# SAP BTP CIAS Release Notes - What's New

Complete release notes for Cloud Integration Automation Service from 2021-2025.

**Source**: [https://github.com/SAP-docs/btp-cloud-integration-automation-service/blob/main/docs/what-s-new-in-cloud-integration-automation-service-ee05dea.md](https://github.com/SAP-docs/btp-cloud-integration-automation-service/blob/main/docs/what-s-new-in-cloud-integration-automation-service-ee05dea.md)

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## Table of Contents

1. [2025](#2025)
   - China (CN20) Data Center
2. [2024](#2024)
   - Montreal (CA10) Data Center
3. [2023](#2023)
   - New Integration Scenario - RTI for SAP IBP
   - Theme Change - Morning Horizon
   - UI Enhancement - Help Features
   - Tokyo (JP10) Data Center
   - Automation Tasks Enhancement - Async Execution
4. [2022](#2022)
   - UI Enhancement - Execution Monitoring
   - New Data Centers - Frankfurt & Shanghai
   - UI Enhancement - Task Logs
   - Scenario Tasks - Execution Modes
   - UI Enhancement - Tile Ordering
   - Scenario Tasks - Progress Bar & UI Text
5. [2021](#2021)
   - Scenario Tasks List View
   - Subscription Plans Available & Neo Deprecation
   - Cloud Foundry Platform Availability
   - Scenario Planning in Application
   - Destination Creation Feature

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## 2025

### New Data Center - China (CN20)

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Available** | 2024-04-11 |
| **Environment** | Cloud Foundry |
| **Type** | New |
| **Action** | Info only |

**Description**: Service subscription now available in China (CN20) data center.

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## 2024

### New Data Center - Montreal (CA10)

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Available** | 2024-07-30 |
| **Environment** | Cloud Foundry |
| **Type** | New |
| **Action** | Info only |

**Description**: Service subscription now available in Montreal (CA10) data center.

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## 2023

### New Integration Scenario - RTI for SAP IBP

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Available** | 2023-11-10 |
| **Environment** | Cloud Foundry |
| **Type** | New |
| **Action** | Info only |

**Description**: Connectivity Setup of Real-Time Integration (RTI) in SAP Integrating Business Planning (IBP). Enables integration of master and transactional data from SAP S/4HANA or SAP ERP to SAP IBP order-based planning in near real-time **without batch jobs**.

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### Theme Change - Morning Horizon

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Available** | 2023-09-13 |
| **Environment** | Cloud Foundry |
| **Type** | New |
| **Action** | Info only |

**Description**: Default theme changed from **"Quartz Light"** to **"Morning Horizon (Light)"**. Manual theme adjustment available via user info dropdown.

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### UI Enhancement - Help Features

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Available** | 2023-09-13 |
| **Environment** | Cloud Foundry |
| **Type** | New |
| **Action** | Recommended |

**Description**:
- Help icon (?) provides UI element overviews
- Homepage displays "What's New" section
- Homepage displays "Help Documentation" section with links

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### New Data Center - Tokyo (JP10)

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Available** | 2023-05-24 |
| **Environment** | Cloud Foundry |
| **Type** | New |
| **Action** | Info only |

**Description**: Service subscription now available in Tokyo (JP10) data center.

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### Automation Tasks Enhancement - Async Execution

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Available** | 2023-05-24 |
| **Environment** | Cloud Foundry |
| **Type** | New |
| **Action** | Info only |

**Description**:
- **Execute Step** now performs asynchronously
- Collapsible panels allow viewing/hiding automation component parameters in My Inbox

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## 2022

### UI Enhancement - Execution Monitoring

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Available** | 2022-09-08 |
| **Environment** | Cloud Foundry |
| **Type** | New |
| **Action** | Info only |

**Description**:
- Users can view and monitor execution progress for each task automation
- Ability to collapse/expand all parameters
- View/hide read-only parameters

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### New Data Centers - Frankfurt & Shanghai

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Available** | 2022-07-26 |
| **Environment** | Cloud Foundry |
| **Type** | New |
| **Action** | Info only |

**Description**: Service subscription now available in:
- Frankfurt (EU11) data center
- Shanghai (CN40) data center

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### UI Enhancement - Task Logs

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Available** | 2022-04-14 |
| **Environment** | Cloud Foundry |
| **Type** | Changed |
| **Action** | Info only |

**Description**: **View Logs** button allows viewing automated task logs post-execution.

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### Scenario Tasks - Execution Modes

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Available** | 2022-04-14 |
| **Environment** | Cloud Foundry |
| **Type** | Changed |
| **Action** | Info only |

**Description**: For scenarios with fully automated tasks, you can now generate a workflow by selecting:
- **Background Execution** - Allows adding scenario-specific parameters exclusively
- **Step-by-Step Execution** - Traditional sequential execution

Selection made from **Select System** screen during workflow generation.

