Introduction to the directDART Additional Data Source

The SmartExporter Additional Data Sources enable you to extract SAP® data which cannot be read from the database directly via SQL access but are processed by programs or function modules with business logic.

The directDART Additional Data Source allows you to extract SAP® data in accordance with the segment definitions of the SAP® Data Retention Tool (DART).

Using the directDART Additional Data Source makes the setup and maintenance of DART unnecessary. Furthermore, no DART extracts have to be created in order to extract the DART segments. As DART extracts contain large data volumes, it takes a lot of time to extract the data. Using directDART considerably reduces extraction time and only the data that is actually needed is extracted.

Note:

directDART does not support S/4HANA. This means that you cannot use the Additional Data Source directDART if you are using S/4HANA.