Michael Ameling, Author at 麻豆原创 News Center Company & Customer Stories | 麻豆原创 Room Thu, 26 Feb 2026 18:03:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 New Agentic Capabilities on 麻豆原创 BTP Supercharge Developers for What’s Next /2025/11/new-agentic-capabilities-sap-btp-supercharge-developers/ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 08:59:00 +0000 /?p=238084 This week at , we released new innovations that deliver on our promise to make 麻豆原创 more open and empower developers to move faster and smarter with the tools, languages, and frameworks of their choice.

Advancements in AI agents, data, and platform capabilities equip developers with the tools to drive business transformation

Build custom agents on the most context-rich agentic platform

I鈥檓 excited to share the ability to build custom agents in will be generally available in December. New capabilities include AI-assisted agent design, system-triggered agents, extensibility of 麻豆原创-delivered Joule Agents, centralized enterprise-grade agent monitoring, support for Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol, and support for Model Context Protocol (MCP). Read our in-depth and to learn more.

鈥淛oule Studio鈥檚 agent builder connects 麻豆原创 analytics with merchandising systems, powering Accenture鈥檚 Optisell agent to surface at鈥憆isk inventory, recommend pricing actions, and simplify merchandise alert configuration — all without heavy custom development.鈥

Catherine Nguyen, Global Lead for 麻豆原创 Business Group AI Strategy and Adoption, Accenture
Product screenshot: 麻豆原创 Build, Joule Studio, Restocking Agent

For developers building pro-code agents, (麻豆原创 BTP) offers comprehensive support for popular open-source frameworks, like Crew.AI and LangGraph, and provides end-to-end identity, authorization, governance, and integration capabilities.

MCP support for is now available, providing with direct access to rich multi-model engines. This allows agents to be grounded in full data context: navigating relationships across customers and suppliers, understanding geographic dependencies through spatial data, and performing semantic searches through vector embeddings 鈥 all within a single in-memory engine. 

Additionally, 麻豆原创 HANA Cloud knowledge graph engine can now automatically generate knowledge graphs from 麻豆原创 HANA Cloud metadata. What used to take weeks of manual modeling can now happen automatically in minutes.

We鈥檙e also enabling agentic memory in 麻豆原创 HANA Cloud. With long-term memory, AI agents can persist context across long-running sessions and memorize past input and decisions, just like humans do, to become continuously smarter.

I鈥檓 excited to share several innovations, including our first enterprise relational foundation model (RPT), 麻豆原创-RPT-1, accompanied by a no-code testing playground environment and prompt optimizer service. New capabilities are continuously added to our , empowering developers to experiment with leading models and orchestration tools and scale AI development and productization across 麻豆原创 and non-麻豆原创 landscapes. .

Vibe on 麻豆原创 Build using the tools of your choice

New local give developers the ability to use agentic tools for development and preferred code assistants, such as Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, Cline, and OpenAI Codex — all while maintaining enterprise-grade governance and clean-core alignment.

An 麻豆原创 Build extension pack for Visual Studio (VS) Code is now available to simplify development of CAP, Fiori, UI5, and mobile applications. This makes it easier for VS Code developers to build faster and deploy apps on 麻豆原创 BTP. Looking ahead, we will publish our extensions on the Open VSX Registry to simplify the onboarding of these tools and provide similar native development experiences on other integrated developer environments (IDEs).

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Increase velocity with 麻豆原创 Joule for Developers

, the best code assistant for 麻豆原创 development, empowers developers of all skill levels to build more efficiently by leveraging comprehensive, AI-infused developer tools to deliver precise, contextualized outcomes powered by purpose-built, 麻豆原创-centric AI models. This frees-up time to be more productive, creative, and proficient in accelerating ABAP, Java, JavaScript, and visual tool-based application development and automation of 麻豆原创 processes.

New enhancements to 麻豆原创 Joule for Developers, such as within and capabilities, help developers modernize legacy systems and meet enterprise-grade governance and security requirements. These improvements also boost productivity, enhance code quality, and support cloud transformation goals.

Developers working in can now use AI-assisted content creation to quickly generate comments, create workspace content, and summarize documents. AI responses can also draw directly from user-specific folders and workspace content, providing users with trusted insights tailored to their roles, while maintaining compliance and secure role-based document grounding. 

Looking ahead, new ABAP large language models (LLMs) trained on ABAP code and specialized for ABAP development will be released next year.

