New month, new capabilities. Get a quick tour of the July 2026 feature highlights across SAP Business Data Cloud and SAP Datasphere.

In this update, Klaus-Peter Sauer covers what shipped in July, including one focused release packed with enhancements for replication flows, transformation flows, connectivity, monitoring, data governance, and command-line automation. You’ll also see new ways to replicate data from local table files, work with delta load types, connect private data sources, monitor large tables, and manage transport packages more efficiently in SAP Datasphere.

You will see what is new in:
✅ Replication Flow: Local Table Files as Source — Replicate data from local table files in SAP Datasphere directly to supported SAP and non-SAP targets without re-extracting from the original source.
✅ SAP BW and SAP ECC Delta Load Types — Use initial and delta, or delta-only, load types for SAP BW and SAP ECC sources in replication flows.
✅ Transformation Flows on File: Delta Capture Flag Handling — Insert records from delta-enabled source tables into non-delta targets, and use “delete all before loading” for initial-only loads.
✅ Cloud Connector Support for Object Stores and Azure SQL Database — Use Cloud Connector with object store connections, including Amazon S3, Azure Data Lake Gen2, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft OneLake, and Microsoft Azure SQL Database.
✅ Replicate Data from REST APIs — Connect to external REST APIs as sources in replication flows and land data in your object store space. This capability is available as a restricted release on EU10 landscapes.
✅ SAP HANA Cloud Connections: DigiCert Certificate Update Required — Prepare for the SAP HANA Cloud migration to DigiCert TLS RSA 4096 Root G5 certificates by updating your SAP Datasphere Trust Store.
✅ Monitor Your Partition Details — View local table partitioning details directly in SAP Datasphere to support monitoring for large tables.
✅ Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data Tagging — Automatically identify personal and sensitive personal data tags from SAP Business Data Cloud data products and see those tags inherited across downstream entities.
✅ Manage Packages via the Command Line — List, create, read, update, delete, and export transport packages using the SAP Datasphere command-line interface.

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Salling Group, Northern Europe’s largest retailer, shares how a modern SAP landscape is helping support more than 2,100 stores across six countries. Learn how SAP S/4HANA Cloud, RISE with SAP, and a strong supply chain foundation are helping the company improve efficiency, support employees, and better serve customers.

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00:00 – The Autonomous Enterprise
00:23 – Who is Salling Group?
00:40 – Why AI Transformation?
00:58 – SAP S/4HANA Cloud and RISE with SAP
01:31 – What’s next for Salling Group?

The Autonomous Enterprise is the future of business, where people set direction, and AI executes, with governance at every step. It brings together:

1️⃣ One unified SAP Business AI Platform
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SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2608 brings a new Quality Management enhancement to help quality teams make faster usage decisions with critical batch information visible in one place.

In this release highlights video, Ashish Kakade from the Cloud ERP and SCM Product Success team showcases a key Quality Management innovation in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2608. See how enhanced batch visibility in the Manage Usage Decisions app helps quality inspectors and quality managers review inspection results alongside batch details, reducing the need to switch between apps or navigate to separate transactions.

You’ll see how the Manage Usage Decisions app now displays Batch, Batch Status, and Best Before Date directly alongside inspection results. For quality inspectors, this provides the context needed to evaluate batch status and shelf life when making usage decisions. For quality managers, it helps create a more complete view of inspection information in one place.

By bringing batch information into the usage decision process, this enhancement helps streamline quality inspections, improve visibility, and support faster, more informed decisions across quality operations.

Highlights include:

📦 Enhanced batch visibility — View batch identifier, batch status, and best-before end date directly in the Manage Usage Decisions app.

✅ Manage Usage Decisions app enhancement — Review batch fields alongside inspection results without navigating to separate transactions.

🔍 Better inspection context — Give quality inspectors the information they need to consider batch status and shelf life during usage decisions.

⚡ Reduced app switching — Help quality teams work more efficiently by keeping critical batch information in one place.

📈 Faster, more informed decisions — Improve visibility and streamline the quality inspection process for quality managers and inspectors.

Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction
00:16 – Quality Management innovation highlight for release 2608
00:24 – The challenge: accessing batch information during usage decisions
00:38 – New enhancement in the Manage Usage Decisions app
00:54 – Batch, Batch Status, and Best Before Date overview
01:06 – Benefits for quality managers and inspectors
01:14 – Faster decisions and improved visibility
01:21 – Join the SAP Community
01:25 – Share the product update

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Building an AI agent shouldn’t feel like a scavenger hunt. 🎯

With Joule Studio, teams can create AI agents in four simple steps: describe the goal, refine the idea, connect what matters, then test and deploy.

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An online store that forgets you doesn’t feel premium.

SAP Customer Identity and Access Management solutions help brands deliver smooth, secure access and more relevant customer experiences.

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SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2608 brings a new Advanced Variant Configuration innovation to help organizations simplify solution bundle creation, streamline complex product configuration, and support more efficient quote-to-order processes.

In this release highlights video, Ashish from Cloud ERP and SCM Product Success Enablement explores a key Advanced Variant Configuration update in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2608. See how the new Manage Solution Bundles app helps business users create, edit, and publish solution bundles through a guided, intuitive experience without requiring deep technical configuration expertise.

