STREAM-Intelligence · Migration
Two Dec-2027 deadlines — SAP ECC and SAP BW. One streaming, business-driven, no-code platform. 67 LTMC templates. 2M+ objects migrated. Self-service. High performance at low cost. Securely integrated.
Both ECC and BW have the same hard deadline. Both share the same root causes for delay. Both are solved by the same platform.
SAP BW maintenance ends December 31, 2027. Every customer must choose a modernization path. The question is not whether to move — it is which path and how to preserve what BW knows about your business.
Migrate to SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) — SAP's own analytics-first cloud ERP. Preserves investment in SAP semantics. Joule AI agents. Fully managed by SAP.
Move BW content to Databricks, Snowflake, or similar data lakehouse. Maximum flexibility. Requires BW semantic translation to survive the move.
Connect BW data into Microsoft Fabric / OneLake, GCP BigQuery, or AWS Redshift as your analytics platform while retaining SAP as the operational system.
Briefing deck
Three BW modernization paths, CIO impacts, STREAM principles, SAP BDC architecture, and USB4SAP object scope — in one deck. Download PDF ↓
SAP BW maintenance ends December 31, 2027 — the same deadline as SAP ECC. Three forces converge: the 2027 BW/ECC/NetWeaver deadline, the need for secure AI and BI modernization, and the imperative to scale digital operations at low cost and high performance. Every SAP customer must choose a modernization path and act now.
⚠ Customers need to migrate from BW before December 2027.
Four unresolved questions block BW migration decisions: Historical data for AI/BI? Business-ready semantic models from SAP? Securely self-service? High performance at low cost?
Three CIO impacts result from delayed or wrong decisions: (1) Unclear future roadmap for BI and AI delivery. (2) Time and budget escalations for migration — traditional BW projects run 18–36 months and expand. (3) Potential loss of data, personnel, and technology support — the people who built BW are often already gone.
Three user roles, three solutions, one platform. Business operators (People@Work): Microsoft integration for SAP — Fabric, Power BI, Azure, Power Platform, GenAI. 450K+ SAP semantic models, secure and no-code on your device. 11+ SAP value stream analytics ready for business. uMigrate: securely migrate SAP data at low cost and scale for RISE. 2M+ data objects in SAP ECC/CRM/BW migrated. IT (USB4SAP): SAP data (full or delta) to any NFS/datalake/DW. Live, no-code, and secure API for SAP BTP, API-M, Workflow, RPA. 1.3M+ SAP data objects for app integration.
All seven attributes orbit a People-Centric core: (1) Secure — 100% native SAP authorization. (2) Timely — live data, not last night's export. (3) Relevant — business-ready semantic models, not raw tables. (4) Easy to action — insight links directly to the SAP transaction. (5) API-driven — standard REST, no SAP SDK. (6) Micro-Semantic — granular, object-level streaming on demand.
USB4SAP extends SAP BDC (Path #1) with an API-first approach: live, secure, and no-code analytics, automation, and AI. Full and delta SAP data to BDC, datalake, DW, or any application. 100% SAP native security. Works with SAP ECC, CRM, HANA, and BW.
1.3M+ SAP objects. 450K+ reports/semantic models. 850K+ tables with full and delta (CDC). One simple REST API. Key capabilities: support for SAP ECC, CRM, and HANA; full and delta data to BDC, datalake, DW, or application; 100% SAP native security, no-code and live (batch also supported). SAP-certified via NetWeaver. Microsoft-certified. In production since 2021.
SAP ECC objects supported: Tables & Views (full & delta) ✓ · Reports (ALV & standard) ✓ · Standard SAP & customer Z-objects ✓ · SQVI Queries ✓ · TCODEs (reporting) ✓ · BW extractors & IDocs ✓ · eCATT ✗
SAP BW objects supported: Business Explorer Suite (BEx) ✓ · Meta Data / Info Objects / Repo ✓ · ODS ✓ · Data Marts / DW Layer ✓ · Data Source PSA ✓ · Data Acquisition ✓ · Monitoring ✓ · Planning Functions & Sequences ✗ · Process Chains ✗
Case study — Tata Power: Largest integrated utility in India (assets US$16B, turnover US$7B+). Before RISE/S4HANA program: SAP Tables and reports extracted to on-premise NFS/PostgreSQL and Azure datalake using USB4SAP — no-code, low cost, long-term storage. Result: >40% reduced time to insight for compliance reporting. "We are able to meet it at lower cost using USB4SAP." — Head Digital & IT, Tata Power.
