SAC [SAP Analytics Cloud] review
May 23, 2023

SAC [SAP Analytics Cloud] review

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

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Analytics Cloud

Reporting, e.g. for Financials
But we are also thinking to expand to other functional areas, including logistics/SCM.
We had a really interesting use case for identifying our exposure to operations in Russia, following the recent invasion of Ukraine. Our teams were able to come up with a report - for our Finance community - in just 1 week. A real success story for us.
  • Financial reporting
  • Could also work in other areas, e.g. logistics/SCM
  • Fast deployment
  • Hard to get started with: technical set-up
  • Hard to get started with: not very intuitive for functional resources (many hours need to be invested to start to get results)
  • Replace SAP reports
  • Optimized budgeting and forecasting capabilities (we have a project to have SAC replace Hyperion)
  • Fast development of new reports for our Finance community
Superior to SAP reports (ABAP)
Unfortunately, the upfront investment means adoption is not where it needs to be in our organization.
Still, for those who have made the initial effort, the speed and convenience are then obvious.
  • Ease of Use
Great user experience, e.g. flexible and dynamic dashboards.
However, not so easy to use for the development team initially.
SAC is a great reporting option, e.g. for dashboards

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?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy SAP Analytics Cloud again?

Yes

Speed of development and flexibility/convenience for users
Great user experience, with really good looking dynamic dashboards
Use cases are not limited to any functional area (e.g. finance/controlling)

SAP Analytics Cloud Feature Ratings

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