SAP Business One Road Map

December 2020

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About SAP road maps

Companies today are planning their digital journeys – transforming business models, reengineering business
processes, and reimagining work.
SAP road maps highlight innovations that may help you plan and implement your digital journey. They span
products relevant to lines of business in your industry and explain how our innovations may add value to your
business.
In our road maps, you can learn about our innovations along four different timelines:
1. Recent innovations for our products that have been launched in the past weeks or months and can
already be purchased
2. Planned innovations for our products that are intended to be launched in the short term or midterm
3. Product direction, providing a long-term perspective on high-level development plans for innovations for
our solutions – inspired by your requirements
4. Product vision, providing a high-level and long-term business perspective on innovations for our products

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Table of contents

Product overview
 Product description
 Key trends and customer needs
 Road map overview and major product updates

Product road map

 Recent innovations
 Planned innovations
 Product direction

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Our technology strategy is aligned to deliver the Intelligent Enterprise

To successfully execute on our strategy and safeguard customer success, we must ensure that we have not only the right
components for the Intelligent Enterprise (applications, platform, and intelligent technologies) but also
the right technology strategy for these components to work in concert with one another.

Our technology strategy will focus on these pillars:

Powerful platform
Consumer-grade experience Drive ecosystem growth by enhancing and publishing
Make sure that the business user’s experience APIs, embracing diverse developer frameworks
is as good as with consumer applications
Cloud
Enable applications to run smoothly in the cloud by
detaching the applications from the underlying infrastructure
Built-in integration
Enable integrations with little or no effort
to other SAP and third-party applications Applied intelligence
Embed artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning
(ML), the Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced
analytics technology to create business value

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“SAP Business One is a centerpiece of SAP’s strategy, and
therefore we are strategically investing. We are making
SAP Business One fit for the next generation, for the next
decade, by enabling the digital services so the digital
transformation can be done with SAP Business One.”
Rainer Zinow, SVP, Head of SAP Midmarket Product Management, SAP SE
December 2019

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The future of SAP Business One in the Intelligent Enterprise

Internet of Things

Robotics and machine

learning

New business models

DIGITAL CORE E-commerce

Voice and intelligent assistants

Social

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SAP Business One
Digital platform for SME
Management
and administration Facts and figures:

 >70,000 customers

 50 country localizations and

Purchasing Accounting 28 languages
and operations and financials
 ~300 software solution partners
with >500 solutions

Sales and Inventory  850 value-added resellers

service and distribution
implement worldwide

 Used in >170 countries

 >7,000 subsidiaries run

SAP Business One
Project and resource Production
management and MRP

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SAP Business One
The digital business

Business integration In-memory computing

Industry extensibility Real-time analytics

Mobile workforce Software as a service

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SAP Business One solution stack
Customer needs and the value propositions of the product

8 Industry solutions, extensions Analytics, Big Data, and reporting IoT and machine learning
500+ partner solutions
1 Full deployment flexibility
Applications held within
SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP Cloud Platform 2 Run on in-memory
technology
Lifecycle management

All standard business

3
Business networks, field service Efficient business processes Web client and mobility processes covered
systems/intercompany Basic application
SAP Ariba solutions 4 programming interfaces
ERP,
SAP Field Service Management (APIs)
Cloud services / platforms / hub
5 Robust integration and
7 collaboration
Partner and SAP solutions
4 5 6 6 Interface for SAP HANA
SDK Integration framework Service layer and MS SQL applications

SAPBusinessOne® core 3 7 Extended solution scope

based on extensibility layer
2
Microsoft SQL SAP HANA DB 8 Low cost of ownership
and efficient support
1
On premise Cloud

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SAP Business One used in more than 170 countries
Master the challenge of globalization in your business

Current localizations (50) Current system languages (28)*

Argentina Egypt Japan Saudi Arabia Arabic, Chinese (simplified/traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (UK/US), Finnish, French,
Australia Finland Lebanon Singapore German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (BR),
Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, and Ukrainian
Austria France Mexico Slovakia
Belgium Germany Netherlands South Africa
Brazil Greece New Zealand South Korea
Canada Guatemala Norway Spain
Chile Hong Kong, China Oman Sweden
China Hungary Panama Switzerland
Costa Rica India Poland Turkey
Cyprus Ireland Portugal Ukraine
Czech Israel Puerto Rico United Arab
Republic Emirates
Denmark Italy Qatar United Kingdom
Russia United States

Countries making use of localizations

Customers in >120 countries use localizations of other countries,
together with own customizations or partner solutions
*A convenient option to make additional languages available is to use a partner solution (for some countries bundled with functional add-ons) or to define customer-specific UI terms using the custom language tool as detailed in SAP Note 1757764.

