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SAP BW Migration Starts With the Right ScopeYour End-to-End SAP BW Migration Playbook

The biggest risk in an SAP BW migration is not moving the data. It is underestimating what needs to move in the first place. Years of reports, data flows, custom logic and dependencies can make it difficult to see what is still needed, what can be retired and where the real effort lies.

This workbook helps you work through that complexity. Use it to scope your landscape, clarify ownership, set priorities and build a realistic migration plan before timelines and budgets are locked in.

Why this matters now:

SAP BW 7.5 mainstream maintenance ends on December 31, 2027, putting migration on the agenda for many organizations. But the deadline does not tell you what needs to move, how much effort it will take or what can be left behind.

The real scope is often hidden in years of accumulated objects, dependencies, duplicated logic and unclear ownership. If these surface during migration, timelines and budgets can quickly change.

Planning brings those decisions forward. Know what you have, what still creates value and what depends on what, then build your migration plan around it.

Download the SAP BW migration workbook →

What you will learn:

The workbook helps you work through the decisions that need to be made before migration starts:

  • Map your SAP BW landscape to understand what is active, dormant, duplicated or no longer clearly owned.
  • Clarify ownership so the right people are responsible for decisions, validation and sign-off.
  • Set migration priorities based on business value, dependencies and relevance, not simply technical convenience.
  • Build a realistic migration sequence that accounts for dependencies, testing, governance and business priorities.
  • Track decisions as the project evolves so changes to scope, ownership and priorities remain visible and traceable.

Download the SAP BW Migration Planning Workbook

Know what you have. Decide what moves. Build the plan. Work through your SAP BW landscape, ownership, priorities and migration sequence in one structured workbook.

Use it before the project starts to align stakeholders, define scope and build a roadmap based on your actual landscape.

Who this workbook is for:

SAP BW & BI Program Leads

Managing a migration with a complex or still-changing scope, with priorities, ownership, dependencies and timelines to align.

Enterprise & Data Architects

Working with a BW landscape where dependencies, legacy objects and migration scope are not yet fully clear.

CIOs, CDOs & Data Leaders

Planning migration budgets and resources without yet having a complete view of the scope and work ahead.

A migration plan is not a project plan.
It is the decision layer underneath it: what moves, what stays, who owns it, what comes first and why.
Make those decisions before migration starts, and your project plan has a clear scope to work from.

Scope it. Own it. Schedule it. Then move it.

Let's talk about the right approach for your SAP BW migration →

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