Industry news, release updates, and practitioner deep-dives across the SAP Incentive Management ecosystem.
SAP has replaced traditional MCQ exams with open-book, performance-based practical assessments. Already live for SAP Generative AI Developer, Business Data Cloud, and SAP BTP. The SAP Incentive Management cert (C_THR70) is in the transition scope. Here's what changed, what's allowed open-book, and how to prepare.
Most release breakdowns copy-paste the changelog or invent specifics. A practitioner's framework: four categories that cause real breakage in every release, an interactive pre-upgrade checklist, and direct links to official SAP release notes.
Crystal Reports 2020 extended to December 2026, Crystal Reports 2025 to December 2027. SAP Embedded Analytics still can't replace Crystal for formatted compensation statements and regulatory documents. If you're on CR 2016 or earlier, you're already in a support gap. What to audit and what not to rush.
CallidusCloud Commissions end of maintenance is December 31, 2026. The four ICM-specific gaps most migration plans miss: the Landing Pad is gone and must be rebuilt from scratch, ASMT only covers 70–80% of PL/SQL conversion, CS_ tables changed more than the prefix suggests, and there is no SAP standard tool to validate commission data migration.