Introduction

This section contains user documentation for Board Connector.

About Board Connector

The Board Connector is an SAP Connector that extracts data from SAP systems and loads it into Board. The main entities in Board Connector are called "extractions". An extraction is a combination of the following elements:

• A connection to a source system (SAP)
• A connection to a destination / target environment (Board)
• A defined extraction type (e.g., Table)

Software Architecture

Board Connector consists of two components:

• A Designer to design and configure extractions.
  When designing extractions in the Designer, the user can create and modify extractions, sources and alter the server settings.
• A Server to execute extractions.
  During the execution phase, the user can execute the extractions that were designed in the Designer. The execution of the extractions takes place on the server.

Extraction Types

Board Connector offers the following extractions types to cover a wide range of data extraction scenarios.

BAPI

Execute BAPIs and Function Modules.

SAP Cloud ECC S4/HANA BW BW/4HANA

BWCube

Extract data from SAP BW InfoCubes and BEx Queries.

BW BW/4HANA

BW Hierarchy

Extract Hierarchies from an SAP BW / BI system.

BW BW/4HANA

DeltaQ

Extract data from DataSources (OLTP) and extractors from ERP and ECC systems.

ECC S4/HANA BW BW/4HANA

OData

Extract SAP data using OData services - official alternative to ODP framework.

SAP Cloud ECC S4/HANA BW BW/4HANA

ODP(OData)

Extract ODP-based data using OData services - official alternative to ODP.

SAP Cloud ECC S4/HANA BW BW/4HANA

ODP

Extract data via the SAP Operational Data Provisioning (ODP) framework.

ECC S4/HANA BW BW/4HANA

OHS

Extract data from InfoSpokes and OHS destinations.

BW BW/4HANA

Query

Extract data from ERP queries.
BEx queries are covered by BWCube.

ECC S4/HANA

Report

Extract data from SAP ABAP reports.

ECC S4/HANA

Table

Extract data from SAP tables and views.

ECC S4/HANA BW BW/4HANA

Table CDC

Extract delta data from SAP tables.

ECC S4/HANA BW BW/4HANA

About this Documentation

The user documentation of Theobald Software is designed to introduce readers to the main functions of Board Connector.

Theobald Software's claim is to keep the user documentation up to date according to the latest product version. Information concerning the older version is removed gradually from the documentation content. It is generally recommended to always install the latest version of the product. Theobald Software's claim is to always update all the used screenshots of other software vendors, nevertheless this cannot be guaranteed.

©2025 Theobald Software GmbH. All rights reserved.

Target group and audience

This documentation is created for all users of Board Connector. The user documentation offers an overview of the interface, of the navigation and of the basic information to the users who never or rarely worked with the product. Experienced users can find more detailed information on more complex topics and use the user documentation for reference.

Reading the Getting Started section is the prerequisite for working with the product.

Typographical conventions

Convention	Used for marking:	Example
bold & square brackets	Buttons	[Edit]
bold	URL buttons	Subscriptions
bold	Fields within a window, tab names	Name
italics	Input values	MATNR
italics	Drop-down menu options	TextAndCode

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Last update: October 2, 2025