What does Atlan crawl from SAP BW/4HANA? Private Preview

Atlan integrates with SAP BW/4HANA to crawl and map BW data warehouse assets—from logical groupings (InfoAreas) down through providers (ADSOs, CompositeProviders), data acquisition (DataSources, InfoSources), reusable characteristics (InfoObjects), and analytic objects (Queries)—along with the transformations and DTPs that move data between them. This page outlines the supported asset types, the source-to-Atlan property mappings, and the lineage relationships Atlan builds.

Lineage

Atlan builds two layers of lineage from SAP BW/4HANA:

• Asset lineage: From source provider → target provider via transformations, and from query → underlying provider.
• Column-level lineage: From source field → target field for each rule defined inside a transformation.

Assets

Atlan extracts metadata from SAP BW/4HANA across the following asset types:

• InfoAreas: Hierarchical folders that organize BW objects.
• InfoObjects: Reusable characteristics, key figures, and units that describe business entities and measures.
• Data sources: Source-system extraction structures that bring data into BW.
• Data source fields: Individual fields exposed by a DataSource.
• InfoSources: Logical layers that decouple DataSources from providers.
• InfoSource fields: Fields defined on an InfoSource.
• ADSOs: Advanced DataStore Objects—the primary persistence layer in BW/4HANA.
• ADSO fields: Columns of an ADSO.
• CompositeProviders: Virtual providers that union or join ADSOs and other providers.
• CompositeProvider fields: Output columns of a CompositeProvider.
• Queries: BEx and Eclipse-modeled analytic queries.
• Query elements: Elements (selections, formulas, restricted key figures, conditional InfoObjects) inside a Query.
• Transformations: Source → target mapping logic between BW providers.
• DTPs: Data Transfer Processes.

The following sections detail how each asset type is mapped in Atlan.

InfoAreas

InfoAreas are folders that group related BW objects (InfoObjects, providers, queries) by business domain. Atlan maps InfoAreas to its SAPBWInfoArea asset type.

Source property	Atlan property
INFOAREA	name
TXTLG	description
OWNER	sourceCreatedBy

InfoObjects

InfoObjects are the reusable building blocks of BW—characteristics (for example, customer, material), key figures (for example, revenue, quantity), and units. Atlan maps InfoObjects to its SAPBWInfoObject asset type.

Source property	Atlan property
IOBJNM	name
TXTLG	description
FIELDNM	sapBwFieldName
DATATYPE	sapDataType

Data sources

DataSources define how raw data is extracted from a source system (SAP source, flat file, DB Connect, etc.) into BW. Atlan maps DataSources to its SAPBWDataSource asset type.

Source property	Atlan property
DATASOURCE	name
TXTLG	description
LOGSYS	sapBwLogicalSystem
TYPE	sapBwSourceType
DELTA	sapBwDeltaMethod
APPLNM	sapComponentName
Field count	sapFieldCount

Data source fields

Each DataSource exposes a flat list of fields with data type and length. Atlan maps these to SAPBWDataSourceField.

Source property	Atlan property
FIELDNM	name
DATASOURCE	sapBwParentName
POSIT	sapFieldOrder
DATATYPE	sapDataType
LENG	sapBwLength
Mapped InfoObject	sapBwInfoObjectName, sapBwInfoObjectQualifiedName

InfoSources

InfoSources decouple DataSources from providers, allowing one logical input to feed multiple targets. Atlan maps InfoSources to SAPBWInfoSource.

Source property	Atlan property
ISOURCE	name
TXTLG	description
OBJSTAT	sapBwObjectStatus
Application component	sapComponentName

InfoSource fields

Fields defined on an InfoSource, typically aligned to InfoObjects. Atlan maps these to SAPBWInfoSourceField.

Source property	Atlan property
FIELDNM	name
ISOURCE	sapBwParentName
POSIT	sapFieldOrder
DATATYPE	sapDataType
LENG	sapBwLength
KEYFLAG	sapBwIsKeyField
Mapped InfoObject	sapBwInfoObjectName, sapBwInfoObjectQualifiedName

ADSO fields

Advanced DataStore Objects (ADSOs) are the primary persistence layer in BW/4HANA, replacing classic InfoCubes and DSOs. Atlan maps ADSOs to SAPBWADSO. Columns of an ADSO are mapped to SAPBWADSOField.

Source property	Atlan property
ADSONM	name
TXTLG	description
PLANNING_MODE	sapBwPlanningMode
Field count	sapFieldCount

ADSO field details

Source property	Atlan property
COLNAME	name
ADSONM	sapBwParentName
Linked InfoObject	sapBwInfoObjectName, sapBwInfoObjectQualifiedName

CompositeProvider fields

CompositeProviders virtually combine ADSOs and other providers via union or join, optionally pushing logic to the HANA layer. Atlan maps CompositeProviders to SAPBWCompositeProvider. Output columns of a CompositeProvider are mapped to SAPBWCompositeProviderField.

Source property	Atlan property
HCPRNM	name
TXTLG	description
HANAMODELFL ('X' / blank)	sapBwIsHanaModel (boolean)
Field count	sapFieldCount

CompositeProvider field details

Source property	Atlan property
COLNAME	name
HCPRNM	sapBwParentName

Queries

BEx-style and Eclipse-modeled analytic queries that read from a provider. Atlan maps Queries to SAPBWQuery.

Source property	Atlan property
COMPID (fallback COMPUID)	name
COMPUID	sapBwQueryUid
TXTLG	description
Field count	sapFieldCount

Query elements

Elements defined inside a Query (selections, formulas, restricted key figures, and other items). Atlan maps these to SAPBWQueryElement.

Source property	Atlan property
ELTUID	name
COMPUID	sapBwParentName
DATATYPE	sapDataType
Related InfoObjects	sapBwInfoObjectName, sapBwInfoObjectQualifiedName

Transformations

Transformations describe the source → target mapping logic between BW providers, including rule-level field mappings. Atlan maps Transformations to SAPBWTransformation.

Source property	Atlan property
SOURCETYPE, SOURCENAME → TARGETTYPE, TARGETNAME	name (formatted as SOURCE -> TARGET)
Rule rows (RSTRANRULE / RSTRANFIELD)	sapBwRules (array)

Data transfer processes

Data Transfer Processes. Atlan maps DTPs to SAPBWDTP.

Source property	Atlan property
DTP	name
TXTLG	description

See also

• Crawl SAP BW/4HANA: Run the crawler to extract these assets.
• How Atlan connects to SAP BW/4HANA: Understand the connection model and security boundaries.