Keeping your BW system up to date ensures that you get the most out of your SAC stories designed with BW Live connections. To make full use of the latest SAC innovations, enhancements, and fixes, it is recommended to update your BW support package at least once a year as outlined in SAP Note 2541557. Applying the relevant note collections through the SAP BW Note Analyzer also helps maintain smooth compatibility and performance.
For those wondering whether their BW system is aligned with SAC, there is now an easy way to check. SAC displays a clear status message in the story edit mode and within the support agent. This helps to quickly see if your connected BW system is in sync with the current SAC recommendations or if it needs attention.
What is BW Note Validation
BW Note Validation checks the BW system information returned by your live connection and compares it with SAP’s guidance to determine if the BW system needs to be upgraded. It summarizes the result in two ratings:
QRC version rating: how your BW backend aligns with the current SAC quarterly release cycle guidance.Support Package (SP) rating: whether your BW system’s support package level meets minimum recommended levels.
The ratings are shown as status icon and text details so you can immediately see if everything is fine, if an update is recommended, or if the system is out of date.
Where you can see it
Support Agent:After recording: When you complete a Support Agent recording, the result view includes BW Note Validation with QRC and SP ratings for the BW systems involved in the session.
BW Note Validation in Support Tool (recording)When loading an SST file: If you load an SST file into the Support Agent, the validation runs on the captured environment and displays the ratings.
BW Note Validation in Support Tool (playback)Story Info panel (edit mode): In a story that uses live BW connections, open the Info panel while in edit mode to see the BW Note Validation ratings. This helps story designers quickly confirm their bw backend is up to date or needs attention.
BW Note Validation in Info Panel
What the ratings mean
Up to date: Your BW system meets or exceeds the current guidance for the active SAC installation.Good: Your BW system is in a good condition, but new releases are available.Acceptable: Your BW system is functional, but lags recommended levels; consider scheduling an update.Critical: Your BW system is below supported guidance; an update is strongly advised to avoid issues.
Typical workflows
In Support Agent recording mode:Start a recording and reproduce the scenario.After stopping the recording, you will have a link with “More information”.This will open a popup showing the ratings for systems found in your workflow.In Support Agent playback modeIn the playback tab, load an existing SST.If this file includes information about the BW ratings, you will see a link saying, “Note status”.Clicking this will open a popup showing the ratings for systems found in your recording.In a Story (edit mode):Open your story that uses a live BW model.Open the Info panel.In the “Issues” tab you can find the information about the BW system ratings in the “Story” section.
Scope and prerequisites
BW Note Validation applies to BW live connections used by SAC stories.The feature relies on BW system metadata available to SAC via the live connection.If a story uses multiple BW connections, you will see a rating per connection.Non-BW sources are not included in this validation.Ratings are informative; they do not block usage. Stories remain usable even when the backend is rated Critical.
Release timeline
Support Agent display: SAC QRC1.2026.Story Info panel display: SAC QRC1.2026.SAP Note 3554618, “BW InA: SAC BW InA Support Tool”
Why it matters
BW Note Validation gives authors and support teams instant visibility into backend status, reducing the time spent on manual checks and helping you proactively plan updates. It also adds valuable context when investigating issues via the Support Agent, so you can quickly rule in—or out—backend version alignment as a contributing factor.
We’d love your feedback
Try BW Note Validation when it becomes available in your tenant and let us know what you think. Also please share questions and suggestions here, we are happy to help.
Keeping your BW system up to date ensures that you get the most out of your SAC stories designed with BW Live connections. To make full use of the latest SAC innovations, enhancements, and fixes, it is recommended to update your BW support package at least once a year as outlined in SAP Note 2541557. Applying the relevant note collections through the SAP BW Note Analyzer also helps maintain smooth compatibility and performance.For those wondering whether their BW system is aligned with SAC, there is now an easy way to check. SAC displays a clear status message in the story edit mode and within the support agent. This helps to quickly see if your connected BW system is in sync with the current SAC recommendations or if it needs attention.What is BW Note ValidationBW Note Validation checks the BW system information returned by your live connection and compares it with SAP’s guidance to determine if the BW system needs to be upgraded. It summarizes the result in two ratings:QRC version rating: how your BW backend aligns with the current SAC quarterly release cycle guidance.Support Package (SP) rating: whether your BW system’s support package level meets minimum recommended levels.The ratings are shown as status icon and text details so you can immediately see if everything is fine, if an update is recommended, or if the system is out of date.Where you can see itSupport Agent:After recording: When you complete a Support Agent recording, the result view includes BW Note Validation with QRC and SP ratings for the BW systems involved in the session.BW Note Validation in Support Tool (recording)When loading an SST file: If you load an SST file into the Support Agent, the validation runs on the captured environment and displays the ratings.BW Note Validation in Support Tool (playback)Story Info panel (edit mode): In a story that uses live BW connections, open the Info panel while in edit mode to see the BW Note Validation ratings. This helps story designers quickly confirm their bw backend is up to date or needs attention.BW Note Validation in Info PanelWhat the ratings meanUp to date: Your BW system meets or exceeds the current guidance for the active SAC installation.Good: Your BW system is in a good condition, but new releases are available.Acceptable: Your BW system is functional, but lags recommended levels; consider scheduling an update.Critical: Your BW system is below supported guidance; an update is strongly advised to avoid issues.Typical workflowsIn Support Agent recording mode:Start a recording and reproduce the scenario.After stopping the recording, you will have a link with “More information”.This will open a popup showing the ratings for systems found in your workflow.In Support Agent playback modeIn the playback tab, load an existing SST.If this file includes information about the BW ratings, you will see a link saying, “Note status”.Clicking this will open a popup showing the ratings for systems found in your recording.In a Story (edit mode):Open your story that uses a live BW model.Open the Info panel.In the “Issues” tab you can find the information about the BW system ratings in the “Story” section.Scope and prerequisitesBW Note Validation applies to BW live connections used by SAC stories.The feature relies on BW system metadata available to SAC via the live connection.If a story uses multiple BW connections, you will see a rating per connection.Non-BW sources are not included in this validation.Ratings are informative; they do not block usage. Stories remain usable even when the backend is rated Critical.Release timelineSupport Agent display: SAC QRC1.2026.Story Info panel display: SAC QRC1.2026.SAP Note 3554618, “BW InA: SAC BW InA Support Tool”Why it mattersBW Note Validation gives authors and support teams instant visibility into backend status, reducing the time spent on manual checks and helping you proactively plan updates. It also adds valuable context when investigating issues via the Support Agent, so you can quickly rule in—or out—backend version alignment as a contributing factor.We’d love your feedbackTry BW Note Validation when it becomes available in your tenant and let us know what you think. Also please share questions and suggestions here, we are happy to help. Read More Technology Blog Posts by SAP articles
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