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SAP Datasphere — spaces, replication flows, the catalogue and everything that lands in or leaves it.

Analytics Legends has indexed 35 SAP Datasphere stories published 2024-07-12 to 2026-09-28, from 9 sources. Each row links to the publisher and to the concept cards the story touches.

Unlocking Currency Conversion in SQLScript with CONVERT_CURRENCY() in SAP HANA XSA and Datasphere
Currency conversion is a common requirement in SAP reporting, analytics, pricing, and planning scenarios. Whether you are developing SQLScript Table Functions in SAP HANA XSA, building reusable data models in SAP HANA…

community.sap.com · 2026-09-28

Concepts: CDS Views · Financial Consolidation (EPM) · SAP Datasphere as the grounding source for Joule and agents
Automate Datasphere Objects' transport with datasphere-cli
#DevOps #Transport #Automation #Git Overview: SAP Datasphere provides built-in transport capabilities for promoting artifacts between tenants along with cTMS which is another tool that can be leverage for objects…

community.sap.com · 2026-09-18

Concepts: Transport Landscape · The semantic layer as LLM context — analytic models, business semantics · Data Product Studio in SAP Business Data Cloud
Safeguarding the Transition from SAP Data Intelligence to SAP Business Data Cloud and SAP Datasphere
With SAP Data Intelligence maintenance coming to an end, customers need to rethink existing scenarios and define the right path forward. Our latest blog explores the key transition challenges and how SAP can support…

community.sap.com · 2026-09-17

Concepts: From SAP Analytics consultant to SAP AI specialist — the skills map · SAP Data Intelligence · SAP Ariba Analytics & Procurement Intelligence
From BW to Datasphere: Translating Existing Reporting Logic
Lessons learned from rebuilding existing BW reporting requirements in SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud

community.sap.com · 2026-09-17

Concepts: SAP S/4HANA · SAP SuccessFactors People Analytics · BW Data Product Generator
Selling SAP Business Data Cloud: Sales plays, bill of material and sizing
Ever looked at a customer landscape and thought, “Where do I even start with SAP Business Data Cloud?” This webinar is built to answer that question. We’ll explore how to match SAP BDC sales plays to real customer…

community.sap.com · 2026-09-16

Concepts: MCP — Model Context Protocol in SAP (mechanics) · SAP S/4HANA · Planning & Predictive — SAP IBP for Supply Chain
SAP MODERN DATA ARCHITECTURE & MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
Discover how SAP's modern data architecture helps organizations unify data, improve governance, and unlock real-time insights. Learn how SAP Datasphere, SAP HANA Cloud, and SAP Analytics Cloud work together to build a…

community.sap.com · 2026-09-15

Concepts: SAP Datasphere vs Databricks — Decision Frame for the SAP Data Platform · SAP Datasphere vs SAP Analytics Cloud — Which Layer Owns What · SAP Business Data Cloud vs Datasphere — What BDC Actually Adds
SAP BW Query vs. SAP Datasphere Analytic Model: Why Migration Often Means Rebuilding
The world of SAP Data & Analytics is undergoing major change: With SAP Business Data Cloud and its new AI capabilities, modernizing established reporting landscapes is becoming increasingly important. For many…

community.sap.com · 2026-09-15

Concepts: SAP Data Intelligence · Live vs Import Connections · Joule in SAP Analytics Cloud — Just Ask & generative analytics
How to connect HDLF instance to SAP Datasphere
Some customers provision an independent HANA Data Lake Files (HDLF) instance on BTP to get full, unrestricted control over their file storage. In this post I show how to integrate that external HDLF with SAP…

community.sap.com · 2026-09-15

Concepts: SAP HANA Cloud · Hybrid Grounding on HANA Cloud — Vector Engine + Knowledge Graph Engine · SAP BW Bridge: The Runtime Inside Datasphere
SAP Datasphere CI/CD: Automating Deployments with GitHub Actions
SAP Datasphere has no built-in Git integration or approval workflow — here's how we built one from scratch using the Datasphere CLI, GitHub Actions, and a two-stage approval gate before any change reaches Production.

