VBA · 04. September 2014

Connecting via VBA to a SAP system

If you want to create automated reports with data from an SAP ERP or Business Warehouse system, you first need to connect to a SAP system. The connection can be used later to access system tables in the ERP or Business Warehouse or to trigger various other action.

Function Connect_to_SAP()

Dim myConnection As Object
Set myConnection = CreateObject("SAP.Functions")

With myConnection
  .Connection.System = "ABC" 'Systemname
  .Connection.client = "100" 'Client
  .Connection.user = "xyz" 'User
  .Connection.password = "123" 'Password
  .Connection.Language = "DE" 'Language
  .Connection.systemnumber = "00" 'Systemnumber
  .Connection.hostname = "" 'Hostname
End With

'Establish connection.
If myConnection.Connection.logon(0, False) <> True Then Exit Function
'System Logoff
myConnection.Connection.LOGOFF

End Function

Due to the parameters False in the connection following Logon screen appears. Should this not be displayed, the parameter must be changed from False to True.

Update:

Since Analysis Office the connection is a little bit different, you now have to use the Analysis Office API command SAPLogon. Here is an example Application.Run("SAPLogon", "DS_1", "MyClient", "MyUser", "MyPWD", "EN")

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