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SAP BW 7.5 extended maintenance ends
Extended maintenance for SAP BW 7.5, BI Java based Broadcasting and BEx Query Designer ends December 31, 2030.
Who’s affected
Teams still running SAP BW 7.5 on-premises, plus anyone using BI Java based Broadcasting or the BEx Query Designer. Extended maintenance for all three ends December 31, 2030.
Not affected: Teams already off BW 7.5 (for example on SAP Business Data Cloud, Snowflake or Databricks) and teams that never used BEx tooling or Java-based Broadcasting.
What it costs
No price change in the record. The cost is migration effort and, after the end date, running an unsupported system with no vendor patches. Drivers include how many BEx queries, broadcasts and BW data flows you must rebuild.
When to act
Replatforming a BW estate and rebuilding BEx queries and broadcasts typically takes many months, so planning should start well before the end date, and it is already inside a multi-year window.
Blast radius: BEx queries and workbooks, Java-based broadcast schedules and email distribution, downstream reports that read BW queries, and any BW-dependent extracts or integrations.
What should you do? decision tree
- you do not know how many BEx queries, broadcasts and BW data flows are still in active useRun a usage inventory first and retire anything unused so you only migrate what matters.
- you rely on BEx Query Designer or Java-based Broadcasting for reporting and distributionPlan replacements for those front-end and scheduling functions first, since they end together with BW 7.5 maintenance.
- you are staying in the SAP ecosystemScope a move to SAP Business Data Cloud and ask SAP about timelines and licensing for the transition.
- you want to leave SAP BW and have a cloud warehouse standardPilot a migration of one subject area to Snowflake or Databricks and use the result to size the full project.
- none of the above fit before the end dateDocument the risk, budget for the migration, and confirm with SAP what support options exist beyond 2030 before relying on an unsupported system.
Options
- OptimizeInventory BEx queries, broadcasts and BW objects, and decommission unused ones to shrink the migration scope.
- WaitKeep BW 7.5 running until closer to the end date, but only with a funded and dated migration plan.
- MigrateMove BW workloads to SAP Business Data Cloud to stay in the SAP ecosystem.
- Re-architectRebuild BW data models on Snowflake or Databricks and replace BEx reports with a modern BI tool.
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