Can we connect from Portal to MaxDB with the trial version of SAPNetWeaver?

Question

I’ve installed SAP NetWeaver Developer Workplace SR2 (trial version) with the following components:
•     SAP Web Application Server Java 7.00 (J2EE Engine)
•     MaxDB 7.6.00.34 database + Database Manager and SQL Studio
•     SAP Enterprise Portal
•     SAP Content Management and Collaboration
•     Adobe Document Services
•     BI SDK
•     Visual Composer
•     Composite Application Framework (CAF)
Now, I created new TEST database in MaxDB (user: DBADMIN, pass: abcd).
I want to connect from the Portal to the TEST Database, so I follow the steps described in the documents (How To Configured BI JDBC Connector, ….)
- I log on Visual Administrator, create BI JDBC Connector, create new DataSource.
Now, I can get the Data from TEST Database.
- I log on Portal and create new BI JDBC System,
+ Driver: com.sap.dbtech.jdbc.DriverSapDB,
+ Connection URL: jdbc:sapdb://sapep/test
- Then, I create system alias, map user with the user in Test Database (User: DBADMIN. Pass: ABCD)
But when testing the connection, I’ve an error:
<b>Connection failed. Make sure user mapping is set correctly and all connection properties are correct.</b>
When I test the connection by the link:
http://sapep:50000/TestJDBC_Web/TestJDBCPage.jsp
I’ve an error:
<b>com.sap.ip.bi.sdk.exception.BIConnectionFailedException: Cannot open the connection
Exception id: [0008C72B8B0C00C60000006F0000114000042C18596CD779]</b>
Could you please show me how to resolved this problem ?
I don’t know if it is caused by the trial version ?
Thank you very much.

Answer 1

Hi Tweety,
I assume that you have create the driver with the required .jar files.
supose its name is MAX_DB
After that go to "Connector Container" in visual admin. To create a new connector,
select the connector SDK_JDBC and click the clone button to create a new BI JDBC connector and enter a name for the connector eg., SDK_MAXDB
Selct the recently created connector and choose the resource Adapter tab. click the add button to assiciate addtional resources the Connector
To add resource, enter the name as "library:MAX_DB".save the changes and restart the server.
Now in the portal there is a property "ConnectionFactory" set this to "SDK_MAXDB".
Now u have said that u have set the values for Driver and Url as
+ Driver: com.sap.dbtech.jdbc.DriverSapDB,
+ Connection URL: jdbc:sapdb://sapep/test
the value for driver is correct but the value for connection URL is wrong.
Connection URL:  jdbc:sapdb://<Machine_name>:<Port>/<Databse_name>
Now i dont what is the port no for MaxDB. as for SQL its 1433, for oracle it is 1521, for netezza it is 5480. U can get it from ur system adm or from net.
As u have not mentioned the port thats u r facing the problem.
Regards
Paresh