Way to connect to SAP DB

RE: Way to connect to SAP DB

Stefan Helzle — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:59:06 GMT

Yes. You can still do that through a record, but you would loose the advanced data fabric features. I am not sure whether that would be a problem.

RE: Way to connect to SAP DB

masaki — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:02:24 GMT

Ok, understood.
So what you mean is calling API on demand.

RE: Way to connect to SAP DB

Stefan Helzle — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:10:02 GMT

What I mean is to disable the whole sync feature, do not cache any of the data in Appian, und just query the data in real time.

RE: Way to connect to SAP DB

masaki — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 08:32:26 GMT

Hi Stefan,

As I answered above, I think it will not work in our situation.
So I'm wondering if there are any other options.

RE: Way to connect to SAP DB

Stefan Helzle — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 07:54:28 GMT

Yeah, sure, but did you consider just disabling sync?

RE: Way to connect to SAP DB

masaki — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 07:15:08 GMT

To do so, I understand appian API needs to be called by the data source whenever there is an update.
I also believe that ID needs to be passed as a parameter when called to update the corresponding record, and this update cannot be done for multiple records at the same time.
To update multiple records, API need to be called for the number of updated records.

Is my understading correct?

I don't think it's realistic that SAP calls API whenever there is an update on data.

Is there any case that fetch data from SAP BTP?
If yes, could you give me any information about how the intergration is achieved?

RE: Way to connect to SAP DB

Stefan Helzle — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 05:30:04 GMT

Sure, and yes.

Data sync is relatively new to Appian and while it might become the default, for certain use cases, it is a good idea to disable it. An a constantly changing data source can be a good indication. This only works well when the data source can notify Appian about any updates.

https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/24.2/about-data-sync.html#when-to-enable-data-sync

https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/24.2/generate-web-api.html

RE: Way to connect to SAP DB

masaki — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 02:36:52 GMT

Hi Stefan,
Thank you for your response.

What do you mean by "disable sync"? Is it possible by uncheck Schedule full syncs?
When it is disabled, does record type fetch data from the data source in real time?

RE: Way to connect to SAP DB

Stefan Helzle — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 14:21:55 GMT

Did you consider to disable sync? Then your data would be fetched directly from SAP.