# Prerequisites

This topic lists the prerequisites for using the SAP Sybase ASE target endpoint in a replication task.

* Install SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise ODBC Driver 16.0 (64-bit) on the Qlik Replicate machine.
* When replicating to SAP Sybase ASE 15.7 installed on a Windows machine configured with a non-Latin language (e.g. Chinese), Sybase 15.7 SP121 must be installed on the SAP Sybase ASE machine.
* When the Apply Changes replication option is enabled, either on its own or together with the Full Load replication option, you must specify the target schema in the task settings' [Target metadata](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/replicate/November2024/Content/Global_Common/Content/SharedEMReplicate/Customize%20Tasks/target_metadata.htm) tab.