SAP BW migration to SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC)

In many organizations, SAP Business Warehouse serves as a critical layer for reporting and planning – with trusted data models, established processes, and hundreds of objects developed over many years. At the same time, customers are increasingly looking for alternatives – not only due to approaching end-of-support timelines, but also because they want to take advantage of more modern and efficient tools.

Apollogic supports clients by offering a modernization path and transition to SAP Business Data Cloud, enabling them to preserve their existing BW investments while exposing data as data products for further analytics and integration.

Why you should move from SAP BW now

Ustandaryzowanie procesów i zwiększenie wydajności dzięki ich automatyzacji

End of support for SAP BW

Mainstream maintenance ends in 2027. Migration to SAP BDC enables a secure extension of BW’s life (until 2030) and a planned transformation. After migration to the private cloud, SAP BW/4HANA maintenance is currently planned until 2040. This gives you additional time to consider the role of this solution in your company.

Zwiększenie przejrzystości podatkowej i możliwości kontroli

Better use of data

Data from BW can be made available as data products to SAP Datasphere, Databricks, and analytical tools without rebuilding the entire BW.

Zmniejszenie ryzyka niezgodności z wymaganiami ustawodawcy

One architecture for SAP and non-SAP data

SAP BDC makes it easy to combine transactional, analytical, and external data in a single ecosystem.

Better analytics – better decisions

The transition to SAP BDC offers more advanced data analysis capabilities using artificial intelligence.

Lower project costs

Instead of building a new solution from scratch, you modernize the one you have already invested in.

Don't wait for the end of the support.
Consult our experts and plan your path to better analytics.

Lift-Shift-Innovate Approach

Are you concerned about a costly and complicated migration project? The Lift–Shift–Innovate approach is for you! It is a phased model of SAP BW modernization, in which we first move the existing environment to the cloud (Lift), then make the data available as data products in the new architecture (Shift), and only then gradually modernize and simplify selected areas (Innovate).

Lift

Transfer SAP BW to Private Cloud Edition as part of SAP Business Data Cloud. The system continues to operate, but in a cloud-managed environment.

Shift

Making BW data available as data products using SAP BW Data Product Generator.

Innovate

Gradual modernization of selected areas:

transferring logic to SAP Datasphere
integration of non-SAP data
building AI/ML scenarios (SAP Databricks).

Why is this approach effective?

No need to transfer the entire BW at once
Retention of existing reports and processes
Individual decision on the pace and scope of changes – the project is tailored to your needs and capabilities.