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This was from SAP TechEd last month, presented by ingo.hilgefort
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Customers investing in hybrid
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Hybrid is the normal approach
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Difference between live and import data connectivity
Live - real time data, every single time
Import - data is moved into the cloud
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Using live connectivity, leverage BW queries and authorizations; leverage BW assets of a BW query - the recommended way to go from SAC to on premise BW
Benefit of import is you can use smart assist feature
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Important back end recommend for BW
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Common request is the ability to blend information - key element of live connectivity
For example, BW data blend with a spreadsheet
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Time series - revenue by month, quarter, weeks, days - has feature of forecast
Date range filters provide more flexibility in choosing date/time ranges
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Create geo maps against live BW data
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Data Analyzer - connect to BW, choose BW query, and then user chooses measures, dimensions - can do this at run time - live out of BW
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Variance version based - actual and planned data
Use IBCS to color code variance
Columns in black (actual) and others show a pattern
Top shows variance (green/red)
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Query merging is important for performance
Revenue by country
Cost by country
Instead of asking for 2 queries, do one query that brings back revenue/cost by country - save overhead
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Ability to use in cell charts, interesting from visualizations
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Completely changed the prompting UI
Can use copy and paste
Multiple prompt values in a text file, select, copy and paste them into the UI of SAC
Search and reference attributes
Links:
Unsupported features for live SAP BW:
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2788384
SAP BW version dependencies for features of SAP Analytics Cloud:
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2715030
Required note for latest features of SAP Analytics Cloud:
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2541557
Source: SAP
SAP Analytics Cloud: Live connectivity with universes
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Universe acts as a semantic layer
Leverage these investments from SAC
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Leverage metadata from universe from SAC
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Search to insight; search across the data, metadata, ask the question "what is the revenue for 2020 in Canada" and it will suggest the answers
Augmented BI - smart discovery, automated insight on top of data
Predictive - time series
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SAC - cloud based, everything in one environment, no patching
Can use Web Intelligence as a data source in SAC
Can use the Analytics Catalog as single point of entry for your users
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Can publish from BusinessObjects system to the analytics catalog
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Data does not leave the corporate network
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Access to existing assets, reuse existing assets, and experience smart insights with SAC
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Access to Web Intelligence with SAC
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List of limitations, currently working on
Limitations are not permanent, working on closing these items
Links:
Link to the replay (logon is required)
https://events.sapteched.com/widget/sap/sapteched2020/Catalog/session/1602555746506001uBfu
Link to slides https://static.rainfocus.com/sap/sapteched2020/sess/1602555746506001uBfu/sessionppt/ANA207_160439271...
Related:
Learn more in SAP’s ingo.hilgefort new book, Mastering SAP Analytics Cloud, Empower your Business Users, is now available at Amazon. It’s a comprehensive book, 991 pages long, covering personas. tutorials, how to use it, how to use it with other SAP products. I highly recommend this book. It covers this product as well. It also includes certification tips for SAP Analytics Cloud. I posted a review here. For a limited time, it is $5 off retail price
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