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SAC = SAP Analytics Cloud
AO - SAP Analysis for Office
Figure 2 Source SAP
The legal disclaimer applies; things in the future are subject to change.
Figure 3 Source SAP
SAP Analysis Office is an on premise product
Two editions of SAP Analysis Office - differences are based on the license
Different PAM's and different connectivities
Use SAC AO, cannot access BW
Figure 4 Source SAP
Focused on quality and stability; it is a mature product
Invest on SAC live connectivity
Future direction - want to remove differences AO Standard and AO SAC
Store on SAC repository - planned
Figure 5 Source SAP
Plans for H1 this year
Improve AO for SAC edition and reduce gap with standard edition
Access to repository, BW repository - connect to SAC, reopen workbook, or migrate from BEx to AO using AO for SAC
Retrieve document from BI Platform after logged on to SAC
Future direction - store workbooks on SAC repository
Figure 6 Source: SAP
Available for online version of Excel and desktop
Supports Windows and Mac
Later support different devices like the iPad
Integrated with SAC; integrated with processes from SAC
Today support SAC models on acquired data
Workflow starts in Excel, access model, create workbook
Based on MS Office strengths; part of SAC subscription
Available for BI/Planning SAC customers
Figure 7 Source SAP
Part of SAC license
Not intended to replace Analysis for Office
To obtain this add-in tenant needs to be on Cloud Foundry
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Figure 10 Source SAP
Product is new, GA last May
Features are delivered every 4 to 6 weeks
Q1 this year:
For planning - unbooked data (plan on a new product) - plan to deliver in 2 weeks to customers
Keep formula - Excel formula
Member selector enhancements - search for member if you have a large dimension
Support ranking - top 10 customers
Q2 this year - "SAPPHIRE" time frame
New universal model - new SAC planning model - want to read this model in Excel
Currency - show default/local
Flexibility to retrieve data - GetData - focus on data to retrieve
Option to repeat members, useful if you want to create pivot tables
Plan to offer keyboard shortcuts for faster data entry
Future direction
Support planning comments
Execute data actions
Asymetric reporting - fine tune what you would like to see
Integration with SAC story
Platforms - connect to live sources (can't do it today) - plan to support SAP Data Warehouse Cloud as a live data source
Figure 11 Source SAP
Positioning - AO is a mature product, several customers, remains key part for SAP, key add in for BW, BPC, S/4HANA on premise; not plan to invest in new capability
For SAC planning scenarios, do not recommend AO; recommend using add-in for MS Office
This add-in is not a successor for SAP AO
For a guided solution, use SAC Analytics Designer
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