SAP Business Data Cloud (SAP BDC) is a fully managed Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution that unifies and governs all SAP data while seamlessly integrating with third-party data. As an evolution of SAP’s industry-leading data, planning, and analytics solutions, it brings together SAP Datasphere, SAP Analytics Cloud, and SAP Business Warehouse into a unified experience. This solution empowers organizations with transformational insights across all lines of business.
Key components include SAP Datasphere, which preserves data semantics and business context to support confident decision-making. It provides extensive capabilities such as data integration, federation, analytic modeling, and self-service data access. SAP Analytics Cloud delivers enterprise analytics, reporting, dashboards, and unified planning. The integration with Databricks enables advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) models, leveraging both SAP and third-party data. Additionally, SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW) integration supports cloud modernization for on-premise customers, ensuring seamless cloud migration and transformation.
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- SAP BDC is a fully managed SaaS solution that integrates and governs SAP data, alongside third-party data, providing a comprehensive platform for insights across all lines of business.
- The key components include SAP Datasphere (for data integration, federation, and analytics), SAP Analytics Cloud (for reporting, dashboards, and enterprise analytics), and SAP BW (for cloud modernization and legacy system integration).
- SAP BDC brings all SAP and third-party data into one clear view, preserving business semantics to enable faster, smarter decision-making. It offers tools for data integration, data federation, analytic modeling, self-service data access, and more.
- The solution integrates with Databricks, a leading data lakehouse platform, allowing customers to apply AI and ML models to SAP and third-party data seamlessly, with zero copying.
- SAP BDC provides a flexible path for on-premise SAP BW customers to modernize to the cloud, integrating existing business warehouse data into the cloud with improved speed, scale, and interoperability.