Hi all,

here's the scenario:

I need to fetch data from a cube of a remote SAP NetWeaver 7. The data will later be used in a web application based on Linux and Perl/PHP. (I'd prefer using perl for the backend and doing the business logic of the web application.)

I have:

- A Linux system with all its on-board tools and scripting languages.

- A user for the SAP BW which allows me to logon (very,very limited user rights, no se37,no se80,no rsaX and so on)

- Access to http://<SAP BW Server>:<Port>/sap/bw/xml/soap/xmla with the above mentioned user.

My questions:

- Could you please push me into the right direction how I can realize this? E.g. by pointing to tutorials / HowTos / sample code / CPAN modules etc.. (Most information I found so far referred to software based on a different operating system and on remote function calls using custom functions in SAP to be called via RFC.)

- I'm aware of the SAPNW::RFC CPAN module, but do I necessarily have to perform a remote function call? ( If so, is there a "standard" function I could call for accessing a cube?)

Thanks a lot in advance!

In reply to How to fetch data from a SAP BW Cube via Perl/PHP on a Linux machine? by schmittv

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