community.sap.com · 2026-09-15

Concepts: Transport Landscape · The semantic layer as LLM context — analytic models, business semantics · SAP S/4HANA
Explore and reuse SAP Datasphere models from Databricks
As more organizations build on the SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC), a recurring challenge emerges: how do you bring Databricks workloads and ML pipelines closer to the semantic models that already live in SAP Datasphere…

community.sap.com · 2026-09-11

Concepts: SAP Datasphere vs SAP Analytics Cloud — Which Layer Owns What · SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) · The semantic layer as LLM context — analytic models, business semantics
SAP BDC: Best Practices for SAP BW Modernization, Episode 3: Data Product Generator
What happens when BW modernization becomes less about moving data and more about creating data products that can evolve with the business? That’s where the Data Product Generator comes in. Join us for Episode 3 of the…

community.sap.com · 2026-09-11

Concepts: SAP BW Data Product Generator — The BW Modernization Path · Data Product Studio in SAP Business Data Cloud · BW Data Product Generator
Dynamic Hierarchy Path Generation for Flexible Restricted Measures in SAP Datasphere
When creating Restricted Measures in SAP Datasphere, filtering is typically based on available leaf-level values. This article demonstrates a practical approach to dynamically generate a hierarchy Path for each leaf…

community.sap.com · 2026-09-11

Concepts: From SAP Analytics consultant to SAP AI specialist — the skills map · Secure-by-Default for SAP Analytics Delivery (the S in GSTACK) · Joule Inside Business Data Cloud — Embedded AI in Daily Data Work
Choosing the Right BYOD Database Option for SAP PaPM Cloud in SAP Business Data Cloud
When deploying SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud (SAP PaPM Cloud) with the Bring Your Own Database (BYOD) approach in SAP Business Data Cloud, one of the key architecture decisions is whether to use…

community.sap.com · 2026-09-10

Concepts: SAP Datasphere — Open SQL Schemas · Hybrid Grounding on HANA Cloud — Vector Engine + Knowledge Graph Engine · Embeddings and vector search from Datasphere and HANA Cloud tables
SAP Live Sessions coming up in September
Looking to expand your SAP expertise? Join our upcoming live sessions in September and dive deeper into key topics across SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Business Data Cloud, Embedded Analytics, SAP Datasphere, and SAP HANA…

community.sap.com · 2026-09-10

Concepts: SAP HANA Automated Predictive Library (APL) · SAP AI Services — prebuilt AI on BTP (Data Attribute Recommendation, Translation Hub, Personalized Recommendation, Document AI) · Embeddings and vector search from Datasphere and HANA Cloud tables
SAP BDC: Best Practices for SAP BW Modernization, Episode 2: Greenfield Datasphere approach
Building a modern analytics platform starts with the right foundation. In Episode 2 of our SAP Business Data Cloud and SAP Business Warehouse modernization miniseries, we’ll take a practical look at a greenfield and…

community.sap.com · 2026-09-09

Concepts: SAP Datasphere vs Databricks — Decision Frame for the SAP Data Platform · Joule Inside Business Data Cloud — Embedded AI in Daily Data Work · Datasphere Catalog Hygiene for Joule Grounding
Finding the "Where-Used" List for Replication Flows in SAP Datasphere
SAP Datasphere has no native "where-used" list for Replication Flows in Task Chains — unlike BW's DTP/InfoPackage lookup. Here's a script-based workaround that gets you an accurate answer in minutes, no coding required.

community.sap.com · 2026-09-08

Concepts: Datasphere Replication Flows for AI Grounding · Replication Flows · SAP Datasphere as the grounding source for Joule and agents
SAP Business Data Cloud and Datasphere News in August
August brought two releases of SAP Business Data Cloud and SAP Datasphere, covering eight top features across file spaces, navigation, replication flows, transformation flows, capacity monitoring, and a new partition…

community.sap.com · 2026-09-08

Concepts: SAP Datasphere · Datasphere Replication Flows for AI Grounding · Replication Flows
How Much Business Logic Is Too Much Business Logic in SAP Datasphere?
Centralizing business logic in SAP Datasphere can deliver significant value, especially for shared KPIs, common definitions, and logic that must be consumed consistently across multiple applications. However, not every…

community.sap.com · 2026-09-04

Concepts: SAP Datasphere vs SAP Analytics Cloud — Which Layer Owns What · SAP Datasphere Catalog (governance layer) · Transport Landscape
Seamless Planning & Data Types: What SAC Actually Lets You Control in Datasphere
Seamless Planning is one of the most promising developments in SAP Analytics Cloud and Datasphere landscape. But while exploring what SAC actually writes into Datasphere, I stumbled across curious design decision that…