Connect everything to boost productivity

Developers build the bridges that keep businesses running. We鈥檙e making that work easier and faster with . The following innovations make API and agent-driven automation easier, ensure reliable end-to-end security with real-time monitoring, and boost developer productivity.

We are continuing to embed AI capabilities directly into 麻豆原创 Integration Suite. will now automatically provide targeted recommendations and intelligent healing to resolve common API anomalies such as error spikes, latency surges, or abnormal traffic patterns. Developers can also ask Joule to about the most used APIs to gain deep API insights and understand usage patterns.

Product screenshot: 麻豆原创 Integration Suite

MCP Gateway support will enable customers to expose custom APIs and integration flows that can be consumed by AI agents. This feature introduces the ability for customers to enrich custom agents built in Joule Studio or extend Joule Agents by integrating data from third-party and legacy 麻豆原创 systems, composed as MCP tools for smooth agentic consumption. This approach standardizes access, centralizes governance and security, and simplifies discoverability in the .

To jumpstart integration projects, you can access hundreds of out-of-the-box integration adapters as well as pre-built API, event, and integration content on .

Gain security and operations built in, not bolted on

麻豆原创 BTP provides developers with a unified environment to manage applications, secure data, and scale solutions seamlessly across 麻豆原创 and third-party systems. With core centralized application lifecycle, interoperability, security, and administration capabilities, developers can easily and quickly resolve errors and boost team productivity. Read the full list of enhancements in the .

Explore at your own pace

If you missed attending 麻豆原创 TechEd in person or virtually, please be sure to read the full list of announcements in the  and watch .

Wherever you鈥檙e at in your journey, there are easy ways to get started:


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Empowering Partners with Free 麻豆原创 Build Licenses for Test, Demo, and Development to Create AI-Powered and Intelligent Applications /2025/08/partners-free-sap-build-licenses-tdd-ai-powered-intelligent-applications/ Mon, 11 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000 /?p=236415 麻豆原创 partners enrich our industry-leading portfolio with unique IP built on 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform (麻豆原创 BTP), the platform that unlocks partners鈥 ability to innovate, extend, and integrate business applications at scale.

麻豆原创 BTP: Unlock the full potential of your AI, data, and applications

To further empower partners to build AI-driven innovations and unlock new possibilities for customers, we are pleased to announce free access to 麻豆原创 Build test, demo, and development (TDD) licenses for all 麻豆原创 partners.

麻豆原创 Build offers partners a comprehensive suite of low-code, code-first, and generative AI tools to create custom Joule skills and agents, applications, automations, and digital workspaces. This new offering gives partners access to 麻豆原创 Build with included entitlements up to fair use limits, allowing ISVs to innovate at a low initial cost.

Partners can use 麻豆原创 Build to develop, test, and deploy applications and proofs of concept, making it easier to bring new solutions to market. These solutions can be sold on 麻豆原创 Store, expanding the reach to 麻豆原创鈥檚 global customer base.

Free TDD licenses for 麻豆原创 partners: what鈥檚 included

Here is what鈥檚 included — all available as of today:

  • All 麻豆原创 Build capabilities (developer, base and premium user, runtime, including Joule Studio and ABAP Cloud)
  • 麻豆原创 HANA Cloud, our multi-model database, which serves, among other capabilities, as an enabler for RAG applications and powerful persistency layer for 麻豆原创 Build projects
  • Additional 麻豆原创 BTP services such as generative AI hub, logging services, cloud identity, and others

Furthermore, the 麻豆原创 Joule for Developers add-on continues to be free for customers and partners until further notice as part of a promotion.听

Accelerating transformative AI innovation on 麻豆原创 Build

麻豆原创 Build makes it easier than ever for partners to develop and integrate AI into their applications. With a 麻豆原创 Build developer license, you can use Joule Studio to create and enhance Joule skills — all with intuitive drag-and-drop tools.

And, coming soon, agent builder in Joule Studio will let you design, build, and deploy your own custom AI agents. These agents will tap into the 麻豆原创 Knowledge Graph for rich business insights and the 麻豆原创 Business Data Cloud (麻豆原创 BDC) for seamless access to data across 麻豆原创 and non-麻豆原创 systems.