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SAP Business One
Product areas of future investment

Vision: Strengthen SAP Business One as the right ERP for SMEs in the digital economy, offering
flexible deployment models, a solid global business core, and state-of-the-art user experience

Global and highly scalable Provide a highly competitive solution, attractive maintenance model, enhanced
real-time ERP localizations, and continuous improvements
Transform flexible technology and innovations into customer value at low TCO;
Customer value in the digital
support fast adoption to new business models, customer growth, and intuitive Web
economy
client design
Full commitment
Leverage exclusive advantages and capabilities of SAP HANA
on SAP HANA

Intuitive partner co-innovation Adopt integration framework 2.0, offer advanced developer experience on the service
and customization layer, including new design concepts, APIs, objects, and tools

Straightforward consumption – Accelerate the cloud transformation and drive mobile adoption; offer maximum
cloud, on premise, and mobile flexibility, low complexity, and best control of the business for customers

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SAP Business One releases and related products
Solid product road map with continuous innovation

All products Continuous deliveries for all versions in mainstream maintenance

Cloud Continuous enhancements for SAP Business One Cloud, partner- and SAP-hosted options

Mobile apps Continuous enhancements for all mobile apps

SAP Business One

(version for Microsoft SQL and Version 10 quarterly release cycle (feature packages, or FP)
version for SAP HANA)

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Schematic illustration of major deliveries

This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.

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High-level release story of SAP Business One, version 10

Version 10 focuses on ease of use and operation in the cloud. With its new or enhanced features and
further ways to extend and integrate, it brings unprecedented value to customers and partners.
This makes companies truly intelligent enterprises. The new technologies and processes allow for
completely new and improved business models.

 The release adds value by functions, such as completed

and new localizations and refined features, as well as by
supporting cutting-edge technology such as SAP HANA 2.0,
machine learning, and new analytical capabilities.

 The user experience is boosted by a new Web client,

designed based on intuitive SAPUI5 concept.
Version 10
 The unique selling proposition of a powerful and intuitive
integration is also significantly enhanced by
major improvements in the integration framework 2.0 and
by additional predefined integration scenarios.

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Web client for SAP Business One: The best of all worlds

 Based on SAP Business One core processes

and business logic, supporting Microsoft SQL
and SAP HANA database servers using
Service Layers
 Flexible deployment options – on premise
and on the cloud, can be used side-by-side
the SAP Business One client
 Advanced user experience based on
SAP Fiori design principles
 Sophisticated analytic charting capabilities
and predefined analytics content
 Customization and personalization
capabilities

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SAP Business One 10.0, FP 2011: Key highlights (1/6)

Web client Financial management

Create, process (including copy to/copy from) preview Advanced analytics content and editor Drill down to G/L accounts in financial reports
and print sales quotations, orders, deliveries, and A/R
invoices* Enterprise search Posting periods enhancements
Preview and print returns and A/R credit memos Supported on SAP HANA and MS SQL database Journal entry remarks extended to 254 characters
servers
Preview and Print A/P Documents
Support single sign-on (SSO) Financial enhancements
Relationship map
User-defined fields, tables, and objects System messages before adding journal entries
Approval process and drafts
Customizable home page Extended journal entry references 3
Create and update BP and item master data
Flexible list views Updated journal entries with locked posting periods
Multiple branches Better printing preferences for payments and
Support for 28 display languages deposits
Freight charges
High contrast UI theme
Exchange rate entry

Authorizations and data ownership

Extend localization coverage

Create and process activities and notifications

* A/R documents supported in read-only for Brazil and India; delivery and invoice supported in read-only for Argentina.

