What is SAP Datasphere?

SAP Datasphere is the load bearing SAP business data fabric framework, anchored against the broader SAP Business Technology Platform framework. It is the successor to SAP Data Warehouse Cloud (DWC), repositioned in 2023 as the broader SAP business data fabric framework. The framework typically anchors against the SAP HANA Cloud framework as the underlying database engine.

How is SAP Datasphere priced?

SAP Datasphere anchors against a capacity unit (CU) framework. The CU framework typically segments across compute, storage, and connectivity. The framework anchors against the SAP CPEA framework with three year and five year terms and annual billing. The buyer side move is to anchor against actual customer Datasphere capacity unit consumption.

What is the SAP Datasphere semantic layer framework?

The Datasphere semantic layer framework typically anchors against the actual customer SAP business data framework, with the semantic layer anchored against SAP S 4HANA, SAP BW 4HANA, and SAP HANA. The framework segments across the Data Builder framework and the Business Builder framework.

What competes with SAP Datasphere?

Five competitive frameworks deliver material commercial leverage at the Datasphere renewal cycle. Snowflake. Databricks. Microsoft Fabric. Google BigQuery. Amazon Redshift with Amazon S3. The buyer side move is to anchor the actual customer Datasphere competitive framework against the actual customer SAP Datasphere framework.

What is the SAP CPEA framework?

The SAP Cloud Platform Enterprise Agreement (CPEA) framework anchors the actual customer SAP BTP framework against the broader SAP BTP commit framework. CPEA anchors against three year and five year terms with annual billing. The buyer side move is to anchor against actual customer SAP BTP utilisation.

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SAP Datasphere is the load bearing SAP business data fabric framework, anchored against the broader SAP Business Technology Platform framework. Successor to SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, repositioned in 2023 as the SAP business data fabric. This paper sets out the buyer side framework for the Datasphere capacity unit framework, the SAP CPEA framework, and the broader competitive framework against Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Google BigQuery, and Amazon Redshift. Read the related SAP CX Licensing Guide and SAP RISE negotiation.

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How SAP Datasphere positions as the broader SAP business data fabric framework
How the SAP Datasphere capacity unit (CU) framework anchors compute, storage, and connectivity
How the Datasphere semantic layer anchors against SAP S 4HANA, SAP BW 4HANA, and SAP HANA
How the Datasphere federation framework anchors against Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Google BigQuery, and Amazon Redshift
How the SAP CPEA framework anchors the broader SAP BTP commit framework
The five buyer side moves at the broader SAP Datasphere renewal cycle
How SAP Datasphere consumes alongside SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP HANA Cloud, and SAP Build Apps

SAP Datasphere Negotiation Guide

1. Executive summary
2. The SAP Datasphere framework
3. The capacity unit framework
4. The business data fabric framework
5. The data integration framework
6. The SAP CPEA framework
7. The Datasphere competitive framework
8. The SAP BTP framework
9. The Datasphere negotiation framework

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Chief Data Officers, Chief Information Officers, Vice Presidents of Data Engineering, Vice Presidents of Analytics, Vice Presidents of BI, Data Architects, FinOps leaders, and procurement leaders running SAP Datasphere at scale.

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A buyer side framework for SAP Datasphere. The Datasphere capacity unit framework, the Datasphere semantic layer framework, the Datasphere federation framework, the SAP CPEA framework, the SAP BTP commit framework, and the broader competitive framework.

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