SAPSA – SAPSA Finance Day 2026

Key Focus Areas

Agenda of this session

Three core pillars driving our BW modernization strategy — leveraging AI, connecting systems, and optimizing our data landscape.

SAP Business Data Cloud

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AI & BW

Integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities into BW analytics for predictive insights and intelligent automation.

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BW & BDC Connect

Seamless integration between BW and Business Data Cloud, enabling unified data access and real-time synchronization across platforms.

Intelligent Applications + Demo

Use intelligent applications in SAP Business Data Cloud to automate decisions, adapt processes, and deliver real-time insights across every line of business

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SAP Data & AI Vision

Future Outlook: From Apps to AI

SAP's strategic transformation moves from traditional business processes supported by apps to AI-orchestrated processes run by intelligent assistants — powered by Business Data Cloud.

SAP Portfolio Layers

"Seamless apps, data, and AI — creating the highest value"

Already In Place

Embedded AI Cases

AI enhances execution by automating manual work across 350+ use cases embedded directly within SAP applications and business processes.

Current Focus

Multi-Agent Cases

Agents collaborate across systems and functions to simplify operations and unlock opportunities. 40+ Joule Agents working end-to-end.

Future Vision ✏️ Sketch it →

Agent-to-Agent Economies

SAP's systems talk directly to customers' systems. Autonomous agents negotiate, transact, and operate across enterprise boundaries.

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Agentic AI

Agentic AI Enabled Through BDC Data Products

SAP's Knowledge Graph and harmonized data products enable multi-agent orchestration for complex business challenges like working capital optimization.

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Joule — The New UI

Activate throughout the entire customer landscape

Joule is SAP's AI copilot and the new primary user interface — grounded in semantically harmonized business data from the SAP Knowledge Graph and powered by Business Data Cloud.

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Finance Agents

Working capital, treasury, FP&A

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Spend Agents

Procurement & sourcing

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Supply Chain

Demand, inventory, logistics

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HR Agents

Workforce, talent, skills

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Analytics

Story creation, insights

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CX Agents

Customer lifecycle & revenue

SAP Knowledge Graph

Master Data

O2C

P2P

Finance

Process

Controlling

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A2A Protocol — Agent-to-Agent

Coming Soon · Planned H1 2026

Agent2Agent: unlocking secure, open collaboration across intelligence platforms.

Integrate an Agent to Joule

A2A Server Integration

Bring your agents to Joule — integrate via the Joule Function & A2A Server endpoint using standard protocols.

Integrate Joule Agents

Agent & Tool Gateway

Expose Joule agents to external systems via A2A Client — enabling cross-platform orchestration at scale.

Future Vision

Open Agent Economy

SAP systems communicate directly with customer and partner systems autonomously.

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Agent2Agent: Secure, open collaboration across intelligence platforms

Data Products Economy

SAP Managed Data Products

400+ SAP-managed data products by end of Q1 2026 — a harmonized data foundation for SAP Business Suite data, making business data accessible across the entire enterprise.

How Data Products Make Data Accessible

"I need my Cost Center Data" — Data Products provide a semantic, standardized interface for any app (SAP or non-SAP) to access harmonized business data without duplication, using zero-copy sharing where possible.

📊 View

400+

Data Products by End Q1 2026

📊 View

SAP

Managed & Customer Managed

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SAP + Non-SAP Apps

Zero

Copy Data Sharing (H1 2026)

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Workforce Skills

Skills taxonomy and workforce capabilities

SAP Managed

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Workforce Person

Employee and organizational data

SAP Managed

- Demo

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Cost Center

Controlling and cost object hierarchy

SAP Managed

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Supplier

Vendor master and procurement data

SAP Managed

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HANA Currency

Exchange rates and currency conversion

SAP Managed

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Sales Order

Order management and fulfillment

SAP Managed

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Snowflake Data

Customer-managed Snowflake integration

Customer Managed

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BW Data

Historical BW data as modern products

Customer Managed

Architecture

The Unified Data Layer Architecture

SAP Business Data Cloud as the semantic unified data layer — the foundation for faster decisions, lower cost, and scalable AI across the enterprise.

BDC Connect — Architecture

Apps

SAP Apps Non-SAP Apps

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BDC Core

SAP Datasphere Business Semantics Data Products

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Partners

🔥 Databricks ❄️ Snowflake ☁️ Google 🪟 Microsoft

Solution Extensions

Analytics & planning · BW modernization · Data engineering & AI/ML · Open data ecosystem

Connects With

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databricks

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Snowflake

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Google Cloud

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Microsoft Fabric

❄️ Zero-Copy Data Product Sharing GA H1 2026

SuccessFactors, BW, and S/4HANA data accessible through a Lake House architecture — Data Lake Zero Copy Sharing eliminates data duplication while maintaining semantic consistency.

