Setting general connection properties

This section describes how to set up connection properties. The following properties are available.

• Name: The display name for your endpoint.
• Description: (Optional) A description for the SAP OData endpoint.
• Role: Select Source.
• Type: Select SAP OData.

• Read changes from log stream staging folder

  Information note

  When this endpoint is used as a duplicated source in a Log Stream Staging setup, select the Read changes from log stream staging folder check box and then select the relevant Log Stream Staging task from the drop-down list.

  For information on setting up and managing Log Stream Staging tasks, see Using the Log Stream.

• Host: The host name of the SAP Gateway on which the SAP OData source is located.

  Information noteTo use HTTPS, you must specify a host name, and not an IP address.
• Port: The port number for HTTPS protocol in the SAP Gateway.
• Username: A user in the SAP system with the required permissions (type ‘Communications Data’).
• Password: The password for the specified user.
• Certificate file: (Optional) The full path to the certificate file for connecting to the SAP Gateway server using SSL. If you don't have the certificate file, contact your SAP system administrator. Note that the file must be in .pem format.
• Test connection: Click to verify that you are able to connect to the SAP Gateway with the provided credentials (and certificate if provided).