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Last updated: March 3, 2022
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Fantastic, thank you Guido. I'm eagerly looking forward to seeing this very important piece of work come to fruition. Keep up the great work! Regards, H
Love it!
Wow this is huge, i just downloaded the package https://store.sap.com/sap/cp/ui/resources/store/html/SolutionDetails.html?pid=0000014479
and can't wait to try it out
cheers, H
Hi,
I'm getting an "error page not found"
any thoughts?
cheers
Ronald
Hi Ronald,
did you access the page/link from a mobile device? In that case there seems to be an issue accessing the store - please try again using a PC/laptop.
In case the error occurs on a PC/laptop please share with me further details through a personal message like used browser, OS etc. and I will forward this informaton to the colleagues.
Thanks
Guido
Hi,
I'm studying the functionalities of BOC at this point with the Trial version.
Is it possible to upload the content to trial BOC?
In my trial version, there is no button for "Deployment" so at least at the moment I cannot upload the content to the Trial version of BOC.
Many Thanks!
BR,
Toni
Hi,
I got the same issue as Toni mentioned previously, can you please advise where to find the button for “Deployment”.
Many Thanks!
Regards,
Daniel
Hi Daniel and Toni,
it's true that it is currently not possible to upload the content into a trial system as the "Deployment" option is not available.
We are currently working on a setup so that the content can be studied without having a full licensed system yet.
Any update on this topic will also be posted on this blog. So please revist our blog for further updates.
Thanks and best regards,
Guido
HI all,
Thank you for the content which is very valuable/
In addition of the technical documentation. Is there a functionnal or a demo documentation explaining the links and possible naviguation between the pages ?
Thank you in advance for your answers.
Rgds
Hi
According to the release and compatibility matrix AO SAP BusinessObjects Cloud / SAP BusinessObjects Cloud Content this Content Release SAP_BOC_CONT_2016_24 is valid for SAP BusinessObjects Cloud version 2016.24.x and 2016.25.x
Is the conted valid for release 2017.2.2 ?
Thank you and Best regards
Marian
Hi Marian,
no the current content release is not valid for BusinessObjects Cloud release 2017.2.2. But we will for sure have a compatible release available when customer system are updated to 2017.2.2 (which is currently not the case yet).
And this will be true for all releases: so you could always expect a compatible release of the content for the offical release customer will have in their BusinessObjects Cloud system.
HTH
BR Guido
Hi all,
is it possible to use this BOC content, in an environment where the source is not SAP?
This is an EC&O customer, which uses a niche ERP, called EnKontrol,runs on a Sybase database.
Hi Edgar,
as you could imagine we best integrate with SAP sources for the content and built the content for SAP sources. But in case you find the content or parts of it useful also for non SAP sources you could of course use it for your scenario.
Best regards,
Guido
Hi,
Can we use the SAC standard business content offered by SAP with integration to SAP ECC system ?
Does all the SAC content can be integrated with SAP ECC ERP source ?
Hi SANJAY GAJERA
Hi everyone,
I installed what I think is the most recent content in my BOC tennant (SAP_BOC_CONT_2017_01.tgz release date Feb. 23, 20017) but I'm getting some errors for the SAP_FI_Agenda (Boardroom agenda)
and for the Chemicals Porfolio performance growth products, which might be related because its related to FI as Well.
Anyone with the same problem?
Hi Sada,
Thanks for your post. The error 494 - invalid EPM Query Source definition....is known but it is not an issue for the content. In case you would use a Value Driver Tree (VDT) with this model there might be an issue or an unexpected behaviour. It is planned to fix this issue with 2017.4.
We have also included this information in the documenation as a know issue. The updated documentation will be available with the next release which is planned to be available on Friday March 10th.
The connection timeout issue seems rather like a temporary issue on the SAP Cloud Platform. It does not sound to be related to the content - does this error still occur?
Best regards,
Guido
Thanks for your reply Guido, I tried a couple of times and still got the timeout error, but I haven't tried again ever since. I will do a couple more attempts and post back here.
Hi There,
I use SAP BOPC version 2017.5.0 and found the latest content download not working with that version. What can I do about that? Any news on when the content is refreshed?
TIA, Dirk
Hi Dirk,
Were you able to get the updated content?
