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RISE with SAP (Everything You Need to Know)

What is RISE with SAP and why consider it on your SAP to Cloud journey? This blog sets forth all the answers about the constituents of RISE with SAP including SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition and the Sap Business Technology Platform. In addition, we examine the advantages of going with SAP RISE and the customers and scenarios it is meant for. We also show how having BryteFlow on your RISE with SAP migration can make it easier and faster. About BryteFlow SAP Data Lake Builder

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What exactly is RISE with SAP?

Think of SAP RISE as a fully managed SAP hosting service on the large public Cloud hyperscalers – AWS, Azure or GCP. The RISE with SAP program is not a single software, but a whole kit of applications, tools, and managed services to help SAP customers like you transit successfully to the Cloud. At the core of the RISE with SAP offering is an AI-based Cloud ERP (SAP S/4 HANA Cloud) that is managed and maintained by SAP. It includes tools and services based on SAP’s clean core approach, making it simple to innovate, and migrate on-premise systems to the Cloud. SAP HANA to Snowflake (2 Easy Ways)

The unique thing about RISE with SAP is that it provides customers Business Transformation as a Service (BTaaS) under a single contract. Elements include software applications, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Cloud Managed Services (CMS). SAP RISE is subscription-based, centered around SAP S/4HANA and integrates SAP tools, technologies, and business intelligence into a single, unified package, designed to accelerate and streamline your organization’s transformation into a Cloud-driven enterprise. You can select from Certified SAP partners to help customize an SAP RISE solution for your business.  BryteFlow for SAP Data Replication

SAP RISE Components

As mentioned before, the SAP RISE model is a single entity with different components. These include:

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition

The SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition is a customizable Cloud ERP that can be adjusted to your organization’s individual transformation requirements. It provides built-in, device-agnostic business processes that include central procurement, extended warehouse management, customer management, production planning and scheduling, transportation management etc. If you are moving from SAP ERP to a Cloud ERP, you can now benefit from real-time insights with transactional and analytical data in a single system. Not to mention the latest business processes modelled on current industry requirements, artificial intelligence to automate and improve key processes, a great user experience, and SAP best practices and extensions to link operations across the organization. SAP S/4 HANA Overview and 5 Ways to Extract S/4 ERP Data

SAP Business Technology Platform CPEA Credits

RISE with SAP also offers credits for the SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) with which you can build business applications, integrate and extend them, aggregating technologies like data and database management, application development and integration, analytics, and intelligent technologies like IoT (Internet of Things), RPA (Robotic Process Automation), conversational AI (Artificial Intelligence) and AI business services. SAP BTP consumption credits are included in the RISE with SAP package and are based on the Cloud Platform Enterprise Agreement (CPEA). How to Carry Out a Successful SAP Cloud Migration

SAP Business Network Starter Pack

With integration of SAP S/4HANA Cloud with Business Network Starter Pack you can benefit from easy distribution of information among supply chain stakeholders leading to better decision making. RISE with SAP connects the SAP S/4 HANA Cloud to the Business Network starter pack which consists of:

  • Ariba Business Network
    This is an online marketplace for buyers and sellers to collaborate on procurement and supply chain transactions.
  • Asset Intelligence Network (AIN)
    This is a Cloud-based platform that allows data to be exchanged securely between different roles in asset-heavy industries like equipment manufacturers, operators and maintenance providers.
  • Logistics Business Network (LBN)
    Enables buyers to find historical information pertinent to the materials used in the products they have bought and helps to source a suitable freight partner for transportation. It also tracks and notifies buyers on when they can expect to receive their purchases.

