In this episode, Gaurav Dey is joined by Angela Harvey, the Vice President of SAP Build Process Automation, to discuss how the low code / no code development with SAP Build Process Automation empowers business users to automate workflows and tasks without writing a single line of code.
Angela explains the key differences between low-code and no-code, highlighting how they enable collaboration between business and IT teams. She showcases real-world use cases, such as invoice processing and employee onboarding, where SAP Build Process Automation can significantly improve efficiency and reduce errors. Learn about the motivations behind SAP’s investment in low-code and no-code technologies, as well as the benefits they can unlock, including faster process building, seamless integration, and secure collaboration. Angela also provides guidance on how to get started with SAP Build, including leveraging the free tier of SAP Business Technology Platform.
Also in this episode:
- SAP Build is a portfolio of low-code and no-code solutions that enable application development, automation, and business site creation.
- Low-code solutions abstract complex tasks and provide shortcuts for pro developers, while no-code empowers business users to build applications without coding.
- The motivation behind SAP’s investment in low-code and no-code is to address the shortage of full-time developers and empower the digital-native workforce.
- SAP Build Process Automation combines RPA and workflow capabilities, allowing business users to automate processes and tasks faster, reduce errors, and focus on more strategic work.
- The SAP Build portfolio provides pre-built content and templates, such as for invoice processing and employee onboarding, which can be easily customized by business users.
- Customers can get started with SAP Build by leveraging the free tier of SAP Business Technology Platform, which includes access to Build Apps and Build Process Automation.
- SAP provides various resources, including click-through demos, guided experiences, and learning courses, to help customers explore and get hands-on with the SAP Build portfolio.
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About Angela Harvey:

Angela Harvey, is the VP of Marketing and Solutions for SAP Process Automation. She has been with SAP for over 15 years in a variety of Product Management and Product Marketing positions. In her current role she enjoys sharing how customers can be more efficient by introducing workflow management, RPA, and other technologies into their business processes. Angela holds a degree in Applied Physics from Simon Fraser University in Canada.
Links to the Resources that were discussed in the episode:
- Migrating API Management Subscription
- Maintain Business Role Groups in ABAP Environment
- SAP Build Announced at SAP TechEd 2022
- SAP TechEd in 2022: Opening Keynote
- SAP Build Process Automation – Free Tier on SAP Discovery Center
- Utilize SAP Build for Low-Code / No-Code Applications and Automations for Citizen Developers
- Exposing and securing workloads with JSON Web tokens based on Kyma Istio – Application Runtimes and Development Environments
- Personal edition for local development – SAP Business Application Studio
- Other BTP Roadmap items
- Explore ConvergentIS’s journey with SAP
Reach us at: platformtalks@sap.com
Links for “What’s New” in SAP BTP Category:
- SAP Business Application Studio remote development extension for Visual Studio Code
- High-productivity experience for pro-code developers creating UI extensions for ABAP RESTful application programming
- SAP Build Process Automation – Reusable Rules
- SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry Runtime – Space quota page redesign and updates
- What’s new for SAP BTP
- SAP BTP road map items
Links for “Customer Story of the Month” Category:
More information about SAP Innovation Award participant 2023, Nestle S.A. and how they used SAP Business Application Studio here.
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