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19.6 Intelligent Content

1. Current terminology​

SAP renamed "intelligent applications" to intelligent content for the broader delivered content concept. Intelligent content can include SAP Analytics Cloud stories and KPIs plus SAP Datasphere flows, views, analytic models and related objects.

The term "intelligent applications" can still appear in documentation for specific application-style experiences and older terminology.

2. Installation architecture​

BDC cockpit
     |
intelligent content
     |
data products
     |
Datasphere preparation objects
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Datasphere application objects
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SAC content / consumers

3. Extension rule​

When SAP-managed intelligent application content must be extended for custom source fields, SAP documentation requires copying both preparation and application spaces so the copied content is independent of SAP-managed spaces.

4. Why this matters​

A dangerous pattern is:

SAP-managed object
      |
customer modification
      |
SAP update
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unexpected overwrite / dependency

Instead use the supported extension boundary.

5. Content lifecycle​

Plan for:

  • installation,
  • update,
  • extension,
  • regression testing,
  • deactivation,
  • retirement.

6. Exercise​

An SAP-managed content package needs three customer fields.

Design a supported extension architecture without creating dependencies from customer objects back into SAP-managed application spaces.