This was an SAP user group webcast.
Be sure to consider these upcoming related events/webcasts:
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June 25: BI: New Augmented Analytics Uses Cases
July 16 BI: SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning Roadmap Update
July 24 BI: Overview of Latest BI Features in SAP Cloud Analytics
August 8 BI: SAP S/4HANA and SAP Analytics (Focus on SAP Analytics Cloud): Where to Do What?
August 27 BI: SAP Analytics Cloud – Preparing your data
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Agenda is shown above. I arrived a few minutes late so I assume the legal disclaimer applies that things in the future are subject to change.
Source: SAP
Live connectivity covers BW, BW/4HANA, S/4HANA
Using Ina service
Source: SAP
Value proposition of using SAP Analytics Cloud on top of BW today
SAP Analytics Cloud can be a self service toolkit on top of BW
Linked analysis - define interactions between charts
Going forward, plan to make SAC the "one stop shop" for BW
Make SAC the only client on top of BW
Source: SAP
Live:
Uses SAP BW authorizations
Semantics of BW query can be leveraged
Other metadata like hierarchies and variables can be used
Data resides in on premise system.
Import:
Download snapshots of data into SAC to local models
Can use smart features not yet available to live connections
Might give you a performance edge when you want to provide dedicated high level dashboards for management consumption
Most customers look to using BW live as the advantages list is longer
Source: SAP
Quarterly release shipments
Source: SAP
With live connections, in 3 buckets:
1. live capabilities - self service features - data blending, charting options
2. integration with BW concepts - BW query concepts, infoprovider concepts - examples enhancing support of queries with 2 structures, sorting on 2 structure queries
3. Performance improvements
Q3:
Data blending - today possible to blend live queries with uploaded files; 3rd quarter - blend 2 live queries, and BW and S/4HANA
Q3 -mid and end of August (planned)
Support variance charts - enhance with variances based on versions - e.g. planned, forecast, budget
Support is planned for chloropleth layers
Prompting - constant investment, calendar/date picker to make selection of date based variable values easier
Data Analyzer
Q4:
Enhance calculation editor
More on Data Analyzer
Prompting - will support copy and paste
After Q4 - probably Q1:
Further enhance data blending
Blending with HANA live data
Blending in on premise engine (today performed in SAC cloud)
Enable custom grouping of dimensions (can do today in Analysis Office-custom groups)
Will support linked nodes in hierarchies
Features depend on certain version of BW (see SAP Note)
Source: SAP
BW recommendation version
Tool for creating applications
More JavaScript support
For, while loops, break, exit loops
(demo is included in replay)
Includes more debugging features
Source: SAP
Plan to provide more widgets (tabstrip, panel)
Custom widget beta program (GA planned Q4)
Coming soon, like generic template in Lumira Designer
Goes against BW queries (no remote model in SAC)
Enhanced builder panel, drag and drop
Q3 will be first version
Immediate access to BW queries without creating a model in SAP Analytics Cloud
Pass query name by URL parameter
Pause auto refresh
Source: SAP
Road map for Data Analyzer
Q: Is predictive and planning capabilities of SAC available for BW live connections (without using Analytics Designer)? If not, are there plans to have this?
A: For BW live, predictive features not available
For planning, investments for BPC planning - only available for Analytics Designer
Q: "Seamless Drill down from aggregated data to lowest data granularity in BW" - how is that achieve this? is that via setting up hierarchies in BEx query? or hierarchies in SAC?
A: Not by hierarchies in SAC
For live connections, have access to all BW hierarchies, can select drill down
Drill down by flat dimensions
For Data Analyzer will be available to end users with view rights
Q: Does SAC supports blending of data from 2 models where 1 is based on BW live and the other is based on BW import data connection
A: Yes, supported
Q: Regarding future releases, does SAC generate some SQL script an push it to DB level (similar to WEBI) or everything is being performed on appl level of SAC? for example blending is similar to join statement
A: This is more of data warehouse features; no plans to provides that in SAC on the modeling level
Q: Is there a roadmap plan for introducing the functionality of Business Objects Web Intelligence, particularly the advanced report formatting and bursting features.
A: Bursting, yes, based on distributing reports with different selections, depending on recipient - in future plans
Can't address other, as this webinar is based on BW integration
Q: Will I see HANA calculation views as providers for model if I use BW live connection with BWonHANA
A: With BW live connections you will see queries - see calc views with HANA live connection
Replay link is here
It was interesting to learn about the Data Analyzer. What do you think?
Be sure to consider these upcoming related events/webcasts:
Hands-On with SAP Analytics Cloud: Professionally Designed Dashboards and Self-Service Business Inte...
