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SAP Build

Score8.2 out of 10

167 Reviews and Ratings

What is SAP Build?

SAP Build is a business application development and automation solution with a comprehensive suite of low-code, pro-code, and generative AI tools. SAP Build is for developers, IT professionals, and business users/citizen developers who want to create and customize business applications.

Media

The SAP Build Portfolio, which includes:
1- SAP Build Apps to create business application
2- SAP Build Process Automation to automate end to end business processes
3- SAP Build Work Zone to design and create business sites

Top Performing Features

  • Drag-and-drop Interfaces

    Drag-and-drop interface for building applications

    Category average: 8.4

  • Platform Security

    Security guardrails in place to help prevent malware, data breaches etc.

    Category average: 8.6

  • Platform User Management

    Tools enabling admins to control user access and on-board and off-board users

    Category average: 8.4

Areas for Improvement

  • Visual Modeling

    Visual modeling tooling allows business users to design processes visually.

    Category average: 7.7

  • Platform Scalability

    Apps developed by low-code platform must be scalable and capable of supporting large numbers of users

    Category average: 8.7

  • Reusability

    An internal repository where assets, modules, and even entire applications can be reused

    Category average: 8.6

SAP Build evolution

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SAP Build offers two products. One is LCNC approach and I have predominantly used SAP Build Apps for POC purpose, and I can re-use the same POC to develop it into a full UI5 app. It works well for citizen development. Similarly, I have been using SAP Build Code for developing enterprise ready full stack apps by leveraging Node.js and UI5 apps. Now Joule got integrated too with SAP Build. This speeds up our innovation and automate our business processes using SAP Build BPA. SAP Build Work-zone is another webhost that manages the users on cloud and it helps for the team where sap access is not required. Overall, SAP Build is becoming robust and providing everything that business user needs.

Pros

  • SAP Build Workzone is a cloud ready service that it can provide access to users over cloud. It really liked it because for Non-SAP users they don't need to have seperate logins to access SAP systems
  • SAP Build LCNC helps to create an app either from scratch or take reference from existing apps and develop on top of it
  • SAP Build Code is pro-developer tool helps for creating enterprise ready web apps

Cons

  • More Gen AI features we can provide in SAP Build
  • Prompt templates should be provided in SAP Build by default to create complex business automations
  • Joule Demos can be integrated into SAP Build

Return on Investment

  • ROI is good when more users are using SAP Build Workzone
  • Yet to explore Joule in SAP Build
  • SAP Build Code has good capabilities to use Joule along with the development

Usability

Alternatives Considered

SAP Business Technology Platform

Other Software Used

Joule, IBM Cloud Foundry

Sap build for automation.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use SAP Build in streamlining workflows and managing data. This platform integration with SAP S/4HANA cloud allows us to automate tasks like ticketing routines and allows us to monitor system health. SAP Build allows us to submit IT tickets and create applications for multiple platforms.

Pros

  • Workflow automation.
  • Low code capability.
  • Integration is seamless.

Cons

  • Limited customization and features.
  • Customer support is not good.

Return on Investment

  • Work automation which has saved us time.
  • Advanced coding strategies.

Usability

Other Software Used

SAP S/4HANA for product compliance, Miro, Microsoft Teams

SAP Build excellence

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We had problem in the fixed assets acquisitions and SAP Build helped with fixing the problem effectively. SAP Build with low code capabilities helped with invoicing processing program fixes and some HR functions. We definitely recommend this for other media clients and would be great fit considering business processes and other reasons

Pros

  • Fixed Asset acquisitions
  • Invoice Processing
  • Periodic closing
  • Master data Processing

Cons

  • User friendly
  • SAP assistance
  • AI capabilities

Return on Investment

  • Consumer Management
  • Build to run capabilities
  • Advanced coding statergies

Usability

Other Software Used

SAP Cloud ERP, SAP Cloud Appliance Library, SAP Card Management

SAP Build in MPC

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use for low code uses cases. We are mainly using for Fiori extensions for our on-premise Fiori apps.

we also use for BTP CAPM applications.

we deployed 4 different use cases for capm applications which is like pricing cockpit which integrates with CPI and job scheduling service which in turn talks to on-premises backend application.

Pros

  • Firoi Extensions
  • CAPM Applications
  • no code /low code

Cons

  • recently we enabled j4d, where 80% code is getting generated automatically, if sap can provide guidance on getting it to 100%

Return on Investment

  • we are using Fiori extensions

Usability

Business development tool of the future

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use SAP Build is some of our business requirement implementation. One of the challenges we encounter is getting the skill to use the product more often and get most of the business implementation cloud ready and more flexible in the future. Some of our UI implementation uses the SAP Build which is allows multiple users to work on similar projects. This allows more flexibility in terms of sharing different objects that can be re-used for other purpose. Most of the business requirement implementation at the moment was done by contractors due to limited experience and skills using the new application to build different applications as well as resource availability and knowledge sharing around the new tool. Most of the permanent developers have access to SAP learning hub subscription which have been very useful in learning new development skills. Still the challenge is finding the time in doing the courses due to work loads and business as usual support tickets. It is very interesting the see new development tools available and offered by SAP nowadays. So much innovation and available practical solutions are being offered and shared among different user groups and professionals. I look forward to getting more hands on experience and project implementation using SAP Build and other SAP development tools products.

Pros

  • Flexibility
  • Fast implementation
  • Re-usability

Cons

  • More demos on using the tools for implementation
  • Testing tools
  • Debugging
  • Monitoring

Return on Investment

  • ease of use
  • flexibility
  • reusability

Usability

Other Software Used

SAP Integration Suite