Collibra Expands SAP Partnership with Native Integrations to SAP Datasphere

⇨ Collibra has announced the general availability of its initial integration with SAP Datasphere, enhancing data governance and providing trusted data access for joint customers, particularly for SAP Analytics Cloud.

⇨ The partnership between Collibra and SAP aims to address complex enterprise data management challenges by empowering users with a unified view of data assets, improving data lineage, and ensuring compliance with data regulations.

⇨ With the integration, organizations can scale data policies effectively, maintain governance across systems, and ensure data transparency, which is critical for industries handling sensitive information.

Collibra, the Data Intelligence company, recently announced the general availability of its initial integration with SAP Datasphere, a comprehensive data service that delivers seamless and scalable access to mission-critical business data. The first phase of integration between Collibra and SAP Datasphere is for SAP Analytics Cloud. In addition, Collibra also announced the public launch of its integration support of SAP Datasphere models with general availability in September 2024. This is a key milestone in developing a business data fabric across an enterprise’s entire data landscape and ensuring joint customers have access to trusted and governed data.

“Our mission is to provide trusted data and drive trustworthy AI across our customers’ data landscapes, with Collibra as a key part of our business data fabric architecture,” said Dan Yu, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Solutions, Data and Analytics, SAP SE. “We are excited to announce the general availability of the initial product integration between Collibra and SAP Datasphere to help companies address their complex data governance challenges. We will continue to strengthen our partnership with Collibra to help customers do more with trusted data.”

Recent SAPinsider research supports the notion that companies are still seeking solutions to their enterprise data management challenges. As part of the research initiative around Data Management Strategies, more than half of the organizations surveyed reported having an enterprise-wide data strategy that encompasses both SAP and non-SAP data. However, only a small percentage of respondents (10%) reported that the data strategy is completely meeting their organization’s requirements.

Since March 2023, Collibra and SAP have been working together to deliver accurate, trusted data for every use case, every user and across every data source. Collibra brings a unified view of an organization’s data assets from SAP and other data sources, making it easier for all data stakeholders to derive insights and make informed decisions. The Collibra and SAP partnership enables organizations to:

• Use context to build trust: Get rich context by connecting business, technical and privacy metadata with quality and lineage to drive better decisions.
• Empower everyone across the enterprise: Put trust back into your data for all business users.
• Future-proof enterprise data strategy: Invest in a data foundation that can meet data needs today and tomorrow.
• Scale data policies: Provide the ability for data experts to maintain cross-system policies to classify and protect data.

The GA release of Collibra integration with SAP Datasphere for SAP Analytics Cloud highlights the collaboration of SAP and Collibra, two leading data and AI technology companies, on solving complex data governance challenges and creating a unified data landscape to enable all users to understand and use data effectively. However, data can only be used effectively if it is trusted and governed properly. This is especially true with the rise of generative AI and the influx in the creation of new AI models.

“Customers of both Collibra and SAP will benefit greatly from our joint technology and go-to-market efforts,” said Laura Sellers, Chief Product Officer for Collibra. “By integrating Collibra Data Intelligence Platform and SAP Datasphere, data users can now easily find reliable and trusted data and data owners can ensure easy, yet compliant, access and usage of data to feed AI models.”

Sellers continued, “We are proud of what we have accomplished so far and look forward to continuing our strong partnership focused on additional capabilities and use cases for joint customers. Together, Collibra and SAP empower our customers to meet a critical need for trusted and governed data. The general availability of this integration is an important first step.”

What this means for SAPinsiders

Look for a data governance boost. Collibra offers a unified governance framework, ensuring that all data within SAP Datasphere is properly governed, with clear ownership and accountability for data assets. This is essential in large organizations where data is managed across departments and systems. Collibra also enables the definition and enforcement of data policies, ensuring that data within SAP Datasphere complies with internal and external regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA). This is crucial for industries like finance and healthcare that deal with sensitive data.

Data lineage and transparency will improve. Collibra tracks data lineage from its source through transformation and consumption within SAP Datasphere. This visibility helps users understand how data moves and changes through various systems and provides transparency about data transformations, ensuring trust and accountability. By understanding how data flows and where it’s used, Collibra enables users to perform impact analysis. For example, if a change is made to a dataset or system within SAP Datasphere, stakeholders can assess its downstream effects on reports, dashboards, or other data consumers.

Integration and interoperability helped by partnership. Collibra integrates with SAP Datasphere and other SAP systems to provide a seamless experience for users. It can connect with other enterprise systems like SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, and non-SAP systems, offering a holistic view of data across the organization. Further, Collibra provides APIs that enable custom integrations with SAP Datasphere, making it possible to extend governance workflows and automation into the SAP ecosystem.