SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) is designed to be the central innovation and integration layer within SAP’s cloud strategy. One of its key roles is toprovide integration with third-party ecosystems. BTP offers a comprehensive integration suite that includes API management, data services, event-driven architecture, and over a thousand prebuilt connectors. This enables seamless communication between SAP applications and external systems, supporting end-to-end processes that extend beyond the SAP landscape. Organizations rely on this capability to unify their heterogeneous IT environments without modifying the SAP core system.
Another primary role of BTP is toenable application extensions enhanced by machine learning, AI, automation, and low-code/no-code development tools. Through services such as SAP Build, SAP AI Core, workflow automation, and analytics, businesses can create intelligent extensions that improve efficiency and innovate rapidly. These extensions run on the platform independently from SAP S/4HANA, ensuring that the core system remains clean, upgradeable, and stable.
Options B and C do not represent the main purpose of BTP. S/4HANA runs on SAP HANA, not BTP, and onboarding suppliers is a procurement-specific capability typically handled by SAP Ariba—not BTP. Thus, integration capabilities and intelligent extensibility are the two correct primary roles.