SAP Analytics Cloud Valuable Features

JC
Senior MIS Project Manager at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The solution is quite effective for collaborative planning. 

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Abdelwaheb HAFSAOUI - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant SAP BI at Censio Karamba !

It is a good tool with a friendly interface. It is not really complicated.

The solution can scale.

Technical support is helpful. 

It's easy to set up.

We find the product to be reliable. 

The pricing is pretty good.  

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Cornelia MBA - PeerSpot reviewer
Director - IT Finance/SAP Business One at NQ

The reporting, dashboards, KPIs, and visualization are the most valuable.

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SAP Analytics Cloud
March 2024
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Kumar-Saurav - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder & CEO at AccelSoft Infotech

Some beneficial features include data adaptation or massaging capabilities – the platform makes that simple. 

The user interface (UI) is also quite intuitive and straightforward. 

Visualization is quite seamless and awesome. Once the data messaging is set up, it's straightforward and simple to select how it should be displayed. So, that's another advantage of SAP.

Predictive analytics capabilities are also good. It has positively impacted decision-making. Recently, we did predictive analysis for a Middle East client. We worked with their OT systems.

So, for OT systems, the client needed to plan for predictive maintenance. They have a heavy manufacturing focus and wanted to accumulate data and get strong insights. 

They had various data sources – your furnace has some data, your chiller has different data, and it's all local to those systems. The challenge is getting everything centralized for insights. We leveraged SAP for this, and it was very beneficial because they're primarily an SAP client, meaning they use SAP ERP

So it's easy to pull data from OT systems and SAP. Having the Cloud component is also helpful, as they can look at and change reports at runtime. They were able to get insights five levels deep.

Most often integration is there, but in cases where adapters or connectors are not available, we have to opt for DataSphere to bring data into the landscape, and then it allows connection. For the majority of cases, it works well, especially because the integration suite is helpful.

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Narayansingh Bhandari - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager IT (SAP) at CLASSIC MARBLE COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED

I have found that the feature to drag and drop widgets based on the data source, and import them into stories to be valuable. This way it helps the end user to create stories themselves.

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SL
SAP BW Senior Consultant at Capgemini

SAP Analytics Cloud is a very good tool. The feature that's most useful for me is the reporting as it can be done via Google Chrome. The solution is also very nice, user-friendly, and easy to build. It's very easy to use the features of SAP Analytics Cloud.

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SK
Business Analytic at Uac Of Nigeria PLC

There is a seamless integration with SAP S4HANA which is really valuable to our organization and its functions. Since the data is stored in the same ecosystem, it creates a simple process of building dashboards, without making the process cumbersome The Analytics Cloud provides standardized templates and storage options, making it easy to plug into existing structures.

We're utilizing custom stories that have already been developed, streamlining the development process. It serves as a convenient starting point and contributes to the overall ease of development. Another advantage is that it doesn't provide the same level of calculation power as Power BI and Tableau. SAP Analytics Cloud emphasizes pushing analytics back into the database, recommending data manipulation and preparation outside of the platform. This approach is seen as an advantage, as it allows for more robust data handling.

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AlejandroValencia - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of new business at PERCEPTIO S.A.S.

I like the product's capabilities. The clarity and scenarios are the main features that allow us to forecast using machine learning algorithms and make decisions.

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RT
SAP Intelligent Enterprise Manager at Arram solutions ltd

The ability to collaborate and plan together is great. In fact, the collaboration capabilities across the board are very good. Also, integration-wise, it's very good. 

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Sudhir Kanakoti - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP BIBO Consultant at NTT Data

The most useful feature of SAP Analytics Cloud is planning because it helps users with making predictions and forecasts. Clients can forecast, make data allocations, and other actions. The solution is useful for planning.

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SK
Data Governance Data Quality - Lead at Syngenta

I like the connectivity the solution provides with other products. One can see different data sources, such as SAP ERP and the in-house hub which they provide. It allows one to create a business warehouse and then get the data import from there as well. So too, the solution is multi-dimensional, meaning the person can use a flat file and collect data from different sources. 

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AhmedHaridy - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at Emkan

SAP Analytics Cloud is very easy to use, and you don't require much technology. It has a very good library and analytics. It is easy to configure and offers good visualization. 

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VB
Sr Advisory Technical Specialist at IBM

The features that are most valuable in SAP Analytics Cloud are the planning feature and the predictive analytics feature, though the planning feature needs to be more efficient.

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Santosh Pallai - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP BPC Consultant at Tech Mahindra

It is user-friendly. 

It's easy to set up.

The solution is stable.

Technical support is helpful.

It's scalable. 

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Wonjae BAE - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Managing Director at dfocus

One of the most outstanding features is being able to use the dashboard with a touch screen. The other feature is nothing special compared with BusinessObjects, but it's a cloud version and they upgrade very often with the CI/CD way. They do it automatically because it's the service, it's not like download and installation. It's different from the other BI products and it has a planning feature.

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AD
BI Architect at ArcelorMittal

Its user-friendliness is very valuable for end-users. It allows them to create dashboards without very experienced IT knowledge (compared to BO Lumira).

