Joule in Action Across Business Functions

So far, you’ve seen how to interact with Joule, manage conversations, and retrieve insights.

Now the question becomes, what does this actually look like in your daily work?

Joule is designed to support real business scenarios across functions, helping you complete tasks faster, access information more easily, and make better decisions.

Whether you work in HR, sales, procurement, IT, or another business area, Joule is designed to support you in your specific role and daily tasks.

Because Joule is embedded across the SAP portfolio and connected to business data, it understands the context you are working in. This allows it to provide relevant support, whether you are managing employee processes, reviewing supplier information, analyzing performance, or working on operational tasks.

From self-service HR activities to tracking deliveries, managing sourcing events, reviewing financial data, or even supporting development tasks, Joule helps you work more efficiently while keeping you in control of decisions and data.

Let’s look at a few practical examples based on typical Joule use cases across SAP solutions.

Imagine you are managing employee performance, hiring, or compensation discussions. You often need to gather information quickly, prepare conversations, or complete HR-related tasks.

For example:

• "I’d like to update my development goal. What skills shall I enhance to progress in my role?"

• "Can you provide talking points for a compensation discussion?"

• "Where do I check which candidates are still missing interview feedback?"

Joule helps you prepare conversations, track tasks, and access HR information without navigating across multiple tools.

You can explore more use cases and view how boost your efficiency with Joule and AI in SuccessFactors in this video.

You are working in core business processes such as finance, procurement, or order management, where understanding data and executing tasks quickly is critical.

For example:

• "Which orders have been rescheduled by the optimizer run?"

• "Show planned quantity for production order 123456."

• "How can I configure a workflow for purchase orders?"

Joule helps you retrieve operational data, understand processes, and take action directly within your core systems.

Explore more use cases for Public Edition and Private Edition and watch this video to see how Joule empowers users in the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition:

Watch the following demo to see how Joule supports accounts receivable processes within SAP S/4HANA Cloud:

You are managing planning, operations, or asset performance and need to understand complex processes and data relationships.

For example:

• "How can I integrate SAP APM with SAP Analytics Cloud?"

• "Give me an overview of order statuses."

• "Provide information on interpreting equipment anomalies."

Joule supports you in navigating complex supply chain scenarios and understanding key insights faster.

Explore more use cases:

• Joule for SAP’s product data management solutions

• Joule for SAP Asset Performance Management

• Joule for SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain

You are working with customers, managing interactions, and tracking opportunities or service cases.

For example:

• "Show my open tasks for this account."

• "View opportunities for a specific customer."

• "Show details for case ID 19981."

Joule helps you stay on top of customer interactions and quickly access relevant information when you need it.

Watch this video to see how Joule and Joule Agents empower Intelligent Selling:

The following demo shows how Joule supports sales and customer experience:

You are analyzing and improving business processes and want to identify optimization opportunities.

For example:

• "Suggest processes that match a sales approval scenario."

• "Which performance indicators should I track for order-to-cash?"

• "How can I improve employee onboarding?"

Joule helps you explore processes, identify improvements, and make data-driven decisions about how work is structured.

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You are managing suppliers, sourcing events, and procurement activities.

For example:

• "What’s the status of purchase requisition ID 12345?"

• "List sourcing events created in the past 30 days."

• "Show suppliers who haven’t responded in the last 7 days."

Joule helps you monitor supplier activity, track procurement processes, and take action more efficiently.

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You are managing travel and expenses, often needing quick access to reports or actions on the go.

For example:

• "Show my expense report for my trip to Chicago."

• "View expense details."

• "How do I update my bank information?"

Joule helps you manage expenses, retrieve details, and complete tasks without navigating through multiple screens.

Watch this video to see how to utilize Joule to get information on any SAP Concur related task.

You are managing external workforce, approvals, and contingent labor processes.

For example:

• "Create a job posting for an event coordinator."

• "Do I have timesheets to approve?"

• "Show me pending approvals."

Joule helps you stay on top of tasks, manage workforce processes, and take action quickly.

Explore more use cases and watch the video below to see Joule in action in SAP Fieldglass:

By now, you’ve explored how Joule can support you in your daily work, from asking questions and navigating systems to completing tasks and gaining insights more efficiently.

The most important step now is simple: start using it.

As with any new way of working, the value of Joule becomes clearer the more you interact with it. You’ll begin to discover small moments where it saves you time, simplifies a task, or helps you see something more clearly.

Over time, these small improvements add up, making your work not only faster, but also more intuitive and connected.

So go ahead, explore, try different prompts, and see what works best for you.

Enjoy working with Joule and enjoy making your work a little easier, every day.

Joule and SAP Business AI are evolving rapidly, with new capabilities, integrations, and use cases being introduced on a regular basis.

The examples you’ve seen in this lesson represent only a subset of what is possible today, and this will continue to expand.

To stay informed about new features, explore additional use cases, and deepen your skills, refer to the lesson "Staying Up to Date with SAP Business AI" from the Introducing Joule course.

There, you will learn how to:

• discover new capabilities through the AI Feature Catalog

• explore upcoming innovations in the SAP Roadmap Explorer

• stay informed via SAP Help, community content, and newsletters

Staying up to date ensures that you can continuously expand how you use Joule and take advantage of new capabilities as they become available.