At the heart of it all is AI Foundation, your one-stop shop for AI. The powerful, easy-to-use platform brings together everything you need to build, extend, and scale AI solutions. With tools like generative AI Hub, partners have secure access to frontier large language models (LLMs), prompt management, and tools, such as data masking and more, that provide them with everything they need to innovate with confidence.

麻豆原创 Build: making it easier for partners to create intelligent applications

There is even more to look forward to as we continue to invest in new 麻豆原创 Build capabilities to help partners innovate and grow their market share.

In the second half of 2025, 麻豆原创 Build , enabling developers to connect with 麻豆原创 BDC data products. Coming in early 2026, partners will be able to use 麻豆原创 Build to create and data products that can be used with 麻豆原创 Business Data Cloud.

Unlock the full potential of 麻豆原创 Build: exclusive webinar and partner resources

To learn more, partners can on August 13, 2025. Partners can visit the for more information about 麻豆原创 Build capabilities and TDD license fair use limits.


Michael Ameling is president of 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform and a member of the Extended Board of 麻豆原创 SE.
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麻豆原创 BTP Innovations Deliver Powerful AI Capabilities to Developers and Business Users Across 麻豆原创 Business Suite /2025/05/sap-btp-innovations-powerful-ai-capabilities-developers-business-users-sap-business-suite/ Thu, 22 May 2025 12:30:00 +0000 /?p=233953 Businesses today are navigating an era of explosive digital transformation, rising customer expectations, and the need for constant innovation. Meanwhile, many are contending with legacy systems that require cloud transformations to stay competitive.

Newly unveiled innovations and partnerships revolutionize the way work gets done

(麻豆原创 BTP) helps address these challenges. Serving as the foundation of , 麻豆原创 BTP connects, extends, and automates business processes and applications, accelerates application development, and deploys AI capabilities that drive growth and innovation.

This week at , we shared amazing firsthand customer and partner success stories and announced new 麻豆原创 BTP innovations that help customers bring out their best.

Build custom AI agents and Joule skills for your business

AI agents support and enhance businesses by utilizing AI to build deep understanding and perform multi-step workflows across end-to-end business processes. These agents act with purpose and continuously learn, providing organizations with increased operational efficiency, sharper insights, and faster innovation.

, a new capability within , enables users to build AI agents and Joule skills that are scalable, secure, and grounded in business context to enhance business specific outcomes. While Joule skills execute rule-based tasks, AI agents plan and execute complex business scenarios. Deeply grounded in business data, these agents drive accurate outcomes in line with goals. The open and extensible framework of Joule Studio enables users to connect with not only 麻豆原创, but also non-麻豆原创 applications for seamless execution.

Joule Studio, generally available in June 2025, allows customers to design, deploy, and manage custom Joule skills and AI agents with low-code, no-code simplicity. Read our and to see Joule Studio in action.

With Joule Studio, we expand our extensibility portfolio 麻豆原创 Build to the next level for building Joule skills and agents. This way, customers can implement innovations intuitively and efficiently.

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Integrate business applications faster with AI

The ability to collaborate and exchange information in real time across diverse systems and applications is a necessary foundation for business success. empowers customers to quickly integrate all on-premises and cloud-based processes, services, applications, events, and data 鈥 no matter where they live 鈥 without disruption.

We’re thrilled to unveil new AI capabilities within 麻豆原创 Integration Suite, including AI assisted development experience for discovery and recommendations of pre-built content and for creation, migration, and monitoring of integration flows. help customers analyze historical API call volumes and then forecast trends and traffic patterns. The ability to predict potential anomalies positions customers to proactively adjust their strategies and enhance their resilience. A , empowers customers to connect their own large language models (LLMs) and makes their applications and data integrations even more intelligent than before.

We also announced a new set of integration adapters 鈥 including IBM MQ, Google Cloud Storage, Salesforce PubSub, Anaplan, Snowflake, and more 鈥 as well as a new 麻豆原创 Integration Suite user experience. This makes 麻豆原创 Integration Suite the solution to modernize the integration landscape between 麻豆原创 and non-麻豆原创 systems with a fast return of investment. .

Innovate and accelerate with AI developer tools

is our application development and automation solution that has a comprehensive suite of low-code, code-first, and generative AI tools. Our new simplified pricing and packaging makes it easy for developers to get started. For example, an extensibility wizard gives users access to a guided experience that helps them jumpstart their extension creation from 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud, available now in 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition and later this year for 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition.