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SAP Business One 10.0, FP 2011: Key highlights (2/6)

Localizations | Legal compliance

EU PEPPOL electronic invoicing support Electronic documents service XRechnung e-invoices for Germany

Support for external VAT calc. in more localizations* E-books for Greece Online VAT ID validation for Germany

Multiple branches in year-end closing for all locs. Mass UUID import for purchasing documents – Tax collection at source (TCS) on sales of goods
Mexico for India
Create Quick Response (QR) codes in documents EU Intrastat enhancements Bank statement processing (BSP) balance validation
Inventory valuation simulation report for all locs. Localization migration utility for the UK and Greece
New UK (Brexit localization) Inflation revaluation wizard for Argentina
Auto. journal entry creation for month-to-date (MTD) Down payment invoice tax calculation enhancement
in the UK for the United States and Canada
Electronic document framework enhancements Standard audit file update for VAT returns – Poland
Support reference documents through Data Interface
(DI) API VAT exemptions for Costa Rica
Ensure legal compliance and additional data Escfile.map enhancement for Israel
protection and privacy (DPP) tools
Nota fiscal eletrônica (NF-e) 4.0 electronic invoicing
Chart of accounts migration wizard for Portugal for Brazil

*All localizations supported except China, Israel, Japan, and Korea.

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SAP Business One 10.0, FP 2011: Key highlights (3/6)

Sales | Purchasing | Service CRM

Allow update due date in part. reconciled invoices New document status “Open e-mailed” Customer and vendor group name extended to 100
char.
Backorder report enhancements Extended business partner effective price sources
View and update address UDFs in docs, service
“Add and view” and “Add and close” in A/R and A/P Ability to hide document remarks calls, and address format setup
docs Support filtering activity reports by UDFs
Copy attachment paths to target documents
Printing service calls and contacts
Cancellations of return requests
Hide blank lines in addresses
Proc. confirmation wizard support for gross and net Display item description in alternative items window Project management
modes Update consolidating business partner and
Interactive Gantt chart
Open item list enhancements consolidation type at document level

Enable updating user-defined fields (UDFs) in closed Document reference enhancement

documents Customer and vendor reference number
Set problem types, call status, and more. as “Active” enhancement

Flexible default “Valid until” date in sales quotation

Link same equipment card to multiple BPs

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SAP Business One 10.0, FP 2011: Key highlights (4/6)

Administration
Enhancements in document printing Support “Find next” function in authorizations form

Reference documents enhancements Manual determination of path in general settings

Support attachments tab in additional objects Change log enhancement

Delete live collaboration history by date range Add detailed errors for license imports

Enhancements in approval process Enhance license balloon appearance

Tab-level authorizations in business partner (BP) and Main menu form settings for indirect access users
item master data
Hide employee no. to support DPP Determine paths in general settings manually

Set warning for single-user validation Change in “Find next” rule in form settings

Recurring transaction templates enhancements Sort forms in user interface configuration template

Deactivation of shipping types Change log entries for authorization user groups

Hide locked users Authorization to use “Copy table”

Enhanced user removal management Authorizations for duplicate documents and records

Open users – setup form in “Find” mode

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SAP Business One 10.0, FP 2011: Key highlights (5/6)

Inventory | Distribution | Production

Serial and batch numbers mgmt. enhancements Disable duplicate bar codes when duplicating items
Ability to change unit of measure (UoM) group of an
Procurement confirmation wizard based on
item
production orders
Additional authorization groups for price lists
Change status of sales/purchase type in item master
Item group name extended to 100 characters data
Open last prices report through item master data
Support setting UoM group as inactive
Display preferred vendor name in item master data
Reverse and forward serial/batch no. trace report

FIFO layers report by consumption order

Updated item description applied to bill of materials
(BoM)
Drill down from BoM to item master data

Inventory counting enhancements

Extend field length of item description and industry

Modify remarks and UDFs in closed production orders

Support mass deletion of BoM

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 SAP Business One 10.0, FP 2011: Key highlights (6/6)

