How SAP Discovery Center Unlocks Innovation Capabilities

SAP is continuously rolling out new capabilities. One of the most empowering options that users can leverage is SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP). SAP BTP bolsters innovation, bringing together application development, data and analytics, integration, and AI capabilities into one unified environment. However, many companies are not using it to its fullest capability.

SAPinsider’s recent Data, Integration, and SAP BTP benchmark research report found that just 44% of respondents said that their organization is using SAP BTP in any capacity. Organizations that do utilize SAP BTP typically leverage it for integrations but leave many of the other capabilities unused.

SAP Discovery Center

To help companies understand the full extent of what SAP BTP can do, SAP developed the SAP Discovery Center. The Discovery Center helps users find ways to leverage their data to drive business value through the power of SAP BTP. It features three key categories that guide SAP users:

Missions: The Missions Catalog of the Discovery Center features unique use cases for how users can best implement the capabilities featured within SAP BTP. With step-by-step guidance and best practices, users can review over 200 missions to overcome business issues and address pain points.

Reference Architectures: Getting started on SAP BTP can be intimidating for new users. The Discovery Center’s Reference Architectures offer users templated solution, demonstrating how SAP BTP services interact with each other, other SAP applications, and third-party offerings.

Services: The Discovery Center’s Services offering showcases services that help users develop applications and other platform services through SAP BTP. These services help users optimize business processes and run more successfully.

The Discovery Center also features success stories from leading businesses across multiple industries showcasing how different organizations were able to leverage the power of SAP BTP to meet their business needs. Other helpful features include customer references, tutorials, guidance frameworks, and communities dedicated to working together to share ideas and innovate together.

Conclusion

SAP BTP is one of the most powerful tools for innovation that SAP organizations have – extending SAP applications, personalizing workflows, and connecting entire landscapes, processes and experiences to create end-to-end visibility so data-driven decisions can be made confidently and with integrity. Yet many companies have not started the journey, likely because they are unfamiliar with the SAP Discovery Center. SAPinsider research found that 36% of SAP users are not familiar with the SAP Discovery Center. A further 37% have heard of it, but never used it.

Businesses are under more pressure than ever to deliver real-time insights and analytics, operate more efficiently, and continuously innovate. SAP BTP can help organizations use their own data to bolster their business potential. Organizations should invest the time to explore SAP Discovery Center to find which specific business challenges SAP BTP can help solve.