Overview
What is SAP Analytics Cloud?
The SAP Analytics Cloud solution brings together analytics and planning with integration to SAP applications and access to heterogenous data sources. As the analytics and planning solution within SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Analytics Cloud supports trusted insights and integrated…
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SAP Analytics Cloud - future of SAP Analytics
Good enough and deliver good insights
Fantastic easy to use and implement cloud analytics platform.
Use it anywhere CRM analytics!
SAP Analytics Cloud: Unlock the Power of AI for Accurate Projections
Experience on SAP Analytics Cloud for mechanical manufacturing field
SAC - Driving 360 degree Analytical need of Industry
Excellent software for accurate analysis
SAC Accelerating Business Intelligence and Collaboration
SAP Analytics Cloud is good but opportunity to improve
SAP Analytics Cloud Review
Must use for Analytics use cases
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Popular Features
- KPIs (261)8.383%
- Management reporting (265)8.383%
- Personalized dashboards (270)8.282%
- Color-coded scorecards (255)8.181%
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Pricing
SAP Analytics Cloud for Business Intelligence
$36.00
SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning
Price upon request
Entry-level set up fee?
- No setup fee
Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Starting price (does not include set up fee)
- $36 per month per user
Features
BI Standard Reporting
Standard reporting means pre-built or canned reports available to users without having to create them.
- 7.8Pixel Perfect reports(204) Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports are highly-formatted reports with graphics and ability to preview the report before printing.
- 8.1Customizable dashboards(242) Ratings
Customizable dashboards are dashboards providing the builder some degree of control over the look and feel and display options.
- 7.9Report Formatting Templates(220) Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Ad-Hoc Reports are reports built by the user to meet highly specific requirements.
- 8Drill-down analysis(248) Ratings
Drill down analysis is the ability to get to a further level of detail by going deeper into the hierarchy.
- 7.9Formatting capabilities(245) Ratings
Ability to format output e.g. conditional formatting, lines, headers, footers.
- 7.8Integration with R or other statistical packages(190) Ratings
Integration with the open-source R predictive modeling environment.
- 7.9Report sharing and collaboration(235) Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration is the ability to easily share reports with others.
Report Output and Scheduling
Ability to schedule and manager report output.
- 8.1Publish to Web(208) Ratings
- 8.2Publish to PDF(233) Ratings
- 8.1Report Versioning(202) Ratings
Report versioning is the assignment of version numbers to each version of a report to help in tracking.
- 7.9Report Delivery Scheduling(194) Ratings
Report Delivery Schedule is the ability to have reports delivered to a destination at a specific data and time.
Data Discovery and Visualization
Data Discovery and Visualization is the analysis of multiple data sources in a search for patterns and outliers and the ability to represent the data visually.
- 7.8Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)(239) Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats are canned visualization types that can be selected to visualize different kinds of data.
- 7.8Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization(232) Ratings
Location analytics is the visualization of geographical or spatial data.
- 7.9Predictive Analytics(236) Ratings
Predictive Analytics is the ability to build forecasting models based on existing data sets.
- 7.8Pattern Recognition and Data Mining(34) Ratings
Pattern recognition and data mining mean the ability to recognize hidden patterns in large quantities of data.
Access Control and Security
Access control means being able to determine who has access to which data.
- 8.1Multi-User Support (named login)(235) Ratings
Named model access means that users have access based on name and password.
- 8.1Role-Based Security Model(242) Ratings
Role-based access means that access to data is determined by job or position in the corporation.
- 8Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)(233) Ratings
Multiple access permission levels means that different levels of users have different rights.
- 8.1Report-Level Access Control(45) Ratings
Report-level access control means that the type of report determines who has access to it.
- 8.6Single Sign-On (SSO)(236) Ratings
Allows users to use one set of login credentials to access multiple applications
Mobile Capabilities
Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.
- 7.9Responsive Design for Web Access(208) Ratings
Web design aimed at producing easy-to-read sites across a range of different devices.
- 7.8Mobile Application(180) Ratings
A dedicated app for iOS and/or Android.
- 8Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile(203) Ratings
In-app dashboard reports and data visualization.
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
These activities are designed to assist with both data-driven operational, short-term planning and strategic long term planning
- 7.6Long-term financial planning(233) Ratings
3-5 year financial plan with cashflow.
- 7.8Financial budgeting(239) Ratings
Annual budget for revenue and operating expenses, headcount/compensation, capital expenses, projects, etc.
- 7.9Forecasting(246) Ratings
Combining actuals and budgets, rolling forecasts, driver-based models.
- 7.5Scenario modeling(237) Ratings
Financial or operational modeling of alternate future states and planning for each.
- 8.3Management reporting(265) Ratings
Budget vs. actual or forecast, P&L’s, performance over time, between products etc.
Consolidation and Close
Consolidation of data from multiple entities with currency management, reporting and audit trails.