June 25: BI: New Augmented Analytics Uses Cases
July 16 BI: SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning Roadmap Update
July 24 BI: Overview of Latest BI Features in SAP Cloud Analytics
August 8 BI: SAP S/4HANA and SAP Analytics (Focus on SAP Analytics Cloud): Where to Do What?
August 27 BI: SAP Analytics Cloud – Preparing your data
Source: SAP
Agenda is shown above. I arrived a few minutes late so I assume the legal disclaimer applies that things in the future are subject to change.
Source: SAP
Live connectivity covers BW, BW/4HANA, S/4HANA
Using Ina service
Source: SAP
Value proposition of using SAP Analytics Cloud on top of BW today
SAP Analytics Cloud can be a self service toolkit on top of BW
Linked analysis - define interactions between charts
Going forward, plan to make SAC the "one stop shop" for BW
Make SAC the only client on top of BW
Source: SAP
Live:
Uses SAP BW authorizations
Semantics of BW query can be leveraged
Other metadata like hierarchies and variables can be used
Data resides in on premise system.
Import:
Download snapshots of data into SAC to local models
Can use smart features not yet available to live connections
Might give you a performance edge when you want to provide dedicated high level dashboards for management consumption
Most customers look to using BW live as the advantages list is longer
Roadmap for BW Live Integration
Source: SAP
Quarterly release shipments
Source: SAP
With live connections, in 3 buckets:
1. live capabilities - self service features - data blending, charting options
2. integration with BW concepts - BW query concepts, infoprovider concepts - examples enhancing support of queries with 2 structures, sorting on 2 structure queries
3. Performance improvements
Q3:
Data blending - today possible to blend live queries with uploaded files; 3rd quarter - blend 2 live queries, and BW and S/4HANA
Q3 -mid and end of August (planned)
Support variance charts - enhance with variances based on versions - e.g. planned, forecast, budget
Support is planned for chloropleth layers
Prompting - constant investment, calendar/date picker to make selection of date based variable values easier
Data Analyzer
Q4:
Enhance calculation editor
More on Data Analyzer
Prompting - will support copy and paste
After Q4 - probably Q1:
Further enhance data blending
Blending with HANA live data
Blending in on premise engine (today performed in SAC cloud)
Enable custom grouping of dimensions (can do today in Analysis Office-custom groups)
Will support linked nodes in hierarchies
Features depend on certain version of BW (see SAP Note)
Source: SAP
BW recommendation version
SAP Analytics Designer
Tool for creating applications
More JavaScript support
For, while loops, break, exit loops
(demo is included in replay)
Includes more debugging features
Source: SAP
Plan to provide more widgets (tabstrip, panel)
Custom widget beta program (GA planned Q4)
Data Analyzer
Coming soon, like generic template in Lumira Designer
Goes against BW queries (no remote model in SAC)
Enhanced builder panel, drag and drop
Q3 will be first version
Immediate access to BW queries without creating a model in SAP Analytics Cloud
Pass query name by URL parameter
Pause auto refresh
Source: SAP
Road map for Data Analyzer
Questions:
Q: Is predictive and planning capabilities of SAC available for BW live connections (without using Analytics Designer)? If not, are there plans to have this?
A: For BW live, predictive features not available
For planning, investments for BPC planning - only available for Analytics Designer
Q: "Seamless Drill down from aggregated data to lowest data granularity in BW" - how is that achieve this? is that via setting up hierarchies in BEx query? or hierarchies in SAC?
A: Not by hierarchies in SAC
For live connections, have access to all BW hierarchies, can select drill down
Drill down by flat dimensions
For Data Analyzer will be available to end users with view rights
Q: Does SAC supports blending of data from 2 models where 1 is based on BW live and the other is based on BW import data connection
A: Yes, supported
Q: Regarding future releases, does SAC generate some SQL script an push it to DB level (similar to WEBI) or everything is being performed on appl level of SAC? for example blending is similar to join statement
A: This is more of data warehouse features; no plans to provides that in SAC on the modeling level
Q: Is there a roadmap plan for introducing the functionality of Business Objects Web Intelligence, particularly the advanced report formatting and bursting features.
A: Bursting, yes, based on distributing reports with different selections, depending on recipient - in future plans
Can't address other, as this webinar is based on BW integration
Q: Will I see HANA calculation views as providers for model if I use BW live connection with BWonHANA
A: With BW live connections you will see queries - see calc views with HANA live connection
Replay link is here
It was interesting to learn about the Data Analyzer. What do you think?
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