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SAP Analytical Cloud

Predictive Analytics, AI and Business Intelligence to Help Your Business Grow

An introduction to SAP Analytical Cloud

Businesses that are growing fast need timely access to data for effective decision-making and planning.

SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) is a cloud-based business intelligence (BI) platform integrated to SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud. SAP Analytics Cloud integrates various analytics capabilities into a single solution, enabling users to access and analyse data from multiple sources (finance, sales, inventory, manufacturing, services, HR from SAP and other 3rd-party applications).

Key Features and Components

Predictive Analytics

  • Predictive Modelling: Utilises machine learning algorithms to identify patterns and make predictions.
  • Automated Predictive Insights: Generates insights automatically based on historical data and trends.
  • What-If Analysis: Allows users to simulate different scenarios and assess potential outcomes.

Business Intelligence (BI)

  • Data Exploration and Visualisation: Users can create interactive dashboards and visualisations to explore data.
  • Ad Hoc Reporting: Enables users to generate on-the-fly reports without needing predefined templates.
  • Storytelling: Combines data visualisations with narrative elements to create compelling presentations.

Planning

  • Budgeting and Forecasting: Supports financial planning processes, allowing organisations to create budgets and forecasts.
  • Collaborative Enterprise Planning: Facilitates collaboration across different departments for unified planning efforts.
  • Version Management: Manages different versions of plans and forecasts, enabling comparison and scenario analysis.

Augmented Analytics

  • Smart Insights: Automatically detects and highlights key insights from data.
  • Smart Discovery: Helps users uncover hidden patterns and relationships in the data.
  • Natural Language Query: Enables users to ask questions in natural language and receive visual responses.

Data Integration

  • Data Connectivity: Connects to various data sources including SAP and non-SAP systems, cloud-based and on-premise databases, and flat files.
  • Data Preparation: Provides tools for cleaning, transforming, and blending data from different sources.
  • Data Modelling: Supports creation of complex data models to facilitate in-depth analysis.

Benefits of SAP Analytics Cloud

Real-Time Analytics

Processes data in real-time, allowing for timely and accurate decision-making.

Scalability

As a cloud-based solution, SAP Analytics Cloud can scale with the needs of the organisation.

Collaboration

Features like shared workspaces and comments support team collaboration.

Ease of Use

Designed with a user-friendly interface, making it accessible to users with varying levels of technical expertise.

Integration with SAP Ecosystem

Seamlessly integrates with other SAP solutions like SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud.

Use Cases

Finance

Financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.

Sales & Marketing

Sales performance analysis, market trend analysis, and customer segmentation.

Human Resources

Workforce planning, employee performance analysis, and compensation planning.

Supply Chain

Demand planning, inventory management, and supply chain optimisation.

Sales

Sales analysis – by customer, customer group, geography and item.

SAP Analytics Cloud Advantages

Ease of Use

  • User-Friendly Interface: Designed with an intuitive interface that simplifies the creation of dashboards, reports, and data visualisations.
  • Self-Service Analytics: Empowers business users to perform their own analyses without needing extensive technical skills.

Unified Analytics and Planning Platform

  • Integrated Solution: Combines business intelligence, planning, and predictive analytics in one platform, eliminating the need for separate tools.
  • Consistency: Ensures consistency in data and insights across different functions within the organisation.

Cost Efficiency

  • Reduced IT Overhead: As a cloud-based service, SAC reduces the need for significant IT infrastructure and maintenance costs.
  • Subscription Model: Offers a subscription-based pricing model, providing cost predictability.

Real-Time Data Processing

  • Timely Insights: Processes and analyses data in real-time, providing up-to-date insights that are crucial for timely decision-making.
  • Instant Updates: Reflects changes in data instantly, allowing for agile responses to evolving business conditions.

Advanced Analytics Capabilities

  • Predictive Analytics: Utilises machine learning algorithms to forecast future trends and outcomes.
  • Smart Features: Includes tools like Smart Insights and Smart Discovery, which automatically identify key drivers and patterns in the data.

Scalability and Flexibility

  • Cloud-Based Solution: Offers the flexibility and scalability of a cloud-based platform, enabling organisations to scale their usage as needed.
  • Access Anywhere: Provides secure access to data and analytics tools from anywhere, supporting remote and mobile work environments.

Data Integration

  • Wide Connectivity: Connects to a variety of data sources, including SAP and non-SAP systems, databases, cloud services, and flat files.
  • Data Blending: Allows for the blending and combining of data from multiple sources to create comprehensive datasets for analysis.

Security and Compliance

  • Robust Security: Implements advanced security measures to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
  • Data Governance: Features tools for data governance, ensuring data integrity and quality.

Collaboration and Sharing

  • Collaborative Workspaces: Facilitates collaboration through shared workspaces, allowing teams to work together on analytics projects.
  • Comments and Annotations: Users can add comments and annotations to reports and dashboards, enhancing communication and context-sharing.

SAP Analytics Cloud aims to provide a comprehensive solution for organisations looking to leverage their data for better business insights and decision-making.

Get in Touch

Contact the Leverage Technologies SAP team to find out how your business can benefit from SAP Analytics Cloud to grow at scale.

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