The situation

SAP Business One ran on SAP HANA 1.0, which is no longer maintained, on company servers that were nearing the end of their life. Legacy integrations and add-ons tied the firm to old versions, documents were spread across email and shared drives, and some data was copied by hand between SAP Business One and other applications.

What we did

  • Upgraded SAP Business One to the latest release and its database from SAP HANA 1.0 to SAP HANA 2.0, with tests of reports, layouts and processes.
  • Reworked the custom integrations and upgraded third-party add-ons to releases that support the new versions.
  • Moved the environment to Microsoft Azure, with backups, monitoring and access control set up from the start.
  • Introduced a DocuWare archive linked to SAP Business One documents.
  • Built reporting and planning that compares budgets with actual figures.
  • Automated the data exchange between SAP Business One and the firm’s other systems.

The result

  • Back on supported versions of SAP Business One and SAP HANA.
  • A noticeably faster system, with no servers left to maintain in house.
  • The upgrade went live without disruption, and users now work with the features of the latest release.
  • Documents are found in seconds in one searchable archive with access control.
  • Management compares plans and actual figures in one place.
  • Data no longer has to be re-entered by hand between systems.