What I Love as a Splunker — SAP and RHONDOS (September 2021)

SAP on Splunk is a perfect example of what Splunk was built for; taking the wealth of valuable data generated by SAP and converting into significant business outcomes. These are a few of the ways Splunk, with the help of RHONDOS, can transform your organization’s SAP operations:

·      Getting started in your SAP on Splunk journey couldn’t be easier. Once SAP data starts flowing into Splunk, the PowerConnect app will start enriching the data and providing previously untapped insight and value with its out-of-the-box dashboards within minutes.            

 ·      SAP data is mission critical to organizations, but at the same time highly complex. Analyzing it within SAP takes expert knowledge of transaction codes and navigation of the data. Splunk makes the same data more accessible to everyone, enabling different teams in the organization with different use cases and needs to investigate, monitor, analyze, and act on the data.                                                                  

·      As a Splunk user, bringing in a massive and complex data source like SAP may seem daunting. And collaboration with the SAP team is key for smooth onboarding. RHONDOS ensures a seamless process by having experts on both SAP and Splunk working with customers from start to finish. And Splunk users and SAP admins can also rely on 24/7 support after the initial installation.                                           

·      Analysis and monitoring of an SAP environment from within the environment itself has its challenges. Bringing the data into Splunk unlocks new perspectives and use cases for your data, and allows you to investigate issues in real time or historically. Not only that, but your SAP data is no longer siloed and can now be correlated with other datasets in the organization, such as network, firewall, windows and linux logs, etc.                   

Splunk’s Annual .Conf Registration (Free/Virtual) 

Sessions to look out for:  

SEC1859 - Zero Trust Framework Driven by SAP PowerConnect for Splunk 

ITO1223B - Using Splunk to Monitor SAP: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly 

ITO1281B - How Grainger Uses Splunk ITSI to Accelerate Root Cause Analysis and Visualize Service Insights 

Author: @Oscar Alvarez - Bilingual Splunker, rockstar consultant and RHONDOS consultant