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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 ...

Asymmetric Reporting Layout

What is Asymmetric Reporting?It is our pleasure to announce the introduction of a new innovation in SAP Analytics Cloud, delivered as part of the 2026 Q2 QRC release.Asymmetric Reporting introduces a ...

Your Journey to SAP Data Architect Certification Starts Now

The era of the "all-knowing" architect has arrived, and the blueprint for the enterprise of tomorrow is being written in real-time through the transformative power of Data and AI.As a professional con...

DataPros @ SAP Sapphire Virtual 2026 - Key Sessions to Attend

Can’t make it to Orlando or Madrid for SAP Sapphire this year? Don’t worry, you haven’t missed the boat. SAP Sapphire Virtual is happening this week from May 12-13. This event brings all the insights,...

SAP Sapphire Orlando 2026: What's new in SAP Business Data Cloud: AI innovations

Hello, I’m Shaheen Umer, VP of Product Management for AI in SAP Business Data Cloud. I joined SAP about a year ago after spending most of my career building platform and data foundations that make AI ...

SAP Sapphire 2026 - Join me in our SAP BDC Sessions!

A couple of words about me: Hi, I'm Prakash! I've spent the last 30+ years in the enterprise software world, driven by one passion: turning messy, complex data into something teams can actually trust ...

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