SAP Analytics Cloud Review
March 10, 2023

SAP Analytics Cloud Review

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Analytics Cloud

We have implemented an SAP Analytics Cloud Planning solution for corporate planning requirements. It is a straightforward tool to set up with minimal integration points. Also, it is a cloud-based solution so no need to worry about hardware sizing and associated DB services/resources. There are some cool out-of-the-box features like predictive analytics which are very unique and helpful from a decision-making point of view. The integration with other SAP products like S/4HANA, BW/4HANA, and DWC is very quick. It is like plug-and-play. Commenting functionality is also way better than conventional BPC. The tool can be used in many different ways like only to perform analytics or analytics + planning or hybrid planning with BPC so one can have the liberty to implement it by considering the existing enterprise architecture. We have implemented it where BW/4HANA is used as a data mart and then the transformed data is sent to SAC planning for further adjustments. Also, analytics designer is a great feature for those who want to build the entire planning layouts and other functionalities from scratch but from our experience, most of the planning features are out of the box and it is not really required to have analytics designer based layouts for each and every planning template.

Pros

  • Commenting
  • Planning data actions, Multi Actions
  • Predictive analytics

Cons

  • Possibility of more advanced scripting for data transformation without analytics designer
  • Provision to consider rate types from TCURR in SAC and should be able to write FX conversion logic considering rate types
  • Read data directly from BW by reading aDSOs backend tables
  • Positive - More advanced tool than BPC
  • Positive - No infrastructure maintenance cost
  • Negative - Less Excel integration capabilities
User-friendly and pretty much intuitive interface
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Product Reputation
The product should have all the basic planning capabilities which any planning tool currently available in the market provides as standard features.
1. Commenting is better than BPC
2. Driver-based planning is better than Oracle EPM
3. Top-down and Bottom-up planning is better than both BPC as well as Oracle EPM
4. The ability for power user participation in structure and logic maintenance is better than both BPC as well as Oracle EPM

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

Not sure

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

SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation), SAP BW/4HANA, SAP Business Warehouse
It is best suited for planning if backend BW which is used as a data provider but not suitable if you don't have any ETL tool to perform data transformation according to the business requirement for planning as SAC is not capable of data transformation like Embedded BPC/Standard BPC which inherently uses ABAP stack of BW to perform data transformation

SAP Analytics Cloud Feature Ratings

7.8
Long-term financial planning
8
Financial budgeting
8
Forecasting
9
Scenario modeling
6
Management reporting
8
4.0
Detailed Audit Trails
4
6.0
Financial Statement Reporting
9
Management Reporting
7
Excel-based Reporting
5
Automated board and financial reporting
3
5.3
Personalized dashboards
6
Color-coded scorecards
7
KPIs
9
Cost and profitability analysis
5
Key Performance Indicator setting
4
Benchmarking with external data
1
8.3
Flat file integration
10
Excel data integration
9
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
6
BI Standard Reporting ()
Not Rated
4.7
Drill-down analysis
6
Integration with R or other statistical packages
5
Report sharing and collaboration
3
Not Rated
Publish to Web
Not Rated
Publish to PDF
Not Rated
Report Versioning
Not Rated
Report Delivery Scheduling
Not Rated
Not Rated
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
Not Rated
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
Not Rated
Predictive Analytics
Not Rated
Not Rated
Multi-User Support (named login)
Not Rated
Role-Based Security Model
Not Rated
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
Not Rated
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Not Rated
Not Rated
Responsive Design for Web Access
Not Rated
Mobile Application
Not Rated
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
Not Rated

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