New Joule for developers capabilities empower developers of all skill levels to code more efficiently. Rather than spending time on repetitive tasks like debugging errors and dealing with legacy codebases, developers can leverage our generative AI tools to be more productive, creative, and proficient in accelerating ABAP, Java, JavaScript, and visual tool-based application development and automation of 麻豆原创 processes. In a nutshell, Joule for developers capabilities allows them to save significant time in understanding and writing code in 麻豆原创 context and enables experts to drive innovation.

Create business-relevant apps with all your data

is a fully managed SaaS solution that unifies and governs all 麻豆原创 data and seamlessly connects with third-party data, giving line-of-business leaders context to make even more impactful decisions.

Announced this week, developers will be able to leverage data products starting in the second half of 2025. Developers will be able to leverage the 麻豆原创 Cloud Application Programming Model in 麻豆原创 Build to create custom applications that seamlessly integrate with data products and supplement 麻豆原创 Business Data Cloud Intelligent Applications. This streamlined integration accelerates application development and empowers end users with richer data and deeper insights. 

麻豆原创 HANA Cloud empowers developers to build applications that utilize generative AI, are context-aware, and connect securely to vital business data, including curated data products from 麻豆原创 Business Data Cloud. Looking ahead, customers will be able to take advantage of updated functionality that provides enhanced monitoring of consumption, cost visibility, and financial governance. In addition, self-service technology will be enhanced to enable customers to selectively migrate 麻豆原创 HANA database objects to 麻豆原创 HANA Cloud. .

Resources to jumpstart your journey

Wherever you鈥檙e at in your journey, there are easy ways to get started. Check out , new , , and the updated to jumpstart your innovation.

Additionally, 麻豆原创 BTP now includes the 麻豆原创 Customer Identity and Access Management, which which customers can uphold stringent security standards while accelerating growth. 麻豆原创 Customer Identity and Access Management is now available through the 麻豆原创 BTP Enterprise Agreement. Also coming soon, on AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure marketplaces.


Michael Ameling is chief product officer of 麻豆原创 BTP and a member of the Extended Board of 麻豆原创 SE.

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Introducing Joule for Developers: AI-Powered Capabilities Across 麻豆原创 /2025/03/joule-for-developers-ai-powered-capabilities/ Tue, 18 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +0000 /?p=232583 Generative AI has revolutionized how developers work. Rather than spending countless hours on repetitive tasks like debugging errors and dealing with legacy codebases, developers can transform their ideas into code quickly. 麻豆原创 is at the forefront of embedding AI capabilities across 麻豆原创 Business Suite, including 麻豆原创 Build, application development and automation solutions specifically designed for extending and creating business applications.

With more than 17,000 customers now leveraging 麻豆原创 Build solutions globally, momentum continues to surge, enabling developers to build, automate, and innovate with greater speed and ease. Today, we鈥檙e taking a huge step forward to bolster developer productivity within 麻豆原创 Build solutions!

Tap into the power of 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform

We鈥檙e thrilled to announce new Joule-powered AI capabilities for 麻豆原创 Build Process Automation and 麻豆原创 Build Apps. These enhancements complement the previously announced AI capabilities in and 鈥攅mpowering developers of all skill levels to build more efficiently by leveraging comprehensive, AI-infused developer tools to deliver precise, contextualized outcomes powered by purpose-built, 麻豆原创-centric AI models. This can free up time for developers to be more productive, creative, and proficient in accelerating ABAP, Java, JavaScript, and visual tool-based application development and automation of 麻豆原创 processes.

Let鈥檚 look at how Joule can unlock new levels of productivity:

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Joule for Developers: The Trusted AI Assistant for 麻豆原创 Developers

鈥淭he latest AI features across 麻豆原创 Build solutions provide developers with a powerful tool kit to build and extend business applications across both 麻豆原创 and non-麻豆原创 systems.鈥

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Comprehensive developer assistance for all 麻豆原创 development needs

Joule can understand 麻豆原创 development framework intricacies, anticipate developers鈥 needs, offer intelligent suggestions, and automate repetitive, mundane tasks like documentation and sample data generation. It can enable developers across low-code, pro-code, and automation projects to be more productive, creative, and proficient in accelerating apps or extensions for business applications like 麻豆原创 S/4HANA.

