SAP Expert Lesson:

SAP BW Modernization:
Move to SAP Datasphere BW
Bridge
Karsten Haldenwang, SAP
Sanjay Madala, aarini
Vinay Kasa, aarini

November 27, 2024

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SAP Expert Lessons – Webinar Series

Streamlining Workforce Planning with SAP Analytics Cloud

Planning
Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 2:00 PM SGT

How to Replicate Data from SAP to a Data Lake in a Compliant and Secure Manner Data &
Wednesday, November 06, 2024, 2:00 PM SGT Analytics

Unlocking SAP Datasphere: Expert Insights on Leading Practices Data &

Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 2:00 PM SGT Analytics

Elevate Your Marketing Game: Planning for ROI with SAP Analytics Cloud
Planning
Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 2:00 PM SGT

SAP BW Modernization: Move to SAP Datasphere BW Bridge Data &

Wednesday, November 27, 2024, 2:00 PM SGT Analytics

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Overview of SAP Expert Lessons

Streamlining Workforce Planning with SAP Analytics Cloud

Planning
Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 2:00 PM SGT

How to Replicate Data from SAP to a Data Lake in a Compliant and Secure Manner Data &
Wednesday, November 06, 2024, 2:00 PM SGT Analytics

Unlocking SAP Datasphere: Expert Insights on Leading Practices Data &

Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 2:00 PM SGT Analytics

Elevate Your Marketing Game: Planning for ROI with SAP Analytics Cloud
Planning
Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 2:00 PM SGT

SAP BW Modernization: Move to SAP Datasphere BW Bridge Data &

Wednesday, November 27, 2024, 2:00 PM SGT Analytics

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The Case for BW Modernization to Datasphere, BW Bridge

Cost & Operations

BW Modernization
• End of Maintenance of BW 7.5 by 2027
• Cost Benefit of BW Bridge
• Reuse Existing Investment in BW
Self New
Service Opportunities Open Integration
• Third Party Tools
• Data Lake
Cost & Existing SAP BW Open
• New Non-SAP Sources
Operations Integration
SAP BW/4HANA New Opportunities
• Future Ready for GenAI
AI Use Cases for Structured and Unstructured Data
2027

SAP BW 7.x •

Self Service
• Empower Business Users
• Easier Access to Data

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Typical Scenarios
Toda
y’
Expe s
Scenario 1: Leverage BW Investment Less rt
on
Hybrid & BW Bridge

Prev
iou
Expe s
Scenario 2: Open Integration Less rt
Datasphere & Hyperscaler on

Plan
ne
Expe d
Scenario 2: Greenfield with SAP Tooling Less rt
SAP Integrated Data & Analytics on

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Statement of Direction
SAP Datasphere is our strategic target solution for all data warehouse and data management use cases in the public cloud.

Tool-
supported
move

SAP
partner
network
Full support Business Data
of SAP RISE Fabric with
strategy SAP Datasphere

Free
transferable
90-day trial

SAP BW
Customers can transition to a modern business data fabric with SAP Datasphere along several
innovation journey paths, aided by the SAP partner network and modernization tools – in full support
of the SAP RISE strategy.
The SAP BTP free tier model enables customers to start a production environment right away, try
out SAP Datasphere services, and easily switch to the paid service plan, without losing any work.
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SAP Datasphere Overview

Open data
SAP Analytics Cloud Analytics Planning External consumption
ecosystem
partners

SAP Datasphere

SAP BW Data & business modeling Catalog Data marketplace

bridge

Semantic onboarding Space management Administration & security

CLI API

SAP HANA Data federation Data replication Data transformation

Cloud, data
lake

Connectivity

SAP applications External sources

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SAP Datasphere
Modernize data landscape

Status Quo To be Architecture

SAP BW or SAP BW/4HANA SAP BW or SAP BW/4HANA SAP Datasphere

Hybrid. Analytics Layer Analytics Layer

Federation
Data/Business Layer

and Reuse of
Combining SAP BW or SAP Staging Layer incl. ABAP Staging Layer incl. ABAP
Metadata
Extensions Extensions
BW/4HANA with SAP Spaces
Datasphere Any-DB SAP HANA Any-DB SAP HANA
Extractors Extractors Extractors APIs

SAP Cloud/on-Premise & Any Sources SAP Cloud/on-Premise & Any Sources SAP Cloud/on-Premise & Any Sources

