Every named mechanism that shows up in an enterprise RISE contract. Use the page to align procurement, IT, and legal vocabulary before the deal opens. The definitions are written for board readiness, not for SAP product marketing.
The named mechanisms that appear inside every RISE contract. Use this index to align procurement, IT, and legal vocabulary before the deal opens.
SAP's bundled subscription offer that combines S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, BTP credits, infrastructure, and managed services into a single contract with seven year typical commitment.
Single tenant cloud edition of S/4HANA delivered as part of RISE. Allows custom code, retains core flexibility, and runs on customer chosen hyperscaler infrastructure.
Multi tenant SaaS edition of S/4HANA delivered through GROW with SAP. Fixed release cycle, limited customisation, public cloud only.
SAP's midmarket offer pairing S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition with implementation accelerators. Distinct from RISE in scope and customisation freedom.
Full Use Equivalent. SAP's licensing metric used inside RISE contracts to count user authorisations. Replaces named user count for cloud subscriptions.
Business Technology Platform. SAP's PaaS layer for integration, extension, and analytics. Allocated inside RISE as consumption credits.
Digital Access Adoption Programme. SAP's mechanism for pricing indirect document creation by external systems. Calculated by counted document type.
Conversion path that lifts existing ECC custom code, configuration, and master data into S/4HANA with minimal redesign.
Conversion path that rebuilds S/4HANA from a clean template, discarding most ECC custom code and reconfiguring business processes.
Hybrid path that converts core processes brownfield and rebuilds peripheral areas greenfield. Sometimes called bluefield.
Public cloud provider supporting RISE workloads. SAP supports AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud as RISE hyperscalers.
Discounted compute and storage commitment held with a hyperscaler. Can translate into RISE pricing improvements when negotiated explicitly.
Annual price increase clause in a RISE contract, usually tied to a published index. Common drafting mistake is leaving it uncapped or compounding.
Periodic reconciliation between subscribed RISE volumes and actual usage. Direction is usually one way: customer pays more for overshoot.
Negotiated credit issued at end of RISE term to cover migration, data export, and decommissioning costs.
Primary contract document inside a RISE deal. Lists products, volumes, terms, and pricing. Should always be reviewed against the master subscription agreement.
The umbrella SAP cloud contract that governs RISE deals. Often signed once and reused across multiple order forms.
Use of SAP data or functionality through non SAP systems. Historically a licensing exposure; partially addressed by Digital Access pricing.
Data transfer out of a cloud region or provider. Often hidden inside RISE infrastructure pricing. A key cost driver in hyperscaler switches.
Digital Operational Resilience Act. EU regulation affecting how financial services firms must structure third party cloud arrangements including RISE.
US federal cloud security accreditation. Applies to RISE deployments serving federal agencies and contractors.
Pharmaceutical regulatory framework covering validated systems. RISE deployments in pharma must align with GxP audit and change control requirements.
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