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Business Data Architecture for Modern Analytics Landscapes

Defining meaning, preventing drift, building trustIf you work with analytics today, your organization faces a familiar challenge: business meaning fragments as analytics scales.It shows up in differen...

Why Business Meaning Matters in Modern Analytics Landscapes

From the introduction to Part IIn the introduction, we saw how organizations now operate analytics across multiple platform teams - SAP data platform teams, cloud data platform teams, and BI reporting...

Use Formations to Link SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Datasphere for Seamless Planning

If you are setting up seamless planning with SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Datasphere, there are two ways to link the tenants: via the Tenant Links tab in the SAC system administration, or via a formati...

Showcasing SAP Business Data Cloud - Demo options and use cases - Quarterly update

How do you bring SAP Business Data Cloud to life in front of a customer?In our upcoming session, Showcasing SAP Business Data Cloud – Demo options and use cases – Quarterly update, we’ll walk you thro...

The AI Isn't the Problem. The Data Underneath It Is.

The Open Data Institute (ODI), SAP's independent research partner on the Interchange for Data and Enterprise AI (IDEA), is releasing A Framework for AI-Ready Enterprise Data in late June. It's a rigor...

From “AI in Applications” to “AI on Applications”

What SAP’s Autonomous Enterprise strategy means for data professionals.

Testing Data Flows in S/4HANA Migrations: Why SIT is Your Data Quality Filter

When migrating to S/4HANA, we often focus too much on whether data moved and forget to check if it's actually usable. In my latest article, I share why System Integration Testing (SIT) isn't just a QA...

Live Versions for Planning Models in SAP Analytics Cloud: Microsoft Azure Is Here!

With QRC2.2026, Microsoft Azure joined Google BigQuery and Snowflake in the live versions portfolio — meaning you can connect your SAC planning model directly to fact data in Azure, no replication req...

Improved Data Access in Stories: Introducing the Data Panel and Drag & Drop Creation of Charts

The BDC SAP Analytics Cloud Team is constantly looking for ways to make data storytelling faster, more intuitive, and more accessible. With the 2026 Q2 QRC, we are excited to introduce a new foundatio...

I Rebuilt My Home Server Three Times in Six Months. Here's What That Taught Me About Data Strategy.

Last Christmas I decided I wanted a home server. Not because I had a grand plan, the need had crept up gradually. My wife Rachel had spent years building a real physical music library she cared about,...

SAP Analytics Cloud Dimension Tables Move to the File Repository

Dimension tables are becoming part of the SAP Analytics Cloud file repository - bringing unified artifact management, dramatically simpler access control, and the end of an overcrowded role maintenanc...

One Data Catalog: AI-Powered Metadata and Search for Better Data Governance

Is your data governance program being held back by incomplete metadata, inconsistent classifications, and data assets that nobody can find?You are not alone. For most organizations, maintaining a well...

A Look Back on my SAP Sapphire 2026 Experience

Sapphire 2026 Orlando is officially in the books, and I am still riding the high from one of the most energizing weeks of the year. Between presenting the SAP HANA Cloud overview session and working t...

Let's Talk Data Season 10 | How SAP Business Data Cloud is Transforming Data Science

Apps, AI, and Data are now equally important in the transition to the autonomous enterprise. For those architecting the data strategy component, the use of data products will be a central component. ...

Table Widget Improvements in SAP Analytics Cloud 2026 Q2 QRC

The table as the workhorse of analyticsIn SAP Analytics Cloud, the table widget remains one of the most used and most relied-upon objects in any story. It is where numbers are compared, decisions are ...

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