SAP Analytics Cloud tenants on Quarterly Release Cycle (QRC) updates in 2023

Planned enhancements in SAP Analytics Cloud for 2023 are available on the Road Map page.

You can find our recent release highlights on the page https://www.sap.com/products/cloud-analytics/features/release-highlights.html to explore new features, functions, and highlights.

If you are looking for the past release dates in 2022, please see this Blog Post.

SAP Analytics Cloud aligns with SAP’s global strategy for cloud application releases, following SAP Cloud products 2023 calendar:

SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP Ariba
SAP Business Network (incl. SAP Business Network for Procurement, SAP Business Network for Asset Management, and SAP Business Network for Logistics)
SAP BTP, ABAP environment
SAP Business Technology Platform
SAP Concur
SAP Customer Experience
SAP Enterprise Asset Management
SAP Fieldglass
SAP Integrated Business Planning
SAP Manufacturing
SAP Product Lifecycle Management
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
SAP SuccessFactors

Customer-impacting releases may only take place in February, May, August and November each year.

After each update, when you log in to SAP Analytics Cloud after an update, you’ll see a prominent notification banner with a link to our What’s New help content. You will see Help page of What’s New-2022 Releases.

SAP Harmonized Quarterly Updates for 2023 are the following:

2023 Q1: Feb 17-19 (QRC version 2023.02)
2023 Q2: May 19-21 (QRC version 2023.08)
2023 Q3: Aug 18-20 (QRC version 2023.16)
2023 Q4: Nov 10-12 (QRC version 2023.21).

For more details, see KBA 2888562.

SAP Analytics Cloud QRC release calendar 2023

SAP Analytics Cloud, as all cloud products, may have an optional, no-impact release on harmonized monthly feature delivery weekends.

As with the quarterly releases, each product has the option to release during any or all of these windows. Customers should not need to prepare for or take action for the monthly feature deliveries.

Note: Content can only be moved between systems on different release cycles at the time of a quarterly release cycle update.

To transport using Content Network: The source and destination systems need to be on the same quarterly version of SAP Analytics Cloud, or the following quarterly version. If the importing system is on an older version, the package won’t appear. If it’s two or more versions ahead of the exporting system, the package’s content may not be supported.

Using the Transport (file) Method (zipped / .TGZ files) – Content can only be imported in the same version of the application from which it was exported, or the subsequent version. After your system is upgraded again, you cannot import the content.