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RA
Member of SAP Production Support Team at Maxicare Healthcare Corporation

The storytelling is great.

It is scalable.

The solution is reliable and stable.

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BG
Human Resources Consultant - Workforce Reporting at a government with 10,001+ employees

I like the forecasting capabilities. 

There is a really nice insight feature that I enjoy using. It automatically adds input, which is quite helpful. 

The initial setup was super simple. 

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GR
CEO at Attiva Spa

What I really like most about SAP Analytics Cloud is that it's very easy to create charts with it.

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SS
Practice Head at ERP Logic

Planning is the most valuable feature of the product because it's integrated and that means we don't need to rely on an independent planning environment. We have all the data available in ACP and fixed cloud and we use the same data for planning.

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MB
Independent Consultant at Bosch&Cia

This is a robust solution and I like that it's oriented to develop what we need in our ERP. I like the platform and the fact that it's the same ecosystem. 

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AO
SAP Associate Consultant at Deloitte

I love a lot of things about the product. The first is Smart Discovery and Smart Insight. It's amazing having predictive analysis and AI algorithms. A second valuable feature about SAP Analytics Cloud is the fact that it integrates with third-party applications such as Google Drive and Excel, which is amazing. Also the look and feel of the product, the user experience is very, very intuitive and the collaborative support that you have within the solution means you can share pictures, make comments, etc. It's very collaborative.

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AE
EPM Consultant at a consultancy with 5,001-10,000 employees

The SKU, the story build all are user- friendly. For the story build one just has to drag and drop it. And for the table, you just need some sort of selections and everything there.


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ChristopherOrilogbon - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Consultant SAP MM/QM & HCM SuccessFactors at C2G

It's easy to connect Analytics Cloud with other SAP solutions, and it's also effortless to deploy. You don't need much technical skill to set it up. It's as easy as setting up a tablet. I said tablet before. It's very easy to actually set up.

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SM
Professional Officer Data Analyst at a government with 10,001+ employees

The visualizations have been the most valuable feature.

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Segun Oyeleke - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP HANA Developer at SOA PEOPLE

The most valuable features are on the application side, where you can design applications into your analytics on the platform.

There are many scripting capabilities with a language that is close to JavaScript. It's not exactly JavaScript but it's a spin-off of it.

It has a rich number of templates included that you can enhance.

It's easier to get going on, compared to other solutions. 

Many of my clients are apprehensive when you have to deploy the solution. They ask you if the data could be transferred to visualization software.

It's cloud-based, and what's good about the cloud is that it doesn't need to store any data. It can read your data and generate it from the NetApp file. It can generate your model or how your model is going to look like. You don't need to transfer your data set to the cloud to report on.

It's quite flexible.

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MS
Audit advisor at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

The most valuable feature of the tool is machine learning. The machine learning algorithms are inbuilt and strong. I really like that feature because we don't need to do any coding. Normally, we used to do coding in Jupyter notes or Anaconda. It's another tool for analytics or for data science. We used to write Python code, and then try to fetch the data from the backend system, and perform the analysis, based on the batch. SAP Analytics is more real-time analytics and the use case which I use the tool for, with S/4HANA itself. SAP Analytics makes it much easier for me to have the data directly in real-time, to perform this machine learning. I have also seen some good automation features for budgeting and budgeting processes. This combined feature gives a very good flavor to perform the analytics.

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JZ
BI Lead at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

The close integration with other SAP products is great. 

The initial setup is easy.

It is quite stable.

Technical support is helpful.

The product can scale. 

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reviewer1131582 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees

The new Application Design option offers lots of customization options by being able to script in TypeScript (similar to JavaScript).

It provides easy predictive capabilities with a large number of options to choose from, including date handling.

The what-if analysis sets it apart from other reporting tools like Qlik and Power BI!

The most valuable features of this solution are:

  • It is Cloud based.
  • Predictive analysis
  • Application design/analytic application.
  • The "what-if" analysis.
  • Easy date handling including options for ytd, lytd, etc.
  • There are lots of table features including adding comments.
  • Responsive pages.
  • Smart Insights.
  • Smart discovery.
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VB
Sr Advisory Technical Specialist at IBM

All of the modules that we used to have separately in our on-premises solution are now integrated into one platform.

The quality of reports for the users is very good.

The Application Designer is a good tool.

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SP
Sr Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The most valuable feature is that we can allocate, spread, and distribute the actual figures.

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Hesham  Essa - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager, SAP at MDSAP

The most valuable feature of SAP Analytics Cloud is its integration with SAP.

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RS
Project manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

What my customers like best about SAP Analytics Cloud is the dashboard because it's pretty good.

I also find the data extraction feature, where you extract data to an Excel sheet, useful.

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MR
Finance Manager

Data integration is very good. It's a very good product and cost-effective.

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UV
Senior Consultant at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees

The visualizations are quite eye-appealing.

The Smart Predict, Smart Insights, and Smart Discovery predictive analysis features are quite good.

