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Connect data with business context

Typical Approach SAP Datasphere

▪ Copy and move data to meet performance thresholds ▪ Connect or collect data with optimized performance and TCO
▪ Make sense of obscure data structures and labels ▪ Insight on real-time data across clouds and on prem
▪ Perform onerous data modeling and transformations ▪ Out-of-the-box semantic understanding of SAP data

Amazon Amazon
Web Services Web Services

Google
Cloud
SAP Google
Cloud
SAP
Data Data
Microsoft Microsoft
Azure Azure

Alibaba
Other Alibaba
Other
Cloud
Data Cloud
Data

Copy data and lose context Give meaning to data instantly

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 Technology Needs Business Needs

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 SAP Datasphere
A business data fabric
radically simplifies your
data landscape

Harmonize Business Semantics across 100’s / 1000’s of sources and destinations

Out-of-the-Box Business Agility via vendor provided connectivity across hyperscalers and major data leaders

Open Data Marketplace and Ecosystem enables: subscribing to Data Products and Data services

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 Business Data Fabric
Open Data Ecosystem

Open data
Data consumers
ecosystem partners

Discovery, consumption, sharing & self-service

Governance

SAP Datasphere Business semantics

running SAP BTP
Modelling

Data integration & preparation

SAP and non-SAP data

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 Access authoritative data Enrich all data projects Simplify the data landscape

Deliver business data in its business Virtually access or physically store

context data from anywhere
Make it effortless to model your Leverage trusted data partners and
business securely share data across the
organization
Ensure governance throughout the
data lifecycle Integrate with industry-leading data
and AI platforms to capitalize on data
investments

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 Harmonize existing metadata import options from SAP S/4HANA
Cloud, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW)
application, SAP BW/4HANA solution

Bring in prebuilt SAP and 3rd-party content as accelerator

Access customer and partner managed data products to

democratize SAP data within the SAP Datasphere solution and
beyond using API

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 business context
SAP S/4HANA
Operational model
Visualization

Number and date formats

Language
translation
Measure or
attribute
Data model

Measure or
Hierarchy
attribute Hierarchy
Master data

Business Currency Language Business Number

name conversion translation name and date
formats
Currency
conversion
Raw data

Technical name Data type

Preserve business context

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 Preserving business context

The SAP Datasphere solution preserves the SAP S/4HANA business context and
allows the SAP Analytics Cloud solution to consume it using the analytic model.
Visualization

Number and date formats

Data model

Measure or
Hierarchy
attribute
Master data

Business Currency Language

name conversion translation
Raw data

Technical name Data type

Preserve business context

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 Semantics in SAP Datasphere

Catalog API Catalog and

governance
Analytical modeling such as Collibra
Analytic model
Analytical
access SAP Analytics

aggregation
key figures*

Currency or
Calculation
after aggr.
Variables*
Restricted

Exception
Non-cum.
variants*
measure

InA / MDS Cloud

Fiscal

unit*
OData API (A)
Metadata
Data-driven
Pull applications
Relational modeling Data such as SAP Build

Table View
Relational
3rd-party BI
access clients

Aggregation
Measure or

Association

parameter
Hierarchy*
attribute*

(dim, txt)*
Business

such as Power BI
name*

type*

Input
OData API (R)

ODBC or JDBC
AI and ML
Pull such as FedML

Raw data
Table
Data Cloud data
replication warehouses
Data such as Snowflake
Technical

Data type
name

Data flow

Repl. Flow Data lakes and

object stores
such as Amazon S3
Push
* Requires exposure of metadata and client-side efforts
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 Unified entry point for semantically rich
model generation and import into SAP Datasphere​

Semantic onboarding
Bringing together all features and processes
that allow SAP customers to make semantics
available at scale

Import entities
Harmonize existing metadata import options from
SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business
Warehouse, and SAP BW/4HANA

Content network
Bring in prebuilt SAP and 3rd-party content as
accelerator

Data products
Access customer- and partner-managed data products
to democratize SAP data within SAP Datasphere and
beyond with APIs

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 Unified entry point for semantically rich
model generation and import into SAP Datasphere​

Semantic onboarding
Bringing together all features and processes
that allow SAP customers to make semantics
available at scale

Import entities
Harmonize existing metadata import options from
SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business
Warehouse, and SAP BW/4HANA

Content network
Bring in prebuilt SAP and 3rd-party content as
accelerator

Data products
Access customer- and partner-managed data products
to democratize SAP data within SAP Datasphere and
beyond with APIs

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 Entity import for SAP S/4HANA and SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Leverage SAP S/4HANA analytic models and metadata

Convert the SAP S/4HANA semantics to SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP Datasphere entities
Use generated objects to allow consumption and the usage
for advanced modeling in SAP Datasphere
Make possible federation, replication, and extraction