- 7.4Financial data consolidation(183) Ratings
Consolidating data from several entities into a single statement using US GAAP, IFRS or other standards.
- 7.7Journal entries and reports(173) Ratings
Ability to enter journal entry adjustments and produce reports showing all journal entries for a specific period.
- 7.5Multi-currency management(188) Ratings
Ability to handle foreign currency conversions during consolidation.
- 7.4Intercompany Eliminations(143) Ratings
Matching and elimination of intercompany revenue, expenses, and balance sheet accounts.
- 7.5Minority Ownership(129) Ratings
Consolidate financials full or partial ownership of subsidiaries, equity pick-up.
- 8Local and consolidated reporting(180) Ratings
Ability to report against individual business entities and the consolidated umbrella entity.
- 7.6Detailed Audit Trails(170) Ratings
Tracing changes to data and processes that were run.
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Financial statements and regulatory filings
- 7.9Financial Statement Reporting(213) Ratings
Creation and production of balance sheets, income statements, cash flows, other schedules
- 8.3Management Reporting(244) Ratings
Tools facilitating creation of internal ad hoc or standard reports.
- 8Excel-based Reporting(225) Ratings
Ad hoc or formatted reports using MS Excel.
- 8.1Automated board and financial reporting(203) Ratings
Tools to help automate creation of regulatory reports such as SEC filings and board books.
- 7.6XBRL support for regulatory filing(114) Ratings
Support for the XBRL standard reporting format for exchanging financial data.
Analytics and Reporting
Dashboards and scorecards for KPI monitoring and benchmarking
- 8.2Personalized dashboards(270) Ratings
Create custom dashboards and reports without the help of IT or administrators.
- 8.1Color-coded scorecards(255) Ratings
Track and analyze performances with interactive, color-coded balanced scorecards.
- 8.3KPIs(261) Ratings
Select from a library of more than 6,000 key performance indicators, and incorporate KPIs into your planning process.
- 8.3Cost and profitability analysis(243) Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis provides data for business decision making.
- 8.3Key Performance Indicator setting(246) Ratings
Ability to set key performance indicators for measuring progress towards goals.
- 7.6Benchmarking with external data(206) Ratings
CPI, daily exchange rates, industry KPIs. with scheduled data refreshes.
Integration
Ability to integrate with external applications.
- 7.7Flat file integration(244) Ratings
Integration of flat files like text documents and comma separated files
- 7.9Excel data integration(247) Ratings
Ability to integrate directly with Excel data.
- 7.1Direct links to 3rd-party data sources(226) Ratings
Integration with external applications like ERP, CRM, HCM
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What is SAP Analytics Cloud?
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SAP Analytics Cloud Technical Details
Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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Operating Systems | Unspecified |
Mobile Application | Apple iOS |
Supported Languages | Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. |
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(101-125 of 298)SAP Analytics Cloud based on my experience
To upgrade the most intensive financial planning from an excel base to a cloud platform tool with many planning features enabled.
Capex Planning based on different planning cycles will helps the users maintain the planning routine easily
- UI which makes both the developer and end user easy to use
- Various analytics features inbuilt with several on the fly events
- Planning capabilities
- Integrated AI features like smart insights and many more
- Threshold option should be included in new measure based hybrid model as like in the classic account based model
- Ranking functions should be given on hybrid model
- Some more chart types will be more usefull in different scenarios for graphical representation
Amazing tool & easy to use
- Easy to use
- Best Dashboards models
- Data Visualization
- Strong Service Expertise
- Value for Money
- Data Source Compatibility
- GPS Mapping
- Customization should be there
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- Supports multiple data bases
- Dashboard and story creation is intuitive
- Security design
- Connection and job scheduling maintenance
- Integration with BW
- Story telling creation
- User-friendly analysis
- Commenting
- Performance
- Charts limitations
- Import connection
Not good for a big Finance landscape based on accounts definitions, where dimensions and details levels go to accounts. This will include that import connection will be challenging due to the number of records and limitations in the import.
Develop it further
- Integration
- Data handling
- user interface
- workflow
- what if scenarios
- bring outside data
on-prem solutions
- Dashboads
- stories
- on-premise solutions
Awesome!!
- Forecasting
- User Interaction
Visualization
Data Analytics
- Data analytics and creating models
- Dashboard
- Predictive Algorithms
- Text Analytics
SAC
- dashboards
- too convoluted with stories etc
SAC review
- build dashboard
- generate chart
- simplify analytics
- more templates
- more connectors
- improve performance
SAC Feature set review
- Visualization of Live Data
- customize application using APP Designer
- Excel Plugin
- Planning
- Handling large volume of data
- combining models
Very good!!
- Planning
- Visiualtation
- Dashboarding
- planning on live data in functions
- import functions working on live data
- better adhoc options like AFO
SAC for business self service.
