SAP is on a mission to make Joule, its generative AI assistant, ubiquitous across the entire product portfolio – from S/4HANA and SuccessFactors to BTP and SAP Build. SAP ships Joule with a rich set of out-of-the-box skills to fetch data, transact, navigate, automate tasks, and deliver contextual insights through natural language. But many organizations need more: tailored responses, industry-specific workflows, and integration with custom systems etc.,
That’s where Joule Studio comes in. With Joule Studio, businesses can build custom Joule skills and agents for both SAP and non-SAP systems, empowering users with AI-driven capabilities tailored to their unique processes.
Note: Joule Studio is part of SAP Build. With SAP Build, you can now create low-code/no-code apps, processes, approvals, automations, and decisions. It also supports pro-code development using Fiori, CAP, and mobile frameworks. You can design compelling user experience sites; all natively infused with Generative AI to enhance productivity and accelerate time-to-value.
What is Joule Studio?
Joule Studio is a developer-friendly environment that enables both professional developers and business technologists to create, manage, and deploy AI-powered skills and agents. Whether it’s fetching data from S/4HANA or triggering a multi-step process in ServiceNow, Joule Studio simplifies it – with little to no code.
This blog focuses on the SAP Discovery Center mission dedicated to building Joule skills using Joule Studio. (Agent development is currently in beta, with general availability planned for Q4 2025. Stay tuned for a follow-up blog on that).
Why Joule Studio?
Joule Studio enables you to:
Build AI skills – atomic tasks triggered by natural language (e.g., “Show open purchase orders”).Develop AI agents – multi-turn, intelligent assistants that manage complex workflows (e.g., onboarding an employee or exception handling in order processing, finding weather trends or tariff changes and suggesting pricing changes).
Key Features of Joule Studio:
Feature
Description
Visual Skill Builder
No-code/low-code UI to define intents, logic, and response formats
Agent Framework
Design multi-step, multi-intent workflows with skills, memory, and branching logic
SAP Integration
Connect to BTP services, OData APIs, CDS views, workflows, and SAP applications.
Non-SAP Integration
Connect with external APIs like ServiceNow, MS Teams, and Salesforce
Human-in-the-loop
Include approval steps or manual interventions within agent workflows.
Security & Identity
Uses SAP BTP’s security model for authentication, role management, and access control.
Multichannel Deployment
Deploy skills and agents across SAP Start, SAP Build Work Zone, MS Teams, and more
Deep Dive: Joule skills:
Joule skills are components of an advanced AI model designed to execute atomic operations – single, predefined tasks that run independently and deterministically within a conversation. Joule Skills provide a fast, structured, and reliable way to automate repetitive business tasks and retrieve data within SAP systems. They eliminate manual work, reduce errors, and improve efficiency, allowing users to focus on more strategic activities.
Key Capabilities of Joule skills:
Deterministic Execution – Skills perform predefined actions with fixed inputs and outputs.Natural Language Understanding – Joule accurately interprets user intent regardless of phrasing.Context Awareness – Skills only trigger when contextually relevant, based on user role and interaction history.Unified Automation – SAP-provided and custom skills coexist in a single productive Joule instance.
Key Characteristics of Jouke skills:
Intent-driven – Each skill is initiated by natural language input.Composable – Skills can be combined to create intelligent workflows.Low-code – Built using tools like:Condition Editor – define logic based on dataFormula Editor – manipulate and compute valuesSkill Parameters – manage input/output variablesMessage Format Editor – structure output for displayExtensible – Easily customized for unique business processesAction Projects – Enable connectivity to remote systems (e.g., S/4HANA, Ariba, or Northwind) via APIs
Ready to Get Hands-On?
Joule Studio is shaping up to be one of the most significant releases in SAP Build in 2025. We know many of you are eager to dive in, experiment, and build your own AI skills.
To help you get started, our team has created and published a SAP Discovery Center Mission: Build custom Joule skills for SAP and non-SAP systems using Joule Studio.
This guided mission walks you through every step – validating prerequisites, setting up your environment, enabling necessary services, configuring connectivity to systems like S/4HANA, and building and testing your custom skills in Joule.
You’ll walk away with a working Joule skills project featuring multiple skills – a solid foundation for building enterprise-ready, intelligent AI assistants.
So what are you waiting for?
🚀Go to Build custom Joule skills for SAP and non-SAP systems using Joule Studio in SAP Discovery Center and start your mission. We’ll be cheering for you.
