SAP Business Data Cloud : Expert Guided Implementa...

MichaelMoloney · ‎2025 Apr 15

SAP Business Data Cloud is a fully managed SaaS solution that unifies and governs all SAP data and seamlessly connects with third-party data—giving line-of-business leaders context to make even more impactful decisions.

SAP is changing how data is shared across each of its Lines of Business by utilizing the efficiencies of zero-copy and data mesh concepts. We want to provide a true Data Fabric architecture approach for analytics. Advances in Artificial Intelligence have also underscored the importance of clean, semantically rich data. SAP Business Data Cloud connects all data by leveraging business data fabric principles, making it easier to discover, share, govern, and model data.

🚀Empower Your Data Journey: Introducing Our New SAP Business Data Fabric Workshop Series

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, data is more than just a resource—it’s a strategic asset. Businesses across the globe are evolving to make faster, smarter, and more connected decisions using modern data platforms. To support this evolution, we’re excited to announce our renewed series of Expert Guided Implementation workshops (EGI) from SAP Enterprise Support designed to help you upskill, modernize, and future-proof your SAP data and analytics capabilities.

Whether you're looking to modernize legacy systems, harness the power of cloud data, or unlock real-time insights through analytics, this workshop series has something for everyone.

The following EGI sessions will run throughout the year with quarterly updates to the schedule.
There is a maximum of 20 individual customer participants per session.

1. SAP Business Data Cloud Core Skills

In this new EGI session we will provide you with a concrete understanding of the use cases for SAP Business Data Cloud and take you through the important capabilities and included components with the help of expert lead guidance, so that you can see quicker time to value when starting your own project.

You will receive a comprehensive deep dive into SAP Business Data Cloud including the more technical aspects such as Intelligent Applications, Data Products, connectivity options and much more.

Agenda:

Understand the value SAP Business Data Cloud brings beyond that of SAP BW, SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Could
Learn about key capabilities and components
How to utilise Intelligent Applications for fast solution delivery
Learn how SAP is using the Data Products concept across each LoB
Integration possibilities with SAP, non-SAP and SAP Databricks entities
Solution Roadmap
Solution Availability
Essentially the attendee will be well informed of the value SAP BDC can bring to their organisation and will be able to utilise Intelligent Applications productively from the get go.

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2. SAP BW Modernization and SAP Business Data Cloud (Coming Soon)

In 2023 we brought you an EGI covering the topic: Plan your Conversion to SAP Datasphere with BW Bridge, or SAP BW/4HANA. As new capabilities have evolved with the launch of SAP Business Data Cloud, we are working on a total revamp of this EGI to help you explore how to transition from traditional SAP BW environments to a modern, scalable architecture with SAP Business Data Cloud. Learn best practices for data model conversion, integration strategies, and aligning your data landscape with SAP’s next-gen analytics vision.

Details coming soon...

3. SAP Datasphere Core Skills

SAP Datasphere is the comprehensive data management solution that integrates, governs, and shares data across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, as part of SAP Business Data Cloud.
This EGI workshop has already been running since August 2024. You can read a detailed description about in my previous SAP Community blog: SAP Datasphere Core Skills: Expert Guided Implementation.
This EGI topic remains relevant and we will continuously update the session with content relating SAP Datasphere in the context of SAP Business Data Cloud.

Agenda:

Insights on system readiness, installation and set up of connectivity options, and data integration
Data democratization with tightly integrated SAP analytics solutions
Data modelling – we will look at the data layer / business layer, modelling, and model transfer from SAP BW/4HANA
Data Provisioning and Replication
Space and Usage management
Authorizations
We will take a look at the SAP HANA Database Explorer, and much more

Our aim is that through the course of these enablement sessions we will help you understand key concepts and see quicker time to value when adopting SAP Datasphere.

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4. SAP Analytics Cloud BI Core Skills

Already running for several years now we have our EGI on SAP Analytics Cloud BI. This is detailed in my SAP Community Blog: SAP Analytics Cloud - Expert Guided Implementation
Turn data into insights with SAP Analytics Cloud’s powerful business intelligence tools. During this EGI you will gain an overview of Model and Story development in SAP Analytics Cloud.
We will take you through all of the major features and functionalities including content deployment from the Business Content Network.
You will also be introduced to key topics of connectivity, security configuration, monitoring, and augmented analytics and much more.

Agenda:

Understand of the benefits and capabilities of the SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC).
Gain a thorough understanding on developing and customizing Stories in SAC, including sharing, collaboration, and scheduling publications.
Guidance on Analytics Designer, Widgets and Mobile Apps.
Become competent in Lifecycle Management and Administration duties.
Learn about Smart features, Time Series Forecasting, and R Visualizations.
New and planned features such as JustAsk and Generative AI with SAP Joule.

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5. SAP Analytics Cloud Planning Core Skills

Similarly, already running we have our EGI on SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning. This is also detailed in my SAP Community Blog: SAP Analytics Cloud - Expert Guided Implementation
Planning meets intelligence in this hands-on session focused on SAC’s planning capabilities. During this EGI will gain an overview of Planning capabilities in SAP Analytics Cloud.
You will gain an understanding of the core features of Enterprise Planning with SAP Analytics Cloud, and we will demonstrate integration with Business Intelligence and Augmented Analytics features.
You will be shown how to import transactional data into a model from a file and creation of a Planning Model in SAP Analytics Cloud along with a predictive Forecast.

Agenda

Overview of SAP Analytics Cloud and Planning capabilities
Version Management, Planning Panel, and Variance Analysis
Understand Advanced Formulas & Scripting knowledge
Predictive Forecasting, Collaboration features and more
Data Actions & Allocations
SAP Planning Solutions Integrated – Application Designer, Hybrid Scenarios, Business Content, Analysis for Office, etc.

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Who Should Attend?

This workshop series is ideal for data professionals, consultants, business analysts, system integrators, and SAP customers looking to level up their cloud data and analytics knowledge. Whether you're just getting started or want to go deeper into SAP's modern toolset, there’s a session tailored for your needs.

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