Hands-onSAP Datasphere
Hands-on: stacked Analytic Models with custom variables in Datasphere
Step by step: reuse an Analytic Model as the source of another in SAP Datasphere, choose Inherit, Map To or Set Value, rename variables and validate.
SAP Tips
Short, to-the-point articles on SAP BW/4HANA, Datasphere, Business Data Cloud, SAC and planning. What I wish I'd found when I ran into each problem.
Business Data Cloud
SAP BW NetWeaver beyond 2030: the new SAP BDC modernization option
SAP now lets you run BW 7.5 until the end of 2033 inside SAP Business Data Cloud. Who qualifies, what is included, what is not and how I would plan it.
Business Data Cloud
Data Product governance in SAP BDC: access on request
What Data Product governance in SAP Business Data Cloud (wave 2026.20) changes: access requests, data stewards, access agreements and how to prepare.
SAP BW/4HANA
7 best practices for process chains in SAP BW/4HANA
How to design process chains in SAP BW/4HANA that are easy to maintain and monitor: naming conventions, meta chains, parallelism and housekeeping.
SAP Datasphere
SAP Datasphere: why expose data to SAC through an Analytic Model
Fact view, Analytical Dataset or Analytic Model in SAP Datasphere: the differences and how to organize your layers for consumption in SAP Analytics Cloud.
SAP BW/4HANA
aDSO types in SAP BW/4HANA: which one to choose and why
Standard, Staging, Data Mart or Direct Update: which tables each aDSO type creates in SAP BW/4HANA, how activation behaves and when to use each one.