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Recent BI Features SAP Analytics Cloud Webcast Recap
This was a Jacob Stark webcast earlier this week. Don’t forget to attend these upcoming webcasts as well:
January 22 BI: SAP Analytics Cloud Roadmap Update for Developer APIs and Integration
January 23 BI: SAP Digital Boardroom and SAC Mobile App – What’s New, Best Practices and Roadmap
January 24 BI: SAP Analytics Cloud for SAP BW and BW/4HANA
January 29 INFL: Mobile BI Influence Council Re-launch
January 30 BI: SAP BW/4HANA 2.0
January 31 BI: SAP Analytics Cloud Roadmap
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Agenda is above
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New, popular feature of private bookmarks
If you are looking at specific region, great to bookmark
Can set default bookmark
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You can configure your exploration view, allowing you to slice/dice data
You can create multiple explore tabs, and save them
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Feature was requested by “popular demand”
More selective about page input controls
You can configure it apply to 1 or more items on the page
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Geomapping capability – can slice by dimension
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More waterfall enhancements, easier to re-arrange, interim totals, position parent totals before children, hide root node
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For this feature, for live data, you need HANA 2.0
If you have age, it is a dimension, but also need it as a measure (for average age)
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You can access this in the story level; don’t have to do it in model level
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You can do this today; custom sort your dimension members; you can do this with acquired data and live data based on what is included in slide
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Predefined cell calculations
Can work from designer or view mode
If select multiple columns, allow calculations for both columns
Shows formulas in top bar
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For Google customers in a corporate setting
Export content to Google Slides
Exports as a flattened image; to incorporate in slide deck
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Snap to object, snap to grid, works in Canvas mode
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Added keyboard shortcuts
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Easier to read in mobile device, choose truncation
Inline labels (nice feature)
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Control by profile, chart level
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Show hide rows, columns “unbooked members” – viewer mode
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Export to CSV from Explorer mode
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Lazy loading allows you to interact with your data faster
View window loads first
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In some areas you may want to collapse views
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Browser caching will not work in incognito mode
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HANA 2.0 allows for storing as a BLOB
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Blend live HANA 2.0 models with acquired data
Using Smart Data Integration
Secure in the browser
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Moved prompts to story bar to make it easier to discover
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Multiple date hierarchies for acquired data
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Closing the gap
These are some features to try out when you can. What do you think? See the recording here and download the slide deck.