SAP Datasphere offers multiple integration paths — federation, replication and Delta Sharing — letting organisations connect SAP and non-SAP sources without losing governance or business context.
SAP Datasphere gives organisations several routes to bring data together, each suited to different latency, governance and cost requirements. Choosing the right blend is the key to enhanced data management — and to a single, trusted view across a hybrid landscape.
Federation vs replication
Federation keeps source systems in place and queries data live, avoiding mass movement and keeping figures current. Replication brings selected data into Datasphere for high-performance modelling and offline resilience. Most enterprises use a blend — federating where freshness matters and replicating where performance or stability does.
A growing connector library
Datasphere connects to SAP sources (S/4HANA, BW/4HANA) and a broad set of non-SAP systems and modern data stores — including cloud data warehouses and lakes — so the business data fabric spans your whole estate. Through the SAP–Databricks partnership, Delta Sharing enables secure, bi-directional, zero-copy access between Datasphere and Databricks.
Keeping business context
Whichever option you choose, Datasphere's semantic layer preserves calculations, hierarchies and currency logic, so consumers query meaningful business terms rather than raw tables — and lineage stays intact for governance. The result is a flexible integration strategy that balances real-time access, performance and cost while keeping data trustworthy.
