{"id":7467,"date":"2025-08-07T13:52:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/?question=side-by-side-extension-in-sap-btp"},"modified":"2025-08-07T13:52:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:22:19","slug":"side-by-side-extension-in-sap-btp","status":"publish","type":"question","link":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/?question=side-by-side-extension-in-sap-btp","title":{"rendered":"Side-by-Side Extension In SAP BTP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Side-by-Side Extension involves building separate applications <strong>outside the core SAP system<\/strong>, often on the <strong>SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where it runs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On SAP BTP or any external cloud platform<\/li>\n<li>Communicates with SAP S\/4HANA via APIs (ODATA, REST, BAPI, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Typical Use Cases:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Creating new apps without changing the core<\/li>\n<li>Complex integrations with third-party systems<\/li>\n<li>Mobile apps or web portals<\/li>\n<li>Machine learning or advanced analytics scenarios<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Pros:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Decoupled from core = less impact on upgrades<\/li>\n<li>Greater flexibility with tools and languages (e.g., Java, Node.js, Python)<\/li>\n<li>Scalable and cloud-native development<\/li>\n<li>Ideal for innovation scenarios<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Cons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Requires setting up integration (APIs, authentication, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Potential latency (depending on use case)<\/li>\n<li>Higher architectural complexity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","question-category":[176],"question_tags":[178,201,177,323],"class_list":["post-7467","question","type-question","status-publish","hentry","question-category-sapbtp","question_tags-abap","question_tags-btp","question_tags-sap","question_tags-side-by-side-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/question\/7467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/question"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/question"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"question-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fquestion-category&post=7467"},{"taxonomy":"question_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fquestion_tags&post=7467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}