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Transition your Legacy SAP Business Warehouse (BW) system to a cutting-edge cloud platform with Applexus. Access self-service analytics, unified data governance, and predictive AI/ML insights. Our solutions cater to various needs like BW Bridge, Greenfield Datasphere, and Hyperscalers, ensuring flexibility and seamless migration.
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Transform Legacy BW into Scalable,
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Modernize to Accelerate Insight, Drive Agility, and Enable AI
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SAP BW 7.5 is nearing its end of life — but that doesn’t mean your business intelligence journey has to.
At Applexus, we help enterprises transform legacy BW systems into modern, intelligent, AI-ready data platforms powered by
the SAP Business Data Cloud (SAP BW/4HANA, SAP Datasphere and beyond), or by hyperscaler-native solutions.

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Modernize SAP BW—migrate securely to the cloud with minimal disruption, gaining agility, scalability, and cost efficiency.

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We tailor modernization to fit your organization’s readiness and ambition.
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Three Modernization Paths. One Strategic Goal
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Upgrade to SAP BW 7.5 Private Cloud Edition (PCE) for short-term support extension with minimal disruption.
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Quick Compliance
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Move to SAP BW/4HANA PCE to gain performance, scalability, and enhanced data modelling capabilities.
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Strategic Upgrade
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Reimagine your data landscape with SAP Datasphere or hyperscaler platforms, enabling cross-source analytics and AI/ML.
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Intelligent Transformation
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Not sure which path is right for you? Start with a free BW readiness assessment.
We’ll analyze your current environment and recommend the most effective modernization strategy.
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Our expert-led, three-phase assessment delivers a complete diagnostic of your current BW environment and a clear path forward:
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In-depth system analysis

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to uncover current gaps, business needs, and future-state vision
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Ready-to-deploy and engineered with domain intelligence, our accelerators help you cut through complexity, compress timelines, and unlock business value faster—so you can move smarter, scale quicker, and realize ROI from day one.
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Accelerate your transformation with pre-built accelerators
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Usage Assessment
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Comprehensive evaluation of the BW system, covering its data model, transformations, process chains, usage patterns, and year-wise volumetric trends to support future planning efforts.
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Metadata Extraction
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Gathering detailed metadata for BW objects, including entity names, schema types, CDS views, key columns, dependencies, and data flow, to facilitate analysis and optimization.
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BW Object Lineage - Graph Representation
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Creating visual diagrams to illustrate relationships between BW objects, showcasing data lineage, attribute flow, dependencies, and potential impact assessments.
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BW Security Migration
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Automated transfer of security authorizations, roles, row level, column level, object level security from BW systems to Hyperscalers (Databricks, Snowflake, GCP) ensuring consistent access control and data protection.
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Get the clarity you need to modernize confidently - from quick wins to long-term strategy!
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At Applexus, we partner with SAP customers to transform BW into modern data platforms that deliver measurable business value and future-proof your analytics. Our unique expertise and approach ensure your BW modernization success:
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How Applexus help businesses benefit from BW modernization
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Deep expertise in modern data stack including SAP and hyperscaler platforms
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Customer success stories spanning across industries
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Purpose built migration accelerators for faster time to value
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Modernization strategies tailored to your industry and business goals
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AI-ready data architectures that unlock smarter, future-proof analytics
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End-to-end partnership from roadmap design to post-migration success
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What happens after 2027 if I stay on BW 7.5?
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You’ll lose access to mainstream support, patches, and innovations — increasing your security and compliance risk.
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How do I choose between BW/4HANA and Datasphere?
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It depends on your data complexity, AI maturity, and strategic cloud goals. We’ll help you assess and decide.
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Can I integrate non-SAP sources into Datasphere?
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Yes — Datasphere is designed for open, federated data access across SAP and third-party systems.
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What is the typical modernization timeline?
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It ranges from 8–32 weeks depending on complexity, migration path, and integrations.
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What role do accelerators play in a BW modernization project?
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Accelerators reduce complexity and significantly shorten project timelines. Applexus uses proprietary, ready-to-integrate tools and templates to automate assessments, code remediation, data modeling, and validation. This not only improves accuracy and consistency but also accelerates time-to-value—especially important for large, complex landscapes.
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How do I ensure data quality and integrity during migration?
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Data quality is a top priority in our methodology. We use automated validation scripts, lineage tracking, and reconciliation tools to ensure consistency between source and target systems. Our process also includes checkpoints for business user validation, making sure what you migrate is not only technically sound but also trustworthy and relevant to stakeholders.
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Can I modernize BW in phases rather than through a big-bang approach?
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Yes, phased modernization is often preferred—especially for minimizing disruption and de-risking the initiative. We help customers start with assessment and prioritization, then modernize in logical increments (by business unit, data domain, or workload), ensuring business continuity while steadily evolving the data platform.
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