SAP BW Basic Tab

Field	Description
Application Server	Name of the machine hosting SAP BW or the host machine’s IP address. For load-balanced configurations of SAP BW, leave this property empty.
SAP Router String	Routing entry. If an SAP Router is used to connect to the Application Server, enter its routing entry here. For example: /H/saprouter/H/194.117.106.130/S/3297/H/
System Number	Two-digit gateway service number of the SAP BW system.
Client	Three-digit client number of the SAP BW system.
User and Password	Valid user name and password to SAP BW.
Save Password check box	This option works in combination with the Pass-through Login option. By default, this option is disabled and un-editable. It becomes editable when you select the Pass-through Login option. If you accept the default, the password is saved and the Pass-through Login option remains disabled. Then, you can perform the following operations without having to supply the password again: • Introspect the current data source. • Reintrospect the data source. • Add/Remove data source resources. • Perform query/update/insert operations on a table in the data source. • Invoke a stored procedure. Refresh a cached view based on the data source resources.
Pass-through Login	Works in combination with the Save Password option. By default, this mode is Disabled and the password is saved. This mode is referred to as non-pass-through mode. Refer to the details given for the Save Password option. If you select the Enabled option, the Save Password option becomes editable. This mode is referred to as pass-through mode.

Save password?	Operations you can perform	Operations you cannot perform
Yes	Introspection. You do not have to resupply the password.	N/A
No	• Query/update/insert/delete operations. You need to resupply the original login credentials for the current session. • Reintrospection, Add/Remove data source resources. You will be prompted to resupply the password that was used when the data source was originally introspected.	Schedule reintrospection.