community.sap.com · 2026-09-03

Concepts: SAC Planning (SAP Analytics Cloud Planning) — What It Is and When to Use It · SAC Stories & Dashboards · Seamless Planning
A SAP Datasphere task chain monitoring agent
1. Background Nothing was on fire. The task chains ran, mostly successfully, and when they didn't someone eventually noticed. The problem was a question. Our BI team lead has downstream data integration work that…

community.sap.com · 2026-09-03

Concepts: Task Chains & Scheduling · Joule in supply chain (SAP IBP, S/4HANA supply chain) · Reasoning Models — Claude Extended Thinking, GPT-o4, Gemini Thinking
Prospecta Extends MDO Governance Into SAP Business Data Cloud
Prospecta connects MDO to SAP Business Data Cloud, giving SAP Datasphere, SAC, and Joule access to governed master data without duplication. The post Prospecta Extends MDO Governance Into SAP Business Data Cloud…

sapinsider.org · 2026-07-08

Concepts: SAP Business Data Cloud data products as AI context · Autonomous Enterprise · SAP Datasphere Catalog (governance layer)
SAP + AWS AI Co-Innovation Program at Sapphire 2026: Joule Agents on AWS + Bedrock + SageMaker — Accenture, Capgemini, Cognizant, Deloitte as GSI Partners
SAP and AWS launched the AI Co-Innovation Program at Sapphire 2026. GSI partners: Accenture, Capgemini, Cognizant, Deloitte. Combines Joule on AWS with Bedrock and SageMaker for hybrid analytics joining non-SAP data to…

aws.amazon.com · 2026-05-19

Concepts: SAP × Anthropic — Claude in SAP Business AI Platform · Anthropic Claude (2026 line-up) — Architecture, Capabilities, Enterprise Positioning · SAP BDC Connect — Standard Service for Partner Integrations
RISE with SAP on Azure: 60%+ of New Deployments H1 2026 — Sovereign Cloud Live in Germany, France, UK; US + Japan Q4
Azure hosts 60%+ of new RISE with SAP deployments in H1 2026 — largest hyperscaler footprint. Programme doubles in customer count in 2026 with free go-live readiness support. Production customers: Nestlé, Migros,…

news.sap.com · 2026-05-14

Concepts: SAP Datasphere for a Décisionnel Practice — Mapping the Classical Model Without Breaking It · OpenAI GPT-6 Family (Astra, Sol, Luna) — Architecture, Reasoning, Enterprise Trade-offs · BDC Connect for Microsoft Fabric
SAP BW 7.5 — extended maintenance to end of 2030 (BW/4HANA aligned to Business Suite 2040)
SAP extended SAP BW 7.5 extended-maintenance window to 31 Dec 2030 (was 2027) in response to customer feedback on BW migration readiness. SAP BW/4HANA mainstream maintenance is independently aligned with the SAP…

community.sap.com · 2026-04-21

Concepts: SAP BW End of Support — What Is Actually Ending, and the Four Migration Paths · BW Bridge: The Migration Arbitration · SAP BW Data Product Generator — The BW Modernization Path
SAP Datasphere — product reference, HXM/FIN business content, Intelligent Lookup
Datasphere product page with HXM + FIN prebuilt business content, Intelligent Lookup semantic layer, and the Data Marketplace catalogue. Anchor URL for clients asking 'what actually comes out of the box'.

sap.com · 2026-04-11

Concepts: Datasphere Catalog Hygiene for Joule Grounding · The semantic layer as LLM context — analytic models, business semantics · Joule Inside Business Data Cloud — Embedded AI in Daily Data Work
SAP Business Data Cloud — the 2026 umbrella for Datasphere, SAC, BW bridge and embedded Databricks
BDC is SAP's unified cloud data platform combining Datasphere, SAP Analytics Cloud, federated access to SAP Business Warehouse content, and the embedded Databricks engine. For consultants: this is now the canonical…