GA Milestones

GA Q1 2026

BDC Intelligent Applications

100 points — Insights as a Service going generally available across Finance and HR domains.

GA Q3 2026

BDC Connect

300 points — Integrate SAP data with existing architectures including Fabric, Snowflake, and Databricks.

GA H1 2026

Zero-Copy Data Product Sharing

Eliminate data duplication with direct sharing across cloud platforms without copying data.

Planned H1 2026

A2A Protocol

Agent2Agent secure collaboration — bring your agents to Joule and integrate Joule Agents into external systems.

BW Modernization Strategy

BW Lift & Shift + Time for a Diet!

Expose SAP BW data in a modern way — transition to the cloud with valuable BW data, generating innovative insights and applications at your own pace.

The Challenge

Traditional BW landscapes carry decades of accumulated data models, redundant structures, and technical debt. Moving to the cloud presents an opportunity to optimize and streamline.

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Legacy Complexity

Years of accumulated InfoProviders, transformations, and models that may no longer be actively used

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Data Volume

Terabytes of historical data that could be optimized, archived, or restructured for cloud efficiency

Example: Data Volume Optimization

Before Diet

~4 TB

BW NetWeaver / BW/4HANA

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After Diet

~2 TB

Business Data Cloud / Datasphere

50% reduction through archiving, deduplication, and modern data modeling

The Solution

BW Diet is a strategic approach to modernize and optimize your BW landscape as part of the cloud migration journey.

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Analyze & Audit

Identify unused objects, redundant models, and optimization opportunities

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Simplify & Consolidate

Merge duplicate logic, streamline data flows, and modernize transformations

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Migrate to Cloud

Transition optimized data models to SAP Datasphere and Business Data Cloud

Open Data Ecosystem

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Data Product Generator

Automatically create reusable data products from BW models

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Public & Non-SAP Sources

Integrate external data alongside optimized BW content

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Object Store Integration

Leverage cloud-native storage for cost-effective archival

Outcome

Transition to the cloud at your own pace with a leaner, more efficient data foundation

The BW Diet approach ensures you bring only what matters to the cloud, reducing costs, improving performance, and accelerating your AI readiness journey with SAP Business Data Cloud.

Teemu Jokinen

Senior Data Architect & AI Specialist

📍 Helsinki, Finland

10+

Years

Current

BDC

Focus

Passion

About

Teemu Jokinen is a Senior Data Architect with extensive experience in SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) and enterprise analytics. Currently driving the BDC roadmap and AI integration initiatives, combining deep technical expertise with strategic business acumen.

Current Work

Leading the modernization of BW landscapes and implementation of SAP Datasphere solutions. Architecting AI-powered analytics platforms and establishing data governance frameworks across enterprise data ecosystems.

Expertise

SAP BW/4HANA SAP Datasphere BDC Platform HANA Cloud SAP Analytics Cloud AI/ML Integration Data Architecture Knowledge Graphs

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Katarina Knobel

Solution Advisor, Data & AI

📍 Sweden

About

Katarina Knobel is a Solution Advisor within Data & AI, working with Business Data Cloud (BDC) and analytics solutions. She has a background in Change Management and focuses on connecting business needs with data-driven solutions.

Current Work

Working as a Solution Advisor, Katarina presents and demonstrates BDC portfolio solutions, participates in customer meetings and demos, and works with both business and technical stakeholders to support adoption of data-driven ways of working.

Expertise

Business Data Cloud SAP Analytics Cloud Intelligent Applications Data & AI Change Management

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2026 Roadmap

Intelligent Applications Roadmap 2026

79+ intelligent applications and data packages in development — powered by SAP Managed Data Products across Finance, People, Spend, Supply Chain, Revenue, and Retail domains.

Intelligence Domains

10+

Intelligent Applications

Target Completion

Intelligence Domain	Applications & Packages	Q1 2026	Q2 2026	Q3 2026
💰 Finance Intelligence Cloud ERP Private	Working Capital Insights · Sales Finance Hub · Sustainability Control Tower	Available	Expanding	Full Suite
👥 People Intelligence SuccessFactors	Workforce Composition · Goals & Performance · Career Development Insights	Available	Succession	Full Suite
💳 Spend Intelligence Ariba / Procurement	Spend Analysis & Insights · External Workforce Insights · Expense and Workflow	Available	Card Mgmt	Travel & Expense
📦 Supply Chain Intelligence Integrated Business Planning	Demand & Inventory · Commercial Project Margin · SC Insights	In Development	Demand	Full Suite
📈 Revenue Intelligence CX / Sales Cloud	Revenue Pipeline Health · Customer Lifecycle · Revenue Growth Management	In Development	Pipeline	Full Suite
🛒 Retail & Consumer Retail Intelligence	Consumer Products Intelligence · Retail Intelligence	In Development	In Development	Launch

⚠️ Roadmap subject to change. Powered by SAP Managed Data Products.

