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New to the current landscape? Start with the 2026 landscape map for the full picture, keep the glossary open for the vocabulary, and follow the 15-week learning path if you want a structured route.
SAP Analytics Journal
This is a personal journal about how SAP's analytics platform actually fits together — SAP Analytics Cloud, Datasphere, Business Data Cloud, BTP, and the integration and AI layers around them. I write to clarify the parts that confuse teams in real programs: where the semantic layer should live, where planning data belongs, where integration stops and extension begins, and what the 2026 packaging and AI changes mean for an architecture you have to support for years. No vendor slogans, no launch-day euphoria — just the boundaries and trade-offs that decide whether a build holds up.
17+ years of architecture-led advisory. No vendor slogans. Just delivery experience.
Most people arrive here with a question, not a product name. The site is organized so a question turns into a route: a starting question leads to a topic hub, then to a decision surface like architectures or comparisons, supported by learning paths and a resource center. The goal is a confident next step — learn, compare, design, or implement — with clearer boundaries and shared language.
If you prefer to navigate by the kind of work you do rather than by topic, the routes below map the same material onto four reader profiles — beginner, practitioner, architect, and decision-maker — so you can skip straight to the depth you need.
The latest writing, in order of how much most teams are asking about it right now — a read of what has changed in SAP analytics in 2026, sourced views of SAP TechEd 2026 and Sapphire 2026, and two longer essays on where business intelligence is heading.
Each hub gathers the architecture, capabilities, and decision guidance for one part of the platform. Read them on their own, or follow the cross-links — the topics are deliberately connected, because in practice the hard problems live at the boundaries between them.
New to the current landscape? Start with the 2026 landscape map for the full picture, keep the glossary open for the vocabulary, and follow the 15-week learning path if you want a structured route.
Facing a real design choice? The architectures hub frames the five decisions that define an SAP analytics stack, and the comparisons pages weigh the options side by side.
Want primary sources and curated reading? The resource center points to official SAP documentation, learning journeys, and certifications, with an opinionated order to work through them.