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What is SAP Analytics Cloud?
Analyse business data with SAP Analytics Cloud – a Cloud Based Analytics tool for companies of all sizes. It offers rich and insightful data-driven decision- making by importing data or connecting data live, data modulation and data conversion into charts, graphs, tables & other data visualizations to extract rich meaning out of business data.
SAC combines Business Intelligence, Predictive Analytics, Augmented Analytics & Collaborative Enterprise Planning features within a single and comprehensive cloud environment.
The SAP Analytics Cloud solution helps modern businesses transform into an Intelligent Enterprise using a Single Solution. Discover, Analyse, Predict, Plan and Report – whether in a client meeting, working at the office or in the boardroom.
SAP Analytics Cloud Solution Architecture
SAP Analytics Cloud Architecture
Who is It Ideal For?
Differentiators
Data
On-The-Go
Data
On-The-Go
Transform static presentations to completely interactive discussions with key stakeholders
Advanced Modelling
Capabilities
Advanced Modelling
Capabilities
Transform static presentations to completely interactive discussions with key stakeholders
Live Data
Connection
Live Data
Connection
Transform static presentations to completely interactive discussions with key stakeholders
Integrating
Digital Boardroom
Integrating
Digital Boardroom
Transform static presentations to completely interactive discussions with key stakeholders
Modern Challenges for Planning & Analytics
At VC ERP Consulting, our 20 years legacy implementing industry-specific SAP ERP systems and a variety of analytics & solutions, ensure we understand the toughest of challenges.
- Unable to respond quickly to Market Disruptions
- Inability to harvest insights from big data
- Unable to get accurate financial forecasts
- Inconsistent modelling and planning
- Poorly researched plans leading to wasted time & efforts
Business Benefits
SAP Analytics Cloud is a cloud-based analytics tool for companies of all sizes to get better at their Business Intelligence. Companies can analyse data, data can be imported or connected live, easily modeled and then converted into engaging charts, graphs, tables, and other data visualizations to help inform more data-driven decision making.
- Smart
Helps Planners automate data-driven Enterprise Planning - Fast & Secure
Live and governed connectivity guarantees real-time data access - End-to-End
One solution combining Business Intelligence, Planning & Predictive Analytics to monitor, project and simulate - Self Service
Easy-to-use planning for everyone to make predictions on their own - Enterprise Ready
Designed for both governed and self-service information distribution & corporate scalability
- Trusted
Highest level of transparency with authorized access to planners and decision-makers - Single Solution
Business Intelligence, Predictive Analytics & Enterprise Planning in Single Solution - Added Mobility
Access up-to-date relevant data from anywhere at anytime with pre-configured authorized access - Easy Cloud Deployment
Eliminate the need to install new software on your desktop - Advanced Collaboration
Chat, task definition, and more within the tool Publish and share data with stakeholders as PDF
SAP Analytics Cloud Solves Mission Critical Business Challenges
SAP Analytics Cloud solves business critical challenges
Reporting &
Analysis
- Performance Reporting
- Ad hoc Reporting
- Variance Analysis
- Driver Analysis
- Executive Dashboards
- Profitability Analysis
Planning
- Budgeting
- Sales / Revenue Planning
- Capital Expenditure Planning
- Workforce Planning
- Expense Planning
- Cash Flow Planning
- Cost Allocations
Forecasting
- Rolling
- Financial Statement Modelling
- P&L
- Balance Sheet
- Cash Flow
- Scenario Modelling
- Predictive Planning for Other Business Functions
Application Design &
Integration (BTP)
- Custom Application Designer
- Analytics Applications
- Close Loop Scenarios
Key Features
Business Intelligence & Predictive Planning
SAP Analytics Cloud gives business users at all levels comprehensive, self-service analytics that adheres to the industry’s leading visual design standards while delivering superior value from Big Data.
- Improve business outcomes with complete analytics
- Turn insight into action right where you work
- Gain instant insights & take action in context of business processes
Enjoy Smart Capabilities Designed for Business People
Leverage new insights revealed by emerging AI technologies to the right people at the right time, augmenting familiar business intelligence.
- Data exploration and visualization
- Efficient modelling and preparation
- Augmented Analytics
- Data science for all
- Conversational analytics
- Automated machine learning
- Intelligent predictive analytics
Collaborative Enterprise Planning
Plan across all lines of business so you can translate real time data insights into actions that correspond with your strategy.
- Predictive planning
- Integrated financial planning
- Company-wide advanced analytics
- Analysis, budgeting and forecasting
- Driver-based planning
- Zero-based budgeting
- Scenario planning
- Planning & analysis storytelling
- Add-in for Microsoft Excel
- Built-in planning best practices for P&A
SAP Analytics Cloud Add-in for Microsoft Office
Connect
Engage with colleagues on plans with any laptop at work, home and on the road
Plan
Plan, Analyse and Simulate with the familiar Microsoft Office 365 Online user experience
Explore
Create custom calculations and easily generate ad hoc reports
Mobile & Web Extensions
Access analytics with an Android, iPhone or iPad to get the most recent information about your business anytime, anywhere.