Platform | Extensibility Usability

SAP HANA 2.0 platform adoption Extend service layer coverage New skin style

Support SLES 15 Link UDFs to system forms and user-defined objects Enhanced user interface
(UDOs)
Service layer configuration UI Alignment of form behavior
Enable DI access to system permissions
Service layer supports MS SQL database server Support Visual Studio 2019 with SAP Business One User name in license and add-on administration
studio
Service layer support for views on Microsoft SQL Support 4K monitors
Enhance UI API error handling
Revised SAP Fiori UI for Service and Sales
Formatted search supports multiple triggers
Support queries through service layer mobile app
Extend UDF support to additional objects
Add queries to menus Lifecycle management | Cloud
Microsoft 365 integration
64-bit support only
Increase menu item limit to 2,000
Support version 10 in cloud control center (CCC)*
Extend DI API and service layer coverage
Service unit to host multiple reseller operators*
API access for CR reports
Security compliance enhancements incl. add-ons
Integration hub
User and license enhancements
Security backlog
High availability for SAP Business One, version for
Support Microsoft SQL 2019 SAP HANA ,10.0

* Delivered through SAP Business One Cloud 1.1, patch level 16

Tenant configurator

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Recent innovations: Native Web client
Based on SAP Fiori Design rapid deployment solution and SAPUI5

 Create, process (incl. Copy to/Copy from), preview  Enterprise search

and print sales quotations, orders, deliveries, and  Supported on SAP HANA and MS SQL database
A/R invoices servers
 Preview and print returns and A/R credit memos  Support single sign-on (SSO)
 Preview and print A/P documents  Authorizations and data ownership
 Create and update BP and item master data  Approval process and drafts
 Multiple branches  User-defined fields, tables, and objects
 Freight charges  Customizable home page
 Exchange rate entry  Flexible list views
 Relationship map  Supports 28 display languages
 Create and process activities and notifications  High-contrast UI theme
 Advanced analytics content and editor  Extend localization coverage

* A/R documents supported in read only for Brazil and Inia; delivery and invoice supported in ready only for Argentina

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SAP Business One
Product road map overview – Key themes and capabilities

Recent innovations Planned innovations1 Product direction1

Core Core Core

 Web client release, covering sales and analytics functionality  Web client extended sales, purchasing and analytics functionality • Extend Web client business process coverage
 Continuous innovations based on market feedback  Continuous innovations based on market feedback  Continuous innovations based on market feedback
 SAP HANA 2.0 and SUSE 15 support with SAP Business One, version 10  Intelligent ERP elements, such as machine learning  Optimized scalability and performance
 Simplified landscape and lower number of components  Simplification of landscape and deployment, support for containerization
Globalization
approach
 Electronic documents service Globalization
 EU PEPPOL support  Advanced localization platform for electronic declarations and electronic Globalization
 Mexico – UUID imports on purchasing invoices documents framework  Enhance existing markets/regions
 India – e-billing  Integration to the digital compliance platform from SAP and integration to SAP  Integrations to electronic fiscal services
 Greece – e-books solutions for advanced compliance reporting  IFRS compliance
 Germany – XRechnung  Brazil NF-e 4.0 support
Analytics
 Germany – VAT ID validation and verification  Country codes conforming to ISO 3166
 Insight to action (data mining)
 External sales tax (output VAT) amount editable using API  EU – consignment inventory reporting
 Predictive, pervasive, and scalable
Analytics  Germany – ELSTER: Adoption of new ERiC versions
 Built-in content
 Innovations based on SAP HANA  UK – Making Tax Digital update for Brexit
 Support QR code generation  Mexico – withholding tax enhancements Mobile
 Greece – E-books enhancements  Continuous innovations based on market feedback
Mobile
 Update of user interface Analytics Extensibility
 SAP HANA 2.0 features  Enhance service layer API
Extensibility  Enhance Web client extensibility
 Enhance service layer API Mobile
 Event service support
 SAP Crystal Reports API  Service and Sales app for MS SQL Server
 Model for partner content in the integration hub
 Integration framework 2.0 for SAP Business One Extensibility
 Integration hub with preconfigured templates Cloud
 Enhance service layer API
 Microsoft 365 integration (Word, Excel, OneDrive)  Supporting advanced user authentication
 Web client extensibility
 Service layer supports Microsoft SQL  Deeper integration to MS Active Directory
 Additional templates for the integration hub  Reduction of TCO
Cloud Cloud
 Improved Web experience  Staged introduction for regions and countries
 Cloud infrastructure optimization  Support advanced user authentication
 Dockerized version of B1i (iPass)  Tenant configuration wizard
1. This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time without notice.

