloud-based analytics system

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for retrieving metadata associated with data stored within a database system of an enterprise, the metadata being provided in a first format and being used by the first system to store and access the data, providing a document including the metadata provided in an interoperable format, processing, by a deployer, the document to provide analytics engine metadata in a second format, the analytics metadata being stored in the second system and being consumable by the DB-based analytics engine to access the data from the database system of the enterprise, and retrieving, by the DB-based analytics engine, the data from the database system of the enterprise based on the analytics metadata to provide analytics data based on the data.