# Modernize Your BW Landscape with SAP Business Data Cloud | Lift, Shift & Innovate | feat. Sandy Tran Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/unlocking-sap-btp-742620/modernize-your-bw-landscape-with-sap-business-data-cloud-lift-shift-innovate-feat-sandy-tran Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/unlocking-sap-btp-742620/modernize-your-bw-landscape-with-sap-business-data-cloud-lift-shift-innovate-feat-sandy-tran.md Podcast: [Unlocking SAP BTP](https://stenobird.com/podcast/unlocking-sap-btp-742620) Published: 2025-07-31T10:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unlocking-sap-btp/episodes/Modernize-Your-BW-Landscape-with-SAP-Business-Data-Cloud--Lift--Shift--Innovate--feat--Sandy-Tran-e3c720d Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/10cb2e03c/podcast/play/112477645/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-11-11%2F414186240-44100-1-3b7971df99ae215e.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unlocking-sap-btp-742620/episodes/modernize-your-bw-landscape-with-sap-business-data-cloud-lift-shift-innovate-feat-sandy-tran Duration seconds: 1668 ## Resource In this episode we discuss Business Warehouse (BW) modernization and BW transformation highlighting how customers can move from SAP BW 7.5 and BW/4HANA to SAP Business Data Cloud. Gaurav Dey is joined by Sandy Tran, Product Manager for SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) on SAP BTP, to discuss Business Warehouse (BW) modernization and BW transformation. Together they outline how customers can move from SAP BW 7.5 and BW/4HANA to BDC via the pragmatic “lift → shift → innovate” approach. Sandy details the new Data Product Generator, showing how legacy BW InfoProviders become SAP data products ready for AI in SAP scenarios—whether you’re using SAP Datasphere, SAP Databricks, or intelligent copilots like SAP Joule. Listeners also get an early look at the SAP roadmap for 2025, which promises deeper object associations, automated dependency handling, and smoother SAP cloud migration paths. Also in this episode:  Lift, Shift, Innovate Approach: Move existing Business Warehouse (BW) assets to SAP Business Data Cloud without large re-implementation effort, then layer innovation on top. Data Products & Intelligent Applications: Turn BW InfoCubes, MultiProviders, and DSOs into discoverable, governed SAP data products that power SAP intelligent applications and analytics across lines of business. AI & Machine Learning Ready: Modernized BW content feeds directly into AI in SAP workflows through tight integration with SAP Datasphere and SAP Databricks—no additional pipelines required. Extended Maintenance & Flexibility: With SAP BW 7.5 in extended maintenance until 2030, customers can choose a phased journey from SAP BW 7.5 to BDC, aligning with budget and resource realities. Technical Implementation Highlights: The Data Product Generator provides metadata and semantic mo… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unlocking-sap-btp-742620/episodes/modernize-your-bw-landscape-with-sap-business-data-cloud-lift-shift-innovate-feat-sandy-tran/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/unlocking-sap-btp-742620/modernize-your-bw-landscape-with-sap-business-data-cloud-lift-shift-innovate-feat-sandy-tran.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.