SAP Sybase ASE

Sep 24, 2025
4 minutes to read

Invoke the Data Source Wizard to create a data source, connect to the database, and select the data. Another option is the API that allows you to perform the same tasks in code.

Important

The appropriate data provider must be installed on the client machine. For information on data providers, refer to the Data Sources article.

Create a Data Source in the Data Source Wizard

To connect to an SAP Sybase ASE database in the Dashboard Designer, follow the steps below:

Click the New Data Source button in the Data Source ribbon tab.
On the first page of the invoked Data Source Wizard dialog, specify whether you want to use an existing data connection or create a new data connection.
On the next page, select SAP Sybase ASE and click Next.
On the next page, specify the connection parameters.
Click Next and specify how to select data from the database.
On the final page, you can optionally add query parameters and preview data.

Create a Data Source in Code

To create a data source that uses a connection to the SAP Sybase ASE database, create an instance of the DashboardSqlDataSource class and follow the steps below:

Specify connection parameters for the SAP Sybase ASE database. Create the AseConnectionParameters class instance and specify the following properties:
Create one of the following query objects to retrieve data:
Add the created DashboardSqlDataSource object to the Dashboard.DataSources collection.

The following code snippet shows how to supply the dashboard with data from the SAP Sybase ASE database:

C#
VB.NET

csharp

using DevExpress.DashboardCommon;
using DevExpress.DataAccess.ConnectionParameters;
using DevExpress.DataAccess.Sql;
// ...
            AseConnectionParameters aseParams = new AseConnectionParameters();
            aseParams.ServerName = "localhost";
            aseParams.DatabaseName = "Northwind";
            aseParams.UserName = "Admin";
            aseParams.Password = "password";            

            DashboardSqlDataSource sqlDataSource = new DashboardSqlDataSource("Data Source 1", aseParams);
            SelectQuery selectQuery = SelectQueryFluentBuilder
                .AddTable("SalesPerson")
                .SelectColumns("CategoryName", "Extended Price")
                .Build("Query 1");
            sqlDataSource.Queries.Add(selectQuery);
            sqlDataSource.Fill();
            dashboard.DataSources.Add(sqlDataSource);

Imports DevExpress.DashboardCommon
Imports DevExpress.DataAccess.ConnectionParameters
Imports DevExpress.DataAccess.Sql
' ...
            Dim aseParams As New AseConnectionParameters()
            aseParams.ServerName = "localhost"
            aseParams.DatabaseName = "Northwind"
            aseParams.UserName = "Admin"
            aseParams.Password = "password"

            Dim sqlDataSource As New DashboardSqlDataSource("Data Source 1", aseParams)
            Dim query As SelectQuery = SelectQueryFluentBuilder _ 
                .AddTable("SalesPerson") _ 
                .SelectColumns("CategoryName", "Extended Price") _
                .Build("Query 1")
            sqlDataSource.Queries.Add(selectQuery)
            sqlDataSource.Fill()
            dashboard.DataSources.Add(sqlDataSource)