Decide your next step for Datasphere and Business Data Cloud
Many SAP customers are modernising BW, scaling Datasphere, or exploring Business Data Cloud. The difficult part is making choices that fit your landscape, priorities, and stakeholders. This page helps you recognise your situation and understand how Expertum can support the next step.
Typical questions
Challenges we see in BW, Datasphere and Business Data Cloud programs
Teams usually understand the products. What is missing is a clear direction, the trade offs, and a plan that can be executed.
BW modernisation choices
What should be migrated, rebuilt, or retired. And is BW still the right approach at all. The answer differs per domain, use case, and ambition.
Datasphere versus Business Data Cloud
Datasphere is a proven cloud data warehouse solution. Business Data Cloud adds new dimensions such as AI, governance, data sharing, and prebuilt content, which significantly changes the decision scope.
Governance and operating model
Ownership, skills, and ways of working determine whether cloud adoption scales or stays a small platform.
AI and data products
AI depends on governed semantics and reusable data products. Architecture and platform choices largely determine whether AI initiatives succeed or stall.
Choose your starting point
Two specialised assessments for different situations
Customers choose based on recognition. The two options below cover most conversations we have with SAP data and analytics teams. The goal is to help you decide what to do next, and why.
Business Data Cloud decision
SAP Business Data Cloud Assessment
For teams that need clarity on what Business Data Cloud changes and whether to commit. This goes beyond a Datasphere only discussion and includes scope, ecosystem choices, and decision points for leadership.
Datasphere focus
Leveraging SAP Datasphere
For teams that want Datasphere to deliver value quickly and at scale. This often applies to customers with an existing BW landscape, or an active Datasphere tenant that lacks clear governance and direction.
Your situation
A BW modernisation program is underway, or leadership asks if Business Data Cloud should be the strategic direction.
Your situation
BW is still a core platform, or Datasphere is live but adoption and governance need to improve.
Best fit when
You need a decision view that includes platform scope and ecosystem implications, including options like SAP Databricks.
Best fit when
You need clarity on modelling approach, integration patterns, and a controlled migration path that can include BW Bridge.
Primary decision
How to position Datasphere in your landscape and what the roadmap should be for quick wins and migration waves.
Approach
How we execute the assessment
The structure stays consistent. We adjust depth and emphasis based on your landscape and the decisions you need to make.
1. Landscape analysis
We review the objects and flows that matter, where complexity sits, and what constraints you have around stability and continuity.
2. Requirements and ambition
Workshops to align use cases, stakeholders, and the goals that should drive platform choices and investment.
3. Architecture and platform options
We translate requirements into realistic scenarios and clarify what changes when you move from BW to Datasphere or towards Business Data Cloud.
4. Data object strategy and migration approach
We define what to move, what to redesign, and what to retire. This includes integration patterns and governance implications.
5. Cost drivers and operating model
We make cost drivers explicit, including licensing and capacity implications, and discuss ownership, skills, and governance needed to scale.
6. Recommendation and roadmap
You receive a clear direction and a phased roadmap with priorities, dependencies, and a practical first step your team can execute.
Deliverables
What you get from us
You receive concrete outputs that are usable for decision making and execution planning.
Assessment summary
A clear view of the current situation and the implications of the choices you face.
Migration and roadmap plan
A phased plan for quick wins and migration waves, including dependencies and practical next steps.
Target architecture direction
A blueprint that is credible for architects and still readable for business stakeholders.
Scenario comparison
An objective comparison of realistic scenarios, including the trade offs and the recommendation.
Cost drivers and licensing view
Clarity on the main cost drivers, including licensing and capacity implications, based on your situation.
Workshop outputs
Workshop materials and a clear narrative that you can reuse for internal alignment and communication.
Contact
Discuss your situation with us, we’re ready to help
Share where you are today and what outcome you want. We will suggest the most relevant starting point.
Charlotte is here to listen.
Get in touch with her.
Charlotte is based in Belgium.
