SAP Real-Time Integrations: Making Enterprise Systems Work Together in Today's Fast-Paced Business World
Abstract
This paper explores how companies are connecting SAP systems with other business applications in real-time. As businesses increasingly need instant access to data, old methods of batch processing have fallen short. We examine how organizations are implementing real-time connections between SAP S/4HANA, Business Technology Platform (BTP), and SAP Datasphere with cloud data warehouses like Snowflake, ultimately feeding this data to visualization tools like Power BI. We specifically investigate the roles of CDS views and Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) in modern SAP integration scenarios. Through real company examples and performance analysis, we identify what makes these integration projects successful and what challenges companies typically face. Our findings show that real-time integration is no longer just a technical nicety but a crucial business capability in today's competitive environment.