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What is SAP Analytics Cloud?
The SAP Analytics Cloud solution brings together analytics and planning with integration to SAP applications and access to heterogenous data sources. As the analytics and planning solution within SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Analytics Cloud supports trusted insights and integrated…
SAP Analytics Cloud Review
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SAP Analytics Cloud - future of SAP Analytics
Good enough and deliver good insights
Fantastic easy to use and implement cloud analytics platform.
Use it anywhere CRM analytics!
SAP Analytics Cloud: Unlock the Power of AI for Accurate Projections
Experience on SAP Analytics Cloud for mechanical manufacturing field
SAC - Driving 360 degree Analytical need of Industry
Excellent software for accurate analysis
SAC Accelerating Business Intelligence and Collaboration
SAP Analytics Cloud is good but opportunity to improve
SAP Analytics Cloud Review
Must use for Analytics use cases
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Popular Features
- KPIs (261)8.484%
- Management reporting (265)8.383%
- Personalized dashboards (270)8.282%
- Color-coded scorecards (255)8.181%
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Pricing
SAP Analytics Cloud for Business Intelligence
$36.00
SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning
Price upon request
Entry-level set up fee?
- No setup fee
Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Starting price (does not include set up fee)
- $36 per month per user
Features
BI Standard Reporting
Standard reporting means pre-built or canned reports available to users without having to create them.
- 7.8Pixel Perfect reports(204) Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports are highly-formatted reports with graphics and ability to preview the report before printing.
- 8.1Customizable dashboards(242) Ratings
Customizable dashboards are dashboards providing the builder some degree of control over the look and feel and display options.
- 7.9Report Formatting Templates(220) Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Ad-Hoc Reports are reports built by the user to meet highly specific requirements.
- 8Drill-down analysis(248) Ratings
Drill down analysis is the ability to get to a further level of detail by going deeper into the hierarchy.
- 7.9Formatting capabilities(245) Ratings
Ability to format output e.g. conditional formatting, lines, headers, footers.
- 7.8Integration with R or other statistical packages(190) Ratings
Integration with the open-source R predictive modeling environment.
- 7.9Report sharing and collaboration(235) Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration is the ability to easily share reports with others.
Report Output and Scheduling
Ability to schedule and manager report output.
- 8.1Publish to Web(208) Ratings
- 8.2Publish to PDF(233) Ratings
- 8.1Report Versioning(202) Ratings
Report versioning is the assignment of version numbers to each version of a report to help in tracking.
- 7.9Report Delivery Scheduling(194) Ratings
Report Delivery Schedule is the ability to have reports delivered to a destination at a specific data and time.
Data Discovery and Visualization
Data Discovery and Visualization is the analysis of multiple data sources in a search for patterns and outliers and the ability to represent the data visually.
- 7.8Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)(239) Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats are canned visualization types that can be selected to visualize different kinds of data.
- 7.8Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization(232) Ratings
Location analytics is the visualization of geographical or spatial data.
- 7.9Predictive Analytics(236) Ratings
Predictive Analytics is the ability to build forecasting models based on existing data sets.
- 7.8Pattern Recognition and Data Mining(34) Ratings
Pattern recognition and data mining mean the ability to recognize hidden patterns in large quantities of data.
Access Control and Security
Access control means being able to determine who has access to which data.
- 8.1Multi-User Support (named login)(235) Ratings
Named model access means that users have access based on name and password.
- 8.1Role-Based Security Model(242) Ratings
Role-based access means that access to data is determined by job or position in the corporation.
- 8Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)(233) Ratings
Multiple access permission levels means that different levels of users have different rights.
- 8.1Report-Level Access Control(45) Ratings
Report-level access control means that the type of report determines who has access to it.
- 8.6Single Sign-On (SSO)(236) Ratings
Allows users to use one set of login credentials to access multiple applications
Mobile Capabilities
Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.
- 7.9Responsive Design for Web Access(208) Ratings
Web design aimed at producing easy-to-read sites across a range of different devices.
- 7.8Mobile Application(180) Ratings
A dedicated app for iOS and/or Android.
- 8.1Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile(203) Ratings
In-app dashboard reports and data visualization.
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
These activities are designed to assist with both data-driven operational, short-term planning and strategic long term planning
- 7.7Long-term financial planning(233) Ratings
3-5 year financial plan with cashflow.
- 7.8Financial budgeting(239) Ratings
Annual budget for revenue and operating expenses, headcount/compensation, capital expenses, projects, etc.
- 7.9Forecasting(246) Ratings
Combining actuals and budgets, rolling forecasts, driver-based models.
- 7.5Scenario modeling(237) Ratings
Financial or operational modeling of alternate future states and planning for each.
- 8.3Management reporting(265) Ratings
Budget vs. actual or forecast, P&L’s, performance over time, between products etc.
Consolidation and Close
Consolidation of data from multiple entities with currency management, reporting and audit trails.