BW modernization creates four unresolved questions that block migration decisions. Traditional vendors answer one or two. uMigrate answers all four.
Which analytics tools survive the BW migration? How does the BI strategy change? Most customers freeze analytics investment while migration planning drags on.
Traditional BW migration projects budget 18–36 months. By month 6, scope has changed. By month 12, data has changed. Waterfall migration compounds every delay.
BW contains decades of curated business logic — InfoCubes, ODS, queries, BEx reports. Traditional migration loses most of it. The people who built it are often gone.
USB4SAP accesses the full breadth of SAP objects — not just database tables. This is the semantic coverage that makes migration preserving rather than just moving.
SAP ECC Objects
| Object type | Supported |
|---|---|
| Tables & Views (full & delta) | ✓ |
| Reports (ALV & standard) | ✓ |
| Standard SAP & customer Z-objects | ✓ |
| SQVI Queries | ✓ |
| TCODEs (reporting) | ✓ |
| BW extractors & IDocs | ✓ |
| eCATT | ✗ |
SAP BW Objects
| Object type | Supported |
|---|---|
| Business Explorer Suite (BEx) | ✓ |
| Meta Data / Info Objects / Repo | ✓ |
| ODS (Operational Data Store) | ✓ |
| Data Marts / Data Warehouse Layer | ✓ |
| Data Source PSA | ✓ |
| Data Acquisition | ✓ |
| Monitoring | ✓ |
| Planning Functions & Sequences | ✗ |
| Process Chains | ✗ |
For customers choosing Path #1 — staying in the SAP ecosystem with Business Data Cloud — USB4SAP extends BDC with live, no-code, API-first access to the full SAP landscape.
SAP Business Data Cloud
Cloud ERP with Joule AI agents, supply chain management, financial management, human capital, and customer experience — orchestrated end-to-end on SAP Business Technology Platform.
USB4SAP adds
Live, secure, no-code analytics, automation, and AI on top of BDC — using an API-first approach. 1.3M+ SAP objects. Full and delta to datalake, DW, or application. 100% SAP native security.
The design philosophy behind every uMigrate and USB4SAP decision.
Every data decision starts with the person acting on it — not the database schema behind it.
100% native SAP authorization model. No credentials outside the SAP boundary. No shadow copies. No compliance risk.
Live data, not last night's export. Field-level CDC on 850K+ tables. Operators act on what is true now.
Business-ready semantic models — Purchase Order, not EKKO/EKPO. 450K+ objects named and structured at source.
Insight links directly to the SAP transaction. One tap from question to resolution. No export, no email, no switching systems.
Standard REST API. No SAP SDK. No on-premise agent. Works with any tool — Excel, Power BI, Fabric, AI agents, custom apps.
Granular, object-level semantic access. Not monolithic BW cubes — individual business objects streamed live on demand.
Three fundamental gaps block every traditional S/4HANA migration. They compound each other. uMigrate closes all three simultaneously.
Complex ETL with SAP BO-DS, consulting-driven tools like Syniti, or ABAP + SQL + Excel combination. Every table requires custom code. Purchase orders, invoices, materials — all manual mapping. The Build phase alone costs $974K for 5 TCODEs.
No translation layer between business intent and database reality. Endless meetings. Requirements change. Testing cycles repeat. Business cannot validate until final migration — by which point it is too late to fix.
Traditional: Prepare → Realize → Run. Sequential. By the time migration plan is complete, source data has changed. No iterative validation. Big-bang cutover with high rollback risk and extended downtime.
