Using SAP Crystal Reports as a Linked (Open) Data Front-End via ODBC

Using
SAP Crystal Reports
as a Linked (Open) Data client
via
Virtuoso’s ODBC Driver

By Kingsley Idehen (@kidehen)
Founder & CEO, OpenLink Software

© 2012 OpenLink Software, All rights reserved.

Situation Analysis

Agility is the timeless pursuit of
enterprises and individuals alike.
In all cases, access, integration,
and dissemination of data is
pivotal.


Linked Open Data (LOD) Cloud


Situation Analysis
Data is growing exponentially along the
following dimensions:
•Volume -- production

•Velocity – dissemination fire-hoses

•Variety – APIs and underlying data Models

•Virtuosity – insight discovery expectations.

All of this happens while the total hours in day
remains constant at 24 hours!


Product Value Proposition

Enterprise and Individual Agility
via Data Virtualization, without
compromising performance,
scalability, security, or
investments in existing
infrastructure!


Product Architecture

A high-performance, scalable,
secure, and operating-system-
independent server designed
to handle contemporary
challenges associated with
data access, data integration,
and data management.


Data Virtualization Middleware

An in-built middleware layer
(“Sponger”) for creating
Linked Data Views over
Heterogeneous Data
Sources.


Pluggable Linked Data Cartridges/Drivers

A collection of prefabricated
and customizable Data
Extraction, Transformation,
and Lookup cartridges
(drivers) covering a vast
ranges of data formats and
data access protocols.


Sophisticated Content Crawler

DBMS hosted Content
Crawler that leverages
loosely coupled binding to
the Sponger Middleware
component for
transformation of
unstructured and semi-
structured data into Linked
Data.


How Do I Get Going?

 Download, install, and experience the power of coherent
integration of disparate data sources, data access protocols,
and data representation formats.

 In an nutshell, commence exploitation of powerful business
intelligence, socially enhanced collaboration, data
virtualization, and entity analytics without writing a line of code!

 Turn "Big Data" into exploitable "Smart Data"
without compromise!


How Does Virtuoso Expose LOD Cloud
Data To ODBC Clients?
 Creation of ODBC accessible SQL Views using
SPASQL (SPARQL inside SQL) that targets local
data
 Ditto via SPARQL-FED (Federated SPARQL) for
external SPARQL endpoints.

Example instances include:

 DBpedia (Linked Data version of Wikipedia content and LOD Cloud nexus)

 URIBurner Service for “on the fly” transformation of data from: LinkedIn, Facebook,

Twitter, Google+, Freebase, Disqus etc.

 Live Linked Open Data LOD Cloud Cache.


Virtuoso ODBC Driver Installation
&
Configuration


Install Virtuoso ODBC Driver

Installer
Wizard
Screen

#1



Installer
Wizard
Screen

#2



Installer
Wizard
Screen

#3



Installer
Wizard
Screen

#4



Installer
Wizard
Screen

#5



Installer
Wizard
Screen

#6

Done!


Using Crystal Reports & ODBC

Start
Application


Attaching External Tables via ODBC -1

Start External
Table

Attachment
Wizard


Attaching External Tables via ODBC - 2

Table Attachment
Wizard will
automatically use the
ODBC Administrator
to Lookup Existing
Data Source Names
(DSNs)



There isn’t an existing
Virtuoso ODBC Data
Source Name in place,
so we select the File
Data Source Name
radio button.



Select the Google
Drive File to which
the Virtuoso ODBC
File DSN resolves.


Connecting to Configured ODBC
DSN - 1

Database
Authentication


DSN - 2

Selecting an actual
Virtuoso Server
hosted Database


DSN - 3

Selecting an actual
Virtuoso Server
hosted Database


Setting Up Remote Table Utilization

Selecting Fields


Setting Up Remote Table Utilization -- 2

Selecting Fields

For Group By Use


Selecting Report Template


Initial Report (with Group By in applied)

Query Results


Setting Up Drill-Down based on Groups

Query Results


New Report Page From Drill-Down

Query Results


Benefits?
Progressive Intelligence Accumulation via
Links!
Structured
Data

Structured
Data Structured
Data

Structured
Data


End Game?

My Agility++ Your Agility++ Their Agility++

Our Agility !!


OpenLink Company Overview
 OpenLink Software is a privately-held company founded in 1992 by its President &
CEO, Kingsley Idehen. The company is an industry acclaimed technology innovator
in the following areas:

 ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, and OLE-DB compliant Data Access Drivers for Oracle,
SQL Server, Informix, Ingres, Sybase, Progress, MySQL, and PostgreSQL
 High-Performance & Scalable Multi-Model (Relational & Graph) Database
Technology
 Data Integration Middleware (Data Virtualization Technology across a wide variety of
Protocols & Formats)
 Linked Data Deployment & Management
 Web Application Server Technology
 Socially-enhanced Distributed Collaborative Applications Platforms (Weblogs, Wikis,
Feed Aggregation and Syndication, Web File Systems, Discussion Forums, etc.)
 Identity Management.


Products & Services
Software Products

• OpenLink Universal Data Access Drivers (UDA) -
High-performance data access drivers for ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, and OLE DB that provide
transparent access to enterprise databases.
• OpenLink Virtuoso - available in single server and cluster editions that are deployed in
cloud and/or enterprise modes.
• OpenLink Data Spaces Platform and Applications
• OpenLink Ajax Toolkit
• OpenLink Data Explorer
• An Open Source Data Access SDK for ODBC

All OpenLink products are delivered by download from the Internet (http, ftp, etc.).
Temporary licenses are issued upon download and may be extended as needed, on a case-
by-case basis. Permanent licenses are issued once payment is received.


Products & Services
Professional and Support Services

• OpenLink Product Support provides front-line email and phone support,
web-based online support, and a variety of premium services such as phone,
emergency, and onsite support.

• Our Support staff is comprised of individuals with extensive knowledge of data
access, data migration, database administration, programming APIs, and other
relevant skills.

• Services are sold in either Standard "Bronze" or Premium "Platinum" Support
packages, with varying hours of availability, response times, etc.

• We also offer Custom Development, Training, and other Consultancy services.
These services can be offered on- or off-site. Expenses for travel, accommodations,
food, etc., associated with on-site services are charged separately.

Rates start at US$250 per person per hour.


Office Locations

USA UK
OpenLink Software, Inc OpenLink Software Ltd.
10 Burlington Mall Road Airport House
Suite 265 Purley Way
Burlington, MA 01803 Croydon, Surrey CR0 0XZ
Tel.: +1 781 273 0900 Tel.: +44 (0)20 8681 7701
Fax: +1 781 229 8030 Fax: +44 (0)20 8681 7702


Additional Information
 OpenLink Software:
 OpenLink Software
 OpenLink Virtuoso
 Universal Data Access Drivers
 Social Media Data spaces
 http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen/ (weblog)
 https://plus.google.com/112399767740508618350/posts
(Google+)
 https://twitter.com/#!/kidehen (Twitter)
 Hashtag: #LinkedData (Anywhere) .


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