You’ll see how this new app brings bundle management closer to the teams that understand the business and products best. Instead of relying only on technical modeling expertise, business users can work in a new bundle modeling environment to manage components and characteristic values with greater control.

The video also explains how the Manage Solution Bundles app can help streamline complex product configuration scenarios and support the complete quote-to-order flow. By simplifying bundle creation and maintenance, organizations can reduce manual effort, improve pricing accuracy, and help sales teams work more efficiently with configurable products.

Highlights include:

🎯 Manage Solution Bundles app — Create, edit, and publish solution bundles through a guided, intuitive interface.

🤝 Business-user bundle management — Empower product and business teams to manage solution bundles directly without deep configuration expertise.

⚙️ New bundle modeling environment — Manage components and characteristic values with greater control in Advanced Variant Configuration.

🔄 Quote-to-order support — Streamline complex product configuration scenarios across the complete quote-to-order process.

📈 Greater efficiency and accuracy — Reduce manual effort and support more accurate pricing for configurable products and solution bundles.

Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction
00:15 – Advanced Variant Configuration in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2608
00:26 – Challenges of traditional bundle modeling
00:37 – Introducing the Manage Solution Bundles app
00:51 – Empowering business users
00:57 – New bundle modeling environment
01:06 – Creating and managing solution bundles
01:14 – Streamlining quote-to-order processes
01:24 – Key takeaways
01:31 – Additional resources and next steps

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SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2608 brings new Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management innovations to help project teams accelerate setup, improve planning accuracy, and staff projects more efficiently.

In this release highlights video, Corina presents through her digital twin to explore the latest Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management updates in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2608. See how AI-powered project creation, enhanced project planning and scheduling, and improved request assignment management can help project managers and resource managers work faster, reduce rework, and deliver successful project outcomes.

You’ll see how the Project Setup Agent, planned for 2608.3, enables project managers to create an initial project setup using natural language prompts. By copying settings from similar projects, assigning key resources, and releasing projects quickly, teams can set up smaller projects in just a few minutes while improving accuracy and reducing risk from the start.

The video also covers new planning and scheduling capabilities in SAP Project and Resource Management on SAP BTP. These include top-down scheduling, advanced dependency types such as finish-to-finish and start-to-start relationships, and local project plan elements for more detailed work breakdown structures. Corina also introduces improvements to request assignment management that help resource managers assign additional resources, define assignment duration, and specify requested hours to improve staffing transparency and resource allocation.

Highlights include:

🤖 Project Setup Agent — Use natural language prompts to create an initial project setup, copy settings from similar projects, assign key resources, and release projects faster.

📋 Faster project creation — Help project managers set up smaller projects such as pre-sales projects, marketing campaigns, or R&D projects in just a few minutes.

📅 Enhanced project planning and scheduling — Use top-down scheduling to align high-level work package dates with underlying work packages.

🔗 Advanced dependency management — Model complex project schedules with relationship types such as finish-to-finish and start-to-start.

🧩 Local project plan elements — Create more detailed work breakdown structures in SAP Project and Resource Management on SAP BTP.

👥 Improved request assignment management — Assign additional resources to a request, specify assignment duration, and define the percentage of requested hours.

📈 Better resource allocation — Increase staffing transparency, optimize resource use, and support faster staffing for single resource requests.

Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction to EPPM highlights in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2608
00:23 – Project Setup Agent: AI-powered project creation
01:22 – Enhanced project planning and scheduling capabilities
02:02 – Improved request assignment management and resource staffing
02:40 – Learn more and closing remarks

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SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2608 brings new Joule-enabled procurement innovations to help casual users confirm goods receipts and service entries faster through a natural, conversational experience.

In this release highlights video, Ashish Kakade from the Cloud ERP Product Success team showcases what’s new for self-service procurement in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2608. See how Joule helps reduce friction for users who occasionally need to confirm receipt of goods or services without navigating into separate SAP Fiori apps.

You’ll see how casual users can ask Joule to confirm goods receipts directly from their current context. Joule processes the request and creates the goods receipt document, helping requesters, approvers, and occasional purchasers complete procurement tasks faster and with fewer manual steps.

The video also shows how users can confirm service entries for self-service purchase requisitions directly through Joule. Instead of opening a separate application, users describe what needs to be confirmed, select the requisition, and let Joule create the service entry sheet on their behalf. The result is faster processing, less context switching, and a more intuitive experience for users across the organization.

Highlights include:

🗣️ Goods receipt confirmation with Joule — Ask Joule to confirm receipt of goods from a self-service purchase requisition without opening a separate SAP Fiori app.

🤝 Service entry confirmation with Joule — Describe what needs to be confirmed and let Joule create the service entry sheet on the user’s behalf.

⚡ Less context switching — Complete occasional procurement tasks directly through a conversational experience.

🎯 Simpler self-service procurement — Help casual users complete confirmations without needing to navigate dedicated applications.

📈 Faster processing and better user experience — Reduce manual steps and make procurement tasks more accessible across the organization.

Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction
00:20 – Traditional goods receipt confirmation challenges
00:31 – Confirming goods receipts with Joule
00:48 – Traditional service entry confirmation process
00:58 – Confirming service entries directly in Joule
01:14 – Key benefits of the 2608 innovation
01:25 – How simple the new process is
01:31 – Faster processing and better user experience
01:38 – Join the SAP Community conversation

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