Import Entities
scenarios using the data flow SAP Datasphere

Ease the customer's journey from operational reporting

to cross-analytics reporting in the public cloud​
CDS views
Unleash metadata and domain knowledge from SAP source
systems​
SAP S/4HANA
(on premise or public cloud)

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SAP BW/4HANA model transfer

SAP Datasphere
 Provide SAP BW/4HANA business semantics to Business view
SAP Datasphere

SAP BW/4HANA model transfer

HTTP
 Enable staging scenarios for SAP BW/4HANA data and Remote table

connection
virtual models Cloud
On premise SAP – ABAP connection
 Transfer BW query as native entity (KPI, analytic model)

SAP HANA Connection

Query as BW
 Support BW analysis authorizations in SAP Datasphere InfoProvider query

InfoProvider
 Offer hierarchy support (virtual, available with semantics,
InfoObject
native SAP Datasphere dimension with hierarchies)
SAP BW/4HANA
 SAP BW/4HANA system only acts remote data source;
SAP HANA
calculation engine execution (through MDS) happens in External SAP HANA
SAP Datasphere views

Business layer Data layer

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SAP BW bridge query to SAP Datasphere

Add-ons SAP Analytics Cloud SAP Analytics Cloud

SAP BW 7.3 and higher

BW SAP BW bridge SAP Datasphere – core

BEx Web
integrated planning
Import1

Conversion Analytical dataset – view

Remote table based
on
CompositeProvider
SAP BW 3.5 – SAP BW 7.x – Customer SAP BW/4HANA objects Customer extensions
objects objects extensions
Query2
Data layer
Query Code (ABAP)

Code CompositeProvider
Data model
(ABAP)
Analytical dataset
Transformations DataStore
Consumption model
1:1 Migration* Perspective

ABAP ABAP SAP BW bridge Business layer

space

SAP HANA Any DB SAP HANA Cloud SAP HANA Cloud

SAP Datasphere

1. More information on the road map; 2. Not visible or executable

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Move SAP BW Customers with SAP BW bridge

Replacement of BW or Hybrid Scenario

Business Data Fabric
with SAP Datasphere
2023 2024 2025 2026+

Partners & SAP can help with

BW Assessment SAP RISE strategy full support Tool-supported migration System exploration tool SAP partner network

Today, SAP Datasphere covers calculated and restricted key figures, hierarchies, time dependencies,
and many other features of the BW world

Unit Conversion support and

Upcoming Data Tiering Optimization Remote Table with Delta for heavy
expanded support of Input Variables
features via SAP HANA Cloud data loads from SAP BW bridge
from the status quo

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SAP BW Assessment – Move to SAP Datasphere

Source system versions: BW 7.x /

BW4
Outputs
▪ Detailed PPTX/PDF overview
▪ Dashboard in SAP Analytics Cloud
(SAC accessible for 1 week).
▪ Impact analysis per BW Object
▪ Usage frequency
▪ Direct Migration / Intervention needed
▪ Links to the relevant SAP docs / notes

Assessment offered at no charge!

- URL below or scan QR Code

https://url.sap/wxjrs7
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 SAP Datasphere data marketplace
Access to external and internal data in clicks for better, faster, and more scalable data collaboration

The data marketplace technology provides data

Public data sharing capabilities and processes to conduct
providers

1
the following use cases:
External 120+ Data providers Public data

1
data 3,000+ Data products marketplace Public data marketplace
Commercial Discover and connect external data

2
data providers products for instant usage in your space for
SALES MKTG harmonization with other (internal) data
SPACE SPACE
artifacts.

2
Internal data
marketplace
Internal data marketplace

3
Productize internal data assets for more
Private data scalable self-service and more effective
exchange FIN adoption.
R&D
SPACE SPACE

3
Suppliers
Customers Private data exchange
Exchange data with suppliers, customers
Any Business
IT GOVERNANCE • SECURITY • TRUST and other business partners in private
Partner
environment within or between tenants.

SAP BW Native Open

bridge connectors interfaces

SAP data 3rd-party application data

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Give people data purpose
Empowering organizations to make informed decisions using data, analytics, and AI
Consume

Stories
SAP Business Technology Platform

SAP Analytics Cloud

▪ HXM curated data products helps ensure
HXM data is available to SAP Datasphere in
a readily consumable format.
Model

Basic data products Premium data products

▪ SAP Datasphere will leverage HXM premium
data products in the analytics models.
Integrate

SAP Datasphere
▪ SAP Datasphere tools allow for extensions
and custom sources.
▪ Built-in stories in SAP Analytics Cloud
Transfrom & curate

HXM curated data provide provide leaders strategic people

Data curation
insights.
Ingest

HXM product data

Source

HXM
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Stacking | Multifact | Authorization | BW qualities

One folder system throughout all builder areas

Maintaining object lifecycle within SAP Datasphere

Aligned hierarchies between SAP BW/4HANA, SAP S/4HANA,

and SAP Datasphere

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 Databricks Databricks
SQL Workflows
Self-service data access | Virtual data products

