Analytics Cloud improves over BO
December 04, 2019

Analytics Cloud improves over BO

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Analytics Cloud

We currently use SAP BO for most of our company reporting needs. However, we've been checking Analytics Cloud functionalities in other customers and we are very happy with its functionalities and how it breaks down the data and helps users to make better decisions. As per our initial assessment, we plan to migrate to Analytics Cloud to provide better analytics data for our company financial and sales needs.
  • Simple integration with SAP.
  • It's a cloud platform that provides better performance than an on-premise tool.
  • High speed on data extraction and analysis.
  • Licensing costs.
  • Difficult integration with third-party systems.
  • Dependency on SAP HANA database.
In my opinion, if your company uses most of SAP ecosystem, it is better to choose an analytical tool from SAP such as the Analytics Cloud. It will provide seamless integration with the ERP as well as a clear evolution from our BO.
As per what we've checked in other customers, it would clearly help us on checking the stores' daily sales and their replenishment needs. Based on the analytics done it will identify which products are the best sellers per store so we can optimize the replenishment needs.

SAP Analytics Cloud Feature Ratings

Long-term financial planning
8
Financial budgeting
8
Forecasting
6
Scenario modeling
7
Management reporting
9
Financial data consolidation
7
Multi-currency management
9
Intercompany Eliminations
9
Local and consolidated reporting
9
Detailed Audit Trails
7
Financial Statement Reporting
8
Management Reporting
9
Excel-based Reporting
8
Automated board and financial reporting
7
Personalized dashboards
9
Color-coded scorecards
8
KPIs
8
Cost and profitability analysis
8
Key Performance Indicator setting
9
Flat file integration
9
Excel data integration
9
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
6
Customizable dashboards
7
Report Formatting Templates
7
Drill-down analysis
9
Formatting capabilities
9
Publish to Web
8
Publish to PDF
8
Report Versioning
8
Report Delivery Scheduling
8
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
8
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
8
Predictive Analytics
9
Multi-User Support (named login)
8
Role-Based Security Model
8
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
7
Single Sign-On (SSO)
6
Responsive Design for Web Access
7
Mobile Application
6
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
7