Click-Through Demo SAP Queries

How to extract an

SAP Query in SSIS.

Before we begin, let‘s have a look at the SAP GUI to find out more about how a query looks like in SAP.

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SAP Queries are created in SAP with Transaction SQ01.Insert the name of an existing query (1)

Execute the query (2)


This is the Selection Screen of the SAP Query.Fill in selection parameters (1)

Execute the query (2)


The result of the query.



Let‘s go back to Visual Studio and see how to integrate the query with an SSIS package.

We have to create a new SSIS project.Start Visual Studio. Click „File“ „New“ „Project…“(1)

Select „Integration Services“ “Integration Services Project“ (2)Enter a project name (3) and click OK to create the project (4)


Now we have a blank Control Flow. Drag and drop a Data Flow Task item into the Control Flow (1)

Double-click on the task to switch to the data flow view (2)


In the Data Flow Task we need a new Xtract connection.Right-click (1) and select „New Connection“ (2)


Select „XTRACT“ (1) Click „Add…“ to add the Xtract connection manager (2)


Double-click to open the Xtract IS Connection Manager(1) Fill in logon credentials (2) and host information (3)Test the connection (4) and Click OK to confirm (5)


Drag and drop the Xtract IS Query component (1) Double-click to automatically assign the connection manager to

the Xtract IS Query component (2) Click OK to confirm (3)


The Data Source dialog opens. Click to open the Look Up Query dialog (1)

Fill in the query name (2) and click to search (3)


Select your query (1)Click OK to confirm the selection (2)


The Select Options are automatically fetched from SAP (1)Now you can edit Select Options (2)


In the Select Options dialog fill in the desired values (1)You can also use SSIS variables (2)

Click OK to confirm the Select Options (3)


You can also apply a variant from SAP (recommended).Click to open the Look Up Variant dialog (1)

Select one of the variants (2)Click OK to confirm the selection (3)


Click for preview (1)


Now you can have a look at the preview.


Drag and drop a Data Flow Destination. In our example we use the OLE DB Destination (1)


We need another connection manager for the Destination.Right-click in this area and select „New OLE DB Connection…“ (1)

Set up the connection manager in the dialog to an SQL Server.


Drag the Xtract output flow path to the OLE DB Destination (1)Double-click to open the OLE DB Destination Editor (2)


Select an existing table from the dropdown list (1)or create a new one (2)


If you decide to create a new table, the „Create“ statement is automatically generated from the meta data (1)

Click OK to create the table and return to the previous screen (2)


Click on Mappings and the mapping between source and destination elements is generated automatically (1)

Click OK to confirm the mapping (2)


Now let‘s execute the package (1)


Xtract IS is fetching the data from SAP


The extraction of the data finished succesfully.26 rows are sent to the OLE DB Destination (1)

The output windows contains the log details (2)


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Click-Through Demo SAP Queries