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SAP BTP

The foundation on which your SAP estate extends, integrates, and runs AI.

SAP Business Technology Platform is where the work that doesn't belong in your core ERP lives. Extensions, integrations, identity, low-code apps, and the data and AI services your agents stand on. Mindset holds an SAP BTP Expert competency on SAP Partner Finder and sits on the SAP BTP Advisory Council. We have built BTP for distributors, oil and gas operators, manufacturers, and Fortune 100 cooperatives.

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Why now

At Sapphire 2026 SAP made BTP the foundation of the autonomous enterprise

The reality

  • SAP folded BTP, Business Data Cloud, and Business AI into one SAP Business AI Platform. BTP is the foundation layer the agents and Joule Studio sit on, so getting BTP right is now the price of entry for Business AI.
  • Custom code jammed into the ERP core is what makes upgrades slow and expensive. Clean core is not a slogan. It's the difference between activating Joule with minimal effort and rebuilding modifications every release.
  • Integration sprawls. Most estates carry deprecated middleware (PI/PO, CPI NEO) and accidental tools like NiFi that cost money to maintain and have no place in the future-state architecture.
  • Identity and access get bolted on last. Without principal propagation, every API call to S/4HANA looks like one generic technical user, so the audit trail and user-level permissions disappear.

What changes

  • Clean-core extensions

    Side-by-side apps on BTP that add the functionality your business needs while the core stays standard and upgrade-ready.

  • Modern integration

    Integration Suite, Event Mesh, and API management replace aging middleware, with pattern libraries so future integrations are repeatable.

  • Identity done right

    Cloud Identity Services, IAG, and principal propagation so a user logs in once and their real identity carries end-to-end with the audit trail intact.

  • Low-code with SAP Build

    Build Apps, Build Work Zone, and Build Process Automation for citizen developers and parallel approval workflows, governed by IT.

  • AI on a real foundation

    Joule, custom agents, and Business AI grounded in your own data through Integration Suite and Datasphere pipelines, not a bolt-on chatbot.

  • Governance and cost control

    Account structures, security policies, and DevOps that keep BTP spend and sprawl in check as your S/4 instances grow.

Critical insight

BTP is the foundation the agents stand on. When CHS, Border States, and others built Business AI on BTP, the AI worked because the integration, identity, and clean-core groundwork was already in place. Skip that and the agent has nothing trustworthy to act on.

Capabilities

What we build on BTP

We work from strategy through managed services, across the four areas our SAP BTP Expert competency covers.

01

Platform strategy, governance, and enablement

We set up the BTP foundation so it scales instead of sprawling. Account structures, security, DevOps, and a roadmap that ties the platform to business goals.

  • Sub-account and environment design with dev, test, and prod separation
  • Security policies, role-based access, and Transport Management for governed promotion
  • Cost and usage governance so BTP spend stays visible as instances grow

02

Extension development and clean core

Custom Fiori apps, CAP services, and ABAP Cloud extensions that add what the business needs while keeping the S/4HANA core standard and upgrade-ready.

  • Side-by-side extensions for S/4HANA Cloud and RISE private cloud
  • Custom Fiori and UI5 apps, mobile apps on MDK
  • Clean-core reviews that catch the modifications that will break your next upgrade

03

Integration Suite and migration

We move estates off PI/PO, CPI NEO, and tools like Apache NiFi onto Integration Suite, then build the API and event-driven patterns the future-state architecture needs.

  • PI/PO and CPI NEO to Cloud Foundry migrations with zero-downtime cutovers
  • API design and management, Event Mesh, real-time and file-based flows
  • Pattern libraries so each new integration is faster than the last

04

Identity, single sign-on, and access governance

One login that carries a real user identity across SAP and non-SAP systems, with risk analysis and automated provisioning behind it.

  • Cloud Identity Services, IAS/IPS, and SAP IAG implementation
  • Principal propagation from front-end apps through API Management into S/4HANA
  • Automated provisioning and risk analysis for cloud and on-prem

05

SAP Build and intelligent automation

Low-code and pro-code app development plus process automation, so business teams build and run workflows without going around IT.

  • Build Apps and Build Work Zone for unified launchpads and citizen development
  • Build Process Automation for non-linear, parallel approval workflows
  • Citizen-developer enablement with guardrails, so low-code stays governed

06

Business AI and Joule on BTP

Custom agents and Joule skills grounded in your real business data, sitting on the integration and identity foundation the platform already provides.

  • Joule Studio agents and skills wired into S/4HANA and Datasphere
  • Generative-AI assistants grounded in your product and customer data
  • A BTP-hosted RAG framework for internal SAP IT teams

07

BTP managed services and AMS

The relationship does not end at go-live. We run and evolve the platform, clear technical debt, and stand up new use cases as they come.

  • Application Management Services for BTP, security, and Basis
  • Hybrid onshore-architect, offshore-delivery model for cost and velocity
  • Ongoing technical-debt cleanup and new-use-case delivery
Real impact

BTP work we can name

Lucid MotorsLucid Motors

Mindset moved all 65 business-critical interfaces from SAP's deprecated CPI NEO onto Integration Suite on Cloud Foundry ahead of the NEO shutdown. The 49 interfaces with retry logic recorded zero post-go-live failures, and the public case study details 50% faster integrations.

