Foundation for integrations, flexibility, AI, and innovations

The SAP Business Technology Platform demonstrates how innovation occurs when all components work together. 

• Core applications: SAP S/4HANA Cloud and additional solutions for finance, supply chain, HR, procurement, and customer experience. Non-SAP applications can also be connected to this. This forms the transaction layer where daily processes run.
• SAP Business Data Cloud: This provides a single semantic layer in which data from all sources, both SAP and non-SAP, is aligned. This creates a single source of truth with consistent and reliable information.
•  Business AI and Joule: This is where data and processes come together in the form of AI agents that support specific roles, such as finance, HR, supply chain, or customer experience. Joule acts as a super-orchestrator, translating data into actionable insights that enable faster and more accurate decision-making.

The strength of this model lies in the fact that all layers reinforce one another:

• Data is no longer managed separately; instead, it is shared centrally. 
• AI is not an extra feature available in an app, but fully integrated into end-to-end processes.
• Applications are not isolated, but integrated into a single ecosystem via SAP BTP.

Why will this approach make a difference?

The power of AI begins with context. Data only becomes valuable when it is placed in the right context: within the processes and from the user's perspective. This context enables AI to understand not only what is happening, but also why it is happening. This creates pure and valuable input that can be directly applied to decisions, ranging from operational to strategic levels.

The SAP model operates in three layers that reinforce each other.

• SAP Knowledge Graph establishes connections between all data and provides reliable context. For you, this means no more isolated figures, but a complete picture of your business.

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• SAP Foundation Model translates this data into insights that directly relate to your processes. For you, this means predictions and recommendations that are relevant to finance, HR, or supply chain.

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• SAP Joule and the AI agents make intelligence available to every user. For you, this means concrete actions and decisions that are made faster and better, precisely tailored to your role.

This is how AI transforms from a promise into a practical source of power that adds value to your organization every day.The SAP Business Technology Platform demonstrates how innovation occurs when all components work together.

• Core applications: SAP S/4HANA Cloud and additional solutions for finance, supply chain, HR, procurement, and customer experience. Non-SAP applications can also be connected to this. This forms the transaction layer where daily processes run.
• SAP Business Data Cloud: This provides a single semantic layer in which data from all sources, both SAP and non-SAP, is aligned. This creates a single source of truth with consistent and reliable information.
•  Business AI and Joule: This is where data and processes come together in the form of AI agents that support specific roles, such as finance, HR, supply chain, or customer experience. Joule acts as a super-orchestrator, translating data into actionable insights, enabling faster and more accurate decision-making.

The strength of this model is that all layers reinforce each other.

Data is no longer managed separately, but shared centrally.

AI is not an extra feature available in an app, but fully integrated into end-to-end processes.

Applications are not isolated, but integrated into a single ecosystem via SAP BTP.

Why will this approach make a difference?

The power of AI begins with context. Data only becomes valuable when it is placed in the right context: within the processes and from the user's perspective. This context enables AI to understand not only what is happening, but also why it is happening. This creates pure and valuable input that can be directly applied to decisions, ranging from operational to strategic levels.

The SAP model operates in three layers that reinforce each other.

• SAP Knowledge Graph establishes connections between all data and provides a reliable context. For you, this means no more isolated figures, but a complete picture of your business.

• 
  

• SAP Foundation Model translates this data into insights that directly relate to your processes. For you, this means predictions and recommendations that are relevant to finance, HR, or supply chain.

• 
  

• SAP Joule and the AI agents make intelligence available to every user. For you, this means taking concrete actions and making decisions more quickly and effectively, precisely tailored to your role.

This is how AI transforms from a promise into a practical source of power that adds value to your organization every day.

The SAP Industry Best Practices available can ideally be implemented without modifications, ensuring speed and easy maintenance. Companies must also have the option to customize the solution or add innovative breakthroughs to meet their requirements or differentiate themselves.

SAP BTP has built-in extensibility options (Extensibility Suite) that require little or no code and can even be implemented by key users. There are also built-in developer tools that allow for the use of ABAP coding directly in S/4HANA Cloud, ensuring full compatibility with future SAP Cloud ERP updates (Clean Core ERP principle). In addition, SAP BTP includes a Build portfolio, which comprises low-code applications, as well as a comprehensive suite of developer tools for more complex and differentiating scenarios. This setup provides a high degree of flexibility to differentiate while maintaining the principles of Clean Core ERP.

Successful digital transformation stands or falls with integration. Today's companies utilize dozens of systems, including ERP, CRM, HR, production, and often non-SAP applications. Without a solid integration layer, fragmentation, duplicate data, and slow decision-making occur.

With the Public Edition of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, all these integrations are handled as standard via the SAP Business Technology Platform. This platform acts as the central engine for all connections – from process integration to APIs and event-driven integrations.
This creates a single environment in which all applications work together as if they were one.

Integrations are ready to be deployed

SAP provides a huge number of integration objects out of the box. These include more than 900+ whitelisted APIs, over 1586+ BAdIs, and nearly 8,480+ CDS views (figures from SAP API Hub, July 2025). This means that companies don't have to start from scratch, but can build on an extensive set of proven integrations.

This provides an organization with two key advantages: speed and certainty.

Speed: because there are ready-made building blocks that accelerate implementation. 

Security: because whitelisted APIs are officially supported and maintained by SAP – upgrades and releases will continue to work as usual.

What are the concrete benefits of this integration platform?

• Easy connection of SAP and non-SAP applications in a single landscape.

• Future-proof integration thanks to whitelisted APIs and ready-to-use objects.

• Less customization and lower costs for expansions or innovations.

• A robust foundation for truly connecting data and processes end-to-end.

• Integrated management system to monitor both your ERP and all active integrations via SAP Cloud Application Lifecycle Management)

In short: integration via SAP BTP ensures that the Public Edition is not just an ERP system, but a collaborative platform in which all parts of the business are connected.