Cloud & RISE
What is SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition?
SAP's multi-tenant SaaS ERP with standardized processes, SAP-managed upgrades, and key-user or ABAP Cloud extensibility.
Public Edition receives two major releases per year plus regular hotfix collections, applied by SAP on a fixed schedule. Customers must regression test in their test tenant before each upgrade window. Configuration is done through SAP Central Business Configuration rather than SPRO.
Related terms
GROW with SAP
SAP's offering for new, mostly midsize customers implementing S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition with preconfigured best practices.
SAP Central Business Configuration
SAP's cloud configuration tool for scoping and configuring S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.
Release Upgrade Testing
Regression testing performed before a vendor applies a scheduled SaaS or cloud ERP release to production.
Key-User Extensibility
Low-code tools in Fiori that let business experts add custom fields, logic, and CDS views without classic development.
Clean Core
SAP's principle of keeping ERP code and configuration close to standard, with extensions built only through stable, released interfaces.
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