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Planned innovations: Core
Global, highly scalable real-time ERP

Feature Feature value

Optimizing core business processes and continuously delivering enhancements and new features,  Increased attractiveness for new and installed base
based on Customer Influence
 Solid core foundation for building vertical solutions
 Optimize functions in logistics and inventory
 Users enabled to consume core business processes
 Optimize functions in CRM and service
across multiple platforms
 Optimize functions in financial
 Enhance usability  Simplification, greater customer and partner satisfaction;
 Enhance Microsoft 365 integration reduced TCO
 Integrate SAP solutions adding value for SAP Business One customers  Latest versions of operating systems, database engines,
 Automate online banking (integration of payment gateways used at SAP) or browsers used to apply innovations even faster in
 Use machine learning for invoice recognition (integration to Document Information Extraction API) day-to-day business operations
 Lifecycle management
 Optimize upgrade and installation processes
 Optimize data import functions

This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.
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Planned innovations: Web client
Extend functional scope

Feature Feature value

Extend business logic coverage  Extended target audience by supporting MS SQL

 Extended sales and purchasing coverage customers, and providing increased functional coverage
 Sales opportunity  Extending market coverage
 Service call
 Payments support  Increased competitiveness
 Increased efficiency and productivity
Analytics, reporting, and printing  Reduction of TCO
 Extended analytics
 Additional reporting content
 Design capabilities
 Support printing

Integration and extensibility

 Providing extensibility capabilities

This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.
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Planned innovations: Globalization
Legal compliance and localization enhancements

Feature Differentiating factor

 Legal compliance and localization enhancements generically or specifically (legal requirements,  Helping businesses to run worldwide, increased
business practice, statutory reporting, and default values) relevance for new customers and installed base
 Localization expansion to potential new markets, increased number of supported languages, and  Facilitating customers in meeting their legal
harmonized functions across localizations obligations (accounting, tax, invoicing, and reporting);
 Electronic documents framework enhancements including a tool for automated processing of legal compliance
received electronic purchase documents and country-specific built-in content using the electronic file  Increased localization competitiveness that helps to
manager add-on, electronic documents service, and integration framework win in the cloud globally; significant competitive
 Integration and leveraging of existing cloud services from SAP for legal adaptations, such as advantage; and differentiating factor
`SAP Localization Hub, tax service, the digital compliance platform (previously known as electronic  Increased customer and partner satisfaction, merged
documents as a service), and SAP solutions for advanced compliance reporting back-legal add-ons that reduce costs, lower TCO
 Merge back of selected outsourced legal add-ons  Higher reporting flexibility for IFRS, U.S. GAAP, group
 Replacement of selected hard-coded bank files reporting, or any local legal reporting requirements
 IFRS
 Country codes conforming to ISO 3166
 EU – consignment inventory reporting
 Germany – ELSTER: Adoption of the new ERiC versions
 UK – further Brexit adaptations including Making Tax Digital update
 Brazil – NF-e 4.0
 Mexico – withholding tax enhancements
 Greece – e-books enhancements for A/P documents reporting
 Argentina – support of acceptance process
 Israel – VAT groups introduction

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Planned innovations: Analytics and reporting
Simplify with meaningful business reports and accelerate decision-making

Feature Feature value

SAP Business One, version for SAP HANA  SAP HANA as a platform for accelerated partner co-
innovation
Further leverage SAP HANA capabilities by reusing scenarios of SAP HANA 2.0 platform
 Better real-time visibility and deeper analytics scenarios based on pervasive analytics  Ability to make faster, better-informed decisions, as more
business users have the capability to retrieve any
 New functions such as demand planning and payment/invoice auto-matching required information completely independently with
intuitive and easy-to-use features
 Comprehensive views of key information, such as
customers or financials, which offer efficiency
optimization
 Realization of more sophisticated business processes;
new scenarios that help in tackling “unsolvable” problems
 Exposing the full potential of SAP HANA to the
ecosystem

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Planned innovations: Extensibility
Extend SAP Business One with fully integrated solutions horizontally and vertically

