SAP HANA Database Update

Use this activity to run the update SQL statements on SAP HANA Database. You can update multiple rows in the database. This activity returns the information in the form of total rows affected.

General

The following table lists the configurations in the General tab of the SAP HANA Database Update activity:

Field Module Property Description
Name No Specify the name to be displayed as the label for the activity in the process.
HANA JDBC Resource Yes

Click to select a SAP HANA Database JDBC Connection shared resource.

If no matching SAP HANA Database JDBC Connection shared resource is found, click Create Shared Resource to create one. For more details, see Creating and Configuring the SAP HANA Database JDBC Connection Resource.

Entity No

Click to select an entity. The entities downloaded in selected SAP HANA Database JDBC Connection shared resource will be available for selection.

Description

In the Description tab, you can enter a short description for the SAP HANA Database Update activity.

SQL Builder

The SQL Builder tab, displays the metadata of the entity selected in the General tab.

Fields Editable Description
Field Name No Displays name of the column.
Data Type No Displays the data type of the column.
Primary Key No Displays if the column is a primary key.
Not Null No Displays if the column accepts null value.
Dimension No Displays the dimension of the column.
Values Yes Displays the fields that must be part of the SET clause for an update SQL statement.

By default Values column is selected for all the fields.

Parameter Yes Displays the fields that must be part of the WHERE clause of an update SQL statement.

Input

All the fields in the SQL Builder tab that have Values and Parameter column checked, will be part of input tab.

The Input tab displays the input schema of the activity as a tree structure. The information in the schema depends on the fields selected on the SQL Builder tab. You must enter information for any mandatory fields

For more information about SAP HANA Database datatype mapping to XSD mapping, see SAP HANA Database Datatype Mapping to XSD Mapping.

Output

The Output tab displays the rowsAffected field which holds the count of number of rows affected after the SAP HANA Database Update activity is invoked..

The Output tab displays the output schema of the activity as a tree structure. The output is read-only.

Fault

The Fault tab lists exceptions that are thrown by this activity. This activity throws the following exceptions:
  • SapHanaDatabaseJdbcSQLException: Thrown when the error originates from the SAP HANA Database system.
  • SapHanaDatabaseJdbcPluginException: Thrown when the error originates from the plug-in.
Error Schema Element Datatype Description
msg string The error message returned by the plug-in
msgCode string The error code returned by the plug-in
For more information, see Error Codes.