Join host Olena Iavorska as she explores SAP IBP’s powerful characteristics-based planning (CBP) with experts Pravin Deshmukh, Robert Metz, and Vivek Sinkar. Learn how CBP helps planners manage complexity across industries like fashion, pharma, and high-tech—using attributes like size, potency, and country of origin to drive smarter decisions.

See real-world use cases, integration with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, and what’s next on the roadmap—including AI-powered rule adaptation.

00:00 – Welcome & Introduction to Characteristics-Based Planning (CBP)
01:05 – Why CBP Matters: Industry Challenges & Use Cases
05:52 – Live Demo: Attributes, Rules, and Planning in Action
09:36 – Integration with SAP S/4HANA Cloud & End-to-End Execution
13:54 – Roadmap & What’s Next: AI, Customer Collaboration, Final Thoughts

👉 Dive deeper:
🔗Learn more about SAP IBP: https://sap.to/6056fiFkn
🔗SAP IBP Documentation: https://sap.to/6059fiFkZ
🔗SAP community blog post: https://sap.to/6051fiFkb.
🔗SAP IBP roadmap: https://sap.to/6052fiFkj

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Gaurav Dey is joined by Sandy Tran, Product Manager for SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) on SAP BTP, to discuss Business Warehouse (BW) modernization and BW transformation. Together, they outline how customers can move from SAP BW 7.5 and BW/4HANA to BDC via the pragmatic “lift → shift → innovate” approach.

Sandy details the new Data Product Generator, showing how legacy BW InfoProviders become SAP data products ready for AI in SAP scenarios—whether you’re using SAP Datasphere, SAP Databricks, or intelligent copilots like SAP Joule. Listeners also get an early look at the SAP roadmap for 2025, which promises deeper object associations, automated dependency handling, and smoother SAP cloud migration paths.

Also in this episode:
– Lift, Shift, Innovate Approach: Move existing Business Warehouse (BW) assets to SAP Business Data Cloud without a large re-implementation effort, then layer innovation on top.
– Data Products & Intelligent Applications: Turn BW InfoCubes, MultiProviders, and DSOs into discoverable, governed SAP data products that power SAP intelligent applications and analytics across lines of business.
– AI & Machine Learning Ready: Modernized BW content feeds directly into AI in SAP workflows through tight integration with SAP Datasphere and SAP Databricks—no additional pipelines required.
– Extended Maintenance & Flexibility: With SAP BW 7.5 in extended maintenance until 2030, customers can choose a phased journey from SAP BW 7.5 to BDC, aligning with budget and resource realities.
– Technical Implementation Highlights: The Data Product Generator provides metadata and semantic modeling information, accelerating SAP cloud migration and reducing manual effort.
– Enhanced Collaboration: A unified data catalog bridges IT and business teams, slashing redundancy and unlocking faster insights.

Listen on Spotify: https://sap.to/6050f6zYq
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://sap.to/6051f6zYS
Listen on SAP Podcasts: https://sap.to/6059fo4n7

Learn more about SAP Business Data Cloud: https://sap.to/6050fo4nC

00:00 – Introduction to the new podcast – Unlocking SAP BTP
02:30 – What’s New in SAP BTP Services
05:00 – Meet Sandy: BW Modernization Expert
08:00 – Challenges in Traditional BW Systems
11:00 – Business Data Cloud Explained
14:30 – Lift, Shift, Innovate Strategy
17:00 – Data Products and Intelligent Applications
20:00 – Technical Implementation Deep Dive
23:00 – Future of Enterprise Data Management
26:00 – Closing Remarks and Roadmap Items

Check out the latest feature highlights for SAP Analytics Cloud’s quarterly release cycle in Q3 2025 with Orla Cullen, Product Marketing Manager – Data & Analytics.

