SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform)BTP
What it is
SAP's platform-as-a-service for building, integrating and extending SAP and non-SAP systems — it hosts the ABAP Environment, CAP runtimes, integration, AI and analytics. The home of side-by-side extensions.
Why it matters for Clean Core
BTP is where Clean Core's 'side-by-side' lane lives. When an extension shouldn't run on the digital core, it runs on BTP and integrates over released APIs and events — keeping the core clean.
Common pitfall
Thinking BTP is only for non-ABAP developers. The ABAP Environment runs on BTP, so an ABAP dev can build side-by-side extensions in ABAP Cloud. BTP is a platform choice, not a language one.