With the help of SAP BW Bridge, customers who use an on-premise SAP BW system (SAP BW 7.30, SAP BW 7.40, SAP BW 7.50, SAP BW/4HANA) have the option of switching to SAP Datasphere (former SAP Data Warehouse Cloud) quickly and cost-effectively. But there are also advantages for those who are already using SAP Datasphere. For more information please also read our blog article “The top 10 questions about SAP BW Bridge”.
What is SAP BW Bridge?
With the help of SAP BW Bridge, you can switch from an on-premise BW to SAP Datasphere, i.e. to the cloud. The data in your data storage is not lost, but can be transferred directly to the cloud. SAP BW Bridge is provided by SAP as a free feature. In other words, SAP BW Bridge is a feature of SAP Datasphere that allows you to move from SAP BW NetWeaver or SAP BW/4HANA to SAP Datasphere and easily connect SAP Business Suite systems.
Who is SAP BW Bridge suitable for?
Are you using SAP BW 7.40 or older? Then the maintenance of the system has already expired since the end of 2020. You have the following options:
- Be part of the innovation and implement SAP Datasphere, SAP’s strategic data management solution.
- Switch to SAP BW/4HANA, which has a maintenance guarantee from SAP until 2040.
- Switch to SAP BW 7.50, which will be maintained until 2030 (Extended Maintenance).
If you are a business looking to move to SAP Datasphere and do not want to take a greenfield approach, SAP BW Bridge allows you to not have to start from scratch. Rather, you can continue to use a large part of your data models and data in SAP Datasphere.
What are the benefits of SAP BW Bridge?
- Thanks to SAP BW Bridge, you can transfer large components from older SAP BW systems directly to SAP Datasphere. This saves you time and money.
- You remain innovative and always up to date by switching to SAP Datasphere.
- You benefit from easy integration of data from on-premise SAP Business Suite systems into SAP Datasphere.
- Your investments made in SAP BW remain protected.
