Analytical, predictive and collaborative.
January 09, 2019

Analytical, predictive and collaborative.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Analytics Cloud

I followed one of my partners with whom I planned and advised a client in the implementation of the SAP Analytics Cloud platform to ensure the creation of a Business Intelligence platform aimed at the use of tools for the in-depth analysis of data in a different way from the classic sheet analysis.
  • You can do Predictive analytics
  • It allows you to exploit Machine learning algorithms
  • You can easily share your BI analysis
  • Being web-based, the interface sometimes suffers from slowdowns
  • Need some expertise to work in calculations
  • Being proposed "as a service", it is a fixed monthly cost for each individual user which can be a big limit
  • Users are able to collaborate remotely, saving time and travel costs.
  • Gives faster analysis that can save work time.
  • Through predictive analysis and machine learning, you are able to avoid wrong business choices, which is a huge, priceless advantage.
In this particular case, the choice did not depend on my opinion as I was collaborating throughout the process. Their choice was primarily guided by the fact that the company we were advising was already on the SAP platform so Analytics Cloud was directly linked, thanks to the excellent integration of SAP products.
I highly recommend it to all companies that are already familiar with SAP and already have SAP's ERP in place. I recommend it to companies that have locations in different locations because it certainly has an excellent system of sharing and collaboration of documents. At the same time, I do not recommend it to small companies with reduced budgets who intend to use a BI tool, this is not the right tool.

SAP Analytics Cloud Feature Ratings

Long-term financial planning
8
Financial budgeting
8
Forecasting
8
Scenario modeling
8
Management reporting
8
Financial data consolidation
Not Rated
Journal entries and reports
Not Rated
Multi-currency management
Not Rated
Intercompany Eliminations
Not Rated
Minority Ownership
Not Rated
Local and consolidated reporting
Not Rated
Detailed Audit Trails
Not Rated
Financial Statement Reporting
Not Rated
Management Reporting
Not Rated
Excel-based Reporting
Not Rated
Automated board and financial reporting
Not Rated
XBRL support for regulatory filing
Not Rated
Personalized dashboards
9
Color-coded scorecards
Not Rated
KPIs
8
Cost and profitability analysis
8
Key Performance Indicator setting
9
Benchmarking with external data
Not Rated
Flat file integration
9
Excel data integration
10
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
8
Pixel Perfect reports
7
Customizable dashboards
8
Report Formatting Templates
7
Drill-down analysis
8
Formatting capabilities
7
Integration with R or other statistical packages
Not Rated
Report sharing and collaboration
10
Publish to Web
8
Publish to PDF
8
Report Versioning
Not Rated
Report Delivery Scheduling
Not Rated
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
9
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
9
Predictive Analytics
8
Multi-User Support (named login)
9
Role-Based Security Model
9
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
8
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Not Rated
Responsive Design for Web Access
8
Mobile Application
Not Rated
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
8