SAP Custom Code Migration App

This app helps to analyze your custom code for SAP S/4HANA and Cloud. It helps you to get a handle on the modifications and extensions that have been done in your on-prem SAP ERP system and how much of that code needs to be moved to SAP S/4HANA Cloud. The Custom Code Migration App runs on the BTP ABAP platform and does SAP S/4HANA and cloud readiness checks on your custom code, showing results with advanced filtering and navigation capabilities. It also identifies custom code that is unused and suggests semi-automation opportunities with ABAP Development tools (ADT). SAP HANA to Snowflake (2 Easy Ways)

SAP Process Insights

SAP Process Insights enables companies to get real-time reports on existing process efficiencies. This can be evaluated on 300 key performance indicators culled from the anonymous data of a multitude of SAP customers, so that a comparison can be made with real world examples to validate the performance of your current business processes. SAP Process Insights help highlight bottlenecks and weaknesses in the chain, while the SAP Intelligent RPA can be used to recommend process improvements and for monitoring of operations to increase efficiency of the existing system, and to extract transformative insights via use of other Business Process Intelligence solutions. SAP to Snowflake (Make the Integration Easy)

RISE with SAP Infrastructure Provision of Choice

The RISE with SAP Private Cloud Edition can be deployed on any of the Cloud hyperscalers – AWS, Azure or GCP, or even in your SAP Data Center. You can select the option you prefer. SAP to AWS (Specifically S3) – Know an Easy Method

Advantages of the RISE with SAP Program

RISE with SAP makes migration to the Cloud efficient

The RISE with SAP objective is to handle the challenges of migrating to S/4HANA Cloud easily. It provides streamlined SAP migration to Cloud with pre-configured best practices and automated tools to hasten the process. You don’t have to be bogged down by multiple SLAs, licenses and issue management contracts. It provides businesses with a unified and comprehensive set of tools, products, and software. Its ‘One Offer, One Contract’ policy allows you to pay a single subscription fee for multiple products that are all covered with a single RISE with SAP subscription. The SAP Cloud Connector and Why It’s So Amazing

RISE with SAP can accelerate innovation

The inclusion of the SAP Business Technology platform paves the way for your organization to bring modern technologies into your business operations mix, including IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Advanced Analytics. Integrate SAP and third-party applications easily, with a range of pre-built and managed integrations. Rapidly build applications and experiences using pre-built bots, user experience components, and low-code development capabilities. SAP to AWS S3

RISE with SAP maximizes business intelligence and insights

By integrating data from third-party applications and SAP S/4 HANA Cloud Private Edition, you can get a ‘single source of truth’ that can drive real-time, actionable insights. Get a complete 360-degree view of business operations using advanced analytics, ERP and business intelligence tools bundled with your SAP RISE package. SAP HANA to Snowflake (2 Easy Ways)

RISE with SAP with its Pay-as-you-go subscription model is cost-effective

RISE with SAP has a subscription-based pay-as-you-go subscription model with lower upfront investment. The RISE with SAP Cloud installation needs a smaller amount of capital compared to traditional ERP, since there is no costly hardware or server maintenance involved. With RISE with SAP your TCO can be reduced by as much as 20%.

RISE with SAP has built-in Cloud and technical management services

Going with RISE with SAP means you don’t need to manage separate contracts for Cloud providers, services and other solutions. Hosting costs are also included. And it will all be managed by SAP.

RISE with SAP provides mandated maintenance

Maintenance and upgrades are now part of the deal, you don’t have to spend hours on internal budget negotiations to scale up for innovation, nor do you need to accrue technical debt over time. It’s all mandated and built into the contract, so your implementation stays up to date. SAP will install at least one upgrade every five years to keep to the mandated maintenance. The SAP Cloud Connector and Why It’s So Amazing

RISE with SAP does away with Vendor Lock-in

RISE with SAP allows you to switch Cloud providers and solutions when needed, so you never face vendor lock-in. This flexibility is due to open standards, a modular framework and complete inter-operability, allowing for integration between RISE and other applications. There is also a lot of flexibility in terms of deployment, providing a mix and match approach to opt for a hybrid or on-premise deployment if need be. Move data from SAP applications with business logic intact

