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What’s New in SAP Analytics Cloud Q1 2024

meganhoy
Product and Topic Expert
Product and Topic Expert
‎02-07-2024 12:15 AM

SAP Analytics Cloud brings together analytics and planning with unique integration to SAP applications and seamless access to heterogenous data sources. It helps everyone in your organization make decisions without doubt with trusted insights and integrated plans.

This blog post introduces the new features and enhancements of the SAP Analytics Cloud Q1 2024 Quarterly Release (QRC).

Join our SAP Product Experts in the video below as they demonstrate some of the features highlighted in Q1 2024.

 

System Administration and Technical Requirements

Although not required, you may upgrade to the latest SAP Analytics Cloud agent version 1.0.395 to take advantage of all data acquisition types.

The agent’s minimum version remains at 1.0.75, with the following exceptions:

  • Version 1.0.99 for SAP ERP/SQL Database
  • Version 1.0.91 for SAP universe (UNX)
  • Version 1.0.353 for SAP Business Warehouse (BW)
  • Version 1.0.235 for SAP HANA View
  • Version 1.0.248 for File Server

For more information, see System Requirements and Technical Prerequisites.

Important: With every quarterly release update, there are required updates for the integration of SAP BW with SAP Analytics Cloud via SNOTES. This will ensure that the SAP BW back and font ends are in sync. To learn which SNOTES are required for implementation, refer to the XML-File attached in SAP Note 2541557.

Regarding supported features and required updates for the integration of SAP BW with SAP Analytics Cloud, refer to SAP Note 2541557 for further details.

Regarding supported features and required updates for live universe access through SAP BusinessObjects Live Data Connect with SAP Analytics Cloud, refer to SAP Note 2771921 for further details.

Please download the latest version of the Simple Deployment Kit from Service Marketplace.

Note: To avoid downloading older versions and potentially exposing users to a vulnerable bundling of the Cloud Connector with SAPJVM, or Apache Tomcat, only the three latest versions of the kits are available to download.

For Cloud agent version change management details, refer to SAP Note 3264839.

 

Release Highlights

 

Administration & Service Management

 

External hyperlink list for trusted domains

Users can now enable a warning message when being redirected to an external URL. Admins can create a list of trust domains that are exempt from the warning. (SAP Road Map Explorer)

external hyperlinks.png

 

Switching to the advanced calculation engine in SAP Profitability and Performance Management
  • Navigate between SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Profitability and Performance Management using the product switcher menu in the top right of the shell bar navigation menu
  • Log in once and access the service again without re-authenticating

Note: When selecting advanced calculation engine in the switch menu for SAP Analytics Cloud, the shell bar navigation menu opens in a new browser tab showing the entry page for SAP Profitability and Performance Management. The URL for this is defined in the Link my Tenants section of the system administration page for the tenant. (SAP Road Map Explorer)

 

Business Content Delivery

 

Business content packages for consensus net revenue planning, financial and sales planning, and process insights

Reduce the time spent implementing SAP Analytics Cloud by adopting new, prebuilt data models and stories.

Updated packages for industries and lines of business for Q1 2024 include: (SAP Road Map Explorer)

  • New industry and line-of-business content packages:
    • Security Recommendation dashboard
    • Portfolio financial planning for SAP S/4HANA
    • Consensus net revenue planning
    • Strategic workforce planning
  • Updated industry and line-of-business content packages:
    • Public sector management KPI reporting for SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    • Public sector management planning
    • Commercial planning
    • Cross-model functionality for integrated financial planning for SAP S/4HANA
    • Group financial planning for SAP S/4HANA
    • Integrated financial planning for SAP S/4HANA
    • Extended planning and analysis (XP&A) and human experience management (HXM)
    • Enterprise asset management and plant maintenance analysis for SAP S/4HANA and SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Learn more about SAP Analytics Business Content here.

 

Data Center Availability

 

Data-center availability in Switzerland with EU access through Microsoft Azure

Customer now have more choices in data center locations and hyperscaler platforms through support for deployment on Microsoft Azure in Switzerland. (SAP Road Map Explorer)

 

Data Integration

 

Data Export API – support for public dimensions
  • Adding a new namespace exposing public dimensions
  • Supporting two-legged and three-legged OAuth protocols

Note: Available on Cloud Foundry tenants. (SAP Road Map Explorer)

 

Improve data motive job readiness check

An enhancement has been made to the data management UI for refreshing import jobs of a model in target tenants. See this SAP knowledge base article for more details. 

 

Enterprise Planning

 

Data Actions – cross-model copy with analytic models as a source

Ability to read data from an analytic (non-planning) model of SAP Analytics Cloud as a source model when using a cross-model copy operation. (SAP Road Map Explorer)

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Microsoft Office Integration

 

Continuing member selector updates in Microsoft Excel – Select a Range

Expanded member-selector functionality in Excel includes:

  • Select a range of member to define them a filter.

This feature will be available only when the members will be visible in "flat list mode" in the Member selector. (SAP Road Map Explorer)

Please note this is a preview and will be released later in Q1 2024. This feature has been postponed to Q2 QRC.

Cont member selector updates - select range.png

 

Formatting of a static report in Microsoft Excel
  • New option available for tables, allowing users to deactivate the default table formatting and apply Excel style
  • When deactivating the default table formatting, user ability to add Excel formatting to the add-in table and to maintain the formatting upon “refresh” action
  • User ability to create highly customized formatting for static tables; however, this formatting will not support expand and collapse actions

(SAP Road Map Explorer)

This feature is available as of Jan 31, 2024.

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Updates to the designer pane header in Microsoft Excel 
  • Display of the detailed content of a selected object in a sheet, through the designer pane header, which enables the user to make changes to the object, such as tables, data action triggers, or data sources used for formulas
  • Additional updates to the header to enrich the information and the navigation capabilities:
    • Enrichment of the information within the header with details regarding the object (table, data action trigger, or data source alias for formulas) shown within the sheet

(SAP Road Map Explorer)

This feature is available as of Jan 31, 2024.

designer page redesign.png

 

This blog post only provides a high-level overview of the latest features and enhancements of SAP Analytics Cloud. For more details on these features, please visit the SAP Analytics Cloud Help Portal. You can also visit the SAP Road Map Explorer to see the upcoming features of SAP Analytics Cloud. 

 

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