Key capabilities include:

  • Application creation: Generate code, UI, data models, and sample data across 麻豆原创 programming models for Java, JavaScript, and ABAP, using Joule
  • Code optimization: Refactor code, create unit tests, and generate code explanations, summarizations, and more with natural language queries and intuitive actions with Joule
  • Process and workflow automation: Generate automation workflows and business rules using natural language queries
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Joule capabilities in 麻豆原创 Build Code can help generate a data model. Click to enlarge.

鈥淚n utilizing generative AI, 麻豆原创 Build Code offers our joint clients easier integration capabilities and a streamlined developer experience for cloud application development, boosting overall productivity and driving tangible value.鈥

Chip Kleinheksel, Global 麻豆原创 Chief Technology Officer and Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Contextual and precise results with purpose-built LLMs

Joule uses purpose-built large language models (LLMs) specifically tailored for 麻豆原创 workloads, such as our ABAP LLM, which can power code predictions and explanations. Developers can derive precise, contextualized results鈥攍ike code snippets or explanations鈥攆aster and more efficiently. Joule can also provide developers with real-time, context-aware support for code completion and optimization, as well as automation pipeline creation that understands the customers鈥 application environment, development project artifacts, and 麻豆原创-specific syntax.

Key capabilities include:

  • Predictive code completion based on context, comments, and project heuristics
  • Code explanations of core data services (CDS) view entities, classes, interfaces, and functional modules
  • AI-powered assistance for documentation, best practices, and new concepts
  • Workflow development and decision assistance based on processes, API specifications, and connected systems
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Joule capabilities in ABAP development tools can explain a CDS view. Click to enlarge.

Integrated AI tooling for seamless development

Developers can now enjoy a fully AI-infused development environment. Joule’s capabilities are integrated within 麻豆原创 Build development tools, including ABAP, to help ensure a smooth, cohesive AI-enhanced experience. This AI integration helps eliminate the headache of switching between development and AI tools and can generate actionable insights and outputs within a single place so developers can focus on what they do best鈥攂uilding innovative solutions.

Key capabilities include:

  • Joule support for 麻豆原创 Fiori apps, 麻豆原创UI5 guided development, and more in 麻豆原创 Build solutions
  • Joule integrated inside 麻豆原创 Business Application Studio and ABAP development tools for Eclipse for all Java, JavaScript, and ABAP-related development tasks
  • Joule integrated into 麻豆原创 Build Process Automation project canvas for generation and summarization of processes, decisions, forms, and more, right in place using natural language
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Joule capabilities in 麻豆原创 Build Process Automation help explain process workflows. Click to enlarge.

Road map and future enhancements

Our commitment to AI-driven innovation for developers is unwavering. Over the last year, we鈥檝e unveiled groundbreaking capabilities across our portfolio: Joule in , , , , AI agents embedded deep within 麻豆原创 Business Suite processes, and more. 

Looking ahead, we have a complete road map of cutting-edge features, including optimizing business logic, automating documentation, and enhancing data protection and AI compliance. To enable an agentic journey, developers will be able to develop custom AI agents tailored to their specific needs. Additionally, as customers continue to adopt 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud, we plan to simplify the migration journey with enhancements that can meticulously analyze legacy code, provide clear code explanations, and suggest code optimizations. This will help ensure customers have a smooth, intelligent transition to the cloud alongside 麻豆原创鈥檚 clean core guidelines.

These new features will help empower developers to build more innovative, efficient, and secure workflows and applications. Stay tuned for more AI-driven innovations!

Get started for free

Don鈥檛 wait to transform your development experience! You can take advantage of our Joule for developer capabilities today at no charge for a limited time.

  • Activate the  of ABAP AI capabilities
  • Access the  free trial
  • Explore Joule for developers with our 

We can鈥檛 wait to see how developers leverage the new Joule capabilities in 麻豆原创 Build solutions.

Happy coding!


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麻豆原创 Commits to Expanding Open Source Innovation with New Open Source Manifesto /2024/06/sap-commits-open-source-manifesto/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:15:00 +0000 /?p=225490 麻豆原创 is proud to announce the publication of its , reinforcing our commitment to open source principles and community engagement.

The manifesto aligns with 麻豆原创’s established presence as a key contributor to open source: 麻豆原创 currently ranks as one of the top ten commercial contributors globally on GitHub in the .  

Expanding open source innovation

Open Innovation and Collaboration 

“Our open source manifesto is more than a declaration of our current contributions; it’s a promise to continue driving open innovation and collaboration at a significant scale,” said Juergen Mueller, chief technology officer and member of the Executive Board of 麻豆原创 SE. “By embracing open source, we not only accelerate our own innovation but also empower our customers and partners to build on a foundation of transparency, security, and shared success.” 