Data discovery | Business content, data marketplace, recommendations

Delta Live Databricks
Orchestration | Data transformation and data ops
Tables ML
Processing and persistency | Warehousing, business semantics
(analytic/relational models), knowledge graph
Data governance | Metadata management, catalog, lineage, privacy, data quality Unity catalog
Data ingestion | Data replication, data federation, real-time data,
application integration
Delta Lake

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Accelerate insights with Unlock the value of
access to semantically data across the
rich SAP data business data fabric

SAP Datasphere delivers governed, Databricks delivers an open,

scalable, and seamless access to unified data lakehouse
SAP data with business semantics platform for data, analytics
and context preserved and AI uses cases

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SAP Datasphere integration with Databricks

Databricks Unity catalog

Workflows
Business Content Data Marketplace

Data Catalog and Governance Delta Live

Tables

SAP HANA Cloud

Data Processing and Persistency JDBC

Databricks Delta Lake
ML

Federated
Data Ingestion and Integration SQL Databricks
SQL
Python SAP
Data Replication Data Federation FedML

SAP Sources Other Data Sources

Cloud Other
SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP Concur
Sources Applications
SAP Customer Experience SAP Ariba
IoT, Events, Unstructured /
SAP Fieldglass SAP SuccessFactors Logs, etc. Semi-structured

Cloud Service Providers

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ETL and ELT with SAP Datasphere (prior to Dec. 2023)

ETL as established integration paradigm with data flow

Extract Transform Load

Expectations to architectures
▪ High speed of extract and load process of data including delta capabilities
▪ Scalability and parallelization of ingestion process to manage increased data volumes
▪ Need to persist raw data as a basis to mine more insights

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ETL with SAP Datasphere using Data Flow

Extract, Transform and Load data

using Data Flow
Extract Transform Load

▪ Use Dataflow to extract/read data from

external sources or from a local table in SAP Datasphere
SAP Datasphere Data Flow

▪ Perform some transformations on the data Local Table SQL transformation

using the existing operators as well as the (e.g. JOIN, UNION)

limited set of built-in SQL functions Target Table

Field-based transf.
▪ Finally load the result into a target table in (limited to predefined functions)
Datasphere without any delta capability
Custom logic*
(Python script)
Source system

To address market expecations, we introduce the new ELT paradigm

based on Replication Flow & Transformation Flow
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Recent innovations in data integration in SAP Datasphere

SAP Datasphere

Deliver raw or adjusted data as required for

consuming applications

Inbound data movement Outbound data movement

from SAP and non-SAP into SAP and non-SAP
systems systems if required

Transformation
Replication flow Replication flow*
flow
Source system
Outbound target
Perform SQL-based
transformations

Possibility for data

outbound movement

Extract Load Transform … Outbound

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Focus of replication flow and transformation flow

Replication flow
Replication flow Value proposition
Replication flow Extraction and load of data into SAP Datasphere (local
Local table
table) with focus on SAP sources and tooling to load data to
1…N replications
Source or outbound systems
system Support for initial data loads together with delta replication
outbound
system Load and replication into outbound systems for object
stores and message queues planned

Transformation flow
Transformation flow
Value proposition
Local table Local table
Improve and streamline transformation capabilities within
SQL
Staging Target
one tooling

Source Delta Delta Execute SQL-based transformations directly on local

Field based
tables

Custom logic*

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Replication Flow Use Cases

1 Inbound Data Movement 2 Outbound Data Movement 3 Pass-Through Option

SAP Datasphere SAP Datasphere SAP Datasphere

Local table Local table

Staging Staging
Delta Delta*

Source system Outbound Target Source system Outbound Target

Extract Load Extract Load Outbound Extract Load Outbound

Replicate data from SAP or non SAP sources Read data from SAP Datasphere and replicate it Use SAP Datasphere as a middleware and
into SAP Datasphere and capture data changes into supported SAP and non SAP outbound replicate data from supported sources into
occurring near-real-time from the source to targets while tracking data changes* supported targets while tracking data changes*
update the target table occurring near-real-time in that source

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SAP Datasphere replication flow
Replication flows offer a cloud-based replication tool in which cloud-to-cloud based replication scenarios for
on-premise components are not needed anymore (for example, data provisioning agent).

Replication flow

Replication flow
Mass data replication
1…N replications
Possibility to replicate parallelized data
from supported source systems into
supported target systems
Source System Outbound Target

Integrated monitoring SAP S/4HANA SAP Datasphere

Cloud and on premise
Overview of monitoring features within SAP HANA
SAP Business Suite
integrated monitoring application Cloud and on premise

SAP HANA SAP HANA data lake files

Cloud and on premise

SAP BW + SAP BW/4HANA Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)

Capture changes
SAP Datasphere Google Cloud Storage + Big Query
Support for initial data replications Local tables - initial

together with delta replications MS Azure SQL MS Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2

Kafka* Confluent*

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