The February 2026 release of SAP Business ByDesign delivers enhancements focused on usability, compliance, automation, integration, analytics, and governance controls. The update improves user experience, strengthens approval and workflow logic, enhances integration capabilities, and expands reporting accuracy across Finance, Supply Chain, Projects, HR, and Customer Engagement. 

Get the SAP Business ByDesign February 2026 Update here.

1. Enhanced Governance & Workflow Controls

This release strengthens approval processes and supplier governance:

• Supplier Workflow Rules now support Company ID–based conditions, enabling more granular approval logic.
• Purchase Order Approval introduces a new condition: Total Net Value Change for header re-approval scenarios.
• Blocked/Obsolete Supplier Protection prevents PO creation when suppliers are inactive in list pricing.
• Mandatory Field Highlighting improves data entry accuracy with clearer UI error handling.

Impact: Improved compliance, tighter procurement controls, and reduced operational risk.

2. Customer Experience & Support Modernization

SAP continues rolling out its New Built-in Support model (available to all tenants except China DC/region):

• Launch of Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) surveys through the new support framework.
• Legacy CSAT via Application & User Management Cases is being discontinued outside China-hosted tenants.

Impact: Modernized support engagement with improved feedback collection and tenant-wide rollout.

3. Document & Attachment Management Updates

Several key changes affect document handling:

• Browser-based attachment preview disabled (download only).
• Self-Service Attachment Extraction to SharePoint enables customers to stage and extract attachments to customer-managed SharePoint environments.
• Removal of the Extract button in the Expense Report mobile app (manual entry required).

Impact: Increased security and better enterprise document governance, with more customer-controlled storage integration.

4. Finance & Compliance Enhancements

Invoicing & Output

• New PDF output option for customer invoices (in addition to XML).

Tax & Regulatory

• Introduction of new tax number types:
  • TIN – Taxpayer Identification Number
  • TIN – Tax Identification Number
  • TTN – Tourism Tax Number

PSM (Partner Solution Model) Expansions

Additional fields released for read/write access across:

• Trade Receivables Payables Register
• ERM Expense Arrangement
• Transportation Lane objects

Impact: Greater flexibility for partner extensions, improved localization readiness, and expanded compliance coverage.

5. Project & Sales Integration Improvements

• Enhanced Project Creation Pop-up (Customer Projects from Sales Orders):
  • Mandatory Project Type field
  • Auto-populated Project Start Date
• Support for Customer Projects with Sales Integration including overhead costs
• External Reference column added to Customer Contract Overview
• Product Description field exposed in Web Services (ManageCustomerContractIn / ManageCustomerQuoteIn)

Impact: Stronger integration between Sales and Project Management, improved billing accuracy, and better API extensibility.

6. Supply Chain & Logistics Enhancements

• Enhanced inbound logistics interface allows specifying the Target Logistics Unit during goods movement.
• Physical Inventory Count Report now includes:
  • Inventory Accuracy % (Value)
  • Inventory Accuracy % (Quantity)

Impact: Improved warehouse precision, analytics, and inventory control.

7. HR & Employee Self-Service Enhancements

• Employees can now attach supporting documents to Leave Requests.
• Approvers can review attachments within approval workflows.

Impact: Streamlined HR documentation processes and improved audit readiness.

8. Security & Technical Updates

• Outlook Add-in upgraded with the latest security patches.
• Email domain validation prompt added in Communication Systems.

Impact: Improved cybersecurity posture and reduced communication errors.

Overall Business Impact

The February 2026 release is focused on:

• Strengthening financial and procurement controls
• Improving cross-functional integration (Sales–Projects–Finance)
• Enhancing analytics and reporting accuracy
• Increasing document governance and security
• Expanding extensibility via PSM
• Improving employee and customer experience

This update reinforces SAP Business ByDesign’s position as a secure, integrated mid-market ERP platform with stronger compliance, automation, and enterprise-grade integration capabilities.