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License

If you want to have a license for the BW Data Lineage Metadata API we need the SID of your BW system and the HANA schema in which the BW application is stored.

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A HANA database user is needed which who has full select rights on the HANA schema on which the BW application is stored.

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mkdir DataLineage; tar -xzf <DataLineageFileName>.tar.gz -C DataLineage; chmod +x DataLineage/DataLineage.sh; chmod +x DataLineage/Core/DataLineage

Insert License

There are two Two possible ways to insert a license for BW Data Lineage API exist.
We sent you a license file or a license hash. What to do with them is described in the subchapters below.

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The following command in the command line sets a an encrypted password into the appsettings.json file.

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DataLineage.cmd set-password -s <SID> -p <password>
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Command for versions < 1.2.5

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DataLineage.cmd

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set-password

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-s

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<SID>

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-h

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<HANA

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Schema>

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-p

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<password>

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./DataLineage.sh set-password -s <SID> -h <HANA Schema> -p p <password>

Command for versions < 1.2.5

./DataLineage.cmd set-password -s <SID> -h <HANA Schema> -p <password>

Run Application

The BW Data Lineage API can be started for one system.
To find all parameters you can use, try --help to get more information.
The following command are is for examples only. The full complete command list can be found here.

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DataLineage.cmd extract-all -s <SID> <SID>

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DataLineage.cmd extract-all -s <SID> -h

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<HANA

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Schema>

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Run the application from the terminal

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./DataLineage.sh extract-all -s <SID> -h <HANA <SID>

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./DataLineage.cmd extract-all -s <SID> -h <HANA Schema>

Plan a regular job

Windows

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