Feature Feature value

SAP Business One core  Significantly expand the addressable market by
 Enhance service layer API providing a robust API for both SQL and SAP HANA
 Web client extensibility
 Optimize partner support by realizing requirements for
 Event service support
flexible integration in customer projects
 Enable solutions to run smoothly in the cloud by
detaching the applications from the underlying
infrastructure

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Planned innovations: Integration framework
An extremely strong platform

Feature Feature value

Integration framework  Straightforward and extremely flexible capabilities that
 Completing the business process model and notation (BPMN)-based management layer make the integration framework the key differentiator for
 Mapping between DI API and service layer SAP Business One, turning SAP Business One into a
 Flexible event-handler mechanism to replace event sender state-of-the-art business platform
 Support advanced user authentication  Helping ensure integrations with little or no effort to other
SAP and third-party applications
 Extending system and business network capabilities
 Data provision to any external system and data
consumption from any external provider

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Planned innovations: Intercompany integration solution
Complementary add-on from SAP
Feature Feature value

Intercompany integration solution for SAP Business One  Intercompany integration harmonizes
 Functional improvements such as automatic replication of user-defined fields across SAP Business One databases, Standardize Automate and
(UDF) and user-defined table (UDT) definitions to all branch companies massively reducing total operating costs,
business processes collaborate
Replicate and Consolidate
 A/R service invoice allocation and optimizing business processes share data and monitor
 Using the service layer where useful beyond countries or legal entities The intercompany
 Further meaningful extensions that are requested through Customer integration solution
Influence Business units or subsidiaries on Company A
Company B
Company C

Integration hub for SAP Business One

 Tailor-made solution integrating cloud-
 Additional preconfigured templates for the integration hub to integrate
based business applications and services
most-popular Web shops, CRM systems, expense management
systems, SAP applications, or social platforms, such as WooCommerce,  Addressing typical requirements for fast
SAP S/4HANA, logistics scenario, and Sugar CRM. digital integration
 Further simplifications in use and setup  Preconfigured templates with mapping and
configuration defaults minimize time and
 Model for partner content in the integration hub
cost for integration
 Offering inexpensive off-the-shelf solutions,
most comprehensive implementation even
without detailed knowledge of the solutions
 Harmonizing technology across
multiple systems, data consistency
across applications

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Planned innovations: Mobile apps for the enterprise
Mobilize your workforce to support flexibility and efficient processes

Feature Feature value

 Service and Sales app for Microsoft SQL Server  Significant expansion of the addressable
 Service app that allows ticket creation market, driving adoption
 Use of native device capabilities of latest devices  Increased workforce productivity
 Evolving service layer into a platform for building  New collaboration methods and business
innovative mobile solutions for verticals practices with an intuitive and simplified user
experience

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Planned innovations: Cloud
Simple consumption and best scaling

Feature Feature value

SAP Business One Cloud, SAP-hosted option  Technology that scales with the business and provides a
 Staged introduction for regions and countries competitive advantage
 Optimize service unit resources to reduce TCO  Attractive offering for an increasing number of companies
looking for cloud deployment
 Support integration framework 2.0 for SAP Business One in containers (iPass)
 Easy and affordable deployment; reduction of TCO
SAP Business One Cloud, partner-hosted option  Better tools for hosting partners
 Enhanced tools in SAP Business One Cloud 1.1 focusing on hosting partners  Short time from purchase to delivery
 Integration to Microsoft Active Directory organizational units  Flexible, simple, and intuitive solutions for efficient
 Support advanced user authentication business
 Tenant-configuration wizard to support partner and large-volume deployments
 More-flexible and intuitive cloud management in the cloud control center (CCC), improvements for
user experience and performance
 Lifecycle management (patch delivery and maintenance)

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SAP Transformation Navigator provides you with clear guidance to chart the Intelligent Enterprise:
 Based on your currently used products, this free self-service produces an individualized report highlighting business value, detailing integration to SAP S/4HANA
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Learn more about SAP Business One

► SAP Business One YouTube Channel

► Solution Brief

► SAP Help Portal

► SAP Support Portal

► SAP Learning Hub – Training Material

► SAP Business One Community

► SAP Business One Cloud (Partners Only)

► Customer Influence Session

(Customers and Partners Only)

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