Reporting at Door Steps for Board of Management Users Using SAP Analytics Cloud
Updated October 21, 2022
Reporting at Door Steps for Board of Management Users Using SAP Analytics Cloud
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP Analytics Cloud is the only reporting tool we use to present Business information Dashboard to our Management Community users in order to take the right decision. SAP Analytics tools came up with Analytical Application, Linked Analysis, Time series chart, Smart discovery and Planning features which helps end users to Integrate all the necessary information in a single Interactive dashboard with easy scripting and navigation to use SAP Analytics Cloud instead of presenting required information in several static pdf's are the main scope.
- Analytical Application : We can manipulate the data as we like using Scripting.
- Smart Discovery: Easy way to present a dashboard with more insights in a single click.
- Linked Analysis and Linked Dimension: Best feature to integrate similar dimensions from different models and to filter the chart data via a single click using linked analysis.
- Time series and Forecasting: For the data dimension data the time series chart gives the best projection along with forecasted scenarios.
- Tab Script: Best Feature to present multi charts in segregated format with aligned via a single tab-like feature.
- Performance Analysis tool: The tool will predict and present the blockers in the application.
- Optimization: Provided with an Optimization feature to present the dashboard in a better performance way.
- Optimization: Optimization features in the Application are not enabled with Mobile devices.
- Canvas and Grid pages: When the story is created in Canvas it is not enabled with Mobile devices.
- Tool tips: Tool tips are not supported with mobile devices.
- Variance Charts: Few charts are not supported with mobile enable.
- Dropdowns: Few dropdown menus and single selection choice is missing with the story as in the application.
- I would like undo and redo in applications.
- Auto is mandatory in choosing width and height.
- Story 2.0: I am still waiting for good update on the story 2.0 with more enhanced features.
- I would like to see more integration with stories and applications.
- Numeric chart: When the scale changes the value automatically changes during rounding.
- Time series graphs will give a good impact on projecting financial data and can be best seen if the company is facing any crisis like covid, missing investment, etc.
- A lot of ML algorithms running in the backend to project the forecasting scenarios could be improved.
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
Since SAP Analytics Cloud is the most prestigious Reporting tool which is dominating the market definitely I will choose Product features and the latest updates that the product is providing to me as per our market needs while delivering critical information to the end users.
SAP Analytics Cloud is the product from SAP itself where most of the companies are well integrated with SAP S4 HANA, SAP BW, and SAP BW4HANA so this reporting tool helps us with the best integration and for faster reporting performance instead of other versions and also it is coming with latest features like smart discovery, Broad room, different live and acquired connections with several data sources which is best fit for reporting .
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
SAP Analytics Cloud Feature Ratings
Using SAP Analytics Cloud
40 - They are working in different verticals to present Finance data, logistics, sales, and controlling system data.
40 - We work on all the latest features that SAP provides and incorporate them into our daily work to give the best dashboards to the end users and we also work on the preview tenant to identify flaws and report them to SAP.
- Analytical Application
- Linked Analysis
- Tight integration with Scripting so that users can design their own dashboard
- Mobile enable
- Broad Room
- Planning
- Time series charts and Forecasting
- Presenting all KPIs on a single screen is a bit of a tough task where we used an Analytical application in an innovative way to present all the required information in an interactive way.
- Linked Dimensions: Create models coming from different connections like BW Queries, HANA, and Excel files and join them in a story by linked dimensions.
- Linked Analysis: Filtering all the required charts using a single click for deep analysis using a single click.
- Story 2.0: Will provide best integration with Stories, Applications, Broad rooms.
- Add Mobile
- Optimization at all levels of Applications and also with all types of pages
Evaluating SAP Analytics Cloud and Competitors
Yes - SAP Analytics Cloud is best integrated with backend BW4HANA or S/4 HANA or other systems which helps in boosting the reporting performance and will replace other products with limited integration capabilities.
Will consider Performance Analysis tool to re-evaluate .
SAP Analytics Cloud Implementation
- Implemented in-house
Yes - We tried to implement in the development phases with all the broken integration steps we have and we slowly move to the Test and Production environment by considering the issues that arise during development implementation.
Change management was a major issue with the implementation - Change management helps us to record the issues in a timely manner and assign them to the right assignee group and priority can be marked for the fast phase and all the Transport requests, and comments are well documented with the approval flow to perform the Big SAC implementation.
- System connectivity issues
- Duration to complete the particular flow
- Data Import issues
- Transport issues
- Authorization
- Patch implementation
- Compatibility
SAP Analytics Cloud Support
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Knowledgeable team Support understands my problem | Problems left unsolved |
I am not sure if the account is premium or not, but, generally, we contact support via ticket when issues arise.
Yes - The timelines depends on severity of the bug.
All the issues recorded to SAP are new to support since it is a developing product and it's common that the product behaves differently in different environments, so most of the support team answers are not instant.
Using SAP Analytics Cloud
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Technical support not required Well integrated Consistent Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using Familiar | None |
- Smart discovery
- Story creation
- Data sets
- Model creation using live or acquired
- Analytical Application
- Planning
- Forecasting with Time series
Yes - Mobile interface varies from Stories to Application and the interface is very limited. From the stories' point of view, the page needs to be created in Responsive for sure. From the applications, we can use it for Mobile devices, but Optimization of the Application doesn't work well with the Mobile Interface.