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SAP System Refresh: What ECS doesn't do - and what automation can.


You are on RISE, so ECS manages system refreshes for you,  or so you may have been led to believe.

The fact is, even with ECS running things for you, your SAP basis team still owns the most complex and error-prone parts of the system refresh process.

Thne myriad of pre and post copy tasks are still on you.

 

Learn how leading SAP teams automate the entire process end-to-end to speed up the process, eliminate errors, and stay in control - even when on RISE with ECS managing things.

 

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Here is the problem

If you're running SAP under SAP Cloud ERP Private Edition, you’ve likely realised something:

Sure, ECS handles the system copy. But you handle everything else.

That means you handle:

  • Pre-copy preparation

  • Post-copy configuration

  • Data handling (anonymisation and/or reduction)

  • System validation

And that’s where the real effort and risk live. 

This is what takes all the time, causes disruption, and requires experience.  

Despite “12 refreshes included annually,” the full process still rests with your basis team.

That's why your SAP system refresh: 

  • Takes days (sometimes weeks)

  • Introduces avoidable errors

  • Results in disruption

This causes 'refresh reluctance'.

  • Already stretched basis resources don't have the time.

  • The business doesn't want the disruption.

  • Software testing is performed on outdated data and systems.

Here is the opportunity

What if:

  • Pre-copy tasks ran automatically in hours?

  • Post-copy activities completed without manual intervention?

  • Anyone, e.g.,  ECS, your AMS, or anyone on your team,  executed the process reliably?

  • Refreshes could be run on demand?

This is what automation enables:

  • It reduces the time required.

  • It eliminates the errors.

  • It takes the pressure off

What You’ll Learn

Join this webinar, and you’ll discover:

  • Why RISE hasn’t eliminated the Basis workload

  • Where system refreshes actually break down

  • How automation reduces refresh time from weeks to days, or hours

  • How to eliminate errors and standardise execution

  • How to integrate data anonymisation into refresh workflows

  • How to reduce hyperscaler costs through data reduction

Who Should Attend

  • SAP Basis Managers & Leads

  • SAP Technical Managers

  • SAP Product Owners

  • SAP CoE Directors

  • SAP Operations & Platform Teams

We look forward to having you join us.