Indirect digital access occurs when non-SAP applications, systems, or interfaces are used to create, manipulate, or view data within the SAP Digital Core (e.g., S/4HANA). This access is licensed based on the creation of specific document types.

Option A is correct because a specialized, non-SAP "industry application" creating a "Defect document" (a Quality Management document) in SAP is a clear case of system-to-system indirect access.

Option D is correct because a "Production Order" (a Manufacturing document) created via a "non-SAP front-end" represents human-driven indirect access, where a user interacts with SAP through an intermediary interface. Both scenarios result in the creation of documents that are counted under the Digital Access licensing model.

B. An unattended bot in SAP Build Process Automation: This is an SAP-to-SAP integration. Such interactions are not considered indirect digital access and are governed by the specific licenses of the SAP products involved.

C. A Time Sheet Record from a 3rd party application: While this is also a valid example of indirect access, options A and D better illustrate the two distinct types of indirect access: automated system integration (A) and human interaction via a non-SAP UI (D).

1. SAP Whitepaper: "SAP Digital Access: Licensing SAP Software for the Digital Age" (April 2018).

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Section "What is Indirect/Digital Access?": Defines Digital Access as occurring "when humans or any device or system indirectly use the Digital Core through a non-SAP intermediary software that is licensed or sold separately." This supports the correctness of both a non-SAP application (A) and a non-SAP front-end (D) as sources of indirect access.

2. SAP Support Note 2648708 - "SAP S/4HANA Digital Access"

Attachment: "Digital Access for SAP S4HANA - FAQ.pdf": This document clarifies the document types that are counted. It lists "Manufacturing document" (covering Production Orders as in option D) and "Quality management document" (covering Defect documents/Quality Notifications as in option A) as two of the nine countable document types.

3. SAP Help Portal: "Digital Access" Documentation for SAP S/4HANA.

The documentation consistently explains that access originating from third-party systems

custom-developed UIs

or any non-SAP application that results in document creation within SAP falls under the Digital Access model. It explicitly excludes scenarios where SAP applications connect to other SAP applications (making option B incorrect).