麻豆原创’s commitment to open source is evidenced by its leading role and active participation in pivotal projects like and that influence digital innovation, as well as by 麻豆原创鈥檚 active participation in leading open source initiatives and foundations like , , , and .  

We believe that open source serves as a driving force for great technology, allowing global minds to work together, share ideas, and further advance our collective development. 

Open Reference Architecture Project 

The manifesto coincides with 麻豆原创’s participation in the Open Reference Architecture project under the EU’s initiative, exemplifying 麻豆原创’s support for digital sovereignty in cloud infrastructure and services. This project’s development, contributed as open source, showcases 麻豆原创’s transparent approach to fostering community-led growth and innovation. 

Martin Georg Fassunge, project lead of Open Reference Architecture project, 麻豆原创 BTP, confirms the importance of open source for this project: “Our participation in the IPCEI-CIS initiative signifies our commitment to supporting Europe’s digital transformation by providing open, secure, and scalable solutions. With our open source approach, we aim to foster an environment of collective growth and innovation.” 

麻豆原创鈥檚 Open Source Engagement in Cloud-Native Development 

In accordance with the Open Reference Architecture project, 麻豆原创 leads several open source, cloud-native projects, such as , , (ORD), and (OCM), all aimed at encouraging an open community of external contributors and adopters.  

We are committed to empowering our employees with training, guidelines, and tools. We also support our ecosystem by sharing best practices and expertise via , our podcast series , and community events. Come visit us at our booth at North America to learn more about our cloud-native open source projects. 

Looking Ahead 

With the publication of the open source manifesto and the start of our Open Reference Architecture project, we are excited to enter the next phase of our open source journey together with the open source community, our customers, and our partners.  

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How 麻豆原创 BTP Becomes the Trusted Platform for Business AI /2024/05/sap-btp-strategy-paper-trusted-platform-business-ai/ Fri, 17 May 2024 10:15:00 +0000 /?p=225267 Artificial intelligence (AI) 鈥 generative AI particularly 鈥 is changing the way business processes can be designed and optimized. By embedding AI in business applications, users can experience immediate value in their day-to-day work. For implementing AI across processes and applications and for 麻豆原创 Business AI overall, 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform (麻豆原创 BTP) plays a critical role.

Across processes and applications, 麻豆原创 BTP helps improve operational efficiency, enhance the customer experience, and drive innovation. The latest offers a preview of what the future holds for our customers and partners.

麻豆原创 BTP already offers features such as code generation, application logic, data models, and test scripts, enabling businesses to modernize their IT landscapes, streamline their processes, and make more informed decisions through a consistent data foundation. As we continue to embed generative AI across the platform toolbox, 麻豆原创 BTP is the trusted business AI platform for 麻豆原创-centric landscapes.

Here are some highlights:

  • Joule, our AI copilot, will see increasing adoption across 麻豆原创 BTP to help provide information and data, give intelligent recommendations, and execute tasks based on natural language interactions. Looking forward, we will extend Joule to empower customers to build their own generative AI agents and skills. 
  • We aim to enhance all 麻豆原创 BTP services by incorporating additional AI functionalities. Beyond generating code and application logic such as with , , and 麻豆原创 BTP for the , this will include managing processes and business rules (), handling integration mappings and flows (), and creating analytical charts and stories ().听
  • 麻豆原创 HANA Cloud vector engine and the knowledge graph in 麻豆原创 Datasphere will help enable customers to better contextualize their input to large language models (LLMs) to achieve high-precision results.
  • The set of AI partner offerings accessible in the generative AI hub in 麻豆原创 AI Core, which is part of 麻豆原创 BTP, will continue to grow. Customers will soon be able to use them in the context of their business process directly. 
  • 麻豆原创 BTP Cockpit will also include more generative AI capabilities that can simplify the experience around day-to-day administration tasks.

麻豆原创 BTP is our secure and reliable engine that helps drive business innovation in organizations. And we will make it available to even more customers in the future: 麻豆原创 recently announced a substantial expansion of regional 麻豆原创 BTP availability by the end of 2025.