Scan SAP ECC, BW, and non-SAP sources. Visual profiling of 450K+ semantic models. GenAI generates a migration roadmap tailored to your business, personas, and complexity. Excel-based profiling — no IT project required to start.
No-code extraction from 1.3M+ SAP tables, reports, BW objects, queries, CDS views. PowerQuery-based visual transformation. M-language for custom logic. Business validates in Excel in iterative cycles — not at final cutover.
1-click data load to 67 standard SAP LTMC templates. Standard SAP Data Migration Cockpit (DMC) support. Validation from both ECC and S/4HANA simultaneously. Business signoff in tools they already use.
Parallel operation: ECC and S/4 run simultaneously. Gradual cutover by module, process, or org unit. STREAM maintains unified intelligence throughout — Excel, Power BI, AI agents, and Fabric connections preserved.
Briefing deck
The migration crisis, three gaps, four phases, platform architecture, and live intelligence throughout — all in one deck. Download PDF ↓
Gap 1 — Technology: SAP business information ≠ SQL tables. Complex ETL with SAP BO-DS, or consulting-driven tools like Syniti, or ABAP + SQL + Excel combinations. Every table requires custom code. The Build phase alone costs $974K for 5 TCODEs. Months of custom coding before migration even begins.
Gap 2 — People: Business sees "Purchase Order." IT sees 47 related tables. No translation layer. Endless meetings. Requirements change. Testing cycles repeat. Business cannot validate until final migration — by then it is too late to fix structural issues.
Gap 3 — Process: Migration is waterfall (Prepare → Realize → Run) but data is agile. By the time migration plan is complete, source data has changed. No iterative validation. Big-bang cutover with high rollback risk.
Phase A — Discover & Profile (2–4 weeks): Scan SAP ECC and non-SAP sources. Visual profiling of 450K+ semantic models. GenAI generates migration roadmap tailored to your business. Excel-based profiling — no IT project to start.
Phase B — Extract & Transform (3–6 months): No-code extraction from 1.3M+ SAP objects. PowerQuery-based visual transformation. Business validates in Excel during iterative cycles.
Phase C — Load & Validate (4–8 weeks): 1-click load to 67 standard SAP LTMC templates. Validation from both ECC and S/4HANA simultaneously. Business signoff in familiar tools.
Phase D — Stage & Simulate (4–12 weeks): Parallel operation. Gradual cutover by module, process, or org unit. STREAM maintains unified intelligence. Zero downtime cutover. Safe rollback.
Largest integrated utility in India. Assets: US$16B. Annual turnover: US$7B+. Before RISE/S4HANA program, sought cost-effective SAP data extraction to long-term storage for compliance reporting. USB4SAP extracted SAP tables and reports to on-premise NFS/PostgreSQL and Azure datalake — no-code, low cost, long-term storage. Result: >40% reduced time to insight for compliance reporting. Improved cost-to-serve for compliance reporting significantly.
"We have stringent information storage & reporting compliance requirements. We are able to meet it at lower cost using USB4SAP." — Head Digital & IT, Tata Power
| Component | Coverage | What it delivers |
|---|---|---|
| LTMC Templates | 67 pre-built templates | Local Table Migration Cockpit templates for standard SAP objects. Eliminates months of custom LTMC development. 1-click load to S/4HANA. |
| Semantic Models | 450,000+ no-code objects | SAP business objects (Purchase Order, Invoice, Material) accessible without SQL. Secure, semantic, visual profiling. Business validates in Excel. |
| USB4SAP Streaming | 850,000+ tables with delta | Real-time streaming from SAP ECC, BW, CRM. Full and delta load. Zero infrastructure. SAP-certified and Microsoft-certified. |
| Source Support | 161+ sources | SAP ECC, SAP BW, SAP CRM, non-SAP databases, cloud sources. On-premise or cloud. Unified migration platform for all SAP landscape components. |
| GenAI Guidance | 134+ tailored guides | AI guidance per user persona (CFO, COO, IT), business context, and migration object. Not generic templates — tailored to your system and your timeline. |
| Total migrated | 2M+ data objects | SAP ECC, CRM, BW objects migrated in production since 2021. 100% organic inbound demand. Battle-tested. |
Your operations want modernization, not a blackout. Traditional migration breaks every analytics connection. uMigrate + STREAM keeps them live throughout ECC and BW to S/4HANA transition.
