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BusinessObjects Data Services

SAP BusinessObjects Data Services (BODS) is an enterprise-grade extract, transform, load (ETL) and data management platform that enables organizations to integrate, transform and cleanse data from multiple sources to support reporting and operational decision-making.

Orchestrate trusted, high-performance data pipelines

Precisely automate SAP BODS jobs and integrate them seamlessly into end-to-end workflows.

Automate reliably

Accelerate data processing and transformation.

Respond instantly

Use asynchronous callbacks for real-time monitoring and alerts.

Govern securely

Enforce security by linking Tidal users with SAP BODS users.

Better data management, reporting and sharing

The Tidal adapter for SAP BODS uses SAP’s native web services to integrate directly with your existing SAP BODS environment. Users can define and manage batch jobs as part of enterprise-wide automation workflows from the Tidal user interface.

Supported platforms:

  • SAP BusinessObjects Data Services
  • SAP Data Integrator (legacy)

What the adapter enables

With Tidal, you can:

  • Authenticate users and enforce role-based access for job actions
  • Cancel, hold, resume, abort or rerun jobs from a centralized interface
  • Define and schedule SAP BODS batch jobs published as web services
  • Maintain full audit trails for job execution and outcomes
  • Monitor job progress, status and execution logs in real time
  • Reduce latency using asynchronous callbacks rather than polling
  • Trigger downstream jobs or alerts based on completion or failure events

How it works

Tidal submits SAP BODS jobs using the SAP-provided web service API and continuously monitors their execution. As jobs complete, Tidal captures the outcome and updates statuses across your orchestration landscape.

Tidal also supports:

  • Distribution of control across agents and agent lists for workload balancing
  • Event-based automation and calendar-based scheduling
  • Output handling and alerting through email or third-party notification services
  • Real-time execution status with callback-based monitoring
  • Seamless integration with other SAP and non-SAP systems

As a platform-independent solution, the adapter can run on any platform where the Tidal Master runs. The adapter enforces SAP BODS security by authenticating through associations between Tidal runtime users and SAP BODS users.

Tidal and SAP BusinessObjects Data Services integration FAQs

  • What is SAP data services?

    SAP Data Services is a data integration and quality software application that helps businesses manage and utilize their data effectively. It's part of SAP's information management layer and enables businesses to access, transform and analyze data from various sources.

  • What is the role of SAP data services?

    SAP Data Services is a software solution that helps organizations with data integration, quality and transformation. It enables teams to access, transform, transfer and analyze data from various sources, ensuring data is trusted, relevant and timely for critical business processes.

  • What are SAP BusinessObjects data services?

    SAP BusinessObjects Data Services (BODS) is an extract, transform, load (ETL) tool used for data integration, data quality and data warehousing. It allows users to extract data from various sources, transform it according to business rules and load it into a target system. SAP BODS is part of the SAP BusinessObjects suite of software applications.