Is it possible in Visual Composer

Hi All,
I am not an expert in Visual Composer, but I do know it is useful to access adhoc data from the production environment. I have a requirement to extract historical data from NON-SAP database (DB2), since we are not planning to convert some historical data.
Let some one tell me whether I can access data from non-sap database, which is sitting outside. Also I want to use the tool to do extract data from BW, R/3 and DB2 at the same time in one screen?
Any material reference will help as well.
Thanks,
Alex.

Hi Alex,
yes, that is possible. You can connect your DB2 via the BI JDBC Connector (look <a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/b3/c3c4135e074ab4900bfdc2ae6c9e79/frameset.htm">here</a> and scroll down). At the same time, on the same screen you can connect R/3-Data, BW-Data, CSV-Data, Webservice-Data, ...
Some links as starting points:
<a href="https://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/visualcomposer">SDN Visual Composer Starting page</a>
<a href="https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/VC">visual composer wiki</a>
<a href="https://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/9326072e-0c01-0010-bc97-f72e93338101">vc reference guide (pdf)</a>
<a href="https://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/63f2052e-0c01-0010-b9a2-e1f7457a7fbe">vc modeler's guide (pdf)</a>
<a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/43/395a596c8a1806e10000000a1553f6/frameset.htm">SAP Library visual composer documentation</a>
Best Regards, Benni
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