sap.com · 2026-04-07

Concepts: Joule Inside Business Data Cloud — Embedded AI in Daily Data Work · SAP Datasphere vs Databricks — Decision Frame for the SAP Data Platform · Threat-First SAP Analytics Architecture (the T in GSTACK)
SAP Joule — the AI assistant now embedded across Fiori, SAC, SuccessFactors, Ariba and CX
Joule is SAP's generative AI copilot, embedded rather than standalone. For analytics consultants: Joule's ability to generate SAC stories from natural language or summarise Datasphere data-product metadata shifts the…

sap.com · 2026-04-05

Concepts: Joule in SAP Analytics Cloud — Just Ask & generative analytics · Joule Inside Business Data Cloud — Embedded AI in Daily Data Work · SAP Business Suite 2026
SAP BW/4HANA — authoritative help docs and the Datasphere migration runway
BW/4HANA remains the on-premise data-warehousing line for SAP customers not yet on BDC. The canonical forward path is the BDC bridge from BW content to Datasphere. Authoritative product docs live here. Freelance angle:…

help.sap.com · 2026-04-04

Concepts: SAP Data Intelligence · SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) · SAP BW Data Product Generator — The BW Modernization Path
SAP Datasphere — release notes, the single source of truth for what has actually shipped
Datasphere release notes on help.sap.com. Check these before every client conversation — features often get announced publicly months before GA, and the release notes are where GA versus Preview versus…

help.sap.com · 2026-04-03

Concepts: Anthropic Claude (2026 line-up) — Architecture, Capabilities, Enterprise Positioning · Joule Agents Library and Agent Catalogue · The semantic layer as LLM context — analytic models, business semantics
SAP Joule — help portal, supported scenarios and extension APIs
Joule technical documentation: supported scenarios by module, extension APIs for developer teams, enablement walkthroughs. Analytics consultants need this for two questions that surface in every client workshop —…

help.sap.com · 2026-04-01

Concepts: SAP AI Talent Gap — The Skills SAP AI Programmes Actually Need (2026) · RAG vs Fine-tuning vs In-Context Learning — Decision Frame for SAP Knowledge · SAP Business Data Cloud Intelligent Applications
SAP Business Technology Platform — the umbrella for BDC, AI Foundation, Build and Integration
BTP is SAP's extensibility, integration and AI layer. The 2026 narrative: every new thing SAP launches — BDC, AI Foundation, Joule Agents — lives on BTP. Analytics consultants should be fluent in the BTP commercial…

sap.com · 2026-03-26

Concepts: SAP Business AI Platform — Build, Contextualize & Reason, Govern · MCP for SAP — Adoption & Integration Strategy · SAP Business Suite 2026
Databricks Unity Catalog — the governance layer the BDC-Databricks integration plugs into
Unity Catalog is Databricks' cross-workspace governance layer: lineage, access policies, row-level security, fine-grained audit. In BDC deployments sharing data with Databricks, Unity Catalog is where permissions for…

databricks.com · 2026-03-15

Concepts: SAP Business Data Cloud data products as AI context · Databricks Mosaic AI inside SAP Business Data Cloud · SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC)
Databricks customer stories — filter for SAP joint references before scoping a BDC-Databricks PoC
Databricks publishes customer success stories filterable by industry and product. Filter for SAP joint references to ground client conversations in concrete architecture patterns (lakehouse plus SAP ERP, Datasphere…

databricks.com · 2026-03-12

Concepts: SAP Business Data Cloud vs Datasphere — What BDC Actually Adds · SAP Datasphere vs Databricks — Decision Frame for the SAP Data Platform · BDC Connect for Snowflake (+ SAP Snowflake solution extension)
Free-Work — the French reference board for SAP freelance missions
Free-Work lists thousands of tech missions with a dense SAP and BI segment. For French-speaking SAP analytics freelancers the job flow here is a leading indicator of where SAP demand is concentrating — SAC versus…

free-work.com · 2026-02-14

Concepts: Scoping and pricing SAP AI engagements · AI for Retail & CPG — Demand Sensing and Dynamic Pricing · Cash Flow Forecasting
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 — the AI Act, authoritative consolidated text (EUR-Lex)
The authoritative consolidated legal text of the AI Act. Consultants building SAP BDC / Datasphere / SAC use-cases that touch employment screening, credit scoring, or critical infrastructure must map their models…

eur-lex.europa.eu · 2024-07-12

Concepts: EU AI Act Art. 6 + Annex III Risk Classification for SAP · EU AI Act Compliance · The semantic layer as LLM context — analytic models, business semantics

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