specification: API Commons Rate Limits
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/RateLimits
provider: SAP Sales and Distribution (SD)
providerId: sap-sales-and-distribution-sd
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
- ERP
- OData
- SAP
- Rate Limiting
description: SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) does not publish public API rate limits reachable in this
  reconciliation pass; limits are governed by the customer's commercial / partner agreement. Consumers
  should honor 429 / 503 responses where they appear and follow standard exponential-backoff guidance.
notes: SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) is a module of SAP S/4HANA / ECC and is licensed as part of the
  customer's broader S/4HANA agreement; it is not sold or priced as a standalone API product. No public
  pricing exists.
sources:
- https://www.sap.com/products/scm/sales-distribution.html
- https://api.sap.com/
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
  serviceUnavailable: 503
limits:
- name: Contracted limits
  scope: account
  metric: varies
  limit: negotiated under commercial / partner agreement; not publicly published
policies:
- name: Backoff on 429
  description: Clients should implement exponential backoff with jitter on HTTP 429 responses, honoring
    the Retry-After header when present.
- name: Quota raise via account team
  description: Quota and rate-limit changes are coordinated through the SAP Sales and Distribution (SD)
    account team or partner manager rather than self-service.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
  url: https://apievangelist.com