RISE with SAP delivers the customization you need

RISE with SAP can be customized to match your processes, integrate with current systems and third-party applications to adhere to industry-specific requirements, and add unique functionality which may be needed by your organization. Also, SAP with RISE supports industry-specific configurations, enabling business solutions to remain compliant with demands of sectors like retail, manufacturing, and healthcare. SAP to Snowflake (Make the Integration Easy)

RISE with SAP offers a high degree of security and regulatory compliance

RISE with SAP protects sensitive data with comprehensive security measures. Among these are threat detection protocols, continuous monitoring, regular security updates, data encryption, restrictive access controls and more, to keep out hackers and prevent unauthorized access. SAP RISE follows global government regulations and industry standards, and ensures organizations adhere to legal requirements aligned to data privacy and security.

Are you a potential SAP RISE customer?

So, you are hearing good things about RISE with SAP but how do you know if the program is right for you? The RISE with SAP program may be a good fit for you if you are in one of these situations.

Scenarios where RISE with SAP works

Your organization’s technology platform is outdated

When you need to upgrade your outdated technology and keep pace with the modern world, deploying RISE with SAP in a greenfield implementation sounds like a good idea. You can upgrade to the latest SAP environment in one swoop conveniently. SAP to Snowflake (Make the Integration Easy)

You have an SAP ECC running, with different systems involved

Your organization has an SAP ECC implementation integrated with different applications and does not want to consolidate them into an on-premise model. In this case, moving from ECC to SAP S/4 HANA in the Cloud with SAP RISE is a great option. You can do the consolidation and migration to a single target in the Cloud in one concerted move. SAP SLT in HANA: How to use SLT Transformation Rule

If you do not have internal SMEs for SAP BASIS support and outsource these functions

SAP BASIS stands for Business Application Software Integrated Solution which is a system administration platform and handles interoperability, functionality, and efficiency etc. It is also used to manage installation, configuration, upgrades, and maintenance. If you do not have dedicated staff to handle these aspects, RISE with SAP can be an ideal option since it is a managed service from SAP. The SAP Cloud Connector and Why It’s So Amazing

If you need to overhaul and modernize your current SAP S/4 HANA implementation

Your organization may have moved beyond what your current S/4 HANA implementation offers, especially if it’s on-premise. In that case RISE with SAP could be just what the doctor ordered. The SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition offers flexible deployment options, besides embedded AI, RPA, and advanced analytics. It also offers access to SAP’s asset intelligence, logistics and supplier networks, enabling you to manage your supply chain efficiently. This is a good option for comprehensive digital transformation initiatives or brownfield projects spanning processes, networks, and sustainability efforts. SAP to Snowflake (Make the Integration Easy)

SAP RISE Packages

SAP RISE comes in a range of packages and has useful, optional add-ons you can choose from. Buying options 

RISE with SAP Premium package

This package offers features for business process management, process automation, and low-code application development that you can add on to the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition.

RISE with SAP Premium Plus package

This package has the potential to provide additional capabilities to your Cloud ERP for generative AI, advanced CFO suite, sustainability, and access to supplier networks.

Financial Add-ons available with RISE with SAP

  • Treasury Management: for managing financial risk and investing (includes Cash Management, Treasury and Risk Management and Trading Platform Integration).
  • Digital Banking: for optimizing payment connectivity and scalability (includes Multi-Bank Connectivity, Digital Payments).
  • 3 Lines of Defence: for automating enterprise risk and compliance (Includes Risk Management, Process Control, Audit Management).
  • Billing & Revenue Innovation: for monetization of processes (includes Subscription Order Management, Convergent Charging, Convergent Invoicing, Contract Accounting).

