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SAP Datasphere News in November

kpsauer
Product and Topic Expert
Product and Topic Expert
‎2025 Dec 12 11:34 AM
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SAP Datasphere News in November

Another month with two great new releases ✨

Learn more in my short top features video in November2025 on YouTube 📺 and a recap from SAP TechEd this year in the blog 📝 below, where you also find more details about the foundational learning journey – Becoming an SAP Data Architect.

In addition, explore the latest updates in our community news blogs and more.

 

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My top features in November

 

Define Row-Level Authorizations Based on IdP User Attributes

This small enhancement is very powerful and my favorite feature of November. You can now use values in custom attributes provided by your identity provider as identifiers in your data access controls and define conditions that apply to users with these values. Why is that powerful? Because using these attributes allows you to apply a single condition to all users whose accounts contain the specified attribute value. In other words, you can group users with attributes to assign permissions to a group instead of individual users.

➡️  More information.

 

Cancel the Start or Stop Process of an Elastic Compute Node

When an elastic compute node is starting or stopping, you can now cancel the process. The data is rolled back and restored to the state that existed before the start or stop process was initially triggered.

➡️  More information.

 

Replication Flows: Increase Maximum Parallel Job

You can increase the maximum number of parallel jobs up to 16 to run replication flows. Before, that maximum was 10, so this increase is helpful when you need more parallelization for certain flows.

More information:
➡️  Configure the Size of Your SAP Datasphere Tenant and
➡️  Sizing, Capacity Planning, and Load Balancing for Replication Flows

 

New Incremental Aggregation Types for Transformation Flows in a File Space

The aggregation types MIN, MAX, COUNT*, and AVG have been added to the already existing types LAST, SUM, and COUNT. 

➡️  More information.

 

Transformation Flows: Cancel a Running Merge Task

From the Local Tables (File) monitor, you can now cancel a merge task that is running with a new Cancel button.

➡️  More information.

 

Disable Delta Capture for Local Tables (File)

When creating a local table (file) from the table editor or as a target of your transformation flow, you can disable the delta capture settings.

More information:
➡️  Creating a Local Table (File) and
➡️  Creating a Transformation Flow in a File Space.

 

 

SAP TechEd 2025

I had the opportunity to be onsite in Berlin at SAP TechEd 2025 as well as in Sydney for SAP TechEd on tour. It was great to see so many people in person at both events. After many years of virtual TechEd’s this was excellent. Not only meeting many friends but also having those inspiring discussions with new people from various customers, partners, and also colleagues from SAP.

Session DA203 together with Dominik Kurz was recorded as part of the virtual SAP TechEd and can be watched here: 
🔗  https://www.sap.com/events/teched/virtual/flow/sap/tev25/catalog-virtual/page/catalog/session/175449...

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Happy to share that my deep dive session “The impact of SAP Business Data Cloud on SAP Datasphere users” made it to the top 5 most attended sessions overall in Berlin. In general, all sessions around SAP Business Data Cloud drew high participation and our colleagues at the SAP BDC booth were also busy until the last minute on Thursday afternoon.

A highlight was certainly the partnership announcement with Snowflake. The announcement covers two flavors brownfield and greenfield scenarios.
(1) Brownfield: enabling Snowflake systems to be connected via BDC connect, targeted for GA in H1 2026
(2) Greenfield: offering SAP Snowflake on the SAP pricelist as a solution extension, targeted for Q1 2026

A week after TechEd we also announced a partnership with Microsoft at Microsoft Ignite, enabling Microsoft Fabric to be connected via BDC connect, targeted for GA in H3 2026.

That covers now Databricks, Snowflake, Google and Microsoft as technology partners for SAP Business Data Cloud Connect. Not much missing here from my point of view.

 

Becoming an SAP Data Architect - Foundational Learning Journey

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This is a great learning opportunity for all you data architects out there‼️
Kudos to the learning team together with our architectural experts!

The foundational Learning Journey of becoming an SAP Data Architect is the first step in a comprehensive program designed to empower data professionals and architects of the future. This new learning journey provides a structured path to develop the knowledge, frameworks, and strategic mindset needed to design, govern, and communicate enterprise-scale data architectures.

🧭  What Is the Data Architecture Learning Journey?

The learning journey is built to create strong Data Architecture foundations moving from foundational principles to strategic business impact. Learners will gain both architectural knowledge and understanding that is essential for any modern data architect and covers the following four units:

🔹Foundational Concepts Learn the core principles and frameworks of data architecture from conceptual, logical, and physical data modelling to metadata management and frameworks.

🔹Modern Paradigms & Integration Explore today’s architectural models like Data Mesh, Data Fabric, and Lakehouse and design integration strategies (ETL, ELT, and streaming) for scalable, real-time analytics.

🔹Governance, Security & Strategic Impact Build governance frameworks, establish data lineage, safeguard privacy, and align data strategy with business objectives for measurable value.

🔹Communicating Data Value Strengthen communication and storytelling skills to articulate architectural value, design transformation roadmaps, and drive organizational adoption of data-driven change.

❓ Why This Matters

In a world where data is at the core of every business decision, the role of the Data Architect has become critical.

This learning journey helps professionals at every level develop the skills, language, and strategic vision to lead in data architecture and governance.

👉  By completing this journey, learners will be able understand how to:

  1. Design efficient, compliant, and scalable data systems.
  2. Integrate modern architectural paradigms.
  3. Translate architecture into business value.
  4. Build narratives and roadmaps that drive transformation.

➡️  How to Get Started

  1. Visit the learning.sap.com and search for “Data Architect” OR use the Link
    🔗  https://learning.sap.com/courses/becoming-an-sap-data-architect
  2. Enroll to start your journey, Progress through the learning units at your own pace.
  3. Earn a Digital Badge on completion and share it on your socials!

And we have a lots more in store for 2026!

🔗  More information.

 

More blogs about SAP BDC and Datasphere to check out 👇

 

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Find more information and related blog posts on the topic page for SAP Datasphere. You will find further product information on our Community with various subpages about Business Content, the SAP BW Bridge as well as content for Best Practices & Troubleshooting. Also check out the new support content for SAP Datasphere on SAP Help for troubleshooting and analysis guides, how-to guides, technical details, and more.

Find out how to unleash the power of your business data with SAP’s free learning content on SAP Datasphere. It’s designed to help you enrich your data projects, simplify the data landscape, and make the most out of your investment. Check out even more role-based learning resources and opportunities to get certified in one place on  SAP Learning site.