Released on: October 7, 2008, 3:28 pm

Press Release Author: Alba Spectrum LLC

Industry: Computers

Press Release Summary: SAP B1 is dedicated to small and mid-size businesses. This
ERP and MRP enriched accounting application becomes more and more popular,
especially since the release of SB1 version 2007A. The intuitive and very simple
SAP BO interface often comes with the fact, that SAP Business One certified
consultant comes without solid technical background in data conversion,
customization, SDK programming and also in making ad-hoc SQL queries. In this small
publication we will give you technical highlights on advanced integrating techniques
with Sap Business One Data Transfer Workbench. This publication should help you
with your SAP B1 partner, VAR, implementation consultant, reseller and ISV
technology partner selection.

Press Release Body: SAP B1 is dedicated to small and mid-size businesses. This ERP
and MRP enriched accounting application becomes more and more popular, especially
since the release of SB1 version 2007A. The intuitive and very simple SAP BO
interface often comes with the fact, that SAP Business One certified consultant
comes without solid technical background in data conversion, customization, SDK
programming and also in making ad-hoc SQL queries. In this small publication we
will give you technical highlights on advanced integrating techniques with Sap
Business One Data Transfer Workbench. This publication should help you with your
SAP B1 partner, VAR, implementation consultant, reseller and ISV technology partner
selection. We should mention here, that you can always go and deploy SAP Business
One SDK programming in integration creation, however here we will concentrate on
“low profile”. Let’s begin:

1. SB1 Data Transfer Workbench: CSV file and Excel templates. Through our practice,
large number of Sap Business One functional consultants recommends you simply to
follow template Excel files filling up and saving them in CSV format as preferred
way to do integration. Plus, they also recommend it for one-time integration only
in the initial data conversion and migration. If you don’t need additional
discovery and looking for second opinion in SAP Business One partners community –
this advise is good and very reliable. However – what to do if you need ongoing and
even scheduled integration?

2. Simple ODBC queries. Let’s make step aside and try ODBC in Source Data Type. If
you are IT professional, SQL DBA or programmer, you know, that ODBC connection opens
the whole new world of such nice tools as MS SQL Server linked server, SQL View to
break through the restrictions of text files

3. SQL Views Scenario. Now imagine, instead of depending on CSV files, created by
hand, you create SQL view, which will be the base for the integration. If you have
to integrate SB1 with front end legacy database (including SQL linked server
constructions to such platforms, as Oracle, DBII, Ctree, Pervasive SQL), you should
lookup required SQL view structure in Excel templates for the intended SB1 objects
and simply create them on Microsoft SQL Server level

4. Scheduling Workbench ongoing integration. Workbench help suggests you to save
integration structure in XML format (you do it on the step 5: Run the data import –
click Save button and you will be able to save integration in XML schema). Create
–bat (DOS batch) file. Then schedule it in Start->All Programs->Accessories->System
Tools->Scheduled Tasks. This would be sample line in BAT file: C:\Program
Files\SAP\Data Transfer Workbench\DTW –s C:\Program Files\SAP\Data Transfer
Workbench\config.xml


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