- 7.5Financial data consolidation(183) Ratings
Consolidating data from several entities into a single statement using US GAAP, IFRS or other standards.
- 7.7Journal entries and reports(173) Ratings
Ability to enter journal entry adjustments and produce reports showing all journal entries for a specific period.
- 7.5Multi-currency management(188) Ratings
Ability to handle foreign currency conversions during consolidation.
- 7.4Intercompany Eliminations(143) Ratings
Matching and elimination of intercompany revenue, expenses, and balance sheet accounts.
- 7.5Minority Ownership(129) Ratings
Consolidate financials full or partial ownership of subsidiaries, equity pick-up.
- 8Local and consolidated reporting(180) Ratings
Ability to report against individual business entities and the consolidated umbrella entity.
- 7.6Detailed Audit Trails(170) Ratings
Tracing changes to data and processes that were run.
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Financial statements and regulatory filings
- 8Financial Statement Reporting(213) Ratings
Creation and production of balance sheets, income statements, cash flows, other schedules
- 8.3Management Reporting(244) Ratings
Tools facilitating creation of internal ad hoc or standard reports.
- 8Excel-based Reporting(225) Ratings
Ad hoc or formatted reports using MS Excel.
- 8.1Automated board and financial reporting(203) Ratings
Tools to help automate creation of regulatory reports such as SEC filings and board books.
- 7.7XBRL support for regulatory filing(114) Ratings
Support for the XBRL standard reporting format for exchanging financial data.
Analytics and Reporting
Dashboards and scorecards for KPI monitoring and benchmarking
- 8.2Personalized dashboards(270) Ratings
Create custom dashboards and reports without the help of IT or administrators.
- 8.1Color-coded scorecards(255) Ratings
Track and analyze performances with interactive, color-coded balanced scorecards.
- 8.4KPIs(261) Ratings
Select from a library of more than 6,000 key performance indicators, and incorporate KPIs into your planning process.
- 8.3Cost and profitability analysis(243) Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis provides data for business decision making.
- 8.3Key Performance Indicator setting(246) Ratings
Ability to set key performance indicators for measuring progress towards goals.
- 7.7Benchmarking with external data(206) Ratings
CPI, daily exchange rates, industry KPIs. with scheduled data refreshes.
Integration
Ability to integrate with external applications.
- 7.7Flat file integration(244) Ratings
Integration of flat files like text documents and comma separated files
- 7.9Excel data integration(247) Ratings
Ability to integrate directly with Excel data.
- 7.1Direct links to 3rd-party data sources(226) Ratings
Integration with external applications like ERP, CRM, HCM
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What is SAP Analytics Cloud?
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SAP Analytics Cloud Technical Details
Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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Operating Systems | Unspecified |
Mobile Application | Apple iOS |
Supported Languages | Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. |
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- Security and Compliance
- Performance Optimization
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SAP Analytics Cloud - future of SAP Analytics
- Data Visualization
- Planning and Forecasting
- Integration with SAP and Non-SAP Systems
- Pricing Transparency
- Offline Access
- Customization Options
- Performance and Speed in case of large data set
Good enough and deliver good insights
- Dashboards
- Answer Business questions
- Easy to use it
- Support. Internal support must be quickly
- Gamefication content to improve our knowledge level
- Explore more connections ETF
Fantastic easy to use and implement cloud analytics platform.
- It makes it easier yo analyse order and related records easily.
- We can easily maintain and track the performance of employees in organisation.
- Can easily track various aspects for the growth of an organisation thus allowing real time analysis and tracking of organisation's growth and performance.
- User Interface of SAP cloud analytics can be improved more so that it can be made more accessible.
- User support is not that much good and time consuming.
- Limited team work and collaboration possible as their are not much collaborative features available, it makes it sometime time consuming.
Use it anywhere CRM analytics!
- Data security
- Access control
- Access from anywhere
- The mobile app could be faster & lighter. Currently it hangs often while loading dashboards.
- It takes some time to get accustomed to a new peson. The training modules are not very informative.
- Difficult to integrate with existing legacy systems.
It is less appropriate for custom querying and aggregation.
SAP Analytics Cloud: Unlock the Power of AI for Accurate Projections
- It uses machine learning to reveal patterns and relationships in data to help make accurate projections.
- It can support a lot of users which is vital in companies that require input across departments to make financial plans.
- It works seamlessly over the cloud.
- It lacks customization features, so it can't be tailored to a company's specific needs.
- It is highly dependent on other SAP products to unlock its full potential.
- For first-time users, its environment can get a bit confusing.
Experience on SAP Analytics Cloud for mechanical manufacturing field
- Bom management
- dashboards, charts, and graphs for forecast trends and patterns
- Integration with other PLM systems
- handling large data can be sometimes leads to lagging
- user manual can be more simpler
- ticket resolving issue takes time
Excellent software for accurate analysis
This is also, helping us to do better reporting to management. these reports create by transforming data saving more time while taking some decisions.