2017.5 compatible content is planned to be availbale this Friday (March 31st) when all regular instances will also get the corresponding BusinessObjects Cloud release.
Downloaded and installed content today; only errors warnings about Connections for Marketing data and for one other datasource. Nice piece of demo data :).
Thanks for the nice feedback!
Dear Guido,
This content sounds great! The only problem is I seem to be stuck in a loop with respect to the ZIP Code field in the form to update my account to SAP Store.
I get the error 'ZIP/Postal code must match country'.
I am using our only similar code for this which is called "apartado postal" in Spanish, the country is Panamá. I have tried some dummy codes also (all spaces, all 0, all 1) but nothing works. Perhaps SAP can review the conditional that this field uses so that we can get access to this content.
Kind regards
James Longstaff
Integrated System Technologies, Inc.
Panamá City, Panamá.
hi, just a suggestion but i can confirm that in Spain the zip code is 5 numeric characters, such as 30590. could you use 'Spain' as your country and complete? regards, H
Hi James,
thanks for you post and sorry to hear that the ZIP/postal code seems to cause some issues for you.
But as this Postal Code is not a mandatory field it can be left empty. So the only mandatory fields you need are your first and last name, your company, your company e-mail, phone and country.
Could you please try again? In case the issue still persist, please write a personal message to me.
Thanks and regards,
Guido
Hi Guido,
Many thanks for your reply. The form still insists that a street address and postcode are required.
I was able to get past this by putting my home address in the UK (cheers Henry) but as the account is for my company in Panamá I don't see this as a permanent solution. I think these fields should be optional as you suggested.
Kind regards
James
Hi James,
thanks for your feedback and good to see that you were able to download the content.
Could you please contact us via e-mail for the topic postal code: sap_businessobjects_cloud_content@sap.com
Regards,
Guido
Hi,
we love the content and we are preparing big workshops for our customers, based on Concur Travel demo.
Unfortunatelly, today we discovered that all charts based on Concur_travel model suddenly stopped working! We are getting authorization errors.
However, when we are creating a new story based on Concur_travel model, everything works fine.
Could you please help? The show is on Tuesday, so there is very little time to create a whole new story.
Hi Dorota,
sorry for the late reply – I hope you could resolve the issues and had a good customer workshop.
Without knowing details it is hard to provide a solution for that authorization issue.
We have not seen such a behaviour to date.
Please send a message to sap_analytics_cloud_content@sap.com in case you need further assistance.
Thanks and regards,
Guido
SAP Business Objects
Hey experts! I hope you are fine !!
I have a doubt:
For users to create models by hana calculations views (BOC only) is it necessary to register the user's P-USER (or S-USER) also in HCP or just in the BOC ???
I believe it is only in the BOC, but I would like the opinion of our specialists. Can someone fix me?
Thank you very much in advance.
how can we get access to the content?
Please download the content package from the SAP store as described in the blog above and import it into your system.
Hi,
Does any one know if the content is available in Spanish?
Thanks
The content is currently delivered in English only.
SAP Store not working 🙁
Click on the download link and it stays on "Activating Your Account..." page.
Anyone else with login problems?
Hi Roberto,
We had some issues last week with the store but they should be resolved.
I just tried to it on my own and had no problems accessing the store and receiving the confirmation e-mail with the download link. Could you please re-try?
In case the issue still exists please sent an e-mail with screenshots and a step-by-step description to sap_businessobjects_cloud_content@sap.com.
Thanks and regards,
Guido
Thanks for the reply Guido.
It's working today and I managed to download the content.
Cheers
Rob
Hi Guido,
I tried downloading the cloud content too. But I just receive a download request confirmation mail
"We are currently processing your request to download the solution SCN – SAP Analytics Cloud content.
We will contact you shortly with the instructions on how to get the solution."
. But n.o link to download.
Thanks and regards,
Deepa
Hi Deepa,
could you please just try again? We are in parallel also investigation this topic.
Thanks
Guido
Hi Guido,
Just downloaded the latest content package (SAP_SAC_CONT_2017_11) and tried to import into my system which is on version 2017.12.1 (build date Fri Jun 30 2017 15:09:21+0200) which is supported according to the documentation. However, it fails with the unsupported message:
The content you are importing is not supported in this version. Please delete this package.
Any ideas? Also, the email address yu specified above is bouncing back.
