SAP announced new tools for developers and data experts in its Q1/2026 Business AI portfolio, including a Joule Studio code editor as an extension for Visual Studio Code and a command-line interface (CLI). The VS Code editor integrates Joule's AI features for automated project scaffolding, context-aware code generation, and intelligent recommendations. The CLI is designed for automation and DevOps scenarios, enabling users to create projects, manage configurations, perform deployments, and orchestrate CI/CD processes. The AI assistant Joule is now generally available in SAP Datasphere, allowing data experts to interact with the platform using natural language to get explanations, retrieve information, or change system settings. SAP expanded Document AI with custom confidence thresholds for recognized document fields, and Transport Management now supports export and import of channels and workflows. Supported document types now include business partner documents and delivery notes for warehouse management. The Generative AI Hub of the SAP AI Foundation added metadata management for documents, collections, and vector chunks, plus an enhanced retrieval API that aggregates search results from multiple data sources.