SAP Datasphere & Business Data Cloud: October 2026 Updates

Discover what's new in SAP Datasphere and SAP Business Data Cloud in October 2026, from REST API connections to AI-assisted SQL generation. In this month's feature highlights, Klaus-Peter Sauer (KP) walks through eight key updates from releases 2026.21 and 2026.22. Explore new capabilities for data integration, replication flow monitoring, task chain management, data product consistency, and AI-assisted development. Whether you're a data engineer, developer, or SAP Datasphere administrator, these updates can help you streamline data workflows, improve visibility, and simplify everyday tasks. What's new in October 2026? → Connect to external REST APIs via custom connections: Create reusable custom connection types to integrate external applications without predefined SAP connectors. This capability is now generally available across all landscapes for object store spaces. → Monitor and restart replication flows via API: Retrieve execution statuses, inspect error logs, track operations, and restart replication flow objects programmatically. → Check data product schema changes: Manually identify inconsistencies between installed data products and their catalog versions. → Visualize task chain execution — KP's top pick! ⭐ Use the new graphical monitoring view to see task dependencies and color-coded execution statuses, making it easier to pinpoint failures in complex workflows. → Add dynamic logic to task chains: Use the new expression evaluator task to perform calculations, evaluate expressions, and pass results between tasks. → Trace downstream impacts on SAP Analytics Cloud stories: See how issues in analytic models or exposed views affect connected stories directly from the SAP Datasphere impact analysis. → Simplify data product content transport: Automatically connect imported content to the correct SAP Business Data Cloud data product provider using predefined system mappings. → Generate SQL with AI in file-space transformation flows: Create or modify SQL using natural language prompts, including support for common table expressions. Together, these enhancements help teams simplify data integration, gain better operational visibility, and work more efficiently across SAP Datasphere and SAP Business Data Cloud. Explore SAP Business Data Cloud: https://sap.to/6051BHk9yR Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction and October 2026 Releases 00:25 - Connect to External REST APIs 01:32 - Monitor and Restart Replication Flows via API 02:03 - Check Data Product Schema Changes 02:30 - Graphical Task Chain Monitoring: KP's Top Pick 03:22 - Expression Evaluator for Task Chains 04:02 - Analyze Impacts on SAP Analytics Cloud Stories 04:37 - Automate Data Product Connections During Transport 05:07 - AI-Assisted SQL Generation in File Spaces 05:49 - Recap and Closing Follow us on social: LinkedIn: https://sap.to/6052BHk9yr Instagram: https://sap.to/6053BHk9yT Facebook: https://sap.to/6054BHk9yp Threads: https://sap.to/6055BHk9yV About SAP: As a global leader in enterprise applications and business AI, SAP stands at the nexus of business and technology. For over 50 years, organizations have trusted SAP to bring out their best by uniting business-critical operations spanning finance, procurement, HR, supply chain, and customer experience. For more information, visit: https://sap.to/6056BHk9yn #SAPDatasphere #SAPBusinessDataCloud