What’s New in SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Digital Boardroom Release 2021.12

This blog post covers some of the latest features and enhancements in SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Digital Boardroom Release 2021.12.

Please note that the SAP Analytics Cloud Help Portal is updated at the same time as the upgrade to this release, so the links here may not yet reflect what is described below until after the upgrade is complete.

Upgrade your SAP Analytics Cloud to the latest agent version 1.0.325 to take advantage of all the data acquisition types!

Technical Requirements

If you have not upgraded yet, here are the data acquisition minimum requirements:

• Version 1.0.99 for SAP ERP / SQL Database
• Version 1.0.235 for SAP HANA View
• Version 1.0.91 for SAP Universe (UNX)
• Version 1.0.233 for SAP Business Warehouse (BW)
• Version 1.0.248 for File Server
• Version 1.0.75 for all other data source types

For more information, see the following  System Requirements and Technical Prerequisites.

SAP Analytics Cloud fully supports Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome for all activities and areas of SAP Analytics Cloud including viewing, authoring, and administration.

Release Highlights

• Enterprise Planning
  • Copy Data Point Comments between Versions
  • Leverage Negative Reference Values in Structured Allocation
  • Include Value Driver Trees in Stories as PDF Exports
• Augmented Analytics
  • Smart Predict
    • Identify the Main Factors Influencing Individual Predictions
• Analytics Designer
  • Leverage Graphical Visualization of Performance Logging Information
  • Configure Sandbox Restrictions for Web Page Widget
  • Save Insights from Data Analyzer into Private Files for Viewer Users
• Mobile Analytics
  • Access Responsive Stories enabled with Optimized iOS based on Live SAP Data Warehouse Cloud Connection
  • Access Responsive Stories enabled with Optimized iOS based on Live SAP HANA Cloud Connection

This blog post provides an overview of the latest features in SAP Analytics Cloud. If you are looking to get more information about these features, please visit the SAP Analytics Cloud Help Portal.

Enterprise Planning

Copy Data Point Comments between Versions

Users can now preserve data point comments when copying versions. When publishing private versions, comments are copied to the public version while duplicates are removed.

Leverage Negative Reference Values in Structured Allocation

Structured Allocation now supports the use of negative reference values. This feature can enable users to scale their results from previous periods by using those as reference for future planning.

Include Value Driver Trees in Stories as PDF Exports

Users can now share stories including Value Driver Trees outside of SAP Analytics Cloud by exporting them as PDF. However, Legacy Value Driver Trees will not be included.

Augmented Analytics

Smart Predict

Identify the Main Factors Influencing Individual Predictions

Smart Predict now provides a collection of prediction explanations in the form of additional columns within the resulting dataset. Users can analyze individual prediction explanations from their classification or regression predictive models. This data can be leveraged in stories to provide a better understanding of the reasons behind the predictions, to develop trust in the prediction results, and to enable better business decisions for the future.

Analytics Designer

Leverage Graphical Visualization of Performance Logging Information

Users can now log the performance of scripts used in their analytic or planning application by triggering the performance measurement popup through the following URL parameter: ?APP_PERFORMANCE_LOGGING=true and by pressing Ctrl+Shift+A. Performance logging information includes the script runtime and some events. Users can leverage this performance measurement popup to quickly identify long running scripts and check for optimization opportunities.

Configure Sandbox Restrictions for Web Page Widget

Users can now apply additional sandbox restrictions to the web page widget to allow for downloads and popups. Users can also create different embedding scenarios to support customer scenarios including embedding custom pages into analytic applications and embedding several small analytic applications into a central analytic application.

Save Insights from Data Analyzer into Private Files for Viewer Users

Users who have the viewer role, can now save private insights within My Files. To do this, an administrator can grant the private insight privilege to these users who have no create rights on the public or private files. However, please note that these users will not be able to overwrite the insights.

Mobile Analytics

Access Responsive Stories enabled with Optimized iOS based on Live SAP Data Warehouse Cloud Connection

In the SAP Analytics Cloud Mobile App for iOS, users can now access the SAP Data Warehouse Cloud live connection based responsive stories using SAML Single Sign On. More information on SAP Data Warehouse Cloud live connections for SAP Analytics Cloud can be found in this article from our Help Portal.

Access Responsive Stories enabled with Optimized iOS based on Live SAP HANA Cloud Connection

In the SAP Analytics Cloud Mobile App for iOS, users can now access the SAP HANA Cloud live connection based responsive stories using User/Pass or SAML Single Sign On. More information on SAP HANA Cloud live connections for SAP Analytics Cloud can be found in this article from our Help Portal.