Manage the Business Central Jet Connector

Describes the SAP Hana connector.

The Self-Service Analytics Business Central Jet connector lets you access the data stored Business Central databases using the Self-Service Analytics client using the available API.

Before you can establish a connection from Self-Service Analytics to Business Central databases, a connector server needs to be installed and configured. See Manage Connectors and Connector Servers for general instructions and Connect to Business Central for details specific to this connector.

After setting up the connector, create data sources that specify the necessary connection information and identify the data you want to use. See Create and Manage Data Sources for more information. After you set up your data sources, create dashboards, self service reports, and visuals from the data in these data sources.

Connector support for specific features is shown in the following table.

Key: Y - Supported; N - Not Supported; N/A - not applicable

Feature	Supported?
Admin-Defined Functions	Y
Box Plots	Y
Custom SQL Queries	N
Derived Fields (Row-Level Expressions)	Y
Distinct Counts	Y
Fast Distinct Values	N/A
Group By Multiple Fields	Y
Group By Time	Y
Group By UNIX Time	Y
Histogram Floating Point Values	Y
Histograms	Y
Kerberos Authentication	N
Last Value	Y
Live Mode and Playback	N
Multivalued Fields	N/A
Nested Fields	N/A
Partitions	N
Pushdown Joins for Fusion Data Sources	N
Schemas	Y
Text Search	N/A
TLS	Y
User Delegation	N
Wildcard Filters	Y
Wildcard Filters, Case-Insensitive Mode	Y
Wildcard Filters, Case-Sensitive Mode	Y

Connect to Business Central

Connect to Business Central using their provided API.

When setting up a connection, provide the following:

• A name for the connection.
• The Base Url, for example: api.businesscentral.dynamics.com.
• The Tenant Id provided by Business Central.
• The Client Id and the Client Secret for authentication.
• Company - The name of the company you’re connecting to.

Other optional fields are not supported at this time.