--- title: SAP Datasphere – A future-proof data landscape in the cloud date: 2025-03-12T08:30:00+01:00 author: Flexso canonical_url: "https://www.flexso.com/en/insights-blog/modern-datawarehousing-with-sap-datasphere" section: cp.sections.blog --- ![SAP data sphere a modern datawarehouse](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271360%27%20height%3D%27544%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) **We live in a digital world, where everything moves at lightning speed. Companies are challenged in changing their business models because of shifts in the market. Speed and agility are essential to the survival of our organizations. Same goes for data management and the access to mission-critical information. With the** [**SAP Business Data Cloud**](https://www.flexso.com/en/insights-blog/sap-business-data-cloud-faq) **solution of SAP Datasphere, you build the foundation to a future-proof data warehouse within your organization.** As your organization is growing, moving to the cloud becomes no longer a possibility but rather an obvious step during the process. Whether you’re considering a move towards the cloud on foundation-(infrastructure) or application level (SaaS solution), it’s all about creating more **agility and flexibility** within your business. But when you do, consider the **impact on your data flows and management**. Shifting all your traditional applications, data flows and databases towards the cloud are not isolated events and may bring a couple of challenges to consider… ![SAP Datasphere a modern tool for data warehousing](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27867%27%20height%3D%27578%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ## SAP Datasphere SAP Datasphere is SAP’s offering for all data warehousing use cases. This SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) solution is part of the **SAP Business Data Cloud platform**. A holistic platform that combines data, analytics, and AI in a cloud solution offering the functionalities of data integration, data warehouse, analytics services and AI. This **Data Fabric** enables customers to realize the full potential of a [**data-driven business**](https://www.flexso.com/en/solutions/data-analytics/data-engineering-ai). ![Strategic reporting with SAP Datasphere](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27950%27%20height%3D%27%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ## A Datawarehouse for IT and Business With SAP Datasphere you bring in the **flexibility** to **quickly** create or make changes to existing data models and deliver the requirements in shorter iterations. IT can separate your transactional data (facts) and master data (dimensions) and “click in” the master data in the transactional data. Doing so, business can easily build a semantic layer for the business, providing them all logic and user-friendliness to work with. You can also give the business user the ability to **create their own data models**. In SAP Datasphere you can leverage spaces for different entities or departments (see visual). ![SAP Datasphere entities Flexso](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27950%27%20height%3D%27%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E)These are separate virtual work areas where you can add users and teams, storage space and **connections to local and remote DataSources** (e.g. S/4HANA, SAP ECC, [SAP BW](https://www.flexso.com/en/insights-blog/sap-bw-4hana-roadmap-business-data-cloud), non-SAP Systems, etc.). In these spaces, IT provides the corporate data in the business user’s space and also provide business the flexibility to bring in additional information to enrich the corporate data. A *game-changer* to resolve most of the “shadow BI” within your company. ## Faster Results SAP Datasphere runs in SAP Business Data Cloud, resulting in **better run-times for analyzing data in reports and dashboards**. This is an extra bonus for customers that are still running SAP BW on a traditional database. Also, standard content for reporting is already available within Datasphere, giving you a head start! ## The advantages of cloud technology SAP Datasphere is a cloud solution on the SAP Business Technology Platform. **Start small and extend when needed**. So no big upfront investments in hardware, but gradually extend the capacity of SAP Datasphere, both in storage and CPU power. [Nippon Shokubai Europe reaps the benefits of data in the cloud: Read the story.](https://www.flexso.com/en/cases/chemical-industry-financial-reporting-sap-analytics-cloud) ## Low-code, Graphical modeling Data modeling in SAP Datasphere **does not require special programming skills**. The Graphical Editor allows you to drag and joins between different datasets. For the developers, no worries: Datasphere also allows to build SQL-based models … 😊 ![SAP Datasphere Graphical modelling mockup Flexso 3](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27867%27%20height%3D%27%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ## Visualizing the data Visualization of the data can be made in **SAP Analytics Cloud**, that has a native connection with SAP Datasphere. SAC contains **standard content** based on Datasphere content, so again, this accelerates the process of developments. Also non-SAP Reporting tools or external API based consumption can be connected to SAP Datasphere. With the Excel plug-in (office 365) in Datasphere you can even visualize all data in the familiar worksheet layout. In case SAP Analytics Cloud is not an option, also non-SAP Reporting tools or external API based consumption (e.g. CPI accesses data in Datasphere) can be connected to Datasphere. There are native connections for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for e.g. Google Big Query. Also PowerBI can use an OData connection on Datasphere. For performance reasons, a replication of data to Datasets can be recommended on which the PowerBI reports can read their data. ## Key points to take home With Datasphere, SAP has a modern, mature and reliable data warehousing solution in the cloud. The unified data and analytics provide a complete end-to-end solution with one clear semantic view designed for both business and IT. Enjoy the agility, speed and efficiency of cloud while empowering all stakeholders, breaking down data silos and accelerating on reporting. ## Want to build your modern datawarehouse in the cloud? The are different scenarios for moving to SAP Datasphere. 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