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SH
Senior Consultant SAP / BW / SAP BOBJ at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The product is flexible and has features like AI, link analysis, and insights. It has many features. I can search, and it creates automatic charts without selecting anything. For example, I can ask, "What is the gross margin?" the tool builds a chart based on my question.

SAP Analytics Cloud's visualization capabilities for data analysis are good. 

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BM
BI Solution Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

We mainly use Analytics Cloud because it integrates with other SAP solutions. Our ERP is an SAP product, and our back-end is SAP Business Warehouse, so integration is an essential factor.

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PP
BI Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It is a comprehensive BI solution that provides reporting, planning, and predictive analytics in one solution. You don't have to buy three different products.

It is very flexible. It can be implemented very quickly. It has a lot of out-of-the-box scenarios that you can use for quick deployment.

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AM
SAP Architect/ Business Analyst BPC, BW , SAC , FI at a educational organization with 10,001+ employees

The features that I have found most valuable with SAP ERP products are their good user interface, stability, functionality, and good interface options.

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it_user1220244 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Practice Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The filtering options are useful.

The user interface is quite good for developing reports out of models.

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MH
Head of Finance Enterprise Application at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The visualization feature is the most valuable. SAP Analytics Cloud is also very easy to use.

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Sudhir Kanakoti - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP BIBO Consultant at NTT Data

I find the linking analysis, blending and predictive analysis features most valuable. Additionally, Smart Insights is a good feature.

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it_user848019 - PeerSpot reviewer
Production Support Engineer at SEI

The stories have really been helpful in looking at specific scenarios and analyzing trends over periods of time. We work with a lot of financial metrics and being able to track performance over time is imperative.

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MG
Analytics Practice Lead at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

A point of differentiation in the market for Analytics Cloud compared to other analytics products, is it offers not only business intelligence within the application, but also it has inbuilt AI and machine learning capabilities that can be used not only by data scientist types in the organization, but for general users who can get the benefit of inbuilt predictive features in the tool. The other really compelling part of it is that it's also a planning application. You can do full life cycle from plan through execution in a single platform. That's quite unique for SAP. A lot of the other software vendors do analytics products and they do planning products. This is quite a unique combination that has both BI predictive and planning in a single application. And that's really where its strengths is.

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KE
SAP Associate IT Consultant at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The most valuable features are the analytical application and the user story.

I have used all of the features that are available with this solution, including the dropdown list filter, radio button, and R Visualization.

Related to storage there is the Numeric point, geo-map, latitude, and longitude.

The interface is user-friendly.

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it_user885657 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Specialist at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

One feature I've found most valuable is Discovery. It is a logistics tool that will place the dashboard for you on the fly. For example, if you select a country, it will give the entire picture of where a product is high and where it is low. Another feature is peak capabilities in the applications. Another is planning KPIs

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RS
Project manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The ease of use of the solution is its most valuable feature. We haven't tried all of the features yet. The graphing and the ease of using the analytics tools have been great. It's all drag and drop; you don't need to code anything.

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SH
Senior Consultant SAP / BW / SAP BOBJ at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

If you need to give a chart for training for sales, you can show profits for the company. You can use it for smart discovery and for using data to search and give you more date information about the data and what happened when.

The pricing is decent.

The onboarding process is pretty good. 

It offers good backup capabilities. 

The solution is stable.

The scalability is there if you need it.

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Camille Maitrot - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager , Team Leader Data Analytics at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The planning functionality is good.

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it_user1269450 - PeerSpot reviewer
EPM Consultant at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

I like the predictive features of SAP. It's an easy to use tool for an end-user.

You don't need a lot of technical knowledge to use the product and it is very easy to learn and easy to use. It gives you flexibility in designing your own dashboard with its new analytics designer.

These are new features that they implemented three or so months back. It provides you the ability to design your own dashboards with more flexibility and it opens more opportunities as well.

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VG
Sr. Software Engineer at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees

The most valuable features are the visualization and user-friendliness. It's like a self-service platform. If the connectivity is good then anyone can log in and use it.

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NA
Director & Co-Owner at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Planning and integration are the most valuable features. It is useful for planning, and it is useful for integrating with on-prem or cloud SAP solutions. 

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KK
Manager Finance at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's so user-friendly. The configuration is done by the user, not by an IP or anybody. It's also very flexible.

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AA
Consultor SAP Business Object, Sap Analytics Cloud at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The analytics privacy is the best in the market in BI platforms. SAP Analytics Cloud has a planning tool and integration tool. It is the best business intelligence platform. It's not very complex. Its many features make it the best in the market. It also has new extra storage. I have had very good experiences with SAP Analytics Cloud. There are many standards for setup. The SAP Analytics Cloud connects with the SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC) or S/4HANA (SAP's ERP for large enterprises) or any other things around the application server. SAP Analytics Cloud has machine learning installed, which includes a Smart Discovery and a smart BI tool. It's the best feature if you need machine learning. The Smart Discovery is the best tool for me in catalog discovery tools. In addition to SAP Analytics Cloud, there is SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, includes other tools about business intelligence, and SAP HANA Cloud tools

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Buyer's Guide
SAP Analytics Cloud
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about SAP Analytics Cloud. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
768,415 professionals have used our research since 2012.