SAC future of reporting & planning
November 17, 2021

SAC future of reporting & planning

Happinder Singh Shandil | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Analytics Cloud

SAC is used by many of our customers for operational reporting and planning. SAC has been a game-changing product with high-level integration within business and technologies. SAC is the future roadmap for reporting and planning from SAP. SAC has also recently launched many capabilities ex: Multi Actions, Data actions, enhanced API, enhanced usability for Sac excel add-in ex-member selection & hierarchy selection.
  • Analytics in general
  • Planning
  • Strong integration with SAP systems
  • Story telling
  • User groups & strong Saml security
  • Connectivity using ODATA
  • Integration of Sac back in to S4 to drive decision making
  • Formula additions within Story
  • FP&A
  • Fte planning
  • Management Reporting
It's on par or more when it comes to [connecting] to sap source systems. It has an edge in terms of FP&A processes.

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?

Yes

Did implementation of SAP Analytics Cloud go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SAP Analytics Cloud again?

Yes

Excellent product with strong features. Amazing live data connections work well with a huge volume of data.
I think SAP has supported and updated SAC very well with addition of new features.
Best suited for our retail customers. Best suited for customers with dominant SAP Enterprise (landscape) Suited where SAP BW and SAP BPC are used. Recommended for financial planning and analytics.

SAP Analytics Cloud Feature Ratings

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