Thanks in advance,
Priten
Hi Priten,
sorry to hear that the import into your system does not work.
I just tested the import on a 2017.12 release and could not reproduce the issue.
Just the other day we have also change the email adress to reflect the name changes of the product. Please contact us using the following e-mail: SAP Analytics Cloud Content.
Thanks
Guido
this is wonderful and really valuable content @guido & @rolf
Is the content innovation 4 (SAP_SAC_CONT_2017_17.zip) corrupt at the moment?
Hi Dominic,
I just checked the download again and the file looks fine - could you please try again?
Thanks
Guido
The SAP store provides me a new filename: SAP_SAC_CONT_2017_17_1.zip
With the normal Windows-ZIP view, i still cannot open this file. But with 7-ZIP it works!
Thank you for your feedback, that the file looks fine.
Thanks for your feedback. The file has been updated in the download and should now work again without any additonal tools or software
Best regards,
Guido
Guido Eichmann hi Guido, im using SAP A4C version 2017.19.3 and want to download or import business content, but i got an error. I have all Roles in the system.
could you help me to solve this ?
thanks
The issue with your system has been resolved by now - thanks for your patience and enjoy the content.
Thank you very much mr. Guido
BR
Gary
Hi everyone,
I tried to access the ByDesign content with a trial demo - but not successful.
Is it possible to setup a ByD demo connection in trials?
Thanks
Thomas
Hi Thomas,
Are you refering to the trial offered on https://www.sapanalytics.cloud/. In that case it is currently not possible to install SAP Analytics Cloud content here. The trial also only supports a local file upload or a connect to Google Drive.
Please get in touch with your SAP contact who will be able to help you with your request. In case you currently have no contact person please send us an e-mail with your contact information and we will connect you.
Thanks
Guido
Hi,
What are the Roles require to import content.
I have following Roles but still I'm not able see business content option.
BI Admin
BI Content Creator,
BI Content Viewer,
SAPCP Content Creator,
SAPCP Content Viewer
Predictive Analyst.
Hi,
with these roles you shoud be able to see the content library. Could you please send an email with screenshots of what your are seeing within SAP Analytics Cloud? How does the Browse --> Files screen look like? Are you seeing the content library icon? If yes what is shown once you click the library icon?
Thanks and regards,
Guido
Hi Colleagues,
This content is really nice - I'm interested by the Successfactors part and I have imported it.
Nevertheless I see how to connect the models with the successfactors connector by ding the data import but the upload of public dimensions is quite difficult.
Do you know why we do not have the possibility to import data from Successfactors in the dimension editor - we have some data sources but not SF ?
Best regards,
Thomas
Dear Guido,
This content sounds great! I have imported the Utilities standard content, however, I cannot see the data in the Finance story ("No data is available for the chart to render" for some charts). Is this because of the S/4 HANA live connection? The help document (page 15) says "The CDS query 2CCFIAP_DPO is currently not in released state. The current timeline for the release of this CDS query is 201805".
Is there a way to update some test data to the model, I am unable to upload sample data to the model.
Thanks,
Rohit
It looks like most of the contents are meant for S/4 Hana CDS views. If we are still on ERP on Hana, are we out of luck for SAC contents?
Thanks Jonathan.
Hi Jonanthan,
if you can map from your ERP data source to the content, you can of course use the content with ERP (and basically any other source of your choice). But the fit out of the box is obvioulsy best with the described data source.
HTH
BR
Guido
Guido, thanks for your comment although I don't understand what you mean. Have you tried to map the ERP data source to the SAC content which seem to require S/4? Note that S/4 has a different table structure from ERP. Which one(s) are mappable?
Hi Jonathan,
no I have not done this. Yes of course the structures in S/4 are differnent from ERP.
But looking eg. at the finance content, you will find data in S/4 and ERP. You will find a mapping for many dimensions/measures that we offer in the SAC FI content from ERP, but not all, as structures and logics have been enhanced in S/4. Maybe you also need some additional data wrangling before you can upload the data.
HTH
BR
Guido
unable to find the link to download the business content ?
Hi Suman,
sorry for the late reply here. The content can be downloaded directly in SAP Analytics Cloud from the Content Library. Please check the "How to import the content?" chapter above.
Thanks
BR
Guido
Hi Guido,
I imported a Business Content from the Business Network, but I’m not able to find the folder (Models+Story) under Files -> Public, and I get notifications when starts also when it's done.