By ensuring access to 麻豆原创 BTP in more locations via new data centers, we are empowering more customers and partners around the globe to modernize IT landscapes, streamline business processes, and utilize data for better decision-making. While increasing the footprint of 麻豆原创 BTP globally, we are also infusing our platform with AI capabilities.

With global expansion on the horizon and the addition of AI, it’s all set to help businesses run smoother and make smarter decisions. If you’re curious about our strategic direction and what鈥檚 next, I highly recommend taking a look at our latest .


Michael Ameling is executive vice president and chief product officer of 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform.

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麻豆原创 Task Center: Click, Read, Approve, Repeat! /2021/12/sap-task-center-click-read-approve-repeat/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 13:15:12 +0000 /?p=192931 In highly dynamic work environments, the pace of work keeps increasing continuously. As roles and responsibilities grow, it can be challenging to stay on top of mounting numbers of approval workflows, even more so with tasks and approval items scattered across systems.

Especially for cross-functional roles, taking broad workflow approval action across the solution portfolio to realize value quickly and efficiently can be difficult at times. Think of a spend manager for example: working in this area, employees need to oversee expenditure across various solutions like 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors, 麻豆原创 Fieldglass, and 麻豆原创 S/4HANA.

With 麻豆原创 Task Center we provide a new, unified inbox for approvals across multiple applications with a seamless and integrated user experience. Approval items from multiple 麻豆原创 solutions are gathered in one list and ready to be processed in just one click. Users can:

  • Approve tasks quickly and efficiently
  • Reduce time spent navigating through various systems to manage approvals
  • Work off just one approval list
  • Improve quality and consistency of approvals for business-critical items
  • Minimize cost of implementation by automated setup

麻豆原创 Task Center provides approvers with a streamlined application and a people-centric user experience across devices to meet their flexible work styles. The unified inbox offers a smart, unified, and actionable approval application — in both mobile and a web environment.

麻豆原创 Task Center: Under the Hood

Graphic: 麻豆原创 Task Center and 麻豆原创 BTP
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麻豆原创 Task Center combines multiple powerful capabilities from (麻豆原创 BTP), like standardized APIs and a consistent security and identity management. Based on 麻豆原创 Launchpad, it aims to provide a single point to access all assigned workflow tasks across 麻豆原创 solutions to improve approval time and quality.

All assigned tasks can be easily accessed, searched, sorted, and filtered in the respective app, based on predefined criteria. With this, end users can either directly process and approve approvals in the unified inbox application, or can navigate to the task details of the integrated 麻豆原创 solution — like 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors, 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud and on premise, 麻豆原创 Fieldglass — in case of more complex approval workflows.

Approve Tasks Anywhere and Any Time on 麻豆原创 Mobile Start

麻豆原创 Task Center and 麻豆原创 Mobile Start
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In addition to the web application, 麻豆原创 Task Center is also available within the 麻豆原创 Mobile Start app.

麻豆原创 Mobile Start is a native app that serves as the mobile entry point to 麻豆原创鈥檚 business applications and content, providing users with a consumer-grade experience. Thoughtfully predefined content for typical persona and industry roles allows users to execute mobile-enabled business processes.

Get Started

麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform is the ultimate foundation to intelligently connect people, things, and businesses. To get started with the 麻豆原创 Task Center requires a consumption-based commercial model in your 麻豆原创 BTP global account ().

In addition, you can access the unified inbox on your mobile devices through 麻豆原创 Mobile Start , available for iOS on the . More details on how to get started with 麻豆原创 Mobile Start .

麻豆原创 Task Center is integrated into 麻豆原创 S/4HANA, 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud, 麻豆原创 Fieldglass, and 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors solutions. Further 麻豆原创 solutions, such as 麻豆原创 Ariba and 麻豆原创 Concur, are planned to be supported beginning in the first quarter of 2022. Related details can be accessed in the .

麻豆原创 Task Center realizes an overarching one workflow inbox across end-to-end processes, as outlined in .

Over the last 18 months, many more integration innovations have been delivered. Our commitment remains unchanged: we support every customer in their journey to run as an intelligent enterprise.


Learn More

  • area on sap.com
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  • 麻豆原创 Task Center on the

Dr. Michael Ameling is senior vice president and head of Intelligent Enterprise and Cross Architecture, Technology & Innovation, 麻豆原创.
Dr. Philipp Herzig is senior vice president and head of Intelligent Enterprise and Cross Architecture, 麻豆原创 Product Engineering.

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