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Advanced analytics in the cloud with SAP Analytics Cloud

The highlights of this article – four advantages of SAP Analytics Cloud as a central cloud analysis solution:

  • Self-service reporting tool with integrated business planning
  • Business intelligence, real-time data self-service access
  • Intelligent planning with forecast and machine learning tools
  • Predictive analytics, pattern recognition and scenario analysis

The SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) is SAP's strategic solution for BI, analytics and planning. As a software as a service (SaaS) solution, it is offered on the SAP cloud platform as a self-service reporting tool and full solution for integrated corporate planning. In addition, the sub-components of the SAC are also "embedded" in numerous cloud solutions from SAP. Companies can bundle real-time data analysis from the cloud in one tool for all business needs. SAC does not require any additional hardware, maintenance or a separate data warehouse. The SAP Analytics Cloud offers the possibility to develop uniform stories regardless of the data source and thus take a step towards digital transformation.

As already described, the functions of SAC are based on the SAP cloud platform and are particularly powerful thanks to the SAP HANA in-memory technology and can be used on any device.

Business Intelligence (BI)

SAC's intuitive BI capabilities provide self-service access to data across the enterprise. Real-time data from different sources is brought together and gives the user the opportunity to easily create well-founded analyzes of even complex issues, which can be visualized in ad-hoc reports with just a few clicks.

Business intelligence functions in the SAC
Business intelligence

Even with larger amounts of data, end users can explore and visualize data through filter and drill-down functions. Built-in big data analytics, ad hoc reporting, what-if analysis, and report sharing tools are built into SAC.

Planning

SAC's planning capabilities provide the ability to create and link financial and operational plans on one platform to make better decisions. The forecasting and machine learning tools enable intelligent planning for current and future company requirements.

Planning in SAP Analytics Cloud
Planning

Versions of a planning model can be created and modified via a central, cloud-based interface, with which data-driven budgeting, forecasting and analysis can be carried out. By using a single platform for SAP S/4HANA and combining transactions, analysis and planning, you free up time for strategic planning.

predictive analytics

By using machine learning, SAC enables complex future scenarios to be modeled and used for decision-making. In this way, end users can create forecast models quickly and without statistical knowledge.

Predictive analytics forecast
Prognosis

Patterns and connections between key figures and dimensions as well as if-then scenarios can be mapped through the connection to the SAP HANA cloud platform. The software also generates suggestions for data cleansing, optimized data models and alternative courses of action.

In summary, SAC as a centralized cloud analytics solution increases the business value of BI, enterprise planning and advanced analytics.

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