Any idea ?
Thank you
BR,
Marouene
Hi Marouene,
Sorry to hear, that you faced issues importing our content. Could please write an email to sap_analytics_cloud_content@sap.com with details on which package you tried to import and include screenshots that show the error message?
Thanks
BR
Guido
Hi Guido,
Thanks for the information in the blog.
I see that there is pre delivered content in Industries and Line of Businesses for S/4HANA cloud.
Can SAP Analytics cloud content be connected to BW/4HANA standard content (Data targets, Composite providers, ADSOs, Queries, etc…) and retrieve the information through the standard pre delivered dashboards and stories in SAC?
Please provide documentation link if you have any.
Regards,
Madhav
Hi Madhav,
in general any content could also be sourced from other sources than the one described in the documenation - also BW/4 content. Here the query would be the source.
Sourcing it from other than the described source does not guarantee that the dashboard will run out of the box or would show all visualization - it depends on what information the other data source is providing and also on the connectivity that is used.
But we also have content that direclty builds on BW/4 content. To get an overview of what package is using which data source I recommend browsing the "content inventory Excel" which you get as part of the Roll-Out PDF here.
HTH
BR
Guido
Hi experts.
We are trying to activate SAP CRM - Service cloud business content but SAC is prompting the following import error.
Do you know how to fix it?
Thanks in advance.
José Luis
Hi José,
we are sorry to hear that you are having problems importing one of our packages.
Could you please send a email to sap_analytics_cloud_content@sap.com with more information on:
Thanks and BR
Guido
Hi Jose,
let us know if you are still facing the issue. We could not experience the issue in our tenant. Please get back to sap_analytics_cloud_content@sap.com with more information if you still facing the issue.
Thanks,
Ashok
Hi,
Thanks for the interesting and informative blog.
Could you please provide access to "the new content inventory" Excel file. It seems to be loaded on a personal sharepoint that needs authorizations.
Bellow the link :
https://sap-my.sharepoint.com/personal/malavikha_a_sap_com/Documents/CI/CI15/Content_Inventory_CI15_Final.xlsx?web=1
BR,
Amine
Hi Amine,
I just followed the above link "Roll-Out slide deck" (https://www.sap.com/documents/2017/04/16ceda0b-b37c-0010-82c7-eda71af511fa.html) and could successfully download the embedded Excel in the PDF, so I am wondernig where you saw this sharepoint link.
Please let us know, so that we can fix the broken link.
Thanks and regards,
Guido
Hi Guido,
Thanks for your reply.
Here is the complete error message.
Otherwise, could you please share by email the file? My e-mail is also in the error message.
Best regards,
Amine
Hi Amine,
please contact us directly: sap_analytics_cloud_content@sap.com to resolve this issue.
Thanks
Guido
Hello,
I tried to consume the ByDesign Content, because I should do similar work for our used ByD system.
I'm able to download the content, but there are NO credentials for the SAP_BYD_CONNECTOR, so I'm not able to see, how the models are built up in detail.
Is there a possibility to get the correct credentials?
Best Regards
Andreas
Hi Andreas Stankovsky
if i refer you to the detailed documenation for ByD (now in the online help, it used to be a pdf download) https://help.sap.com/viewer/42093f14b43c485fbe3adbbe81eff6c8/release/en-US/b39b437ebc1943f2b561ece11239285d.html
You'll notice that it gives the connection name : SAP_BYD_CONNECTOR
you need to create that ByD connection in your own SAC tenant up-front (before restoring the package) - with the exact same name - and supply the ByD credentials for your ByD system.
Best of luck, let us know how you get along.
Regards
H
Hi Henry Banks
I also had a look in this documentation before, but I didn't realize that I have to set up such a connection to my system first.
I thought this would be some Demo content from a virtual company called Almika so that I can analyze the structure of the models, story an look if I could make or need something similar for our company.
But if I should use a connector to my (company) tenant, it could be, that we don't even use these content by now, so I wouldn't be able to open anything.
BTW, I created the SAP_BYD_CONNECTOR to our tenant and got the business content afterwards, BUT I'm still not able to "Rebuild Model". Could this be due to the fact, that we do not have a planning licence? All the 3 model types are Planning...
