Use Cases

The SAP BusinessObjects RESTful Web Service SDKs allow you to access the resources of the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform (universes, Web Intelligence documents and reports) stored in the CMS repository using the HTTP protocol. You implement CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations so that the provided web services send requests over HTTP and receives responses in the XML or JSON format.

For example, you can use these SDKs to retrieve data from a data provider and expose it through reports built with report elements. You can perform report scheduling and drill through a report to explore and analyze business data. You can also browse universe metadata, submit and execute queries.

The SDKs allow you to address some business requirements that can include:

  • Exposing universe metadata within a custom application
  • Building a custom query panel and embedding it anywhere
  • Creating queries on the fly during analysis
  • Running queries directly into custom scripts, Java applications, and so on
  • Running queries to feed a client tool with business data
  • Embedding documents and reports in non-SAP client tools or web applications
  • Working with documents and reports within custom applications