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Future of reporting within the SAP universe!
September 25, 2019

Future of reporting within the SAP universe!

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Analytics Cloud

It's used company wide throughout several departments: Finance, SCM, Sales, Customer Review analysis etc. It is aimed to be the single reporting solution within the company.
  • Web-based solution; no software distribution required.
  • Blending local data with governed data.
  • Proper connectivity towards SAP BW and SAP HANA systems.
  • Easy to learn.
  • Single entry point for users with the SAP Analytics Hub.
  • "Formula" options to tweak data labeling, grouping and such are very limited.
  • User interface is sometimes inconsistent or not logically setup.
  • Scheduling and alerting options are missing.
  • Administration options are still pretty basic, far from what BOBJ and BW are offering.
  • More (live) connectivity options would be nice.
  • Mobile app is lacking features (i.e. support for live prompts).
  • Comments cannot be managed.
SAP Analytics Clouds offers native connectors to other SAP systems like SAP BW, SAP HANA and the cloud solutions like SAP Concur, SAP Fieldglass and Successfactors.
For most reporting scenarios SAP Analytics Cloud(SAC) is a perfectly fine solution. It does the job in visualizing data and offering an easy to use ad-hoc analysis platform. In case very specific interface and interactivity requirements are necessary, the Analytics Designer option can be used which is basically a Lumira Designer successor in the cloud. A cool feature is the option to combine (blend) your company data from a live SAP HANA or BW system with some local (spreadsheet) data. Besides the reporting solutions the tool offers very interesting options for "smart" data analysis where the system itself does an analysis on your data and provides the insights.

SAP Analytics Cloud Feature Ratings

7.3
Financial budgeting
8
Forecasting
7
Scenario modeling
6
Management reporting
8
Not Rated
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
7.7
Financial Statement Reporting
7
Management Reporting
8
Excel-based Reporting
Not Rated
Automated board and financial reporting
8
XBRL support for regulatory filing
Not Rated
7.5
Personalized dashboards
9
Color-coded scorecards
6
KPIs
7
Cost and profitability analysis
7
Key Performance Indicator setting
7
Benchmarking with external data
9
7.5
Flat file integration
9
Excel data integration
Not Rated
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
6
6.7
Pixel Perfect reports
5
Customizable dashboards
8
Report Formatting Templates
7
7.3
Drill-down analysis
8
Formatting capabilities
8
Integration with R or other statistical packages
6
Report sharing and collaboration
7
4.5
Publish to Web
Not Rated
Publish to PDF
6
Report Versioning
3
Report Delivery Scheduling
Not Rated
7.0
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
8
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
7
Predictive Analytics
6
6.8
Multi-User Support (named login)
7
Role-Based Security Model
6
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
6
Single Sign-On (SSO)
8
6.7
Responsive Design for Web Access
6
Mobile Application
7
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
7