AWS SDK for SAP ABAP – BTP Edition Preview

⇨ Developing relevant applications and integrating them into SAP landscapes are important parts of maintaining streamlined and efficient operations.

⇨ Suitable software development tools, access to the cloud and advanced artificial intelligence help with quick development of applications.

⇨ AWS recently announced the preview of AWS SDK for SAP ABAP – SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) edition, enabling SAP BTP users to easily connect to AWS and its advanced capabilities.

In the present dynamic business landscape, scalability and agile operations are important capabilities to help companies meet the demands of a highly competitive market. Developing relevant applications and integrating them into SAP landscapes are important parts of maintaining streamlined and efficient operations. Suitable software development tools, access to the cloud and advanced artificial intelligence help with quick development of applications. This helps to create well-structured business processes, leading to many benefits such as identifying bottlenecks, improving coordination, and getting better insights.

The AWS Software Development Kit (SDK) provides useful tools for developers that accelerate application development and lead to faster deployments. It has documentation, compilers, debuggers, tutorials, and APIs that facilitate speedy development and quick time to value. Through a set of simple ABAP classes, AWS SDK for SAP Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) handles security, data formatting, and API connectivity enabling ABAP developers to innovate with AWS services using only a few lines of code. Intelligent Document Processing, Image Recognition to automate retrieval of products from SAP systems and Secure File Transfer are some of its key features.

The Business Technology Platform (BTP) Edition

AWS recently introduced the preview of AWS SDK for SAP ABAP – SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) edition, enabling SAP Business Technology Platform users to easily connect to AWS and its advanced capabilities. With this edition of AWS SDK for SAP ABAP – BTP, users can develop SAP extensions and standalone applications in the business technology platform and avail scalable AWS services.

Customers using RISE with SAP, GROW with SAP and self-managed AWS deployments can also make use of this solution. SAP ABAP – BTP edition enables companies to easily access relevant AWS services such as Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Forecast and AWS IoT Core directly from SAP Business Technology Platform ABAP environment, maintaining a clean core within the SAP ERP. Applications developed in AWS SDK for SAP ABAP are compatible in AWS SDK for SAP ABAP – BTP edition and vice versa. Hence, existing extensions can be preserved. AWS SDK for SAP ABAP reduces architectural complexity between SAP applications and AWS service APIs for self-managed and SAP Business Technology Platform ABAP Environments.

Companies can now apply to access the AWS SDK for SAP ABAP – BTP edition preview by visiting the sign-up page and can participate in this preview.