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What Is SAP Analytics Cloud?

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Introduction to SAP Analytics Cloud

SAP Analytics Cloud is an end-to-end cloud solution that brings together business
intelligence, augmented analytics, predictive analytics, and enterprise planning in a
single system.

SAP Analytics Cloud Core Functions

Business Intelligence

Enable business users to work with controlled data securely and efficiently, creating
interactive stories and dashboards. Unearth and deliver actionable insights
throughout the organization with user-friendly self-service analytics.

Augmented Analytics

Receive strategic insights automatically through SAP Analytics Cloud’s integrated

artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities, allowing you to
move from insight to action in a fraction of the time. Avoid making decisions based
on personal agendas by revealing the true narrative behind your business.

Enterprise Planning

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Make confident end-to-end decisions in a unified workflow, from planning to

insights. Drive improved business outcomes and achieve complete alignment across
all business areas with extensive planning and analysis capabilities in SAP Analytics
Cloud.

Enterprise Platform Services

Attain a comprehensive view of your business in seconds through seamless

integration of multiple data sources. Live connections to both cloud-based and on-
premise data sources eliminate data silos and simplify secure access to information.
This enables end-to-end analytics for the intelligent enterprise.

SAP Analytics Cloud terminology

Canvas page : A canvas page is a blank canvas allowing you to add any story
elements anywhere on the page. The page is a fixed height and width, no matter
what device, or size of device, is being used to view the story.

Connection: A connection is fundamental to communicating between SAP Analytics

Cloud and a specific data source. System administrators create connections to the
specific data sources for your stories and analytic applications.

Data Analyzer : Data analyzer is a predefined ready-to-run application for Live SAP
BW queries, Live SAP HANA views, SAP Datasphere models, and SAP Analytics
Cloud models for ad-hoc analysis. Data analyzer is limited to a tabular view of the
data, but there is a filter area and a builder panel with navigation capabilities to add
and remove dimensions and measures to and from the table. In addition, a menu
bar gives you a Refresh option and an Edit Prompts dialog, in case your data source is
designed for setting prompts.

Digital Boardroom : Digital Boardroom is a place to design an interactive

boardroom presentation with access to real-time data, allowing you to make fact-
based decisions to drive your business. In addition to exploring directly on live data

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to discover relationships and drill into details, you can plan and simulate the effects
of different assumptions and actions visually using value-driver trees.

Model : A model is a representation of specific business data of an organization or

business segment. A model is the basis for stories and analytic applications.

Planning : Planning in general is all about setting strategic goals and then
determining how to meet those goals by creating budgets, tracking progress in
forecasts, and simulating scenarios to find new opportunities. Planning
functionality within SAP Analytics Cloud enables you to perform all these activities
in one simple interface.

Responsive page: A responsive page is a story page that will adjust the size and
location of the elements on the page depending on the device, or size of device,
being used to view the story.

Story: A story lets you explore data interactively to find insights, visualize
information with charts and tables, and share, present, and comment on your
findings with colleagues. It can be either robust, with many interactive elements, or
very static, with little to no interaction capabilities.

Widget: Widget is a generic term that refers to any element added to a story or
analytic application. A chart or table is a widget, as is a text box or image. There are
many widgets available to add to stories.

For more detailed information, you can visit the SAP Analytics Cloud Help portal.

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