Supply Chain Add-ons available with RISE with SAP

  • Logistics: For efficient deliveries and logistics best practices (includes Transportation Management, Extended Warehouse Management).
  • Manufacturing: For optimizing manufacturing planning, safety, capabilities and execution (includes Digital Manufacturing, Environment, Health, and Safety Management).
  • Product Lifecycle Management (PLM): For innovative product development in process industries (includes Product Lifecycle Management, Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management, Enterprise Product Engineering, Enterprise Product Formulation).
  • Asset and Service Management: For modern asset lifecycle management capabilities (includes Field Service Management, Service and Asset Management, Asset Performance Management, Asset Management for Resource Scheduling, Business Network Asset Collaboration).
  • Supply Chain Planning: For optimizing supply chain planning capabilities with advanced order promising and production scheduling (includes Integrated Business Planning, Advanced Available to Promise, Manufacturing Planning and Scheduling, Supply Chain Control Tower).

RISE with SAP S/4 HANA – Types of Deployments

RISE with SAP S/4 HANA can be deployed in different places, including your own datacenter or a co-location. It can be run on different Cloud hyperscalers including AWS, Azure and GCP. Here are the basic RISE with SAP hosting options. Learn more 

RISE with SAP Private Cloud Edition

RISE with SAP Private Cloud Edition is a single-tenant environment hosted in a dedicated Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), a virtually isolated network on a public Cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP) or within an SAP Data Center, depending on your preference. In a private Cloud, services are maintained in a private network guarded by a firewall. In this journey, organizations usually move from an older ERP to SAP S/4 HANA. Integration with the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) extends the potential for using modern technologies like AI, IoT and advanced analytics and allows for smooth data flow. Private Edition comes with a full software license that allows for additional customization. Private Clouds offer the most secure environment and control over your data.

Private Edition – Customer Datacenter Option

To host RISE with SAP in your data center, you can partner with SAP technology partners – Dell Technologies (Dell APEX), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE GreenLake) and Lenovo (Lenovo TruScale) and run operations in your own data center in the Cloud. This gives you access to all of SAP’s latest innovations.

Public Cloud with SAP S/4 HANA SaaS

RISE with SAP can also be hosted on the public Cloud on platforms such as Azure, AWS, and GCP. Here customers access services over a network that is intended for public usage. The public Cloud deployment is often multi-tenant, which implies that the provider operates your services in a shared environment. These services offer affordability and efficiency but restrict customization to a large degree. They also have fixed maintenance cycles and may not be suitable for every customer. SAP SLT in HANA: How to use SLT Transformation Rule

Why should BryteFlow be part of your RISE with SAP journey?

If you have made up your mind to go with RISE with SAP, there are several SAP migration tools like SAP Data Migration Cockpit that can help get your data across. The SAP Data Migration Cockpit is available with a RISE with SAP license and can move your master data and business data from SAP systems and third-party systems to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition. However, if you want to make your SAP migration experience faster and easier, BryteFlow can be a trusted and valuable partner in moving your SAP databases to SAP S/4 HANA Cloud. BryteFlow for SAP Replication

BryteFlow’s real-time CDC delivers the latest data to SAP S/4HANA Cloud. Our SAP migration strategy is two-pronged. It can extract data from SAP databases using BryteFlow Ingest, as well as extract directly from SAP applications with the BryteFlow SAP Data Lake Builder, delivering data with business logic intact to the destination.

The data ingestion process is extremely fast, and BryteFlow’s out-of-the box data type conversions (e.g. Parquet-snappy, ORC) deliver ready-to use data in SAP S/4 HANA Private Cloud. BryteFlow supports movement of huge volumes of enterprise data easily, with multi-thread parallel loading and smart configurable partitioning. Plus, it is a completely no-code tool that automates every process, including data extraction, change data capture, merging, DDL, data mapping, schema, masking, SCD Type 2 history and creates tables automatically on target.

