In a world where transformation never stops, organizations need more than incremental improvements; they need a unified foundation that brings applications, data, and AI together.
With the SAP 2602 release, SAP Cloud ERP delivers exactly that: an intelligent, suite-based architecture designed to help businesses run faster, operate smarter, and lead with greater confidence.
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Release 2602 | Key Updates for Finance, Strategic Insights, & More
SAP continues to advance its integrated suite strategy, connecting every signal, every process, and every insight across the enterprise. Rather than innovating in silos, the 2602 release introduces AI-powered capabilities embedded directly into core business processes, enabling scalable growth and cross-functional alignment.
The result: finance, sales, and operations teams working from a single source of truth, powered by real-time intelligence.
Finance is no longer a back-office function; it’s a strategic driver of enterprise performance. The 2602 release introduces innovations designed to help finance teams close faster, operate with greater transparency, and unlock actionable insight.
The new Accounting Accruals Agent automates significant portions of the accrual process using AI. This reduces manual effort, improves accuracy, and accelerates the financial close, allowing teams to focus on analysis rather than administration.
Beginning in 2026, SAP Green Ledger will embed carbon border adjustments directly into finance processes. Organizations will be able to track carbon liabilities and manage certificates within their core financial workflows.
With deep integration and smart automation, carbon accounting becomes part of day-one financial operations, enabling compliant, insight-driven sustainability management.
Finance leaders gain access to:
These capabilities help surface optimization opportunities and provide a more mature, strategic review process across business units.
Joule acts as an intelligent AI co-pilot embedded across SAP applications. Users can query transactional data using natural language and instantly compare planned versus actual performance.
By democratizing access to insight, Joule empowers business users, not just analysts, to make faster, more informed decisions.
To support increasingly complex business models, SAP has enhanced flexibility across billing and revenue processes:
These enhancements ensure tight integration between sales and finance, reducing friction and improving revenue accuracy.
Sales teams benefit from major productivity gains, including:
These capabilities reduce manual work, accelerate deal cycles, and enable more scalable growth.
The 2602 release reinforces SAP’s commitment to delivering:
By bringing applications, data, and AI together on one intelligent foundation, SAP enables organizations to move with speed, operate with confidence, and stay ahead in an increasingly competitive landscape.
The world moves fast. With SAP’s integrated suite and embedded AI innovations, your business can move faster.