SAP Solution: License measurement

Do you actually know about SAP's whirlpool clause? Or do you know why one company has to pay for Business Suite maintenance, but another doesn't - even though the usage is comparable?

For many SAP products, the license terms or prices and metrics are quite diverse and keep changing. Therefore, it is a challenge every year to get through the SAP license measurement in one piece.

Until now, indirect use has hovered over companies like a sword of Damocles. SAP has reacted and introduced a new licensing model. We look into the question of whether this is a fair solution or a toll.

In the past, some SAP customers had to make subsequent license requests based on license terms that could be found in the SAP PKL but had not been actively communicated.

The topic of indirect use in the context of SAP licensing is not a new one. What is new is merely how SAP SE defines it and that the company designates software licensing products that include licensing on the one hand, but exclude parts of it where applicable.

The regular, sometimes surprising license measurements are a thing of the past. With Leonardo Machine Learning, SAP makes ERP life easier for existing customers.

Every year, SAP announces itself for license measurement. Then users must prove that they are using their systems in accordance with the contractual agreements and have classified their SAP users accordingly.

When an SAP license measurement is due, it is usually too late to bring order to IT asset management. You can wait and drink tea, or you can actively prepare for the necessary work in a spirit of partnership. An interview on the topic of license measurement with KPMG Senior Manager Florian Ascherl.

How can license measurement be handled cleanly and prepared professionally without bending license conditions? How high can the toll on the gray zone be? How do you pay only for what is used?