9 June 2026
ODP-RFC extraction blocked
SAP began enforcing Note 3255746. Third-party tools calling the ODP Data Replication API over RFC, including Fivetran, Azure Data Factory, Qlik Replicate and Informatica, lost unrestricted access.
SAP BW exit · Snowflake destination
Get off SAP BW.
Land on Snowflake.
Your extractors changed in June 2026 and BW maintenance ends in 2027. DI Squared runs the whole route: estate assessment, target architecture, conversion, reconciliation and cutover, on an extraction path SAP permits.
Three dates that set the timetable
BW exit has moved from a strategy question to a scheduling one.
December 2026
The revert workaround expires
SAP made a time-limited option available to restore unrestricted ODP-RFC calls. It ends in December 2026. Pipelines relying on it stop working then.
2027
SAP BW mainstream maintenance ends
Estates still running on BW face an extension, an upgrade or an exit. Assessment and migration together take longer than the time most landscapes have left.
Assessment plus migration takes longer than the time most landscapes have left. Starting in 2027 costs more and leaves fewer options.
What the target looks like
SAP stays the system of record. Snowflake becomes the place the questions get answered, fed through routes SAP permits.
Two problems, one destination
Lane 1: the estate
SAP BW to Snowflake
Fifteen years of InfoProviders, transformations, ABAP routines and BEx queries. Much of it is no longer worth moving. We tell you which parts are, then move them.
BW migration →
Lane 2: the feed
SAP operational data in Snowflake
ECC and S/4HANA data landing in Snowflake on a path SAP permits after June 2026. BDC Connect, CDS views, SLT or database-level replication, chosen on the merits.
SAP data extraction →
What our accelerator does
BW migrations get into trouble over scope and over reconciliation. Our tooling addresses scope before the first sprint is planned.
Object inventory
Every InfoProvider, transformation, DTP, routine and query in the estate, cataloged.
Usage analysis
What has been read, and when. Most BW estates carry a large inactive tail. The assessment tells you how large yours is.
Lineage mapping
Source through to report, so you know what breaks when an object is retired.
Complexity scoring
Per-object effort estimates that turn a vague program into a costed wave plan.
Our consultants then convert your BW transformation logic into Snowflake SQL and dbt models, working from the lineage map as the specification. The tooling reduces the scope and gives the estimate a basis. The conversion itself is still engineering work.
How the engagement runs
- 01 Discovery and scope
- 02 Estate assessment
- 03 Target architecture
- 04 Build and convert
- 05 Reconciliation and parallel run
- 06 Cutover and handover
Who you would be working with
DI Squared has guided more than 200 companies through data work since 2008, including warehouse migrations, BI consolidations and the retirement of legacy reporting estates. We are a Snowflake Select Partner.
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Doug Robbins
Founder
40+ years in enterprise IT and data architecture.
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Rakesh Mehta
Founder
26+ years building data platforms. SAP source systems and extraction.
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Trey Smith
Principal, Data Platforms
Snowflake architecture and dbt. Qlik Luminary Alumni.
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Dee
Principal Consultant, SAP BW
BW estates, transformations and migration mechanics.
Start with the BW Estate Assessment
3 to 4 weeks. $25,000 to $40,000, scoped by landscape size. You finish it knowing what is in your estate, what can be retired and what the migration costs.