Users lose live data access. Return to manual exports and stale spreadsheets for months.
Business works blind. Months to rebuild dashboards after cutover. Historical trends lost.
Autonomous operations stopped. Manual fallback during migration period. Weeks of lost value.
OneLake connections manual. Analytics rebuilds required. Microsoft recommended approach unavailable.
Transparent backend switch. No user disruption. Business validates migration in Excel during every phase.
Dashboards automatically switch data sources at cutover. Zero downtime for business users. History preserved.
Autonomous exception resolution maintained throughout migration. Operations never stop.
Seamless ECC → S/4 transition in Fabric. Microsoft-recommended architecture. Co-published on Azure Marketplace.
| Customer | Context | Impact |
|---|---|---|
| Tata Power Largest integrated utility in India |
Assets: US$16B. Annual turnover: US$7B+. Before their RISE / S/4HANA program, needed cost-effective solution for SAP data extraction to long-term storage for compliance reporting. Tried conventional approaches — all required heavy IT involvement and high cost per object. | 40%+ faster time to insight for compliance reporting. Significant cost reduction for compliance data storage. SAP Tables & reports to on-premise NFS, PostgreSQL, and Azure datalake using USB4SAP — no-code, low cost, fully compliant. "We have stringent information storage & reporting compliance requirements. We are able to meet it at lower cost using USB4SAP." — Head Digital & IT, Tata Power |
uMigrate is not just a migration tool. It is the entry point to AI-era operations on S/4HANA. Migration gets you there — STREAM keeps you there.
| Product | What it does | How it connects to migration |
|---|---|---|
| uMigrate | Zero downtime ECC → S/4HANA + BW modernization. Streaming, business-driven, iterative. | Migration layer. Moves ECC and BW data to S/4 while preserving live intelligence throughout. |
| People@Work | Live operational intelligence in Excel, Power BI, Fabric. 150+ pre-built SAP analytics. No IT dependency. | Business users validate migration in tools they already use. Live data continues through cutover. |
| Agentic-AI | AI agents that monitor, analyze, and act on live SAP operations. | P2P Agent continues autonomous operation during migration. No manual fallback required. |
| TradePro | Trade compliance and profitability. Tariff impact before shipment. | Trade intelligence uninterrupted during ECC to S/4 transition. |
| USB4SAP | No-code REST API for 1.3M+ SAP objects. SAP-certified. Microsoft-certified. USPTO patented. | The engine under all of it. Live SAP data in any tool, for any persona, throughout and after migration. |
| uMigrate works when | uMigrate is not the right fit when |
|---|---|
| SAP ECC or SAP BW customer facing Dec-2027 support deadline with timeline pressure | Already on S/4HANA with no BW — no SAP migration planned |
| Business cannot tolerate migration downtime (24×7 operations, global manufacturing, always-on services) | Acceptable to halt operations for traditional weekend cutover |
| Current operational intelligence (Excel, Power BI, process mining, AI agents) must continue during migration | Acceptable to rebuild BI and analytics after migration completes |
| BW contains years of curated business logic (InfoCubes, ODS, BEx queries) that must survive the move | BW is a simple staging layer with no semantic content worth preserving |
| Timeline requires faster migration than traditional 2–3 year projects. Iterative validation needed. | Multi-year waterfall timeline is acceptable and resourced appropriately |
| Business-driven migration where ops teams validate data in Excel, Power BI during cycles | IT-driven migration where business only validates after final cutover |
| Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Excel already used for SAP analytics and must stay live during migration | No existing Microsoft analytics stack or acceptable to rebuild connections from scratch |
92% of migrations get delayed using traditional approaches. uMigrate delivers streaming, business-driven, iterative migration for both ECC → S/4HANA and SAP BW modernization. 2M+ objects migrated. Zero downtime. Live intelligence preserved throughout.