Finance Intelligence

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Live Demo

Turn Insights into Strategic Action
with Business Data Cloud

See how SAP Business Data Cloud delivers fast, context-aware insights that drive immediate, confident decisions across your finance operations.

✨ Intelligent Application Demo

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CFO — Customer Scenario

"Our cash conversion cycle isn't where it should be. I need fast, data-driven insights so that I can understand what's driving it and take action immediately."

Cash Conversion Cycle Working Capital Finance Analytics

What Business Data Cloud Delivers

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Context-Aware Intelligent Apps

Business-ready data products powered by the SAP Knowledge Graph — delivering semantically harmonized, AI-ready enterprise data out of the box.

400+ pre-built data products

SAP Knowledge Graph integration

Joule AI copilot embedded

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Real-Time, Actionable Insights

Confident decision-making powered by live enterprise data — from DSO and DPO to inventory turnover — surfaced instantly through natural language queries.

Live SAP data, no batch delays

Natural language with Joule

Drill-down root cause analysis

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Rapid Time to Insight & Action

From question to action in minutes — not weeks. Pre-built finance scenarios accelerate deployment while agents automate follow-through across systems.

Pre-built Finance use cases

Agentic automation of next steps

GA Q1 2026 — available now

Demo Flow

1 Question

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2 Insight

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3 Action

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Thank You

Teemu Jokinen

Solution Advisor, Data & AI — SAP Finland

Katarina Knobel

Solution Advisor, Data & AI — SAP Sweden

Ready to explore how SAP Business Data Cloud can transform your data foundation and accelerate AI adoption? Let's connect.

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The Bigger Picture

SAP Business AI

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Context gap

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Non-SAP apps

💰 The Context Gap

Without a unified, semantically harmonized data layer, AI models lack the business context needed to make reliable decisions. The gap between raw enterprise data and AI-ready context is the biggest barrier to trusted AI.

SAP Business Data Cloud closes this gap — replacing the "Context gap" with a rich, AI-ready data foundation built on 400+ data products, the SAP Knowledge Graph, and HANA Cloud.

BDC Connect • Databricks

Zero-Copy Data Sharing to Databricks

Delta Share Protocol Integration

Overview

SAP Business Data Cloud connects seamlessly to Databricks using the Delta Sharing open protocol, enabling zero-copy data sharing across clouds. Access live SAP data products directly in Databricks without data duplication or movement.

Key Capabilities

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Zero-Copy Sharing

Share data without copying or moving it - no storage duplication costs

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Real-Time Access

Query live data products directly from Databricks notebooks and jobs

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Unity Catalog

Full governance integration with Unity Catalog for secure access control

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Cross-Cloud

Works across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud without data egress fees

Demo Video

BDC Connect • Snowflake

Zero-Copy Data Sharing to Snowflake

Secure Data Sharing Integration

Overview

SAP Business Data Cloud leverages Snowflake's Secure Data Sharing to provide instant access to SAP data products. No data copying, no ETL pipelines - just secure, governed access to live enterprise data.

Key Capabilities

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Secure Sharing

Native Snowflake secure data sharing with zero storage cost for consumers

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Marketplace Ready

Publish data products to Snowflake Data Marketplace for broader consumption

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Row-Level Security

Fine-grained access control with Snowflake's security policies

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Instant Availability

Data products available immediately - no waiting for data transfers

SAPSA Finance Day2026

Agenda of this session

AI & BW

BW & BDC Connect

Intelligent Applications + Demo

Future Outlook: From Apps to AI

Embedded AI Cases

Multi-Agent Cases

Agent-to-Agent Economies

Agentic AI Enabled Through BDC Data Products

A2A Server Integration

Agent & Tool Gateway

Open Agent Economy

SAP Managed Data Products

The Unified Data Layer Architecture

BDC Intelligent Applications

BDC Connect

Zero-Copy Data Product Sharing

A2A Protocol

BW Lift & Shift + Time for a Diet!

Example: Data Volume Optimization

Open Data Ecosystem

Whiteboard — Draw Your Architecture

Teemu Jokinen

About

Current Work

Expertise

Katarina Knobel

About

Current Work

Expertise

Intelligent Applications Roadmap 2026

Turn Insights into Strategic Actionwith Business Data Cloud

Context-Aware Intelligent Apps

Real-Time, Actionable Insights

Rapid Time to Insight & Action

Zero-Copy Data Sharing to Databricks

Overview

Key Capabilities

Demo Video

Zero-Copy Data Sharing to Snowflake

Overview

Key Capabilities

Demo Video

SAPSA Finance Day
2026

Turn Insights into Strategic Action
with Business Data Cloud