- P&L dashboards.
- LOB performance overview.
- Variance analysis.
- Predictive analytics normalization.
- BPC planning scenarios.
- Better integration with on prem BPC functionality.
- Better Excel integration.
SAC - The enigma
- Model to dashboard integration is good.
- Ability to integrate directly with S 4HANA on-prem.
- Dashboarding capabilities.
- Integration with Non-SAP Platforms.
- Ease of ingesting data from external sources.
- Building of Models.
- Making ETL Capabilities simpler.
Feel good Analytics - SAC.
- Customizing the Story.
- Data Integration.
- Custom Dashboards.
- File level Authorization.
SAP Analytics Cloud is modern web based reporting tool.
- Reporting front end layout.
- Story design.
- Powerful editor.
- Performance analytic and reports.
- Supporting two structure queries based on Live Connection from SAP BW 4 HANA.
- More concentrated table layouts like Excel.
- Integrate DWC.
SAC - A smart solution
SAC is one of the complete product that offers prediction planning and dashboarding all in one solution in a single product.
Being on cloud is one of the most benificial part, its installation free software that can be accessed easily.
Strong machine learning and AI capabilities helps to Analyse the results.
- Analytical Application covers all the usecases that can be scripted to design a dashboard
- Live connectivity with SAP and Non SAP data sources
- Augmented Analytics
- Planning
- Digital Boardroom
- Story and Analytical Application Intigration
- More option to work with bar line graph or bubble charts
- data preview option for Analytical appliction
SAP Analytics Cloud: A product for the upcoming decade
- Integrated Planning & Analysis
- Fast & Reliable Processes
- Seamless deployment and usage
- Integration with other cloud solutions
- More functionality in terms of datalake, etc.
- More developer options
A complete peoduct based on different specialisations
Bringing all the data together solves for the data management problem and hence the data management is extremely helpful. The scope of use is not limited to some specific data but SAP Analytics help integrate the entire business data under one roof.
- Integration of data
- Business Intelligence
- Specialised Analytics
- Bringing more AI based analysis
- Improving interface
- Better data cleansing system
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- Reporting
- Dashboarding
- Planning
- Mobile reporting.
- Story translation service.
- Static image.
- Planning models on Excel.
- Analytical Application : We can manipulate the data as we like using Scripting.
- Smart Discovery: Easy way to present a dashboard with more insights in a single click.
- Linked Analysis and Linked Dimension: Best feature to integrate similar dimensions from different models and to filter the chart data via a single click using linked analysis.
- Time series and Forecasting: For the data dimension data the time series chart gives the best projection along with forecasted scenarios.
- Tab Script: Best Feature to present multi charts in segregated format with aligned via a single tab-like feature.
- Performance Analysis tool: The tool will predict and present the blockers in the application.
- Optimization: Provided with an Optimization feature to present the dashboard in a better performance way.
- Optimization: Optimization features in the Application are not enabled with Mobile devices.
- Canvas and Grid pages: When the story is created in Canvas it is not enabled with Mobile devices.
- Tool tips: Tool tips are not supported with mobile devices.
- Variance Charts: Few charts are not supported with mobile enable.
- Dropdowns: Few dropdown menus and single selection choice is missing with the story as in the application.
- I would like undo and redo in applications.
- Auto is mandatory in choosing width and height.
- Story 2.0: I am still waiting for good update on the story 2.0 with more enhanced features.
- I would like to see more integration with stories and applications.
A Very good tool for Dashboarding
- Analytics
- Visualiaazations
- Data Modelling
- Documentation
- User Interface
- Connecting to Various Data stores
SAC planning for the public service
- Planning
- Live Connection
- data actions
- Planning with Live Connection
- Cloudhosting for Public Service (Arvato Cloud)
Not usable product for many use cases like cockpits or reports - connectivity is also bad, many features are restricted
- exploration
- nothing
- nothing
- IBCS/ formatting charts
- Cockpit functionality
- lifecycle and live-model improvements
- not same functionality split in cloud and on-premise with 1000 expceptions
If you expect a report done by someone else and pixelperfext - NO.
User Friendly, Great Analytics, Planning and Predictive Business Tool for all SAP users.
I also like the rich in-built templetes, which are great for creating interactive Dashboards and Visualizations for end users, serving them with detailed information while maintaining simplicity to make this tool the best business monitoring tool. I also like the wide range of standard content which is very user-friendly and helpful.
- I like how this tool provides a detailed analysis of business intelligence (BI) data that helps us during creation of multipurpose dashboards and support for our business monitoring.
- I like the in-built templetes and real-time data modelling capabilities that helps us in our business analysis and data based decisions.
- Seamless Integrations with SAP suite of applications.
- Ready to use analytics and other ML models.
- Not so compatible with data sources.
- So much limitations in terms of formatting tables/charts/calculations and many more.