Item: SAP Analytics Cloud
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SAP Analytics Cloud is a single platform for everything with a great user interface. The best part is that a person need not be technically sound in order to use or start with SAP Analytics Cloud. Our team is using SAP Analytics cloud to integrate data from different databases on a single platform to reduce redundancy and to normalize the data for enhanced user experience.

Pros and Cons

Pictorial and graphical representation of the data
Ease of use and integration with other SAP Modules
Developers can script which provide more flexibility
Consistent and timely updates

More graphs, auto save features and undo button
Intermittent data connection issues and slowness
Can reach more audience if they can cut some price

Return on Investment

Helps with gains predicting future budget
Great compatibility with other modules and enhanced feature support justifying its cost
Reduce workload and better presentation with its graphs and charts

Alternatives Considered

Oracle Analytics Cloud

SAP Analytics Cloud is more user friendly as compared to Oracle Analytics Cloud and it offers much better user interface. Selection of any tool or product mostly weighs on how much would it cost, though SAP Analytics cloud is not cost effective but it is more economical as compared to Oracle Analytics Cloud.

Key Insights

Do you think SAP Analytics Cloud delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SAP Analytics Cloud's feature set?

Yes

Did SAP Analytics Cloud live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of SAP Analytics Cloud go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SAP Analytics Cloud again?

Yes

Other Software Used

SAP HANA, SAP HANA Cloud, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Data Warehouse Cloud

Usability

The key advantage of SAP Analytics Cloud's program is its user interface, user friendly and it does not require an associate with former experience to work on it. The more you use it the more you like it, integration with other products, data bases and SAP modules makes it more robust. Graphs and charts helps with the presentation to non functional users and stake holders.

Support Rating

1. SAP Analytics Cloud offers customized reports and integration with other modules not only SAP modules but other applications e.g. Excel.
2. Its diversified portfolio of charts and graphs with helps with details on the reports.
3. Supports large sets of data from multiple applications and data bases.
4. Detailed budgeting and forecasting with effective analysis.

Likelihood to Recommend

SAP Analytics Cloud can easily be integrated with other SAP modules. It does come heavy on budget but it does offers great features. SAP Analytics Cloud can be connected with different data sources which make it more useful and less fuzzy, one need not to be a technical master in order to start with SAP Analytics Cloud. We can automate workflow with in SAP Analytics Cloud. The only issue with it is might not be useful to the organizations with limited number of resources.

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