Velocity: SAP Data Ingestion to Azure and Databricks

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80% of enterprises report that SAP data ingestion is a significant bottleneck for cloud analytics.

Velocity is Kagool's no-code SAP-certified data ingestion platform designed to accelerate and simplify SAP to Azure and Databricks integration. It automates the creation of SAP data pipelines, enabling seamless delta and full loads, centralised audit logging, full data observability, and intelligent error recovery — all without custom coding or manual engineering. 

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Velocity natively supports complex SAP source systems — including SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, and SAP BW/4HANA — and delivers to modern cloud destinations such as Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse Analytics, Microsoft Fabric, and Databricks Lakehouse environments. By preserving the full business context of SAP data structures, Velocity ensures trusted, scalable, and secure data pipelines ready for cloud analytics, AI, and advanced reporting. 


Trusted by global enterprises, Velocity unlocks faster insights, reduces SAP migration costs, and accelerates cloud transformation strategies. 

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Key Features of Velocity

Accelerating and Securing SAP Data Ingestion into Azure and Databricks

  • Automated CDC and Delta Pipelines

    Create fully automated SAP change data capture (CDC) and delta load pipelines with just a few clicks — no SAP Landscape Transformation (SLT) or manual coding required. 


    Velocity identifies CDC changes at the SAP source, merges them efficiently at the cloud target, and simplifies complex SAP data workflows to save time, reduce risk, and accelerate cloud analytics. 

  • High-Performance Data Loads

    Handle high-volume SAP data ingestion with ease. Velocity optimises load performance for Azure and Databricks pipelines by automatically compressing, batching, parallelising, and streaming large data sets. 


    This configurable and parameterised system intelligently adjusts based on available cloud resources — ensuring seamless, scalable, and efficient SAP data integration into modern analytics platforms. 

  • Delta Load with Historic Timelines

    Unlock complete historical analysis from your SAP systems with automated delta load backdating. 


    Velocity enables seamless extraction of SAP data across past timelines, ensuring access to complete datasets for advanced reporting, audit, and analytics use cases — without manual intervention. 

  • Centralised Audit Logging

    Maintain full control and compliance across your SAP-to-cloud data pipelines with centralised audit logging. 


     Velocity captures detailed audit events — including application, service, network, database, and authentication activities — across all SAP and Azure components. This end-to-end visibility ensures transparency, accountability, and security throughout your SAP data integration processes. 

  • Sensitive Object Protection

    Protect sensitive SAP data — such as HR, payroll, and financial records — with automated object suppression during data extraction. 


    Velocity ensures that confidential information remains securely within SAP source systems, enabling safe ingestion of non-sensitive data sets into Azure and Databricks environments while supporting compliance with GDPR, HIPAA, and other data privacy regulations. 

  • Batch Scheduling and Load Orchestration

    Customise your SAP-to-cloud data flows with intelligent batch scheduling and automated load orchestration. 


    Velocity allows you to configure extraction schedules based on your operational needs, automate retries for failed loads, and streamline nightly batch processes — ensuring reliable, resilient SAP data pipelines into Azure and Databricks environments. 

  • Error Investigation Tools and Clean Recovery

    Rapidly detect, diagnose, and resolve SAP data load issues with automated error investigation tools. 


    Velocity enables clean, one-click recovery processes to maintain uninterrupted SAP-to-cloud data workflows — boosting pipeline resilience, reducing downtime, and ensuring operational continuity across Azure and Databricks environments. 

 Unlock Full Interoperability with Your Enterprise Data Stack

Velocity enables seamless data ingestion from SAP, Salesforce, SQL Server, Sybase, and Oracle into leading cloud platforms such as Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse Analytics, Databricks, and Microsoft Fabric — supporting hybrid, multi-cloud, and modern data Lakehouse architectures. 

FAQ

Answers to Common Questions About SAP Data Ingestion with Velocity

  • What is Kagool’s Velocity, and how does it simplify SAP data ingestion?

    Kagool Velocity is a no-code, SAP-certified data ingestion platform that simplifies the extraction, transformation, and delivery of data from SAP ECC, S/4HANA, and other SAP systems directly into modern analytics platforms such as Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure. Designed to eliminate the need for staging databases or custom code, Velocity streamlines the SAP data integration process, making it significantly faster and more efficient.


    By automating complex SAP data pipelines—such as change data capture (CDC), delta processing, and batch scheduling—Velocity reduces manual effort and accelerates time-to-insight. It also offers robust features for sensitive data handling, load performance management, and audit logging, ensuring data security, compliance, and transparency throughout the ingestion process.


    Organisations using Velocity benefit from quicker access to reliable SAP data for analytics, reporting, and advanced use cases like artificial intelligence and machine learning, without the need for specialist SAP links.

  • Does Velocity natively connect to SAP ECC and S/4HANA?

    Yes. Velocity connects to SAP ECC and S/4HANA systems using Kagool’s proprietary ABAP-based extraction package. This enables optimised, high-performance access to SAP source data, ensuring efficient data extraction without the need for custom code or staging layers. As an SAP-certified solution, Velocity provides native integration with key SAP data objects, allowing organisations to ingest SAP data directly into modern platforms such as Databricks, Azure, and Microsoft Fabric for analytics and reporting.