BryteFlow’s data extraction is SAP-certified

BryteFlow uses the SAP-certified method of SAP extraction using ODP (Operational Data Provisioning) and OData services. A lot of other SAP ETL tools including Qlik Replicate and Fivetran use RFCs (Remote Function Calls) for data extraction from SAP systems. We state this specifically, because going forward, SAP will not permit the use of RFCs for data extraction, except for SAP-internal applications according to SAP OSS Note 3255746. Read more

BryteFlow offers a variety of options to extract data from SAP systems. These include SAP Data Extractors (OData), SAP CDS Views (OData), SAP BW Query (OData), SAP BW Objects (OData), SAP Application (Full Extracts), Any Database (Full Extracts), SAP CDS Views (Timestamps), SAP (Timestamps) and Pool and Cluster Tables. You can select from any of these while doing the SAP ELT. SAP S/4 HANA Overview and 5 Ways to Extract S/4 ERP Data

BryteFlow enables Real-time Data Analytics

Besides getting your data to SAP S/4 HANA Private Cloud, BryteFlow delivers real-time data (using CDC) from SAP systems and applications to popular data repositories and platforms like   Amazon S3,  Redshift,  Snowflake,  SingleStore,  Azure Synapse,  ADLS Gen2,  SQL Server,  Databricks,  PostgreSQL,  Google BigQuery,  and Kafka,  where it can be subjected to advanced analytics using BI tools of choice or be used for Machine Learning models.

How BryteFlow extracts, loads, and transforms data from SAP databases and applications to Cloud platforms

This diagram shows how BryteFlow connects and interacts with SAP databases and applications to deliver ready to use data to Cloud and on-premise destinations in real-time. BryteFlow for SAP

Highlights of BryteFlow for SAP ETL

BryteFlow provides an automated setup for SAP extraction and analysis

BryteFlow provides a completely automated setup of data extraction and automated analysis of the SAP source application and creates tables automatically on target, keeping business logic intact.

BryteFlow SAP Data Lake Builder has flexible ways of connecting to SAP

BryteFlow has flexible connections to SAP including SAP Data Extractors or SAP CDS Views to get the data from SAP applications like  SAP ECC,  SAP S/4 HANA,  SAP BW,  SAP HANA.  It automates SAP data extraction, using SAP OData Services with ODP to extract the data, both initial and incremental. The SAP Cloud Connector and Why It’s So Amazing

BryteFlow can be used for SAP Cloud Migration

BryteFlow can be used to migrate SAP to the Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) in certain cases. For e.g. migration from SAP ECC Release 3 and 4, SAP database on Oracle, SAP database on SQL Server, SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition (new SAP RISE Cloud- Runtime version), SAP on Oracle to SAP HANA DB.

BryteFlow automates every ETL process

SAP data extraction, CDC, merging, masking, data mapping, schema and table creation and SCD Type 2 history are all automated – there is no coding for any process.

Automated Real-time Change Data Capture from SAP databases

If underlying SAP database access is available, BryteFlow Ingest can do log-based, automated Change Data Capture of data from the database using transaction logs. For CDC from applications, BryteFlow SAP Data Lake Builder performs trigger-based CDC.

Data versioning is easy with BryteFlow

BryteFlow provides an option to automate SCD Type 2 history and preserve the history of every transaction. This enables data versioning for historical and predictive data analytics. Since all data is saved as time series data, point-in-time analytics becomes easy.

BryteFlow supports huge volumes of data

BryteFlow can take across petabytes of enterprise data at very high throughput -1,000,000 rows in 30 seconds approx.

Deltas are merged automatically with data to keep it updated

Updates, Inserts, Deletes are automatically merged with data on target to sync with changes at source. Unlike most other tools, no coding is required. SAP to AWS (Specifically S3) – Know an Easy Method

Data is immediately ready to use on destination

BryteFlow offers out-of-the-box data type conversions and compression (Parquet-snappy, ORC) so that data delivered is immediately ready to use on destination. If you are interested in a demo of our SAP connector, please contact us.

Conclusion

In this blog, we have explored the RISE with SAP offering, what the SAP RISE program includes, its benefits and deployment options. We also had a look at which potential customers are a good fit for SAP RISE, and the scenarios where it can be used. We have also shown how BryteFlow could be a valuable partner on your RISE with SAP migration. Contact us for a Demo