SAP Graph

SAP Graph addresses the same challenge of data being spread across several solutions, which are diverse in terms of their data models and technology stacks. This is similar to SAP ODM. However, SAP ODM’s approach looks at the subset of data and entities common across these solutions. SAP ODM provides the data model to be consumed by applications and mainly for master data exchange. In contrast, SAP Graph looks at the cumulative data model spanning all these applications to provide a unified API for accessing SAP data. With this, SAP Graph is technically middleware, and it actually uses SAP APIM under the bonnet.

Important Note

You may come across documents that say SAP Graph exposes data using SAP ODM. Although this was the intention during the incubation of SAP Graph, it looks as though the domain models for data exchange and unified API access had different requirements; hence, the implementation of the two drifted apart. Therefore, at the time of writing,...