SAP Analytics Cloud

SAP Analytics Cloud is the cloud solution integrating planning features, a business intelligence and the forecast analysis. It simplifies financial planning and the analysis (FP&A) and allows employees to investigate data and to work jointly in the general context in real time.

Possibilities of detection of data, visualization, planning and forecasting are integrated in one product therefore point solutions are not required any more. The solution is developed on the basis of SAP Cloud Platform with orientation to needs of users. Supports integration into local applications and data sources. The solution is provided according to the SaaS model on a subscription.

Features

• Possibilities of predictive analytics
  • An opportunity to use a method of the managed machine detection to help end users with creation of forecasts, search of key factors of influence, identification of abnormal values and accomplishment of the analysis of alternative scenarios. An opportunity to build in functions of predictive analytics the SAP solutions Analytics Cloud BI and workflows of planning by means of several mouse clicks.

• Possibilities of planning
  • Tools for joint work and data analysis are built in directly planning processes so users should not switch between applications any more. Financial planning and the analysis (FP&A) become simpler at any detail level with participation of any number of users. Integration helps to approve plans of different divisions with SAP Business Planning and Consolidation.

• Possibilities of a business intelligence
  • The answer to any business question in only several clicks allows to receive the analytical solution. It is possible to be connected to the most different sources, to prepare and combine data from them, to visualize analysis results of Big Data and to perform necessary operations directly from the application at once after acceptance of business solutions.

• Possibilities of SAP Digital Boardroom
  • SAP Digital Boardroom is more, than the traditional portal for the top management. This product provides the context information in real time, gives the chance to request reports on specific questions and to analyze possible options. With its help heads will be able to make the informed decisions and to select an optimal course of business development. This solution is constructed based on SAP Analytics Cloud and uses data of different business divisions in S/4HANA, being a uniform source of reliable information on key metrics of the company.

Availability

SAP Analytics Cloud is provided on the basis of an annual subscription. The cost of a subscription includes use of infrastructure of SAP HANA, service and support. Depending on requirements of the specific company it is possible to select different options and types of users.

The SAP solution Digital Boardroom is developed based on SAP Analytics Cloud. The license for it is purchased separately, also on the basis of an annual subscription.

2018

SAP Analytics Cloud is complemented with instruments of machine learning

On September 19, 2018 it became known that SAP Analytics Cloud is complemented with tools based on machine learning technology. They reveal different interrelations in data of the company and help to make the fast and weighed decisions on their basis.

In most the companies worldwide there are still not enough data specialists. SAP Analytics Cloud provides to business simple tools which open access to crucial information, and automatically detects potential problems. Thanks to machine learning technology of SAP Analytics Cloud can create forecasts one click of a mouse now, reveals risks and interrelations and creates expanded dashboards (deshborda). And also analyzes data on suppliers, producers and clients and finds discrepancies.

June updating

The SAP company announced on June 7, 2018 that SAP Analytics Cloud services are built in SAP S/4 HANA Cloud for the purpose of ensuring quick access to planning, implementation and the analysis within one system now.

In general the company expanded to clients of SAP Analytics Cloud access more than to 150 cloud storages of data, and now clients can easily manage the data irrespective of their arrangement.

For flexible approach and more exact and informative data analysis the combination of machine learning and NLQ technology is used. In turn, the searchtoinsight function based on interactive artificial intelligence helps to obtain information on data quickly and simply, told in SAP.

In addition, SAP Analytics Cloud contains ready components for more than 20 SAP products now: SAP Success Factors, SAP Ariba, SAP solutions Hybris and SAP S/4 HANA. Along with it, possibilities of SAP Analytics Cloud can be built in business applications of SAP for management of the intellectual enterprise.