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SAP data stewards, ERP architects, and compliance officers managing SAP data governance in complex enterprises

Decision supported

Evaluate governed SAP data governance software capabilities for controlled SAP data lifecycle and compliance management

Decision context

SAP data governance software must ensure data integrity, compliance, and controlled evolution within complex ERP landscapes. Adranum provides a governed approach focused on SAP environments, ingesting authorized evidence such as SAP readiness, ABAP, DDIC, and data-quality inputs to establish comprehensive governance.

Unlike generic data governance tools, Adranum integrates deeply with SAP technical and functional artifacts, mapping dependencies and highlighting unsupported inputs to guide remediation and modernization decisions. This approach supports keep, replace, remediate, or retire actions with traceable change proposals.

Adranum’s governance extends beyond data cataloging to include reviewable code and data proposals, signed human approvals, and coordinated cutover and reconciliation processes. It maintains customer control over raw service data and credentials while delivering bounded commands and evidence, enabling secure and compliant SAP data governance.

Integrating SAP Evidence for Comprehensive Governance

Adranum ingests multiple SAP evidence types including SAP readiness reports, ABAP Test Cockpit (ATC) results, ABAP and DDIC source code, abapGit repositories, process-event logs, and data-quality metrics. This comprehensive ingestion ensures governance decisions are based on authorized and current data.

By consolidating these inputs, Adranum identifies unsupported or missing data governance inputs, enabling governance teams to prioritize remediation and maintain data integrity across SAP modules and custom developments.

SAP readiness and ATC results for technical compliance
ABAP and DDIC source code for code-level governance
Data-quality metrics to monitor data health
Process-event logs to understand data lifecycle and usage
Connector evidence to track integration points

Dependency Mapping and Change Decision Support

Adranum maps observed and inferred dependencies across SAP data objects, code, and processes. This mapping is critical for understanding impact scope and avoiding unintended consequences during data governance actions.

Governance teams can use these dependency insights to make informed keep, replace, remediate, or retire decisions for SAP data elements and related artifacts, ensuring alignment with business objectives and compliance requirements.

Observed and inferred dependency graphs
Impact analysis for proposed changes
Support for phased remediation strategies
Alignment with SAP data lifecycle policies

Governed Change Proposals and Human Approvals

Adranum generates reviewable code and data proposals that represent recommended governance actions. These proposals remain editable and require customer-controlled compilation and runtime validation before execution.

The software records human approvals for all governance changes, creating an auditable trail that supports compliance and accountability in SAP data governance processes.

Reviewable governance change proposals
Customer-controlled compilation and runtime checks
Signed approval workflows
Audit trails for compliance verification

Secure Data Handling and Evidence Retention

Adranum allows signed customer operators to retain raw service data, source code, and credentials within their own infrastructure. This design minimizes data exposure and aligns with strict data privacy and security policies.

Only bounded commands, hashes, aggregate outcomes, and reconciliation evidence are returned to the service, ensuring governance actions are verifiable without compromising sensitive SAP data.

Customer-controlled data and credential storage
Minimal external data exposure
Content-addressed implementation packages
Reconciliation and exact-state recovery evidence

Coordinated Cutover and Continuity Management

Adranum coordinates cutover, reconciliation, continuity, and exact-state recovery activities as part of SAP data governance change management. This coordination reduces risk during data lifecycle transitions and modernization efforts.

Process capabilities include immutable simulations, observed variant tracking, bottleneck identification, and improvement history to support continuous governance optimization.

Cutover and reconciliation coordination
Continuity and exact-state recovery support
Immutable simulation of governance changes
Tracking of observed data variants and bottlenecks

What the workflow must cover

Evidence Ingestion and Validation. Adranum ingests diverse SAP governance evidence, validating completeness and flagging unsupported inputs to ensure decisions are based on authoritative data.
Dependency Analysis and Impact Mapping. Automatically maps dependencies among SAP data objects and code to visualize impact and guide remediation or retirement decisions.
Governed Change Proposal Generation. Creates detailed, reviewable proposals for SAP data governance actions that require customer compilation and runtime validation before execution.
Human Approval and Audit Trail Recording. Captures signed approvals and maintains comprehensive audit trails to support compliance and accountability in governance workflows.
Secure Customer Data Retention. Enables customers to keep raw data and credentials within their infrastructure, minimizing external exposure and enhancing data privacy.
Cutover, Reconciliation, and Recovery Coordination. Manages coordinated governance cutover processes with reconciliation and exact-state recovery to reduce risk during SAP data transitions.

Implementation workflow

Start with a bounded customer scenario and explicit acceptance criteria. Preserve native SAP permissions and accountable review while the software creates a repeatable evidence chain.

Ingest authorized SAP governance evidence including ABAP, DDIC, and data-quality inputs
Analyze and map dependencies among SAP data and code artifacts
Identify unsupported or missing governance inputs and flag for remediation
Generate reviewable governance change proposals aligned with business policies
Obtain signed human approvals for governance actions and record audit trails
Coordinate cutover, reconciliation, and continuity activities during implementation
Monitor governance outcomes and update improvement history for continuous optimization

Evidence to require

A transformation claim should resolve to observable artifacts, decisions, and execution receipts. Ask for the following evidence in a representative evaluation:

SAP readiness reports and ATC results
ABAP and DDIC source code snapshots
abapGit repository commits
Process-event logs detailing data usage
Data-quality measurement reports
Connector integration evidence
Governance change proposals and approval records
Implementation package hashes and receipts
Reconciliation and exact-state recovery logs
Audit trail of governance decisions

Boundaries and non-claims

Adranum separates analysis, proposal, human review, package creation, customer-local validation, and production execution. A later state never rewrites the evidence that supported an earlier decision.

Does not replace SAP licensing or Basis administration responsibilities
Generated proposals require customer compilation and runtime validation
Not a substitute for specialized SAP testing tools in all scenarios
Does not provide official SAP certification or compliance guarantees

Public comparison sources

Competitor statements are limited to current public materials. Verify them during procurement because products and packaging change.

Buyer checklist

Which SAP evidence types does the software ingest and validate?
How does the tool map dependencies and support impact analysis?
What governance change proposal review and approval workflows are supported?
How is customer data and credential security maintained?
Does the software coordinate cutover and reconciliation activities?
What audit trails and compliance evidence are generated?
Are unsupported or missing governance inputs clearly identified?
How are continuous governance improvements tracked and reported?

Practical answers

What types of SAP data evidence does Adranum support for governance?

Adranum supports ingestion of SAP readiness, ATC, ABAP, DDIC, abapGit, process-event, requirement, data-quality, and connector evidence to provide comprehensive governance insights.

Can Adranum generate proposals for SAP data governance changes?

Yes, it creates reviewable code and data proposals that require customer-controlled compilation and runtime checks before execution.

How does Adranum ensure compliance in governance workflows?

It records signed human approvals and maintains audit trails to support accountability and compliance verification.

Is customer SAP data stored externally by Adranum?

No, raw service data, source, and credentials remain inside customer infrastructure; only bounded commands and aggregate outcomes are exchanged.

Does Adranum replace SAP licensing or Basis administration?

No, it complements but does not replace SAP licensing, Basis administration, or specialist testing tools.

SAP Data Governance Software: Governed Evaluation Guide