Is there a possibility to geht Business content working for analytic models too. I really need somehow working templates/examples from how to extend Business ByDesign via SAC - I'm quite stuck in this task.
best regards
Andreas
Hi Andreas Stankovsky that sounds exactly right : no planning license - no access to planning models.. sorry about the inconvenience
my recommendation would be that you build BI models from scratch against your ByD , and use the documentation as 'inspiration' about what fields you should query into your analytic model.
as to whether you can 'repoint' a copy of the business content stories quickly to your own-built models, that remains to be seen - that feature was delivered for import models recently (but i can't remember the exact wave) .. you may have to reconfirm the charts inputs..
but do use the documentation as your build specifications for the models, will give you the KPI packs quickly.
regards, H
Hi Guido Eichmann
it's a very useful blog. I have a question for you about the package SAP S/4HANA Procurement Cloud Content with SAP Analytics Cloud. Is it works for S/4 HANA onpremise?
Thanks a lot
Best Regards
Maurizio
Hi MAURIZIO FERNANDEZ
If my understanding is correct this business content is for S/4HANA Cloud only.
The hint is that the best-practice package it refers to is this one https://rapid.sap.com/bp/#/browse/scopeitems/29D
.. where product version is listed as SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2108.
Regards, H
Henry Banks so if we need Lob on S4H On-prem and live scenario - we have only this variant - SAP Finance Semantic Tags?
Hi Aleksey Salinin yes i believe there's only a very few S/4HANA on-premise packages - you can check the 'content inventory' spreadsheet from here:
https://help.sap.com/viewer/21868089d6ae4c5ab55f599c691726be/release/en-US/a2beaf19fb864f2aa5ed77a9fd538d42.html
regards, H
Hi Henry Banks,
I had already seen the link and wanted to confirm it.
Thanks a lot and have a nice weekend.
Best regards
Maurizio
Hi Experts ,
I need sample excel data for practicing and designing for Operational Headcount Planning by Position . kindly help me to get sample excel files from any where .Please suggest me where i can get sample excel files.
Regards
Hi,
Have you checked the available business content for workforce planning? There is one model on it that you coukld use as an accelerator instead of starting from scratch. Description and link below. Hope it helps
Operational Headcount Planning by Job
It covers the process of planning the headcount or full-time equivalents for a twelve months planning horizon. The planning is performed on a job classification level per organizational unit and allows for planning of hires, terminations, transfers-in and transfers-out. In a second step the salary and merit increase per job classification is planned. New positions (i.e. job classifications) together with annual salary can be created in specific locations for planning of new headcount and full-time equivalents. Comprehensive pre-built analytics stories support the planning activities. The solution is designed with planning administrator and planner roles in mind with role-specific launchpads.
SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Planning (SAP Best Practices) - SAP Help Portal
Kind regards,
Pedro
Hi,
Thank you sir. i have also looked this blog,but i need a sample data source sir.
where did i get it?
thanks and regards,
Logesh
Hi,
we are using S/4 HANA (on premise) and SAC for planning and reporting.
Which business content should I use for live reporting of Actuals (ACDOCA) and Plan Data (ACDOCP) covering the full details of both tables (without further configuration in S/4)?
Regards,
Thomas
Hi Thomas
There are several different business content packages that you could use depending on the requirement or the analysis purpose and some even pull data from additional tables and or systems. You can have a look at the full list on the link below. If you simply want to build reports pulling data from ACDOCA and/or ACDOCP maybe you can look directly for the available CDS views delivered with S4 that you could use as a datasource for building your models/stories. Hope it helps.
SAC Business Content
Line of Business - SAP Help Portal
S4 CDS Views:
CDS Views - SAP Help Portal
Kind regards,
Pedro
Thanks Pedro. I already know those sources and I´ve checked them.
The only content package which seems to cover S/4 HANA on premise live-reporting on ACDOCA and ACDOCP seems to be this one:
SAP Finance - Live based on Semantic Tags- Live connectivity to S4HANA"
Currently I get an error from S/4 when using it.
I don´t want to invest efforts in repairing this content until I don´t know if it covers really the business requirements. Documentation is not so detailed.
So my question is still:
Which concrete content packages are available for S/4 HANA live reporting für Actuals and Plan data? Is it really only the one with Semantic Tags or is there also other content provided by SAP?
Regards,
Thomas