65 interfaces

migrated off deprecated CPI NEO, zero downtime, zero defects at cutover

Border StatesBorder States

Mindset migrated 30+ legacy NiFi integrations to BTP Integration Suite at 40% lower cost than onshore-only and 3x faster through parallel delivery, with a 100% migration success rate. The same partnership later built a Gen AI Sales Assistant on Joule, grounded in Border States' own product and customer data.

40% lower cost

on a 30+ integration migration off Apache NiFi, delivered 3x faster

Merit EnergyMerit Energy

Mindset built a Vendor Management Portal on SAP Build Work Zone and Build Process Automation, replacing a legacy Java system that didn't talk to SAP. It cut approval clicks 60%, saved an estimated 57 hours per user a year, and upskilled Merit's team on low-code development.

60% fewer clicks

on approvals, with roughly $113.5K saved a year across 60 users

CHSCHS

CHS, a Fortune 100 ag cooperative, made Mindset its standing BTP advisor across integration, security, and a single launchpad. Mindset delivered the IAG identity-governance implementation, unified a fragmented application landscape behind one launchpad, and cut settlement processing time and memory 80% under managed services.

One launchpad

unified estate, with identity governance and AI on BTP

More SAP BTP work

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Energy and Utilities

An oilfield services company migrates off SAP Neo with hands-on BTP advisory from Mindset

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Manufacturing

A global plumbing products manufacturer builds a single source of truth for employee data on SAP BTP

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Consumer and Retail

A global beverages company engages an embedded BTP architect to lead Clean Core adoption and Integration Suite migration

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Consumer and Retail

A consumer products and distribution company builds a mobile-first order tracking platform on SAP BTP

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Food and Agriculture

How a New Zealand manufacturer stood up SAP BTP Integration Suite and connected its subscription billing system

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Healthcare and Life Sciences

How a newly independent healthcare company secured its SAP BTP landscape before go-live

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Manufacturing

Standing up SAP BTP and automating AP invoice processing for a commercial plumbing manufacturer

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Automotive

Ford Motor CompanyFord Motor Company

How a major American automaker, SAP, and Mindset built an AI-powered FX reconciliation app and won the BTP Hackathon at its headquarters

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Chemicals

How a global chemical manufacturer went paperless on asset movement with SAP Design Thinking and BTP

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How we engage

From a clear-eyed assessment to a platform that keeps earning

We don't start by selling you a BTP subscription. We start by figuring out what belongs on the platform and what doesn't.

  1. Phase 1

    Discovery and strategy

    2 to 4 weeks

    We assess your current SAP landscape, profile the integrations and extensions you carry, and build a roadmap that ties BTP to actual business goals. You leave knowing what to migrate, what to retire, and what clean core really requires of you.

  2. Phase 2

    Architecture and foundation

    2 to 6 weeks

    We build the BTP foundation properly: account structure, security, identity, connectivity, and DevOps, so everything built on top is governed from day one rather than retrofitted later.

  3. Phase 3

    Build and migrate

    8 to 22 weeks

    We deliver extensions, integrations, low-code apps, and agents in two-week sprints. Our hybrid model puts an onshore architect on technical leadership and offshore developers on delivery, which is how Border States got 3x acceleration at 40% lower cost.

  4. Phase 4

    Managed services and evolution

    Ongoing

    We run and grow the platform after go-live: Application Management Services for BTP, security, and Basis, plus technical-debt cleanup and new use cases as your S/4 instances and business expand.

Common questions

Questions teams ask before committing to BTP

What happened to SAP BTP at Sapphire 2026?
SAP folded it together with Business Data Cloud and Business AI into one SAP Business AI Platform, and BTP is the layer the data, agents, and Joule Studio all run on. That makes the groundwork matter more than it did, not less.
What does clean core actually mean for our upgrades?
It means custom logic lives in side-by-side extensions on BTP instead of modifications jammed into the ERP core. Keep the core standard and your S/4HANA upgrades stay fast and predictable. You can turn on new SAP features like Joule with little rework. Pile modifications into the core and every release becomes a rebuild.
Do we need to migrate off PI/PO or CPI NEO right now?
CPI NEO is deprecated, so anything still on it has a shutdown deadline you have to beat. PI/PO is on borrowed time, too. We run pattern-based migrations onto Integration Suite with zero-downtime cutovers. With Lucid Motors, we moved 65 interfaces off NEO with zero defects at cutover.
Is SAP Build real low-code or just a demo?
It is real, and business teams run on it. With Merit Energy, we built a vendor management portal on Build Work Zone and Build Process Automation that cut approval clicks 60% and is run by their own people. The trick is governance. We set up guardrails so citizen development does not create a new mess requiring IT clean-up.
Why Mindset for BTP over a larger firm?
We hold an SAP BTP Expert competency with specializations across Application Development & Automation, Integration, Database & Data Management, and AI Foundation. We also sit on the SAP BTP Advisory Council. More to the point, our clients co-present the work with us at SAP Sapphire and ASUG. Border States, CHS, Lucid, and Merit all went on stage about what we built together.
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