Description
Book SynopsisDiscover the capabilities and features of SAP Analytics Cloud to draw actionable insights from a variety of data, as well as the functionality that enables you to meet typical business challenges. With this book, you will work with SAC and enable key decision makers within your enterprise to deliver crucial business decisions driven by data and key performance indicators. Along the way you''ll see how SAP has built a strong repertoire of analytics products and how SAC helps you analyze data to derive better business solutions.
This book begins by covering the current trends in analytics and how SAP is re-shaping its solutions. Next, you will learn to analyze a typical business scenario and map expectations to the analytics solution including delivery via a single platform. Further, you will see how SAC as a solution meets each of the user expectations, starting with creation of a platform for sourcing data from multiple sources, enabling self-service for a spec
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Current Trends in Analytics and SAP’s Road Map Chapter Goal: To understand the latest trends in analytics and how SAP is adapting to these trends. To understand SAP’s digital core and how analytics forms a pillar of the methodology.
Chapter 2: Business Scenario for Analytics Landscape Transformation Chapter Goal: To understand a real-world scenario of an enterprise which is planning to upgrade its traditional business intelligence to a modern analytics landscape.
Sub topics:
Customer introduction
Customer’s current landscape and pain points
Customer’s expectation from analytics landscape
Expected landscape
Chapter 3: SAC for enabling “Single Version of Truth”Chapter Goal: Understand how SAP Analytics Cloud enables a single platform for multiple data sources to come together for analysis.
Sub topics:
Analysis of customer requirement
Alignment to specific SAP Analytics Cloud capability
Step by step process to implement the capability
Customer benefits and future direction
Chapter 4: Leverage SAC to create “All-in-one” Analytics PlatformChapter Goal: SAC enables analytics for multiple business roles in an organization with options for 360 degree dashboards to self service data analysis to planning. This chapter explores these capabilities in detail.
Sub topics:
Analysis of customer requirement
Alignment to specific SAP Analytics Cloud capability
Step by step process to implement the capability
Customer benefits and future direction
Chapter 5: Exploit “Augmented Analytics” capability of SACChapter Goal: SAC enables self-service with augmented analytics like search to insight and multiple smart features. This chapter explores each of these concepts in detail along with benefits of each feature.
Sub topics:
Analysis of customer requirement
Alignment to specific SAP Analytics Cloud capability
Step by step process to implement the capability
Customer benefits and future direction
Chapter 6: Develop SAC for “Anytime Available” PlatformChapter Goal: One of the advantages of cloud application is the accessibility in addition to the freedom from maintaining costly infrastructure. This chapter explores how SAC is available across time zones and across devices.
Sub topics:
Analysis of customer requirement
Alignment to specific SAP Analytics Cloud capability
Step by step process to implement the capability
Customer benefits and future direction
Chapter 7: Capitalize on “Predictive Analytics” capability through SACChapter Goal: SAC includes built in capabilities to create predictive models and incorporate predictive analytics in data analysis and dashboards. This chapter explores this capability in detail.
Sub topics:
Analysis of customer requirement
Alignment to specific SAP Analytics Cloud capability
Step by step process to implement the capability
Customer benefits and future direction
Chapter 8: Craft Special Business Requirements on SAC via Custom Application DesignChapter Goal: One of the recently added capability is to build custom applications using a scripting language very similar to JavaScript. This enables developers to create custom apps and make them available for the business. This capability is the focus of this chapter
Sub topics:
Analysis of customer requirement
Alignment to specific SAP Analytics Cloud capability
Step by step process to implement the capability
Customer benefits and future direction
Chapter 9: Design a Secure Platform using SACChapter Goal: Especially with cloud applications, security is always a major concern in terms of data protection and authenticated access. This chapter explores SAC’s security capabilities in terms of data and application access.
Sub topics:
Analysis of customer requirement
Alignment to specific SAP Analytics Cloud capability
Step by step process to implement the capability
Customer benefits and future direction
Chapter 10: Product Road Map & Future Direction for SACChapter Goal: This chapter explores the future road map of SAC and how SAP’s direction for the tool
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