Sometimes we need more functionalities than what a classic and powerful reporting tool could offer, something like predictive and planning.
There are situations where the report data is exported as a csv or excel file and then used for reporting again using another tool. There is no real value add that we would get just by creating a better-looking visualization. But what if you could do more?
Using SAP analytics cloud agent and SAP cloud connector the data can be pushed from a sftp location to SAP analytics cloud model. The high-level integration is described below. Once the data is imported into SAC, you could use all functionalities including Smart Discovery and planning.
Also, note that you can leverage your custom destination configurations including Google BigQuery, Google Drive or OData integrators.
Of Course, once the data is in SAP Analytics cloud, you could work with data sets from multiple sources from cloud or on premise to build your story. See some feature highlights below (Animated GIF)
It is simple to mobilize the stories (and Boardroom agendas) created using SAP Analytics Cloud using the data from SAP BusinessObjects Web-Intelligence with any of the “import” data approaches explained above.
Some points to note:
1. While designing a story, make sure you choose responsive layouts to make the story available on mobile devices.
2. The mobile app supports collaboration.
3. Currently Supported on iOS devices (iPhone and iPad).
4. Input controls and filters are supported.
5. Offline support is limited to what is already cached.
For mobile first or mobile only use cases, SAP Roambi would be the favorite choice currently as it offers full offline capabilities and supported on wide range of Mobile Operating Systems. Also, note that there is an out of the box integration with SAP BI Platform Publication (Roambi Publication plugin) to push data to SAP BusinessObjects Roambi cloud.
It is possible to embed a SAC story in any SAP or non-SAP solution. Since this is cloud based solution, it is an ideal fit for cases where your story/report needs to be shared outside of your corporate network (like sharing reports with vendors, suppliers or with any third parties). See URL API under useful links.
On the other hand, you could embed a web-I report in SAP Analytics cloud as HTML page.
Below are few considerations while doing so:
1. As the output format of the web-I schedule is HTML archive, interactivity (like, filtering, input controls, commentary, etc.,) is lost.
2. Suitable for cases where run-time or view-time data security is not involved. It is the same case with any other export formats like Excel or PDF. The advantage being the format is preserved and you need not configure additional authentication as this is disconnected from SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform.
3. The site on which you plan to host the web-I report (as HTML site) should be accessible from SAC and it should allow embedding.
4. On SAC side, it is very simple to use the “Web Page” widget to embed the HTML page.
5. As you could schedule the Web-I report (in HTML Archive Format), you could make sure that the users are seeing the latest information without manual intervention.
Web-Intelligence report in HTML format embedded within SAC:
EmbedReport |
For some reason, if you would like to recreate few web-I reports in SAC, web-I reports which are light (with most calculations/blending done at the source and only few calculations within web-I) are ideal candidates to start with. Below table shows the data source support parity between Web-I direct and SAC (out of the box). You can find the data sources supported through partner extensions under useful links. Make sure to check the latest version of SAC (new release every 2 weeks!)
The list of data sources supported by SAP Analytics cloud out of the box currently:
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