What is SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP)?

SAP BTP is platform-as-a-service focused around the intelligent enterprise. It consists of four pillars and includes all of the functionality that was part of the sunset SAP Cloud Platform brand name. The pillars focus on analytics, application development and integration with non-SAP solutions, database and data management, and intelligent technologies.

How is BTP relevant in the new RISE with SAP Program?

Earlier this year SAP introduced the RISE with SAP program which offers our customers Business Transformation as a Service. RISE with SAP helps companies to get started with cloud SAP solutions. It accelerates cloud adoption as it takes a lot of the guesswork and piecemeal license purchases out of enterprise planning: It provides customers with all the tools they need. The solution revolves around six key areas of business that were selected for RISE with SAP after analyzing customer trends and other in-house analysis of SAP products.

The six key areas are  

1. SAP S/4HANA Cloud Suite,  
2. System Hosting Options,  
3. SAP Business Network Starter Pack,  
4. SAP BTP Consumption Credits,  
5. Business Process Intelligence and  
6. Embedded Tools and Services 

What can I do with BTP?

Here’s a good summary of what you can do (and more) with BTP: 

• Access thousands of prebuilt integrations to SAP and third-party applications, unlocking your data and services securely with API management and providing scale and robustness with event-based integration 
• Automate SAP S/4HANA processes with prebuilt bots to accelerate automation, dramatically streamlining operations, reducing costs, and freeing people from mundane tasks to focus on higher-value work 

• Combine data from SAP S/4HANA and third-party sources to deliver real-time, actionable insights 
• Use cloud data management, advanced analytics, enterprise planning, and business intelligence tools to enable data-driven decisions 

What are the services of BTP under CPEA? How do I use them? 

Under the 4 pillars of analytics, application development and integration with non-SAP solutions, database and data management, and intelligent technologies we have several services that can be consumed. Refer to this link to understand 

1. Service Description  
2. Pricing 
3. Data Center details 
4. Roadmap  
5. Customer Stories  
6. Further Details

What about the consumption – how do I know my consumption analysis? 

The BTP cockpit provides a separate tab called “Usage Analytics” which displays the service usage for filtered by: 

1. Environment 
2. Service 
3. Directory/Sub-account 
4. Space  
5. Period