Business Data Cloud (BDC)

SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) is a fully managed Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution that consolidates and manages SAP data while connecting to third-party data. It provides business leaders with governed, unified data to support contextual, informed decision-making across operations.

Workload automation plays a key role in operationalizing the unified, governed data managed in BDC by using it as the centralized source of structured data across enterprise systems. With direct access to governed data sets, automated processes can execute based on consistent and accurate inputs, reducing variability and operational delays.

Use cases include:

• Automating data preparation for financial close, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash and more processes
• Coordinating cross-system workflows driven by business events
• Orchestrating and scheduling preparation steps for moving data between applications

Automation solutions enable BDC to operate with better precision, helping teams reduce manual interventions, improve consistency across tasks and meet compliance requirements with greater confidence.

The purpose of Business Data Cloud

BDC was developed to address the challenge of fragmented enterprise data spread across multiple systems. Disconnected data makes it difficult for automated processes to access consistent, reliable inputs, increasing the risk of delays and errors in execution.

Common problems it solves include:

• Delayed reporting due to inaccessible or outdated information
• Lack of data consistency across SAP and non-SAP systems
• Manual reconciliation of data prior to process automation

By organizing and governing enterprise data in one place, workload automation solutions support the accuracy and efficiency necessary to manage data pipelines at scale with BDC. They help eliminate redundant data preparation steps and improve the flow of data between automated tasks.

Key capabilities of Business Data Cloud

BDC enables systems to retrieve consistent data from a single source, reducing the complexity of automation dependencies. Capabilities include:

• Built-in data governance and policy enforcement
• Centralized access to SAP and third-party data sets
• Integration with tools through APIs
• Real-time data availability for process triggers
• Support for structured and unstructured data formats

These capabilities help reduce data-related failures, limit the need for human intervention and improve the accuracy of automated processes.

Benefits of using Business Data Cloud

BDC helps users achieve:

• Less need for custom data handling
• Lower error rates due to consistent data input
• Simplified compliance through governed data access

The perfect pairing for modern SAP landscapes

RunMyJobs by Redwood complements BDC as the orchestration layer that automates the data pipelines, workflows, monitoring and SLAs that keep your data ecosystem running smoothly, reliably and in real time.

• Trusted SAP partner for 20+ years: RunMyJobs is the only SAP Endorsed App, Premium certified job scheduler and is part of the RISE reference architecture, with SAP ECS offerings to connect directly into your RISE landscape.
• End-to-end orchestration: Easily automate mission-critical business processes end to end — in SAP environments and with non-SAP systems.
• Clean core by design: With pre-built connectors for SAP Cloud ERP, BDC and other SAP software and as part of the RISE reference architecture, RunMyJobs maintains a clean core — no need for customization.
• Real-time monitoring: SAP customers experience up to a 20x increase in on-time SLA performance with enterprise-wide visibility of every automated process from a single pane of glass.
• Hybrid cloud architecture: Built as a cloud-native SaaS automation platform, RunMyJobs offers guaranteed 99.95% uptime, one-click updates, easy upgrades and limitless connectivity across any tech stack.
• Pre-built connectors and templated workflows: Templated workflows accelerate deployment, reduce manual effort and ensure consistent, repeatable automation across your end-to-end SAP ecosystem.