Happy ‘Build’ing! 😊
SAP is on a mission to make Joule, its generative AI assistant, ubiquitous across the entire product portfolio – from S/4HANA and SuccessFactors to BTP and SAP Build. SAP ships Joule with a rich set of out-of-the-box skills to fetch data, transact, navigate, automate tasks, and deliver contextual insights through natural language. But many organizations need more: tailored responses, industry-specific workflows, and integration with custom systems etc.,That’s where Joule Studio comes in. With Joule Studio, businesses can build custom Joule skills and agents for both SAP and non-SAP systems, empowering users with AI-driven capabilities tailored to their unique processes.Note: Joule Studio is part of SAP Build. With SAP Build, you can now create low-code/no-code apps, processes, approvals, automations, and decisions. It also supports pro-code development using Fiori, CAP, and mobile frameworks. You can design compelling user experience sites; all natively infused with Generative AI to enhance productivity and accelerate time-to-value.What is Joule Studio?Joule Studio is a developer-friendly environment that enables both professional developers and business technologists to create, manage, and deploy AI-powered skills and agents. Whether it’s fetching data from S/4HANA or triggering a multi-step process in ServiceNow, Joule Studio simplifies it – with little to no code.This blog focuses on the SAP Discovery Center mission dedicated to building Joule skills using Joule Studio. (Agent development is currently in beta, with general availability planned for Q4 2025. Stay tuned for a follow-up blog on that).Why Joule Studio?Joule Studio enables you to:Build AI skills – atomic tasks triggered by natural language (e.g., “Show open purchase orders”).Develop AI agents – multi-turn, intelligent assistants that manage complex workflows (e.g., onboarding an employee or exception handling in order processing, finding weather trends or tariff changes and suggesting pricing changes).Key Features of Joule Studio:FeatureDescriptionVisual Skill BuilderNo-code/low-code UI to define intents, logic, and response formatsAgent FrameworkDesign multi-step, multi-intent workflows with skills, memory, and branching logicSAP IntegrationConnect to BTP services, OData APIs, CDS views, workflows, and SAP applications.Non-SAP IntegrationConnect with external APIs like ServiceNow, MS Teams, and SalesforceHuman-in-the-loopInclude approval steps or manual interventions within agent workflows.Security & IdentityUses SAP BTP’s security model for authentication, role management, and access control.Multichannel DeploymentDeploy skills and agents across SAP Start, SAP Build Work Zone, MS Teams, and moreDeep Dive: Joule skills:Joule skills are components of an advanced AI model designed to execute atomic operations – single, predefined tasks that run independently and deterministically within a conversation. Joule Skills provide a fast, structured, and reliable way to automate repetitive business tasks and retrieve data within SAP systems. They eliminate manual work, reduce errors, and improve efficiency, allowing users to focus on more strategic activities.Key Capabilities of Joule skills:Deterministic Execution – Skills perform predefined actions with fixed inputs and outputs.Natural Language Understanding – Joule accurately interprets user intent regardless of phrasing.Context Awareness – Skills only trigger when contextually relevant, based on user role and interaction history.Unified Automation – SAP-provided and custom skills coexist in a single productive Joule instance.Key Characteristics of Jouke skills:Intent-driven – Each skill is initiated by natural language input.Composable – Skills can be combined to create intelligent workflows.Low-code – Built using tools like:Condition Editor – define logic based on dataFormula Editor – manipulate and compute valuesSkill Parameters – manage input/output variablesMessage Format Editor – structure output for displayExtensible – Easily customized for unique business processesAction Projects – Enable connectivity to remote systems (e.g., S/4HANA, Ariba, or Northwind) via APIsReady to Get Hands-On?Joule Studio is shaping up to be one of the most significant releases in SAP Build in 2025. We know many of you are eager to dive in, experiment, and build your own AI skills.To help you get started, our team has created and published a SAP Discovery Center Mission: Build custom Joule skills for SAP and non-SAP systems using Joule Studio.This guided mission walks you through every step – validating prerequisites, setting up your environment, enabling necessary services, configuring connectivity to systems like S/4HANA, and building and testing your custom skills in Joule. You’ll walk away with a working Joule skills project featuring multiple skills – a solid foundation for building enterprise-ready, intelligent AI assistants.So what are you waiting for? 🚀Go to Build custom Joule skills for SAP and non-SAP systems using Joule Studio in SAP Discovery Center and start your mission. We’ll be cheering for you.Happy ‘Build’ing! 😊 Read More Technology Blog Posts by SAP articles
#SAP
#SAPTechnologyblog