  • Does Kagool's Velocity support delta and change data capture (CDC) extraction from SAP?

    Yes. Kagool's Velocity includes built-in support for delta extraction and change data capture (CDC) from both SAP ECC and S/4HANA. Using its SAP-certified ABAP-based extraction package, Velocity can efficiently identify and extract only changed records, minimising data volumes and system load.


    Velocity supports multiple CDC strategies, including:

    • Timestamp-based deltas
    • Counter or numeric field-based deltas
    • Custom field logic tailored to your SAP configuration

    This enables organisations to maintain up-to-date SAP datasets in analytics platforms like Databricks, Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft Fabric, while reducing processing time and improving performance. Delta logic can be applied to tables, extractors, and CDS views, supporting both batch and near real-time SAP data ingestion workflows.links.

  • Is Kagool’s Velocity a no-code tool for SAP data ingestion?

    Yes. Kagool’s Velocity is a fully no-code SAP data ingestion tool designed for easy deployment and operation. It allows users to extract and deliver data from SAP ECC and S/4HANA into analytics platforms like Databricks, Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft Fabric—all without writing ABAP code or relying on custom scripts.


    With intuitive configuration interfaces, pre-built connectors, and support for delta and change data capture (CDC), Velocity enables business and data teams to manage SAP data pipelines independently. Its no-code architecture helps reduce time-to-value, lower IT overhead, and improve agility across data integration workflows..

  • Can Velocity integrate with our existing systems and technology stack?

    Yes. Kagool Velocity is designed for seamless integration with existing enterprise systems, making it an ideal solution for organisations looking to modernise their SAP data ingestion without disrupting current infrastructure. It supports integration with leading ERP platforms like SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, and Oracle, as well as popular CRM systems such as Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics.


    Velocity also connects easily with modern cloud platforms and data ecosystems, including Databricks, Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft Fabric, enabling end-to-end data flow across your enterprise technology stack. Kagool's technical team conducts a detailed architecture assessment to ensure smooth deployment, system compatibility, and minimal disruption during integration.


    Whether you're operating in a hybrid, on-premises, or cloud-first environment, Velocity offers the flexibility and scalability needed to support complex data integration workflows across your organisation.links.

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Empowering our clients across industries to unlock the full potential of their data 

Industry leader in premier kitchen and bathroom retail and manufacturing

The customer had numerous requirements, including sunsetting BW, migrating to Azure and deprecating the Oracle data warehouse in favour of Azure. Velocity was crucial in expediting the transition by replacing thousands of BODS (SAP Data Services) jobs to enhance integration robustness. Additionally, Kagool provided consultancy services to support the sunset of BW and the rollout of Power BI with Azure. We facilitated the establishment of their modern data platform on Azure, leveraging Velocity as a critical enabler. This allowed them to develop and deploy data products swiftly and with agility. Using Velocity and Azure, we built data products across eight different areas: finance, supply chain, pricing, and inventory—this empowered business users with the reliable reporting necessary for informed decision-making. We guided best practices and leveraged our expertise in modern data platforms. Velocity and Azure ensure that SAP transactional financial data is accessible to users through a trusted single source of truth model, with data refreshed thrice daily. 

Largest Pharmacy chain in USA

The customer decided to adopt Azure as their enterprise analytics platform. Velocity seamlessly integrates data from SAP S/4 HANA into Microsoft Azure Storage, empowering the client to manage an impressive volume of over 80 billion financial ledger entries within the Azure Cloud. Leveraging Velocity, we established standardised data models to create a cohesive view of financial operations, supporting the client's retail and financial transformation initiatives. Additionally, our team provided expert consultancy services for data visualisation using Power BI, effectively replacing legacy tools such as Tableau and Cognos. 


This initiative marked a significant transformation and modernisation of the client's retail and finance data ecosystem. By implementing a modern platform built on Microsoft technologies with Velocity as the linchpin, we established a singular, authoritative source for critical financial reporting. This unlocked opportunities for advanced analytics and granted finance professionals access to precise and reliable daily financial data with unprecedented granularity. With data updated multiple times a day through Velocity and Azure integration, financial statement reporting now occurs automatically overnight during month-end closures. This streamlined process liberates financial analysts from mundane tasks like data manipulation and report creation, empowering them to focus on strategic decision-making and extracting actionable insights from the data. 

Energy supplier in the USA 

Velocity facilitates the rapid extraction of data from SAP ECC to Azure Storage, enhancing Power Systems' global reporting capabilities, which include financial forecasts, daily SNO, and executive summaries. 


Additionally, we spearheaded the carve-out process, establishing the new business entity separate from its parent company. This involved deploying a new Velocity and Azure landscape tailored to the unique needs of the new company. Working closely with IT and business stakeholders, we ensured a seamless transition by swiftly setting up a fully functional data landscape. The migration to the new company environment was completed within a tight timeframe of four months, consisting of one month of analysis and three months of migration work. 


The migration encompassed dozens of databases and data pipelines and hundreds of Power BI reports, user groups, and permissions. Despite the scale of the operation, we prioritised minimal disruption for end users. Collaborating across IT departments, we ensured that all systems were prepared, resulting in minimal or no disruption to users during the transition. Leveraging Velocity and Azure, we efficiently loaded data into the new environment, meeting stringent cutover deadlines with precision. 

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