Engaging Connection
View and interact with mobile-ready stories and charts by using drill-down, filter on selection, and inspection capabilities
Productive Collaboration
Collaborate with colleagues through chat and receive and manage notifications – such as a shared story – in an application
Hybrid BI Analytics using SAP Analytics Cloud
One of the major differentiators of SAP Analytics Cloud is its hybrid BI capability.
A hybrid BI deployment is a BI and data management deployment that combines on-premise data and artefacts with cloud components to propose a BI solution that hides the complexity inherent to data gravity.
Hybrid defined by the combination of SAP Analytics Cloud and other front-end tools accessing (the same) data for potentially overlapping use cases:
SAC with Business Warehouse
Leverage Best-In-Class SAP Interfaces with Business Warehouse and Enjoy Direct Connectivity
- Simplified connectivity to BW Queries in your On-Premise BW Systems
- Best Possible end-to-end Integration
- Create interactive and Powerful reports without IT Help or any technical coding
- Linked Reporting Analysis without any coding or scripting
SAC Integration with SAP BW/4HANA
Leverage Brand New second generation data warehousing solution SAP BW/4HANA and enjoy seamless integration with SAC
- Create a data-driven Business Enterprise with SAP BW/4HANA with seamless integration to SAC
- Reduce development cost and overall Implementation time with reliable data and powerful reports
- Efficient data warehousing with quick deployment, low maintenance true and superior user experience
Live Connectivity
Bring SAP Analytics Cloud to the source of the data.
Create models from data sources of on premise or cloud systems, build stories based on these models and perform online analysis without data replication
Data Acquisition
Reduce the data mass by having SAP Analytics Cloud solely acquire the data from remote systems, which is needed for performing analytical workflows.
- SAP Lumira Discovery
- SAP Lumira Designer
- SAP BiBo
- SAP Crystal Reports
- SAP Analysis for Office
Integration
Pull your data from a host of SAP and non-SAP data sources and get a complete overview of your business with SAP Analytics Cloud. Analyse your business data from the following sources:
SAP Analytics Cloud Connection Types
| Connection Type | Live | Import |
|---|---|---|
| SAP S/4HANA | Yes | Yes |
| SAP S/4HANA Cloud | Yes | Yes |
| SAP Business ByDesign | Yes | Yes |
| SAP BPC Embedded | Yes | No |
| SAP BPC NW & MS | No | Yes |
| SAP BusinessObjects Universe | Yes | Yes |
| SAP ERP | No | Yes |
| SAP Integrated Business Planning | No | Yes |
| Connection Type | Live | Import |
|---|---|---|
| SAP HANA | Yes | Yes |
| SAP BW | Yes | Yes |
| SAP BW/4HANA | Yes | Yes |
| Connection Type | Live | Import |
|---|---|---|
| SAP Cloud Platform | Yes | Yes |
| SAP Marketing Cloud | Yes | Yes |
| SAP S/4HANA Cloud | Yes | Yes |
| SAP Commissions | Yes | No |
| SAP Business ByDesign | No | Yes |
| SAP Concur | No | Yes |
| SAP Fieldglass | No | Yes |
| SAP Cloud for Customer | No | Yes |
| SAP Marketing Cloud | No | Yes |
| SAP S/4HANA Cloud | No | Yes |
| SAP SuccessFactors | No | Yes |
| SAP Workforce Analytics | No | Yes |
| Dow Jones DNA | No | Yes |
| Google BigQuery | No | Yes |
| Google Drive | No | Yes |
| Google Sheets | No | Yes |
| OData | No | Yes |
| Salesforce | No | Yes |
| Qualtrics | No | Yes |
Why We Recommend SAP Analytics Cloud For Your SAP ERP
- Machine Learning
Harness machine learning to augment the analytics you need in one solution - Live Connectivity to On-Prem Apps
Connect live to on premise applications to avoid uploading data to the cloud - Pre-configured Industry Content
Speed deployment and lower costs with preconfigured industry and line-of-business content
- Low Total Cost of Operations
Drive towards building an important asset with low TCO using SAP Analytics Cloud - Smart Analytics
Smart Insights, Predictive Analytics (What If Analysis) - Greater Business Visibility
Clear Visibility into the Business through KPI’s, end to end analytics
Our Services for SAP Analytics Cloud
- Migration from SAP BusinessObjects BI Suite to SAP Analytics Cloud
- Consulting & Advisory Services
- Implementation & Migration
- SAP Cloud Assessment Workshops
- Cloud BI Strategy and Roadmap
- Industry Specific Dashboard creation and Customization
- On-Premise and Cloud Integration
- Proof of concepts
- Hybrid Analytics Strategy
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