Create an SAP Datasphere connection to an Edge site

Important 

In Collibra 2024.05, we launched a new user interface (UI) for Collibra Data Intelligence Platform! You can learn more about this latest UI in the UI overview.

Use the following options to see the documentation in the latest UI or in the previous, classic UI:

Before you begin

Note Edge doesn't allow more than one capability of the same type for a connection. If you have more than one SAP Datasphere tenant, duplicate your SAP Datasphere Catalog connection and create a capability per SAP Datasphere tenant.

Required permissions

Steps

  1. Open an Edge site.
    1. On the main toolbar, click Products icon, and then click Cogwheel icon Settings.
      The Collibra settings page opens.
    2. In the tab pane, click Edge.
      The Sites tab opens and shows a table with an overview of the Edge sites.
    3. In the Edge site overview, click the name of an Edge site.
      The Edge site page appears.
  2. In the Connections section, click Create Connection.
    The Connection settings page appears.
  3. In the Connections section, click Create Connection.
    The Create Connection dialog box appears.
  4. Select SAP Datasphere Catalog connection.
  5. Enter the required information.
    FieldDescriptionRequired
    Connection settingsThis section contains general information about the connection. 
    Name

    The name of the connection. The name can be anything, as long as it is unique.

    Tip The name that you provide here is the name you have to select in the SAP Datasphere connection field, when adding the SAP Datasphere synchronization capability or the Technical Lineage for SAP Analytics Cloud capability to the Edge site.

    Yes
    DescriptionThe description of the connection. No
    Connection provider

    The type of connection.

    Select SAP Datasphere Catalog connection

    Yes
    Connection parametersThis section contains connection authentication information. 
    SAP Datasphere Catalog URL

    The URL to the SAP Datasphere tenant where you have configured the SAP Datasphere Catalog.

    Yes
    Token URL

    The token URL of your OAuth client.

    Yes
    Client ID

    The Client ID of your OAuth client.

    Yes
    Client secret key

    The secret of your OAuth client. The secret key is used to generate a token to access the SAP Datasphere Catalog API.

    Yes
    FieldDescriptionRequired
    Name

    The name of the connection. The name can be anything, as long as it is unique.

    Tip The name that you provide here is the name you have to select in the SAP Datasphere connection field, when adding the SAP Datasphere synchronization capability or the Technical Lineage for SAP Analytics Cloud capability to the Edge site.

    Yes
    DescriptionThe description of the connection. No
    Vault The vault where you store your data source values. No
    SAP Datasphere Catalog URL

    The URL to the SAP Datasphere tenant where you have configured the Datasphere Catalog.

    Yes
    Token URL

    The token URL of your OAuth client.

    Yes
    Client ID

    The Client ID of your OAuth client.

    Yes
    Client secret key

    The secret of your OAuth client. The secret key is used to generate a token to access the SAP Datasphere Catalog API.

    Yes
  6. Click Create.

What's next?

You can now add the SAP Datasphere capability to an Edge site.

Available vaults

Tip 

You can use a vault to add your data source information to your Edge site connection.

None
AWS Secrets Manager
Azure Key Vault
CyberArk Vault
Google Secret Manager
HashiCorp Vault
 

Steps

  1. Open an Edge site.
    1. On the main toolbar, click Products icon, and then click Cogwheel icon Settings.
      The Collibra settings page opens.
    2. In the tab pane, click Edge.
      The Sites tab opens and shows a table with an overview of the Edge sites.
    3. In the Edge site overview, click the name of an Edge site.
      The Edge site page appears.
  2. In the Connections section, click Create Connection.
    The Connection settings page appears.
  3. In the Connections section, click Create Connection.
    The Create Connection dialog box appears.
  4. Select SAP Datasphere Catalog connection.
  5. Enter the required information.
    FieldDescriptionRequired
    Connection settingsThis section contains general information about the connection. 
    Name

    The name of the connection. The name can be anything, as long as it is unique.

    Tip The name that you provide here is the name you have to select in the SAP Datasphere connection field, when adding the SAP Datasphere synchronization capability or the Technical Lineage for SAP Analytics Cloud capability to the Edge site.

    Yes
    DescriptionThe description of the connection. No
    Connection provider

    The type of connection.

    Select SAP Datasphere Catalog connection

    Yes
    Connection parametersThis section contains connection authentication information. 
    SAP Datasphere Catalog URL

    The URL to the SAP Datasphere tenant where you have configured the SAP Datasphere Catalog.

    Yes
    Token URL

    The token URL of your OAuth client.

    Yes
    Client ID

    The Client ID of your OAuth client.

    Yes
    Client secret key

    The secret of your OAuth client. The secret key is used to generate a token to access the SAP Datasphere Catalog API.

    Yes
    FieldDescriptionRequired
    Name

    The name of the connection. The name can be anything, as long as it is unique.

    Tip The name that you provide here is the name you have to select in the SAP Datasphere connection field, when adding the SAP Datasphere synchronization capability or the Technical Lineage for SAP Analytics Cloud capability to the Edge site.

    Yes
    DescriptionThe description of the connection. No
    Vault The vault where you store your data source values. No
    SAP Datasphere Catalog URL

    The URL to the SAP Datasphere tenant where you have configured the Datasphere Catalog.

    Yes
    Token URL

    The token URL of your OAuth client.

    Yes
    Client ID

    The Client ID of your OAuth client.

    Yes
    Client secret key

    The secret of your OAuth client. The secret key is used to generate a token to access the SAP Datasphere Catalog API.

    Yes
  6. Click Create.

What's next?

You can now add the SAP Datasphere capability to an Edge site.