The option to utilize built-in algorithms or expand using R has real deal.
- Quick Reporting, You can get quick report by transforming data into insightful reports.
- Built-in algorithms, there number of built in algorithms which helps to get great results
- We can use R for more expansions
- Costing, costly way for low margin/small scale enterprises.
- With volume of data increase it slows down
- Adding a sequence on a SAP Predictive Analytics server is quite difficult
Large scale organization can afford the pricing as it is on higher side.
with huge volume of data slowness is the issue so, need to consider volume till the time this issue gets resolved.
SAC Accelerating Business Intelligence and Collaboration
It enables us to track key performance indicators (KPIs) for each startup in our portfolio. This includes monitoring metrics related to customer acquisition, revenue growth, and operational efficiency. The real-time analytics provided by SAC empower us to gauge the success of each startup and identify areas for improvement.
- Portfolio Health Analysis
- Performance Tracking and KPI Monitoring
- Resource Allocation and Planning
- Complexity in Data Modeling
- SAC supports various data sources, but improvements in the ease of connecting to and integrating with certain data repositories, especially non-SAP databases, would enhance the platform's versatility and integration capabilities.
- An offline mode for SAC could be valuable for users who need to access and analyze data without an internet connection. Additionally, optimizing performance for large datasets and complex visualizations would contribute to a smoother user experience.
SAP Analytics Cloud is good but opportunity to improve
- opecx planning
- cogs
- better performance for the volunetery data needed
- wish it was more user friendly
Must use for Analytics use cases
- Real time analytics
- Easy to understand
- Interactive dashboards
- So, Integration can be more smoother
SAC is good for any finance user
- Visualization
- Clear
- Intuitive
- I would like to send reports as e.g. excel
SAC planning is a game changer in our organisation
- Easy to get started with
- Linked analysis
- Easy data entry for planning
- Copying own measures to other stories
- Linking own models with live connections
- Guiding you through best practices while building stories
Use SAC with your SAP analytics data, but don't try to model it together with other data sources...
- Financial Planning
- Dashboarding
- Live data connection to SAP backend systems
- Data wrangling
- Automation of data (file) uploads
SAP really useful tool for your insights.
- Real time reading out of your data.
- Data modeling made easy.
- Planning model made easier for FP&A.
- Accessibility.
- Performance
- Integration with other SAP tools, like BPC, ARIBA, etc.
SAC has great authorization features!
The pain points we addressed is the limited reporting capabilities from SAP GRC 12.0
- Nice visuals
- Good performance
- Dashboards and reports
- Authorization concept
- Access Management
Good teaching tool
- Visualization
- Data in different business function
- Real time data
- None
Cloud Reporting Made Easier
- Operational Reporting
- Complex views/Joins takes long time
SAP Analytics Cloud review
- Nice presentations, Dashboards
- Live Data Models
- Merge multiple models
- Live connections to other sources then SAP
- When adding a new measure in CDS consumption view the SAP Analytics Cloud model gets disrupted. So you can only add a measure at the end
- Connections to SQL, MySQL live
SAP Analytics Cloud Insight
- Rapid result with Data forecast
- Rich Functionality for users to design dashboard according business requirement
- Integration with SAP S4 hana
- Easier for integration area
Enterprise Planning, Predictive Analytics & Business Intelligence in one Single Repository (SAC)
- Data exploration across multi-cloud and on-premises sources.
- No coding nor manual process is involved during data visualization.
- Offers self-service data modeling tools.
- Pre-integrates services accelerated implementation.
- It is only available as cloud based and lack mobile apps for iOS and Android systems.
One repository for enterprise planning, predictive analytics, and business intelligence.
- Data mining from many cloud and on-premises storage systems.
- Data visualization doesn't need any coding skills or human labor.
- Provides resources for independent data modeling.
- There are no native mobile applications for iOS or Android, and it's solely offered via the cloud.
Predictive Analytics made simpler
- Intuitive Charts, graphs and tables preparation
- Live models creation with help of modeler
- Data presentation becomes impressive and insightful
- Models take a lot of time to load
- If you forget to add a measure or dimension while creatin a model, you have to start all over
- Drill through metrics should be allowed
- It has a superb user interface and also performs well with quicker data on slower CPUs.
- With SAP Analytic Cloud, you can be confident that your data is always available, no matter where you are.
- It is the best in terms of package, allowing for simpler exploration, visualization, manipulation, optimization, data access management, and data simulation.
- Nothing, nothing to complain about, it's efficient in every aspect to assist me perform my job; perhaps the pricing can be toggled to provide more bargains to existing users.
SAC Review
- Compiles Data
- Analyzes data
- Reporting
- Could be more user friendly
- Develop a better AR aging specifically
- Update more frequently