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### UI Enhancement - Tile Ordering

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Available** | 2022-02-21 |
| **Environment** | Cloud Foundry |
| **Type** | Changed |
| **Action** | Info only |

**Description**: Tile order changed:
1. **Plan for Integration** (first)
2. **My Inbox** (second)
3. **Monitoring** (third)

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### Scenario Tasks - Progress Bar & UI Text

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Available** | 2022-02-21 |
| **Environment** | Cloud Foundry, Neo |
| **Type** | Changed |
| **Action** | Info only |

**Description**:
- Progress bar displays current task position within total scenario tasks
- On-screen text added throughout UI
- Mouseover text added for better context

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## 2021

### Scenario Tasks List View

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Available** | 2021-10-01 |
| **Environment** | Cloud Foundry |
| **Type** | Changed |
| **Action** | Info only |

**Description**: **Scenario Task** tab in scenario planning UI displays list of selected integration scenario tasks.

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### Subscription Plans Available & Neo Deprecation

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Available** | 2021-08-04 |
| **Environment** | Cloud Foundry |
| **Type** | Changed |
| **Action** | Info only |

**Description**:
- Cloud Integration Automation service now provides **Standard** and **OAuth2** plans
- **Neo environment access ends July 2021**
- Cloud Foundry is recommended for new scenario creation
- Backup support available via BC-INS-CIT-RT component incident

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### Cloud Foundry Platform Availability

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Available** | 2021-05-01 |
| **Environment** | Cloud Foundry, Neo |
| **Type** | Changed |
| **Action** | Info only |

**Description**: Service subscription now available for Cloud Foundry subaccounts.

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### Scenario Planning in Application

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Available** | 2021-05-01 |
| **Environment** | Cloud Foundry, Neo |
| **Type** | Changed |
| **Action** | Info only |

**Description**: Scenario integration planning functionality integrated directly within Cloud Integration Automation service application (no longer requires separate access).

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### Destination Creation Feature

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Available** | 2021-05-01 |
| **Environment** | Cloud Foundry, Neo |
| **Type** | Changed |
| **Action** | Info only |

**Description**: Users can now create destinations in SAP Business Technology Platform subaccounts directly from Cloud Integration Automation service inbox.

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## Timeline Summary

### Data Center Availability

| Date | Region | Code |
|------|--------|------|
| 2021-05-01 | Cloud Foundry support | - |
| 2022-07-26 | Frankfurt EU Access | EU11 |
| 2022-07-26 | Shanghai | CN40 |
| 2023-05-24 | Tokyo | JP10 |
| 2024-07-30 | Montreal | CA10 |
| 2025-04-11 | China | CN20 |

### Major Feature Releases

| Date | Feature |
|------|---------|
| 2021-05-01 | Cloud Foundry support, In-app scenario planning, Destination creation |
| 2021-08-04 | Standard + OAuth2 plans, Neo deprecation |
| 2022-02-21 | Progress bar, UI tile reordering |
| 2022-04-14 | Background/Step-by-Step execution modes, View Logs |
| 2022-09-08 | Execution monitoring enhancements |
| 2023-05-24 | Async Execute Step, Collapsible parameter panels |
| 2023-09-13 | Morning Horizon theme, Help features |
| 2023-11-10 | RTI for SAP IBP scenario |

### Deprecations

| Date | Deprecation |
|------|-------------|
| 2021-07 | Neo environment access ended |
| 2021-08-04 | Neo no longer recommended for new scenarios |

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## Environment Support

| Environment | Status |
|-------------|--------|
| **Cloud Foundry** | Active - Primary platform |
| **Neo** | Deprecated (July 2021) |

All new features since 2021-08 are Cloud Foundry only.

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## Documentation Link

- What's New: [https://github.com/SAP-docs/btp-cloud-integration-automation-service/blob/main/docs/what-s-new-in-cloud-integration-automation-service-ee05dea.md](https://github.com/SAP-docs/btp-cloud-integration-automation-service/blob/main/docs/what-s-new-in-cloud-integration-automation-service-ee05dea.md)