Switch/move from Hybrid to SAP Datasphere with SAP BW bridge

SAP BW or SAP BW/4HANA SAP Datasphere

SAP BW bridge. Analytics Layer Data/Business Layer

Move
Replace parts of SAP BW Tool-supported conversion including data
Staging Layer incl. ABAP Spaces
or SAP BW/4HANA with Extensions
SAP Datasphere SAP BW Bridge
Any-DB SAP HANA
Extractors Extractors APIs

SAP Cloud/on-Premise & Any Sources SAP Cloud/on-Premise & Any Sources

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SAP BW bridge offers SAP BW capabilities directly in SAP Datasphere

BW Objects up to Composite Provider BW User Interface

SAP BW SAP Datasphere SAP UI5 Eclipse

OpenHub Cockpit Modeling Tools

SAP Analytics
Cloud ABAP
Query
+ ABAP Admin UI Development
Composite
provider
SAP SAP BW bridge
Datasphere
ADSO Composite Provider
Space
DataStore objects
Trans- DTP and transformation
formation SAP Data sources
Datasphere
Data source BW bridge
Extractor

Source On-premises
ECC & S/4HANA Extractor: 0FI_AP_30 SAP Business Suite & S/4HANA
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SAP BW Bridge. Overview of Data Integration

SAP Datasphere UI SAP UI5 Eclipse

Modeling Monitoring & Administration BW bridge Modeling

SAP BW bridge Cockpit
Tools
Data Integration Monitor

Business Builder SAP HANA cockpit

ABAP Development
Data Builder Embedded BW Cockpit ABAP Admin UI
Tools

SAP Datasphere – Core SAP BW bridge

1
2 SAP BW DataStore objects
3 bridge
Share
DTP and transformation
SPACE
SPACE SPACE
SPACE Data sources

ODBC,SDI, … CDS / CDI CDS Extractor

On-premises
Non-SAP software SAP Cloud solutions SAP S/4HANA Cloud
SAP Business Suite

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DEMO:
BW to Datasphere, BW Bridge Migration

Consume BW
BW/4 Model Bridge Object
Conversion Convert
Transfer to from
Tool aDSO
DSP Datasphere
Data Builder

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Sizing

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What was your data strategy for SAP BW?

Frequent, multi-user Datasphere

Most customers store all data centrally on- access, high-performance Core
expectation
prem without having a clear data
Reporting data
categorization concept. That was possible Reporting Layer
InfoCubes, DSOs, Masterdata
because resources required were irrelevant.
Portion: 10-20%

Some customers took the first step towards a

data strategy by leveraging SAP IQ as cold Continuous updates, reads BW Bridge
during batch loads
data storage. But not widely applied, b/c the
cost/effort outweighed benefits, esp for Active staging data DSOs,
DSOs, Masterdata, PSA Masterdata,
smaller customers? PSA
Portion: 10-60%
A public cloud strategy needs data
categorization, because cloud resources are
dependent on the hyperscaler offering and Kept for convenience or Data Lake
legal purpose, infrequent
the cost of a data footprint becomes an use
Legacy data DSOs, NLS
important factor to consider. partitions
DSOs, NLS partitions
Portion: 20-80%

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Commercial Considerations
Comparing BW ”Bring your own License” vs. SAP Datasphere, BW Bridge

SAP Datasphere, BW Bridge provides a cost effective

BYOL (BW/4) on Hyperscaler
means to move your BW into the cloud
vs. SAP Datasphere, BW Bridge
Infrastructure Costs:
• HANA Cloud inside Datasphere optimized for Cloud server BW
infrastructure BYOL
Bridge
• Optimized architecture: BW Bridge for SAP data staging and
transformation. Datasphere Core for fast data consumption.
BW/4
• 2-Tier instead of 3-Tier Landscape
License

Operations
Operations
• Managed by SAP
Hyperscaler Subscription
BW/4HANA Licenses Infra
• No additional BW/4HANA On-Premise License and Maintenance
needed

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Commercial Considerations
Typical Migration Effort in T-Shirt Sizes

Small Medium Large

Data Volume < 500 GB 500 GB – 2 TB >2TB
Data Model Basic Moderate Heavy
Complexity
Customizations Few More – Multi-layered More – Multi-layered
Architecture Architecture
Data Sources Only SAP & Flat Multiple SAP & non-SAP Diverse sources both
files sources SAP & non-SAP
BW Queries < 50 < 200 > 200
Project Duration 3 Months 6 Months Needs Assessment
aarini Services Cost 50K USD 150K USD Needs Assessment

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Thank you.
Contact information:

Karsten Haldenwang
[email protected]

Sanjay Madala
[email protected]
www.aarini.com

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