The key to successful digital transformation

With SAP Business Data Cloud, SAP is bringing about a true paradigm shift in how SAP business data is handled. Instead of extracting SAP data and copying it again for every application, SAP provides ready-made data products for Finance, Supply Chain, HCM and more. These can be shared seamlessly with other data platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake or the major hyperscalers using the industry-standard zero-copy Delta Sharing. The key advantage: the business context and the relationships between the associated data objects are preserved when the data is shared.

SAP Business Data Cloud thus creates an open data ecosystem built on industry standards.

This shared, context-rich data foundation enables consistent reporting and planning. AI-powered analytics and forecasts can also be implemented faster and more easily on trusted data.

Companies benefit from less effort spent on data preparation, greater data transparency across business processes, and a scalable, more open architecture that is well equipped to meet the demands of AI in the enterprise.

Herausforderungen bei der Extraktion von Daten für den Einsatz von Analytics und KI

Benefits of SAP BDC

Key capabilities of SAP BDC

Intelligent Applications

Put your business data to work with business context.
Intelligent, AI-powered applications that learn from all your data and understand your business.

Connect all your data

Unify all your SAP and non-SAP data.
Delta Sharing to connect your data without copies.
Build AI/ML models trained on your business data with SAP Databricks or SAP Snowflake.

Drive trusted AI

Accurate AI results through semantically rich data.
Accelerate productivity with Joule to automate business processes.
Full data and AI governance with clear data ownership.

Architektur und Komponenten der SAP BDC

Components of SAP Business Data Cloud

Object Store: Data products are stored in the BDC object store in SAP HANA Data Lake Files (HDLF), which provides a more cost-effective storage option.
BDC Cockpit: The central cockpit for administering the entire BDC environment and for installing Intelligent Applications and data products.
SAP Business Warehouse: Provides a modernization path for SAP BW 7.5 within BDC.
SAP Datasphere: SAP Datasphere is the heart of SAP Business Data Cloud, as it is the central component for data modeling and for building analytical models.
SAP Databricks and SAP Snowflake: Enable advanced analytics on structured and unstructured data as well as the development of custom machine learning and AI scenarios.

SAP Analytics Cloud: SAP Analytics Cloud is the strategic, central front-end solution of the Intelligent Applications for reporting and planning in SAP Business Data Cloud.
Intelligent Applications: Intelligent Applications are SAP-managed analytical solutions based on prebuilt data products, analytical models and dashboards. Once installed, they are immediately available for analysis without complex configuration.
BDC Connect: Data products can be shared with other data platforms or hyperscalers via the Delta Sharing protocol, without having to copy any data.