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SAP Analytics Cloud, the tool of choice on top of SAP BW
May 19, 2023

SAP Analytics Cloud, the tool of choice on top of SAP BW

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

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Analytics Cloud

SAC [SAP Analytics Cloud] is globally used for all reporting needs. At the beginning the main focus was on FP&A but it has been extended to all other functions.
  • Live connectivity to SAB BW
  • Using all BW features out of the box (hierarchies, objects attributes...)
  • Ability to widely share dashboards due to data access control coming from the source (BW)
  • Available visualizations (very limited since the start)
  • Mobile application, allowing side by side widgets
  • Not providing anymore concurrent session license model
  • It helped a lot for cash collection during pandemic
  • FP&A department got a significant productivity increase using templated dashboard across the APAC region
  • It provides a simplification of reports shared across regions
The UI is still confusing, some options are hard to find
  • Cloud Solutions
  • Scalability
  • Integration with Other Systems
Perfect integration with SAP BW was the key differentiator. Allowing to benefit from all BW features and inheriting from all BW functionalities (hierarchies, attributes...)
Perfect integration with SAP BW, live connectivity

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

It is particularly suited for live data consumption from BW for all kind of reporting / dashboarding when data doesn't need to be transformed.
Particularly for Finance, sales and marketing, all types of corporate reporting.
It is not appropriate if external data sets need to be linked to data exposed from BW.

SAP Analytics Cloud Feature Ratings

6.4
Long-term financial planning
8
Financial budgeting
8
Forecasting
5
Scenario modeling
1
Management reporting
10
6.4
Financial data consolidation
10
Journal entries and reports
6
Multi-currency management
4
Intercompany Eliminations
Not Rated
Minority Ownership
Not Rated
Local and consolidated reporting
8
Detailed Audit Trails
4
8.8
Financial Statement Reporting
10
Management Reporting
10
Excel-based Reporting
7
Automated board and financial reporting
8
XBRL support for regulatory filing
Not Rated
9.0
Personalized dashboards
10
Color-coded scorecards
9
KPIs
10
Cost and profitability analysis
10
Key Performance Indicator setting
10
Benchmarking with external data
5
7.0
Flat file integration
7
Excel data integration
7
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
Not Rated
8.0
Pixel Perfect reports
9
Customizable dashboards
9
Report Formatting Templates
6
8.0
Drill-down analysis
7
Formatting capabilities
7
Integration with R or other statistical packages
9
Report sharing and collaboration
9
8.5
Publish to Web
10
Publish to PDF
8
Report Versioning
9
Report Delivery Scheduling
7
8.0
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
9
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
8
Predictive Analytics
7
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining
Not Rated
8.4
Multi-User Support (named login)
8
Role-Based Security Model
8
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
8
Report-Level Access Control
8
Single Sign-On (SSO)
10
7.3
Responsive Design for Web Access
8
Mobile Application
7
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
7