00:26 Admin & Service Management
00:31 New Home Screen
05:34 AI for Planning & Analytics
05:38 AI-assisted calculations
07:25 Data Analyzer
07:30 Data Analyzer enhancements
14:46 Data Modeler
14:51 View model data privacy filters from within the modeler
16:34 First, Last, Average exception aggregation including unbooked values
20:02 Weighted average aggregation formula
22:27 Enterprise Planning
22:31 Plan Auditing: data change log threshold alerting
24:38 Plan Entry: control unbooked display based on validation rules
25:58 Plan Entry: input readiness, unbooked display, and disaggregation based on DAC
30:02 Plan Entry: enforce loading to leaf members during data file upload
31:58 AI-assisted advanced formula generation
32:36 AI-assisted comment summary and translation
35:00 Compass: defining drivers based on relative range from baseline
36:07 Data Actions: copy/paste step
36:29 Multi Actions: consumption of filters with “All Member”
37:49 Plan Entry: UI for new-member creation
38:44 Version Management: API to modify version dimension properties
40:17 Version Management: API to undo or redo data changes
41:02 Microsoft Office Add-in
41:07 Microsoft Office Add-in (Excel)
50:05 Microsoft Office Add-in (PowerPoint)
50:05 AI-assisted chart summary
51:44 Story Design
51:49 Blending for a table with support of sort and rank
55:48 New table builder experience
58:20 New client calculations panel
1:00:28 New member selector
1:02:46 Option to turn on and off the Thresholds tooltip
1:04:18 Sort and rank enhancements
1:08:00 Further grouped Story Design Enhancements
1:15:50 Story Extensibility
1:15:55 Story Extensibility enhancements

For more on SAP Analytics Cloud, check out our release highlights page: https://sap.to/6050fWrpk

See how a mid-size bicycle manufacturer leverages SAP Business Technology Platform and AI to gain real-time supply chain visibility, automate risk detection, and optimize response to new tariffs.

Joule Agents analyze SAP Business Data Cloud and external data for early risk identification, suggest actionable mitigation strategies, and simulate financial impact. This helps teams make data-driven decisions and accelerate planning, even in volatile markets. This intelligent automation makes it easy to adapt, collaborate, and keep supply chains resilient and agile.

Learn more about Joule Agents:https://sap.to/6051fH6EP

0:00 – Integrated, Global Supply Chain Challenges
0:13 – New Tariffs and Immediate Risk
0:26 – AI-Driven Risk Alerts & Business Performance Review
0:48 – Automated Risk Analysis with SAP BTP & Data Cloud
1:10 – Mitigation Options and Planning Simulations
1:29 – Controller-Driven Adjustments & Final Decisions
1:43 – Collaboration with Supply Chain Team

Learn how to extend SAP S/4HANA using SAP Build either on-stack or side-by-side. SAP Build gives you flexibility based on your business needs, technical landscape, and governance requirements.

Learn more about SAP Build: https://sap.to/6054fTvdO

#SAPBuild

Experience the latest episode in the “What Can You Build?” series, where SAP experts answer your top SAP Build questions. This episode explores how AI, through SAP’s Joule assistant, powers SAP Build to automate processes and build applications using natural language. Discover how Joule enables faster, code-free automation and development, helping users quickly create smart extensions that connect and streamline SAP systems.

Learn more about SAP Build: https://sap.to/6050fzTV8

Experience the latest episode in the “What Can You Build?” series, where SAP experts answer your top SAP Build questions. In this video, experts discuss why you don’t need to be on the RISE with SAP journey to use SAP Build. Learn how SAP Build supports on-premise, cloud, and hybrid SAP environments – enabling you to customize and innovate across your SAP landscape with flexibility.

Learn more about SAP Build: https://sap.to/6057fzT3P

#SAPBuild

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Experience the latest episode in the “What Can You Build?” series, where SAP experts tackle your top SAP Build questions. In this video, discover how to choose between on-stack and side-by-side extensions, and learn how SAP Build empowers you to seamlessly customize, integrate, and innovate within your S/4HANA environment.

Learn more about SAP Build: https://sap.to/6055fzTyX

Check out the Top feature highlights for the quarterly release cycle of SAP Analytics Cloud in Q3 2025 with Orla Cullen, Product Marketing Manager – Data & Analytics.

For more on SAP Analytics Cloud: https://sap.to/6059fXtLz

Read more on the blog:
https://sap.to/6050fXtLM

00:00 Intro
00:47 AI-assisted advanced formula generation
01:24 AI-assisted chart summary in Microsoft PowerPoint
02:34 AI-assisted commenting
04:22 New Home Page
07:19 New Table Experience
09:52 Outro

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