SAP Analytics Business Intelligence Statement of Direction
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SAP ANALYTICS
Business Intelligence Statement of Direction
October 2025
SAP ANALYTICS
Business Intelligence Statement of Direction
October 2025
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Executive summary
This document provides guidance to our SAP BusinessObjects customers on product directions for SAP
analytics solutions.
SAP Analytics Cloud is now part of SAP Business Data Cloud and remains the recommended option for all
new planning and analytics projects. SAP Business Data Cloud is a fully managed SaaS solution that unifies
and governs all SAP data and seamlessly connects with third-party data—giving line-of-business leaders
context to make even more impactful decisions.
With more than 30 years of innovations, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform (SAP
BusinessObjects BI) equips thousands of companies which reliably manage enterprise reporting use cases
at scale. Our revised maintenance strategy guarantees Mainstream Maintenance until at least end of 2031
which secures your investments on the long run, whether you want to deploy on premise or in a private cloud.
With SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025, we open a new chapter of our story with a revised maintenance strategy
which addresses the need for more stability while keeping regular updates. We are switching from yearly
support packages to minor releases every 2 years. Additionally, and in alignment with SAP standard
maintenance strategy, Mainstream Maintenance is now followed by Customer Specific Maintenance during
which we deliver fixes for high and very high security issues (CVSS >= 7) during the first year. For SAP
BusinessObjects BI 4.3, we are extending Mainstream Maintenance until end of 2026, followed by Customer
Specific Maintenance.
SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025 is available since March 2025. With this new release, we continue the
modernization started in version 4.3 and streamline the suite by focusing on the core components while
providing alternatives for unsupported ones. Going forward, our strategy is based on 3 pillars: reach more
business users, increase power users’ productivity and reduce total cost of ownership.
For companies willing to move analytics workloads to the cloud, we offer 2 complementary options: SAP
BusinessObjects BI operated in a private cloud and SAP Business Data Cloud. SAP BusinessObjects, private
cloud edition is an opportunity to shift from a maintenance contract to a subscription model while leveraging
your existing investments in SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions. SAP Business Data Cloud is recommended for
new applications, use cases and users.
Executive summary
This document provides guidance to our SAP BusinessObjects customers on product directions for SAP
analytics solutions.
SAP Analytics Cloud is now part of SAP Business Data Cloud and remains the recommended option for all
new planning and analytics projects. SAP Business Data Cloud is a fully managed SaaS solution that unifies
and governs all SAP data and seamlessly connects with third-party data—giving line-of-business leaders
context to make even more impactful decisions.
With more than 30 years of innovations, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform (SAP
BusinessObjects BI) equips thousands of companies which reliably manage enterprise reporting use cases
at scale. Our revised maintenance strategy guarantees Mainstream Maintenance until at least end of 2031
which secures your investments on the long run, whether you want to deploy on premise or in a private cloud.
With SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025, we open a new chapter of our story with a revised maintenance strategy
which addresses the need for more stability while keeping regular updates. We are switching from yearly
support packages to minor releases every 2 years. Additionally, and in alignment with SAP standard
maintenance strategy, Mainstream Maintenance is now followed by Customer Specific Maintenance during
which we deliver fixes for high and very high security issues (CVSS >= 7) during the first year. For SAP
BusinessObjects BI 4.3, we are extending Mainstream Maintenance until end of 2026, followed by Customer
Specific Maintenance.
SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025 is available since March 2025. With this new release, we continue the
modernization started in version 4.3 and streamline the suite by focusing on the core components while
providing alternatives for unsupported ones. Going forward, our strategy is based on 3 pillars: reach more
business users, increase power users’ productivity and reduce total cost of ownership.
For companies willing to move analytics workloads to the cloud, we offer 2 complementary options: SAP
BusinessObjects BI operated in a private cloud and SAP Business Data Cloud. SAP BusinessObjects, private
cloud edition is an opportunity to shift from a maintenance contract to a subscription model while leveraging
your existing investments in SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions. SAP Business Data Cloud is recommended for
new applications, use cases and users.